Israel Shipyards Ltd. announced the signing of a contract with the Israeli Defense Ministry for the implementation of the development stage of the working project of the next-generation corvette Reshef for the Israeli Navy.

On September 7, the Spanish company Navantia announced the start of sea trials of the lead of five Avante-2200 class corvettes ordered for the Saudi Arabian Navy.

In the UK, a hybrid of a speedboat and a submarine was assembled. Portal janes.com He reported that today, on September 9, the SubSea Craft company begins testing a prototype of the Victa boat.

Russia is against the transformation of Syria into an arena of confrontation between third countries, the military of the Russian Federation and Israel will continue contacts on Syrian issues, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said.

Militants in the Syrian city of Deraa handed over more than 300 small arms. This was announced on Thursday, September 9, by the representative of the Russian Center for Reconciliation of the warring parties, Alexander Gulyaev.

The US has stated that it does not intend to recognize the Taliban government in the near future

At the virtual meeting of representatives of a number of countries on Afghanistan, US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken urged the world community to adopt a unified approach to the policy of the Afghan authorities, the US State Department said.

The explanatory note refers to special requirements regarding the approval of alienation, the possibility of alienation or transfer to trust management of shares in the authorized capital of organizations of strategic importance for the military-industrial complex and the security of Russia.

More than 500 Russian servicemen, tanks and artillery are involved in the exercise, which began on the Kuril Islands, the Eastern Military District (VVO) said on Wednesday.

Russian-Indian consultations on security issues were held on Wednesday in the capital of India. Representatives of a number of Russian and Indian ministries and departments took part in the consultations. The Russian delegation was headed by the Secretary of the Russian Security Council, Nikolai Patrushev, who arrived in New Delhi at the invitation of the Adviser to the Prime Minister of India, Ajit Dowal.

The information published by CNN that the CIA helped Ukraine organize a special operation to detain 33 Russians in Belarus last year is confirmed. The FSB of Russia called such data "reliable and objective".

The EU countries should actively work on creating their own military unit. This was first stated by the European People's Party — the largest supranational political association of the European Union.

During the main stage of the tactical flight exercises, the crews will work out the interception of air targets of the fighter and attack aircraft type and perform combat launches of air-to-air missiles

The crews of high-altitude supersonic fighter-interceptors MiG-31BM of the aviation division of the Central Military District (CVO) during flight-tactical exercises flew from the Krasnoyarsk Territory and completed the relocation to the airfield in the Trans-Baikal Territory to practice combat launches of long-range missiles. This is stated in a message distributed on Wednesday by the press service of the district.

Russian attack drones have confirmed during tests the ability to accurately hit ground targets with unguided ammunition from a high altitude due to the use of a new sight, a source in the military-industrial complex told RIA Novosti.

The Russian military received the first heavy military transport aircraft Il-76MD-90A this year, the press service of the United Aircraft Corporation (UAC) reported.

Russian military and civilian aircraft will receive a search and sighting system "Kasatka". Elements of the system designed for reconnaissance, rescue operations and environmental monitoring are already being placed on Russian aircraft. This is reported by TASS with reference to the words of the executive director of the scientific and production enterprise "Radar mms" Ivan Antsev.

Russia is superior to the United States in some aspects of weapons. This was announced on Wednesday, September 8, by the American ambassador to Russia, Michael McFaul.

The F-15 Eagle and F-22 Raptor fighters were created by the United States in the face of opposition with the USSR, while the aircraft of the Next-Generation Air Dominance program (NGAD) is being developed to confront both Russia and China, General of the United States Air Force (Air Force) Mark Kelly told Defense News.

The British company BAE Systems has received a contract from the Defense Advanced Development Agency (DARPA) of the US Department of Defense for the design of a full-scale demonstrator of the active air flow control system technology. The US military is interested in it as part of the CRANE project to create an aircraft without wing mechanization.

The American company Wright Electric has started testing an electric motor with a capacity of two megawatts, which will be included in the propulsion system of the promising passenger airliner Wright 1. The aircraft will receive ten such engines, which will provide it with a power of 20 megawatts-like Airbus A320 aircraft.

The United States has worked out the use of an unmanned slave using a tablet. In the future, such UAVs will be able to operate together with fighters of the fourth and fifth generations.