The consortium Belgium Naval and Robotics, created by the Naval Group and the ECA Group, has chosen the SCANTER 6000 radar of the Danish Terma group to equip 12 new-generation minesweeping ships of the Belgian and Dutch navies.

The PLA exercises in the Taiwan Strait are a forced measure to protect the country's sovereignty, Beijing says

The policy of the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) of Taiwan in the Taiwan Strait was the main reason for the deterioration of the situation in the area, said the head of the Office of Taiwan Affairs at the State Council of the People's Republic of China Ma Xiaoguang.

Twenty-seven US Senate Democrats support US President Joe Biden's efforts to return to the Iran nuclear deal.

The state armament program for 2024-2033 will receive funding in the amount of at least 21-22 trillion rubles, first Deputy Chairman of the Board of the Military-Industrial Commission Andrey Yelchaninov said.

In accordance with the training plan of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, control checks are conducted in the military administration bodies, formations and military units. During April, 4,048 exercises of various scales, including 812 bilateral ones, will be held at 101 training grounds and 520 objects of the training and material base. This was announced on April 13 by the Russian Defense Ministry.

Marines of the Northern Fleet conducted exercises in the Murmansk region. The soldiers practiced defense tactics in the conditions of the Far North. There was also an off-road march, according to the Izvestia TV channel. More than 500 military personnel and 50 pieces of equipment took part in the exercises.

As part of the control check for the winter training period, the unit of the Primorsky marine corps of the Pacific Fleet was alerted, the head of the information support department of the VVO press service for the Pacific Fleet, Captain second rank Nikolay Voskresensky, told RG.

In order to ensure advanced training of specialists, modern models of weapons and military equipment are delivered to the universities of the Land Forces as a matter of priority.

In Nagorno-Karabakh, engineering teams of Russian peacekeepers are combing the area on the outskirts of the city of Mardakert. Before the armed conflict, there was agricultural land there. And when the war began, the military adapted them for artillery positions.

Issues of ensuring anti-terrorist security in the Southern Federal District, including the transport crossing through the Kerch Strait, were discussed at a meeting of the National Anti-Terrorist Committee (NAC) on Tuesday.

Shoigu announced the withdrawal of US and NATO troops to the borders of Russia

US troops are being transferred to Europe from the continental parts of North America to the Russian borders, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said. According to him, NATO intends to concentrate a large number of forces at the borders of the Russian Federation. At the same time, the Russian side has transferred two armies and three airborne units to its western borders.

Moscow will continue to protect the Russian-speaking population, despite US statements that Russia will "pay the price" for aggressive actions in eastern Ukraine, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said.

Canada has canceled permits for the export of military products and technologies to Turkey because they were used by Azerbaijan in the conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh, Canadian Foreign Minister Mark Garneau said.

The crews of the operational and tactical aviation of the Southern Military District have been transferred to field airfields for joint exercises with the naval aviation of the Black Sea Fleet. The air maneuvers involve Su-27SM and Su-30SM fighters, as well as Su-24M and Su-34 front-line bombers.

It would seem that the acute phase of the military conflict in Syria is already in the past, but in the United States, as before, they continue to talk about the threat from "dangerous Russians".

First Deputy Chairman of the Board of the Military-Industrial Complex Andrey Yelchaninov stressed that in the near future it will be possible to control several drones from the cockpit of the Su-57

Deliveries to the troops of the heavy unmanned strike complex "Hunter" are planned to begin in 2024. This was announced by the first deputy chairman of the board of the Military-Industrial Commission (MIC) Andrey Yelchaninov.

The duration of the flight of the IL-114 exceeds eight hours, said the first deputy chairman of the Board of the Military-Industrial Commission of the Russian Federation Andrey Yelchaninov

The latest domestic turboprop transport aircraft Il-114-300 interested the Russian military. This was announced on Tuesday in an interview with Rossiyskaya Gazeta by the first deputy chairman of the board of the Military-Industrial Commission (MIC) of the Russian Federation, Andrey Yelchaninov.

U.S. Air Force Lieutenant General Clint Hinault questioned whether the F-35 is ready for a big war.

Lieutenant General of the US Air Force Clint Hinout believes that the F-35 should not be included in the command and staff games. He made this statement to Defense News following the results of last year's large-scale game to repel the Chinese invasion of Taiwan.

The Russian leadership has approved the decision to create an independent Russian space station, the Moskovsky Komsomolets newspaper reported.

The work must be completed by November 15, 2025

Roscosmos plans to spend 1.88 billion rubles on development work (R & D) to create a complex of landing areas and primary maintenance of the return vehicle of the manned transport ship "Eagle", follows from the materials posted on the portal of public procurement.