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A new version of the Russian Orion reconnaissance and strike unmanned aerial vehicle, equipped with satellite communications, will perform its first flights in February-March, the Kronstadt drone developer company told RIA Novosti.

A new version of the Russian reconnaissance and strike unmanned aerial vehicle Orion will make its first flight in the first quarter of this year. The drone is equipped with satellite communication.

The troops of the Eastern Military District (VVO) of the Russian Federation, as part of the verification of the reaction forces of the Union State, were transferred to a distance of up to 10 thousand km. This was announced on Tuesday, February 1, by the head of the Russian Defense Ministry, Sergei Shoigu.

Buildings are being reconstructed at the plant site

The plant for the production of unmanned aerial vehicles in Dubna, built at Kronstadt's own expense, will reach full capacity in 2024. This was reported to TASS in the company's press service.

The Navy and the Aerospace Forces during large-scale exercises in January-February this year are practicing the protection of national interests in the oceans and the reflection of military threats from different directions, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said on Tuesday.

The deeply upgraded F-15 fighter launched the AIM-120 AMRAAM air—to-air missile. The car made its launch flight a year ago. Soon after, the first F-15EX was handed over to the US Air Force.

Poland will supply Ukraine with MANPADS and drones. This, as RIA Novosti reports, was stated by Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki. According to M. Moravetsky, we are talking "about ammunition, MANPADS "Thunder" and UAVs of various types that are used for "defensive" purposes."

Nizhny Novgorod Aircraft Manufacturing Plant "Sokol" - a branch of JSC "RSC "MiG" (part of PJSC "UAC" of Rostec State Corporation) celebrates the 90th anniversary of its formation on February 1.

After six months at sea, the F-35C fighters have somewhat changed their colors. January 31, portal thedrive.com I drew attention to the pictures of the stealth of the US Navy on board the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson with "rusty" spots.

Kalashnikov Group of Companies has released automatic machines for the customer from the Asia-Pacific region

Russia has released a large batch of small arms in the interests of a foreign customer. The Kalashnikov Group of Companies (GC) has released a batch of automatic rifles for a customer from the Asia-Pacific region (APR). This was reported in the press service of Kalashnikov, reports TASS.

The United States has transferred a rare radioactive contamination monitoring aircraft to Europe. He has already landed in the UK.

The US military has replaced all the unclassified servers of the first-generation ALIS system, which collects and processes data on every flying F-35 fighter in the world, with basic sets of the ODIN integrated operational data network. According to Breaking Defense, they are 75 percent smaller and process information 50 percent faster.

Defense News: F-35 Lightning II fighters started using ODIN instead of ALIS

The operators of the fifth-generation F-35 Lightning II fighter jets have started using the equipment of the Integrated Operational Data Network (ODIN), supplied to replace the autonomous logistics information system Autonomous Logistics Information System (ALIS). This is reported by Defense News.

On Tuesday, February 1, at a meeting in the Russian Defense Ministry, the head of the department, Sergei Shoigu, once again explained for what purpose Russian military units were sent to neighboring Belarus. And what tasks will the servicemen of the two fraternal countries have to solve in February at the joint exercise "Allied Resolve-2022".

At the Roshchinsky training ground in the Samara region, the peacekeeping brigade of the Central Military District showed its combat capabilities during large-scale exercises. The training footage was captured on video.

The Baikal light multipurpose aircraft took to the skies for the first time. The car is considered as a replacement for the famous Soviet An-2, nicknamed "cornhusker".

The joint Russian-Belarusian exercise "Allied Resolve - 2022" is an internal matter of Belarus and Russia and does not pose a threat to third countries, the Secretary General of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) said Stanislav Zas.

The air defense unit of the Central Military District conducted exercises with the latest Nebo-T radar complexes. Before they went on combat duty in the regions of the Urals and the Volga region, the performance of the equipment was tested with the help of combat aircraft.

On Sunday, January 30, the press service of the Western Military District reported that four upgraded super-maneuverable multifunctional two-seat Su-30SM2 fighters arrived at the airfield in the city of Chernyakhovsk, Kaliningrad region. They became part of the mixed naval aviation regiment of the Baltic Fleet. The crews took the planes at the manufacturing plant in Irkutsk and made a multi-kilometer flight to the place of permanent deployment.

Specialists of the Military University of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation have invented a new way to combat a swarm of small-sized drones - spraying a field of fragments over a protected object from a quadcopter, follows from a document published on the website of Rospatent.