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The Japanese edition of Traffic News called the Russian Mi-171A3 helicopter a masterpiece

The Japanese edition of Traffic News told about the first flight of the Russian Mi-171A3 helicopter. The publication emphasizes that this is the development of the "masterpiece helicopter" of the Mi-8 series.

The requirements for the appearance of a promising Russian combat helicopter will be formed within a year and a half. Representatives of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation and industrial enterprises finish discussing the technical details of the new machine.

A new arms race is brewing in North Africa: Morocco and Algeria almost simultaneously expressed their intention to purchase fifth-generation fighters.

The Ministry of Budget and Management of the Philippines has issued a special order on the allocation of funds (SARO) for the purchase of 32 additional Polish-made S-70i Black Hawk multipurpose helicopters for the country's Air Force as part of the second stage of the Philippine Armed Forces Modernization Program.

This year, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation will have new military equipment: launchers with intercontinental ballistic missiles "Yars", "Avangard" and "Sarmat".

Izvestia: in Russia, the infrastructure for hypersonic complexes "Dagger" is being prepared

At military airfields in the Russian regions, the preparation of infrastructure for hypersonic complexes "Dagger" is being completed. Special facilities are designed for maintenance and testing of hypersonic missiles. This is reported by the newspaper "Izvestia".

The American company Scaled Composites showed a 3D-printed model of the Model 412 Encore aircraft at the AIAA SciTech exhibition. It is assumed that it can be used for research tasks.

The AN-225 Mriya had malfunctions of the main landing gear before departure from Poland

The Ukrainian transport aircraft of the AN-225 "Mriya" extra-large payload damaged the main landing gear before taking off from Poland. This is reported by Liga.net with reference to the press service of the Antonov aircraft manufacturing company.

The American aircraft manufacturer Boeing has shown a new concept of a promising reusable hypersonic drone Valkyrie. According to Air Force Magazine, it is distinguished by a blunt nose, a flatter fuselage and rounded air intakes on the sides.

Experts from Zhejiang University have developed a pulsed laser emitter with a power of one megawatt. According to the South China Morning Post, it weighs one and a half kilograms and is small enough to place it on a satellite. The emitter will be able to identify and track targets, as well as quickly transmit information.

Restoration of the appearance of the honored veteran of the Cold War and local conflicts

The Jaguar fighter-bomber, created by the joint efforts of British and French aircraft manufacturers and first flew in 1968, can rightfully be considered an epoch for the British, French, and Indian Air Forces, where it was produced under license.

Pakistan was once again left without attack helicopters. January 7, portal scramble.nl He reported that the Ministry of Defense of Pakistan officially terminated the contract for the purchase of 30 T129 combat vehicles from Turkey.

Long-range anti-submarine aircraft Tu-142 this year will continue to make long flights over the waters of the Arctic and Atlantic Oceans.

Aviation and air defense forces of the Black Sea Fleet conducted training in the Crimea, the press service of the fleet reported. During the event, the issues of detection and tracking of aircraft, including at ultra-low altitudes, were worked out.

Naval aviation and air defense forces of the Black Sea Fleet repelled attacks by unmanned aerial vehicles during exercises in the Crimea. This was reported in the press service of the Black Sea Fleet.

On January 6, 2001, two Ka-50 helicopters, better known as the Black Shark, took off from the Severny airfield in Grozny for the first combat mission.

The story of the commissioning of this rotorcraft has been greatly delayed. After all, its prototype began flying back in 1982. But the changes that began in the USSR, and then the collapse of the country, postponed bringing the helicopter to a reliable working model. The first serial samples were received by the Air Force after the Ka-50 was put into service, which happened only in August 1995.

Boeing Corporation showed a hypersonic aircraft model based on the Valkyrie concept demonstrated in 2018. It is assumed that it can be used to solve military or civilian tasks.

The Strategic Missile Forces (Strategic Missile Forces) plan to further equip the regiments with unmanned aerial vehicles of the airplane and copter type, the Department of Information and Mass Communications of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation reported on Thursday.

American engineering company Deere & The company, commonly known as John Deere, presented an unmanned tractor of its own design at CES 2022. The drone is built on the basis of John Deere 8R and the company plans to start selling the serial version in 2022. This is reported by Electrek.

Currently, technical specialists of the Ministry of Defense and representatives of industrial enterprises are discussing the requirements for the helicopter

Representatives of industrial enterprises and the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation are finishing discussing the requirements for a promising combat helicopter and it is planned that in the next year and a half they will determine its appearance. This was reported to TASS by a source in the military-industrial complex.