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Novikombank, the main bank of Rostec State Corporation, is a financial partner of the program for the creation of a new generation passenger aircraft MS-21. The organization lends a number of enterprises of the State Corporation - participants in cooperation on the implementation of the project.

The US Navy has announced the initial operational readiness of the CMV-22B transport tiltrotor. This means that the device was recognized as fully suitable for combat missions. CMV-22B has already completed its first mission, and it was successful.

The US Navy has published photos of a large underwater robot Snakehead, which was launched in February. According to The Drive, the military previously said that Snakehead would be the largest uninhabited vehicle to launch from submarines. First, he will do intelligence and data collection.

Pilots of MiG-31 high-altitude interceptors and Su-30SM fighters during day and night flights in Primorye discovered and hit air targets and evaded a retaliatory strike, the press service of the Eastern Military District (VVO) reports.

Pilots of the Russian Erebuni aviation military base and calculations of anti-aircraft units of the Air defense (air defense) military base of the Southern Military District (SE) in Armenia performed training tasks together with servicemen of duty shifts of the Ministry of Defense of Armenia, the press service of the SE reports.

The Russian military used a new version of the Lancet-3 kamikaze drones against militants in Syria

The Russian military used an upgraded version of the Lancet-3 kamikaze drones on the positions of terrorists in Syria. This is reported by RIA Novosti with reference to a military-diplomatic source.

Russian Su-24 bombers based in Crimea have conducted exercises to relocate to replacement airfields in other regions of the Russian Federation, said the official representative of the Black Sea Fleet Alexei Rulev.

The US Department of Defense announced the signing by the US Navy Aviation Systems Command with Sikorsky Aircraft of an additional contract for the supply of 4 CH-53K "King Stallion" helicopters of the 6th batch (Lot 6) as part of the initial small-scale production (LRIP) stage.

The Ukrainian Research Institute of IS VVT has completed tests of the complex with Barrier-V missiles for the Mi-8MSB-V

Tests of the Ukrainian complex with Barrier-B missiles for helicopters have been completed. Specialists of the State Research Institute for Testing and Certification of Weapons and Military Equipment (GNII IS VVT) performed more than 30 missile launches. This is reported by Defense Express with reference to the press service of the Institute.

Tu-22M3 with "Daggers" will become a problem for NATO in the Mediterranean.

The publication Military Watch reacted to the transfer of Tu-22M3 bombers and MiG-31K fighters with "Daggers" to Syria.

Military expert Alexey Leonkov on Friday, February 18, in an interview with Izvestia, told about the features and advantages of the upgraded version of the Lancet-3 UAV.

The Indonesian state-owned company PT Dirgantara Indonesia (PTDI) announced the transfer of the eighth of the nine ordered Bell-412EPi medium multipurpose helicopters to the Indonesian Army Aviation Command.

Large-scale exercises are continuing in Siberia. So, in the final of the first stage, the pilots of the supersonic fighter-interceptors MiG-31BM destroyed the high-precision weapons of the "enemy" - cruise, anti-aircraft and aircraft guided missiles.

A new version of the Lancet-3 barrage ammunition was used on the territory of the Syrian Arab Republic. It was equipped with one large X-shaped wing and an X-shaped tailplane.

Military Watch: Dagger complexes in Syria may close the Mediterranean Sea to NATO

Russian hypersonic missile systems X-47M2 "Dagger", recently transferred to Syria, can close the Mediterranean Sea for NATO. Thus, the American magazine Military Watch assessed the appearance of Tu-22M3 bombers and MiG-31K fighters at the Syrian Khmeimim airbase.

Forbes: the main problem of Ukrainian MiG-29 fighters is the lack of pilots

The MiG-29 is the most massive fighter of Ukraine, inherited by the country from the USSR. The readiness of Ukrainian combat aircraft for war was assessed by Forbes columnist David Ax.

Expert Leonkov named the features of the Lancet-3 barrage ammunition

The Russian Lancet-3 barrage munition, which was tested in Syria, will allow strikes against previously unknown targets. The features of the kamikaze drone were named by military expert Alexey Leonkov in an interview with Izvestia.

The units of the Marine Corps of the Eastern Military District (VVO) at the Russian-Belarusian exercises "Allied Determination-2022" worked out on Saturday the landing of a tactical air assault in order to prevent the withdrawal of illegal armed formations (IAF).

The National Interest: F-35 fighters can make Russia "think twice"

Transfer of fifth-generation F-35 Lightning II fighters to the Air Force Base (Air Force) The US Spangdahl in Germany will not only strengthen the potential of NATO's collective defense, but also, if necessary, will allow these aircraft to be sent against the Russian army, says the American magazine The National Interest.

Representatives of the armed forces of Latvia and Lithuania have arrived in Belarus to observe the Belarusian-Russian exercise "Allied Resolve-2022", the Ministry of Defense of Belarus reported on Saturday.