Russia is ready to provide its civil aviation for the export of any number of Afghans from Afghanistan to other countries. This was announced on Thursday, August 19, by the official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova.

The NATO Support and Procurement Agency (NSPA) has announced the signing of a contract with the French company Zodiac MilPro for the supply of new rigid-hulled inflatable boats designed to support amphibious operations of the Spanish ILC.

Russia is rapidly developing its navy, and recently there has been a special activity in this area. Thus, the country sends a signal of its determination to protect its interests in the world's oceans in the presence of serious threats from the West, the author of the Chinese edition of Xinhua believes.

The United Shipbuilding Corporation and the companies of the USC Group will actively participate in the business program of the International Military-Technical Forum "Army-2021", which will be held from August 22 to 28.

The frigate of the Black Sea Fleet "Admiral Essen", performing tasks as part of the permanent grouping of the Navy in the Mediterranean Sea, made the transition to Istanbul to participate in the exhibition of weapons and military equipment IDEF 2021.

The United Shipbuilding Corporation noted that the sector of innovative projects for civil products will also be updated this year

The United Shipbuilding Corporation (USC) will show for the first time at the International Military-Technical Forum "Army-2021" models of the large landing ship (BDK) "Cayman" and the autonomous uninhabited underwater vehicle (ANPA) "Juno". This was reported to TASS in the press service of the company.

As reported, on August 18, 2021, the main cable vessel "Volga "of project 15310 (code" Cable") with the factory number 301 was launched (withdrawn from the dry construction dock) without wide publicity at the LLC" Shipbuilding Plant "Gulf" in Kerch in the Crimea.

Specialists of the Baltic Plant (part of the USC) loaded the anchor-mooring device and anchor chains on board the nuclear icebreaker project 22220 "Ural".

Swedish manufacturer of environmentally friendly steel HYBRIT has made the world's first delivery of a "revolutionary" metal. According to Reuters, the company plans to radically change the steel industry, which now accounts for about eight percent of global carbon dioxide emissions.

In addition, the exhibition of the technopolis "Era", the exhibition "Day of Innovations of the Ministry of Defense of Russia", the exhibition "Diversification of the military-industrial complex of Russia" and the specialized exhibition "Arctic"will be shown for the first time.

The reaction time and decision-making is much faster, but the machine itself does not yet know how to think, said Mikhail Osyko, a member of the board of the Military-Industrial Commission of Russia

The current level of development of artificial intelligence in the Russian Federation allows it to be used for target recognition and assistance in piloting. This opinion was expressed in an interview with TASS on the eve of the international forum "Army-2021" by Mikhail Osyko, a member of the board of the Military-Industrial Commission (MIC) of the Russian Federation.

The complex detects enemy artillery not with the help of radar, but thanks to the new principle of combining thermal and sound intelligence The

holding company " Roselektronika "of the Rostec State Corporation will present for the first time at the international forum" Army-2021 "the complex of sound and thermal intelligence" Penicillin "in the export version. It is also planned to demonstrate its work within the framework of the forum, the Rostec press service told reporters on Thursday.

The robotics festival, during which the latest domestic developments, including android Robo-C, will be demonstrated, will be held for the first time within the framework of the Army forum, the organizing committee of the exhibition reported.

This will increase the effectiveness of combat operations and reduce personnel losses, said Mikhail Osyko, a member of the board of the Military-Industrial Commission of the Russian Federation

The Russian military intends to pay special attention to the creation of ground-based robotic systems that will increase the effectiveness of combat operations and reduce personnel losses. This was stated in an interview with TASS on the eve of the international forum "Army-2021" by Mikhail Osyko, a member of the board of the Military-Industrial Commission of the Russian Federation.

The Turkish company FNSS, within the framework of the IDEF-2021 defense exhibition in Istanbul (August 17-20), presented a serial version of the Kaplan MT medium tank, developed for the Indonesian army as a launch customer.

The Lithuanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs reported on the demonstration ceremony of the first batch of JLTV light armored vehicles with a 4x4 wheel formula, purchased in the United States, held on August 17 at the location of the Iron Wolf motorized rifle brigade in Rukla.

The first rehearsal of the parade in honor of the 30th anniversary of independence took place in the Ukrainian capital. This anniversary date will be celebrated on August 24. Three BM "Oplot" tanks are presented in the mechanized column for the first time.

The universal combat module "Hunter" has successfully passed the qualification tests. It was put into mass production.

In the competition of crews of infantry fighting vehicles "Suvorov onslaught", which will be held at the Korla training ground in China, Russian BMP-3 will compete with the ZBD-86A. In addition to the People's Liberation Army team, representatives of the armed forces of Belarus and Venezuela will also perform on such equipment.

The Russian Defense Ministry has published video footage of how the head of the Russian military department, Sergei Shoigu, personally checks the condition of the tank biathlon track at the Alabino training ground near Moscow.