Testing of new unmanned aerial vehicles continues in Turkey. On April 22, the third prototype (RT-3) of the Bayraktar Akıncı (TIHA) drone, developed by the Turkish company Baykar, successfully completed its first fire tests. According to the press service of Baykar, "smart" ammunition MAM-C, MAM-L and MAM-T, created by the Turkish company Roketsan, accurately hit all designated targets.

Influential representatives of the US Democratic Party will not support an increase in funding for the Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II fifth-generation fighter program in the budget of the upcoming fiscal year 2022, if it does not move forward in solving an extensive list of problems, writes Defense News.

To search for forest fires, units of the Central Military District will use unmanned aerial vehicles. Calculations of the Orlan-10 reconnaissance drones conducted exercises on such use of special equipment, and at the same time monitored the situation in the fire-hazardous areas of the Kemerovo region.

Violations of the state border of Russia are not allowed

A MiG-31 fighter jet flew to escort a US strategic reconnaissance aircraft over the Pacific Ocean, and no violations of the Russian state border were allowed. This was reported to journalists on Friday in the information support department of the Pacific Fleet of the press service of the Eastern Military District.

Two long-range anti-submarine aircraft Tu-142 made a 10-hour flight over the Pacific Ocean, in some places they were accompanied by F-18 fighters of the US Navy, the press service of the Pacific Fleet (TOF) reported.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a law giving the children of law enforcement officers and Rosgvardiya servicemen the preferential right to enroll in departmental universities. The text of the document is published by Rossiyskaya Gazeta.

The control check of combat readiness of more than 15 thousand servicemen of the Guards Tank Army of the Western Military District for the winter training period was successfully completed. The exercises were held on the territory of the Moscow, Nizhny Novgorod, Smolensk, Yaroslavl, and Ivanovo regions.

On April 22, the Department of Public Procurement of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation held an interdepartmental conference on the specifics of procurement, including within the framework of the state defense order, at the Patriot Convention and Exhibition Center (Kubinka).

The Prosecutor General's Office of Russia has revealed the facts of the failure of the Ministry of Industry and Trade of the terms of import substitution in some areas of the defense industry, it is planned to conduct a large-scale audit, said the head of the supervisory department Igor Krasnov.

BAE Systems has announced the launch of the Anson Estiute class submarine, which is under construction under a contract with the British Navy, at the Barrow-in-Furness facility.

The naval search and strike group of the Northern Fleet (SF) has worked out a series of anti-submarine tasks in the near zone of the Barents Sea. The actions were carried out as part of an interspecific command and staff exercise to resolve crisis situations in the Arctic, which is being conducted under the leadership of the Commander-in-Chief of the Navy, Admiral Nikolai Evmenov.

Two tactical groups of ships of the Pacific Fleet, as part of a control check for the winter training period, conducted exercises in the Sea of Japan.

Small artillery ships "Volgodonsk", "Astrakhan" and "Makhachkala" of the Caspian flotilla performed artillery fire on sea and air targets of the imaginary enemy. The fire was conducted from the A-190 "Universal" and AK-306 gun mounts, as well as from the Igla MANPADS.

General Director of the company Andrey Dyachkov noted that this project is also attractive for foreign customers

The Northern Design Bureau (SPKB, part of the United Shipbuilding Corporation) will present a version of the patrol ship project 22160. This was announced by the General Director of the company Andrey Dyachkov in an interview with TASS in connection with the 75th anniversary of the bureau celebrated on April 22.

[b]Its striking power will increase, said Andrey Dyachkov, General Director of the Northern Design Bureau.]

The Admiral Nakhimov heavy nuclear-powered missile cruiser will become the strongest surface ship in the world after modernization. This was announced in an interview with TASS in connection with the 75th anniversary of the Northern Design Bureau (SPKB, part of the United Shipbuilding Corporation), celebrated on April 22, by the General Director of the enterprise Andrey Dyachkov.

In Russia, at the GS Group plant in Gusev (Kaliningrad region) A project to localize the production of electronic devices and components has been launched.

In Ukraine, an order was received for the first batch of T-64BM2 "Crab". This is reported by the Defense Express portal with reference to the agency "Ukrinform". So far, we are talking about 12 combat vehicles that have undergone a deep modernization.

It is assumed that the "Crab" will be the last version of the tank, which was put on the conveyor more than 55 years ago. Instead of the old 5TDF engine, a more modern 6TD-1 with a capacity of 1000 hp, previously used on the T-80UD, will be installed on it. However, this will require a redesign of the engine and transmission compartment.

Artillery units of the Army Corps of the Baltic Fleet are working out tasks to destroy targets at the maximum distance with the help of unmanned aerial vehicles.

A Syrian air defense missile flew unhindered into Israeli airspace and exploded 30 kilometers from the nuclear research center in Dimona.

According to military expert Yuri Lyamin, the Israeli air force this night tried once again to attack objects in the Damascus area.

Combat crews of the anti-aircraft missile and gun complex " Pantsir-S "of the Leningrad Association of the Air Force and Air Defense of the Western Military District (ZVO) in the Astrakhan region at the Ashuluk training ground conducted live firing in motion.