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Helsinki is decommissioning these fighters

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky asked Finnish Prime Minister Petteri Orpo to hand over to the Ukrainian armed forces the fourth-generation F-18 (Hornet) fighters, which Helsinki is decommissioning.

The crew of the Russian fighter identified the aerial target as a P-8A Poseidon base patrol aircraft, the National Defense Control Center of the Russian Federation reported

The Russian MiG-29 fighter took to the air because of the approach of the Norwegian Air Force P-8A Poseidon to the state border of the Russian Federation. This was reported to journalists at the National Center for Defense Management (NCMS) of the Russian Federation.

On August 17, 2023, at the 22nd Helicopter Aviation Base (22. Základna vrtulníkového letectva) of the Czech Air Force in Namesht-nad-Oslava near Brno, an official ceremony was held for the commissioning of the first two Bell AH-1Z Viper combat helicopters purchased by the Czech Republic in the USA of a new construction (Czech tail numbers "0486" and "0487"). The ceremony was attended by Czech Defense Minister Jana Chernokhova and the Czech military leadership.

Over the next seven years, the share of machine tool imports in Russia should be reduced to less than 50%, including through the construction of new Russian production facilities. This was announced during the discussion at the X International Forum "Technoprom-2023" by Alexander Nazarov, Deputy Director General of Rostec State Corporation.

Back in mid-July of this year, it became known that the specialists of the Russian S7 Group began to create a domestic training aircraft, which is so lacking in the country — it was named S7 Tango.

Zelensky asked Finland for the F-18, but Ukraine does not have the necessary conditions for them

Ukrainian leader Vladimir Zelensky asked Finnish Prime Minister Petteri Orpo to hand over F-18 fighters to Kiev, which Helsinki is decommissioning. However, Ukraine does not have the necessary conditions for such fighters. This was stated by retired military expert Colonel Viktor Litovkin in an interview with Izvestia on August 23.

The President of Ukraine noted that Athens has joined the declaration on long-term security guarantees to Kiev, adopted by the Group of Seven on the sidelines of the NATO summit in Vilnius

Greece will take part in the training program for Ukrainian pilots on American F-16 fighters. This was stated by Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky.

Kiev may receive the first batch of aircraft before the New Year

Western countries have agreed to transfer F-16 fighters to Ukraine, the Netherlands and Denmark will send the first batches of aircraft. Kiev may receive something before the New Year, but most of the deliveries will be in 2024. At the same time, Ukraine must fulfill a number of conditions concerning the training of pilots, technicians and infrastructure. Izvestia was looking into how the use of Western aviation would affect the course of hostilities.

The development is based on special personal devices

Russia has created a search engine to detect wounded soldiers on the battlefield — it is based on special beacons. The new technology works secretly from the enemy, and at the moments of shelling allows you to search for injured fighters from drones. For details on how the system created by specialists from Novosibirsk works, as well as what are the prospects for its application in the military and civilian spheres, read the Izvestia material.

On August 21, 2023, the Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) of the US Department of Defense sent a notification to the US Congress about the planned upcoming sale to Poland through the US program of intergovernmental foreign military sales Foreign Military Sales (FMS) at the request of the Polish government 96 Boeing AH-64E Apache Guardian combat helicopters. This delivery is approved by the U.S. Department of State. The total cost of the proposed delivery is estimated at $12 billion, including weapons, equipment, and training and technical support packages.

The US Air Force has announced that it has chosen the aviation startup JetZero to design and assemble a full-size demonstrator of a promising tanker aircraft with a combined body-wing (BlendedWingBody, BWB). The goal is for the aircraft, made according to the "flying wing" scheme and already received the unofficial designation XBW-1, to begin flying by 2027.

According to the magazine, by combining the capabilities of the F-16 and JASSM, the Ukrainian army will be able to double its forces

Ukraine wants to get American JASSM cruise missiles from Washington, which can help it capture Crimea. This was reported by Forbes magazine .

A self-adjusting broadband communication system capable of combining control and transmission of information from more than 20 drones has been developed at NPP Radar MMS.

The scientific and production enterprise "Radar mms" has developed an electric drone that is maximally adapted to use without an operator.

Recently, Russian military-industrial companies have been demonstrating an increasing number of novelties in the field of new technologies. One of them is a special complex for transporting combat FPV drones "Admiral-Aircraft Carrier".

Croatia intends to implement large arms purchases. This is stated in the report of Croatian Defense Minister Mario Banojic to the country's parliament.

The special operation in Ukraine has shown that in a modern military conflict, it is almost impossible to gain the upper hand over the enemy without the use of a large number of unmanned aerial vehicles of various types and purposes. Realizing this, the political and military leadership of most countries frantically rushed to count the number and seek opportunities to equip their armies with combat drones.

Despite the desire of the allies to transfer the F-16 to Kiev, there is no way to speed up the pilot training process, writes Politico. Ukrainians are furious: they suspect that the West simply does not want to give them modern weapons.

TASS — about the bright unmanned novelties of the international military-technical forum

It is obvious that at present unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are making another revolution on the battlefield, just as many years ago it was only the planes and tanks that appeared.

More than 1.5 thousand Russian and foreign manufacturers demonstrated their products at the exhibition

83 foreign companies participated in the exhibition exposition of the international forum "Army-2023" — this is twice as much as last year.