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The Rostec United Engine Corporation has completed the completion of the NK-32 02 series engines of the fifth board of the Tu-160M strategic bomber, which is in service with the long-range aviation of the Russian Aerospace Forces.

At the Army – 2022 exhibition, Russia will present a new MiG capable of launching spacecraft

The new version of the MiG-31I is designed to launch small spacecraft into orbit, thanks to which the Russian Air Force will receive unique capabilities, writes MWM. The MiG-31 glider has no equal abroad in carrying capacity, size, speed and altitude.

Rosoboronexport is closely monitoring the movements of Russian military equipment supplied for export, a gross violation of contractual obligations has been committed by the United States, the head of the company, Alexander Mikheev, told Interfax.

The Russian Ministry of Defense at the Army-2022 forum on Wednesday, August 17, for the first time demonstrated the Turkish Bayraktar TB2 unmanned aerial vehicle, shot down during a special military operation to protect civilians in Donbass.

The high demand on the world market for Turkish attack drones, observed after the Karabakh war in 2020, has fully loaded the production capacity of UAVs.

On August 16, the Latvian Defense Ministry reported that, in accordance with the decision of the extraordinary Cabinet meeting of July 28, Latvia supplied Ukraine with six 155-mm self-propelled howitzers M-109A5OE and the necessary ammunition.

Why the US military does not want to transfer the MQ-1C Gray Eagle drone to the APU

The APU wants to get medium-altitude General Atomics MQ-1C Gray Eagle ("Gray Eagle") American-made UAVs to strengthen their strike and reconnaissance capabilities. "Newspaper.Ru" figured out why the Pentagon is still refusing Kiev.

Statement of the Turkish Defense Industry Department on the S-400: the information is not true

The reports that appeared in the media about the new purchase and production of the S-400 in Turkey do not correspond to reality, Haber7 reported. A discussion broke out among the readers of the site.

The first mainline narrow-body Tu-214 aircraft for Russian airlines will appear in 2023. This was announced by the General Director of the UAC Yuri Slyusar within the framework of the international military-technical forum "Army-2022".

The British Embassy called the violation of the Russian border by a reconnaissance aircraft a "routine" operation

The British Air Force Boeing RC-135W Rivet Joint aircraft performed a "routine operation" in international airspace in the Norwegian and Barents Seas on August 15, the British Embassy in Moscow said.

The transfer of Mi-17V5 helicopters to Ukraine, previously delivered to Afghanistan, is a blatant example of illegal re-export, Dmitry Shugaev, director of the Federal Service for Military-Technical Cooperation of the Russian Federation, told RIA Novosti on Monday during the Army-2022 forum.

Ukraine has replenished its helicopter fleet, Latvia has transferred a batch of rotorcraft to Kiev. This was announced by the Minister of Defense of the Republic Artis Pabriks.

On the first day of the Army-2022 forum, important statements were made regarding the development of the military-technical cooperation system, plans for rearmament, export sales of VIVT, and the situation around Ukraine.

Why doesn't Russia use its drones in Ukraine?

Despite all the advantages of UAVs in modern warfare, Russia does not disclose information about their use in Ukraine, writes Al Jazeera. The opinions of the publication's experts were divided. Some believe that Russia really rarely uses UAVs, others — that Moscow simply does not want to give out strategic secrets.

The threat of Russia and Iran return missile defense to the current agenda in Europe

The US is using the conflict in Ukraine to reorient the missile defense system against Russia, writes FP. This step has called into question the reliability of the United States as an ally in the Middle East, where they are unsuccessfully trying to put together an alliance against Iran, the author of the article claims.

On August 16, the Head of the Main Department of Innovative Development of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, Major General Alexander Osadchuk, summed up the results of the first day of the work of the Army-2022 MVTF at a briefing for journalists.

Roselectronics has created antennas for high-speed Internet in airplanes, trains and ships

Roselectronics Holding (part of Rostec) has developed domestic antennas for cars, trains, helicopters, airplanes and ships that will provide them with high-speed Internet anywhere in Russia, the systems will go to a series from 2023, the company told RIA Novosti on Tuesday.

Russian Defense Minister Shoigu: the special operation dispelled the myth of the "superweapon of the West"

On August 16, in his speech at the Moscow Conference on International Security, the head of the Russian Defense Ministry, Sergei Shoigu, said that from a military point of view there is no need to use nuclear weapons in Ukraine to achieve the goals of the special operation.

The Russian Ministry of Defense warns the UK against conducting a provocation with a reconnaissance aircraft and warns that its consequences will lie exclusively on the British side. This is stated in the statement of the Russian military department.

This reform in the domestic Air Force has been expected for decades. And now Russia is working on the mass construction of special covers for military aircraft.