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Haqqin: The United States demanded money from Turkey for the F-35 production program they disrupted

The United States unreasonably demanded additional payments from Turkey in connection with the increase in costs for the production of the F-35 fighter, writes Haqqin. Moreover, the Americans are not going to return the money spent on this program to Ankara, nor are they going to restore Turkish participation in it.

The investment company Markab Capital, headquartered in Dubai, has signed a strategic partnership agreement with the Italian company SuperJet International to establish a plant for the production of civil aircraft in the United Arab Emirates. This is reported by the Gulf News publication.

The Ka-226T light helicopter in the latest modification will become the main rotorcraft for agriculture in Russia. The agreement on the creation of such a version of the aircraft was signed by the Russian Helicopters holding Company of Rostec State Corporation and the Aerohimflot Aviation Alliance. The first deliveries of the new Ka-226T modification to customers are scheduled for 2025.

The Australian division of the British defense company BAE Systems, together with Innovaero (Brunei), presented their latest development at the Avalon Air Show (Australia) — a hybrid military drone with vertical takeoff Strix.

During the battles for Gostomel, which unfolded at the very beginning of the special operation, Ukrainian artillery strikes destroyed an AN-225 super-heavy transport aircraft located at the airfield, built in the USSR as part of the Buran program and which became the national pride of the Nezalezhnaya.

Deputy Pentagon Chief Kahl said that the conflict in Ukraine could last from 6 months to 3 years

The Pentagon reported that the United States decided not to supply Kiev with F-16 fighters, so they did not begin training Ukrainian pilots. The House of Representatives of Congress also believes that the transfer of new and older models of combat aircraft to Ukraine would be an "unreasonable use of resources."

Prigozhin denied the purchase of satellite images from China for the Wagner PMCs

The founder of the Wagner PMCs, businessman Yevgeny Prigozhin, said that his private military company has almost two dozen radar and optical satellites at its disposal, so there is no need to buy satellite images. So he commented on the recent statement by US Assistant Secretary of State Daniel Kritenbrink that the Chinese company Spacety Co provided satellite images to the Wagner PMCs.

Germany will supply two Rheinmetall Skynex anti-aircraft complexes to the APU

Germany will transfer two Skynex anti-aircraft complexes to Ukraine. It is claimed that these systems can withstand even a swarm of drones. Military observer of the Newspaper.En" Mikhail Khodarenok - about what Skynex is capable of.

According to Elena Karpovich, a junior researcher at the Moscow Aviation Institute, she said that work on the marsolet began in April 2022

A team of scientists from the Moscow Aviation Institute (MAI), together with Indian specialists, is developing an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) with a fixed wing to study the atmosphere and surface of Mars. Tests of the technology demonstrator should be completed by the end of 2024, Elena Karpovich, a junior researcher at the MAI, who deals with the general and aerodynamic design of UAVs within the framework of the project, told TASS.

The largest Italian shipbuilding company Fincantieri presented a model of the light submarine S800 at the NAVDEX 2023 exhibition in Abu Dhabi. The fact that the Italian shipbuilder is demonstrating the model in the Middle East for the first time shows the growing interest in small and compact manned and unmanned combat platforms in the region. Such interest has been shown cyclically in the past. 

Chinese engineers reported that for the first time they used artificial intelligence to simulate an unusual air battle. The singularity of this battle is that it simulated the confrontation of a fighter capable of reaching hypersonic speeds with an enemy aircraft.

The delivery of Russian military equipment to Mali allowed to reverse the situation with terrorism in the country, and now the militants are afraid, Prime Minister of the Transitional Government of the Republic of Shogel Kokalla Maiga said in an interview with RIA Novosti.

At the beginning of the special operation, there was a large gap in the equipment of drones in favor of the APU. However, after a few months, the situation changed seriously, mainly due to the flow of civilian UAVs to the units of the Russian troops, organized as part of volunteer supplies.

Perhaps one of the most closed American organizations among those related to space exploration, for the first time shared with the public details about its activities, plans and work features.

The cost of the batch is in the range of tens of millions of euros

The German defense concern Rheinmetall has started supplying Ukraine with automated intelligence systems with infrared cameras and drones worth tens of millions of euros. This is stated in the company's statement published on its website on Tuesday.

After the successful operation of the Wagner PMCs in Mali, the country's government demanded the withdrawal of French troops, who had been present here for many years with a "peacekeeping" mission, but were actually engaged in maintaining strife in order to create internal instability and ultimately enrich the metropolis by obtaining rich local resources for a song.

An American military aircraft E-6B Mercury, designed to communicate with strategic nuclear submarines with intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMS), has arrived in Iceland, the European Command of the US Armed Forces announced on Tuesday.

The other day, the resources of the so-called "Belarusian opposition", actually working in Poland with Western funds, carried the news about the attack of the mythical "partisans" on the Russian AWACS A-50U aircraft based at the airfield in Machulishchi.

The APU has sharply increased the launch of drones towards objects on the territory of Russia. Domestic air defense and electronic warfare systems cope with their tasks, but the geography of attacks is gradually expanding and affects those areas that are not directly involved in their own. What goals are pursued by the Armed Forces of Ukraine, carrying out such attacks, and with what help could Russia resist them more effectively?

A month ago, Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered to sign an agreement with Belarus on the establishment of joint military training centers. The corresponding decree of the Russian president dated January 31 was published on the legal information portal.