The United States has sent an official notification to Turkey about its exclusion from the program of production of the latest F-35 fighter jets due to Ankara's purchase of Russian S-400 air defense systems.

According to the Greek publication Proto Thema, the Greek government is finalizing consideration of the purchase of an additional batch of multifunctional Rafale fighters in France.

According to the Times of India, having made a flight from the French air base "Merignac", on April 21, the fifth batch of Rafale fighters produced by Dassault Aviation arrived in India.

The Russian Helicopters holding company of the Rostec State Corporation will equip the Ansat helicopter with an external suspension that will allow the helicopter to carry oversized cargo weighing up to a ton.

The crews of the long-range anti-submarine aircraft and a separate mixed aviation regiment of the Northern Fleet (SF) worked out refueling in the air over the Arctic, the press service of the fleet reported on Thursday.

The crews of the Su-30SM aircraft of the fighter aviation regiment of the Eastern Military District, stationed in the Trans-Baikal Territory, worked out the maximum allowed time and range of flights, the press service of the district reports.

The Russian naval aviation will take on the newest Su-30SM2 fighters. According to the approved plan for the construction and procurement of aircraft and their components, a copy of which was reviewed by Izvestia, a little more than two dozen vehicles for the Ministry of Defense should be transferred to the customer by the end of 2022. All sides will undergo a special marine revision. Their official name is Su-30SM2 (Navy).

At least three military transport aircraft of the US, British and Canadian Air Forces have arrived in Ukraine over the past three days, according to data from Western air observers who tracked their route using signals from onboard transponders.

The government Commission on legislative activity approved a project that creates a unified communication system for the armies of the CIS countries.

Near Moscow, the exercises of the 45th engineering and camouflage regiment of the Russian Armed Forces were held, during which the military tested unusual inflatable equipment, the Zvezda TV channel reports. At the same time, the maneuvers of the "inflated" troops caused concern in a number of Western media, including the British The Sun.

Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu ordered to return to the places of permanent deployment, the troops that were involved in the exercises in the south of the Russian Federation, by May 1 of this year.

More than 2 thousand servicemen and 60 units of military equipment were landed during large interspecific exercises in the Crimea, the Russian Defense Ministry told reporters on Thursday.

As well as cooperation in the fields of energy, industry, transport and agriculture

Russia stands for intensifying cooperation with Iraq, including military-technical cooperation, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Yuri Borisov said after talks in Baghdad with the country's top leadership.

The withdrawal of US troops from Afghanistan will make it more difficult to strike terrorists, but will not deprive the Pentagon of the ability to conduct such operations, said on Tuesday the head of the US Central Command (CENTCOM), General Frank McKenzie.

As reported by the Polish media, the only remaining submarine in the Polish Navy Orzeł (tail number "291", Soviet-built project 877E, in service since 1986) is completely incapacitated due to a malfunction of the torpedo armament and the identified inability to load torpedoes into its torpedo tubes.

The Spanish company Navantia on April 15 on its Twitter page announced the ceremony of laying the keel of the fifth and last corvette of the Avante-2200 project for the Saudi Navy held at the company in San Fernando (Cadiz).

After a six-month delay, the French navy armed itself with a new anti-aircraft frigate. Yesterday, April 20, at the French Navy base in Toulon, the ceremony of handing over the new multi-purpose frigate Alsace to the fleet command took place.

The command of the US Navy announced the launch ceremony of the new LCS-24 "Oakland" - class coastal warship "Independence", which took place on April 17 in Oakland, California.

The crews of the missile ship (ROK) "Tatarstan" and the missile boat (RKA) "Stupinets" of the Caspian Flotilla (CFl), as part of the control check for the winter training period, are working out combat training tasks for their intended purpose as part of the ship's tactical group, the head of the press service of the Southern Military District, Colonel Vadim Astafyev, told reporters on Wednesday.

The Northern Fleet is now able to ensure the protection of national interests and the military security of the state in the Arctic.