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The Turkish company Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI) announced on its Twitter page about the new record for flight duration set by the medium-altitude UAV of the long flight duration (MALE) "Anka".

The Russian Helicopters Holding Company of Rostec State Corporation supplied six helicopters to the PSB Leasing Group of Companies in the interests of the National Air Ambulance Service (NSSA).

According to the information published by The News, the commissioning ceremony of 10 Westland WS-61 "Sea King" helicopters donated by Qatar took place at the Pakistan Navy shipbuilding enterprise in Karachi on January 24.

Turkey is looking for opportunities to use its failed aircraft carrier in a new way. January 30, portal defenseworld.net He announced that a deck version of the promising ATAK-II attack helicopter will be created for use on the ship.

The ministry said that flights of Russian fighters over the Baltic Sea on January 29 were not carried out

Flights of Russian Su-27 fighters over the Baltic Sea on January 29 were not carried out, the Russian Defense Ministry said, commenting on the statement of the Estonian Foreign Ministry about the alleged violation of the republic's airspace by a Russian Su-27 fighter in the area of Vaindloo Island.

The head of the Ministry of Industry and Trade noted that the new Center will produce flagship drones for Kronstadt JSC: Orion, Sirius, Thunder, Helios

The plant for the production of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), which Kronstadt JSC opened in Dubna near Moscow, will become part of the most modern production of drones and ground control points in the Russian Federation. This was stated by the head of the Ministry of Industry and Trade of Russia Denis Manturov.

The new Russian strike unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) "Sirius" will perform its first flight in May this year. On January 27, Sergey Bogatikov, CEO of the Kronstadt developer company, reported this to Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu during an inspection of the first specialized plant for the production of large-sized UAVs built in Dubna.

According to the Department of Information and Mass Communications of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, on January 27, 2022, the Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation Sergei Shoigu inspected the first specialized plant in Russia for the production of large-sized military unmanned aerial vehicles, which the Kronstadt company built in Dubna near Moscow. Denis Manturov, the head of the Ministry of Industry and Trade, and Andrey Vorobyov, the Governor of the Moscow Region, also got acquainted with the new production. They were shown the capacity of the plant and the stages of the production process of unmanned aerial vehicles of the aircraft type.

The Republic of Korea Air Force has completed the acceptance and deployment of all 40 fifth-generation F-35A Lightning-2 fighters purchased in the United States. According to the Yonhap news agency, the last four planes arrived on January 25 at the Cheongju Air Base, 140 km south of Seoul.

A video has emerged of the last seconds of the flight of a US Navy F-35 fighter jet that fell into the South China Sea after hitting the deck of the aircraft carrier Carl Vinson. Recall that seven people were injured in the accident.

The aviation of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Armenia has been replenished with modern multifunctional helicopters, which are designed to perform amphibious, fire, transport and sanitary tasks.

The first flight of the Helios-RLD radar patrol UAV, produced at the facilities of Kronstadt JSC in Dubna, is scheduled for 2024.

The Russian Armed Forces will begin mass-producing Sirius attack drones in 2023. The first flight of the unmanned aerial vehicle is expected in May this year.

Egypt intends to upgrade its fleet of military transport aircraft and strengthen control of its airspace. January 27, portal defensenews.com He reported that the United States approved the request of the Egyptian Defense Ministry for 12 aircraft and radar.

CEO of Kronstadt Bogatikov: the Sirius attack UAV will make its first flight in May

In the spring, a new Sirius attack drone will make its first flight in Russia. The Kronstadt Company is preparing flight samples of an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). This was reported to Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu by the General director of Kronstadt, Sergei Bogatikov, RIA Novosti reports.

The Su-35 was called the most combat-ready fighter of Russia, which can hit targets at distances twice as large as the aircraft of the North Atlantic Alliance. Attention to the characteristics of domestic fighters turned out to be riveted after the Russian Aerospace Forces transferred the Su-35S to Belarusian airfields.

The first high-quality video of the combat duty of PLA Navy fighters on the artificial Yunshu Reef (Fiery Cross) in the disputed Spratly archipelago of the South China Sea has appeared on the Web. The J-11 and Su-30MK fighters are on duty there in pairs on a rotational basis.

The first three planes out of 12 previously ordered arrived in the country

The first batch of the previously ordered 12 combat training aircraft (UBS) Yak-130 arrived in Vietnam. This was reported to TASS by a source in the military-industrial complex.

Space Micro will develop a terminal for transmitting data from the F-35 to the satellite

Air Force (Air Force) The United States has entrusted Space Micro with the development of a terminal that allows data to be transmitted from a maneuvering fighter like the F-35 Lightning II to a geostationary satellite at a speed of about 10 gigabits per second, writes the American edition of The Drive.

Defense News: China can access data from F-35 fighter jet via UAE

The use of telecommunications equipment of the 5G standard of the Chinese company Huawei in the event of the UAE acquiring fifth-generation F-35 Lightning II fighters will provide Beijing with an opportunity to get a lot of information about how the US aircraft works, Emily Harding, a researcher at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, told Defense News.