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On November 15, the French company Dassault Aviation announced the entry into force of a contract for the supply of 30 additional Rafale multipurpose fighters to the Egyptian Air Force.

The Russian company Kronstadt has begun work on the assembly of the first prototype of the Sirius heavy drone. This was announced by the general director of the company Sergey Bogatikov in an interview with RIA Novosti.

The relatively low price of the promising Russian fifth-generation fighter Su-75 may be the key to its export attractiveness. The first buyer may be the United Arab Emirates.

The MiG-25 interceptor fighter is famous for its ability to develop almost three times the speed of sound. Due to the tactical and technical characteristics of the Soviet aircraft for many years terrified the pilots of the United States and NATO countries.

The US State Department has approved the potential supply of advanced AIM-120C-7 AMRAAM medium-range air-to-air guided missiles and related equipment to Saudi Arabia.

Judging by a number of hints and reservations, the promising Russian Su-75 fighter (Checkmate) is being created primarily for sale to the Middle East.

The head of the delegation on military security and arms control, Konstantin Gavrilov, stressed that "we are talking about planned planned exercises"

Russia has conducted planned strategic aviation exercises in the skies over Belarus, which are not directed against third countries and are not related to the crisis on the Belarusian-Polish border. This was stated on Wednesday by Konstantin Gavrilov, head of the Russian delegation to the Vienna talks on military security and arms control, to the participants of the OSCE Forum on Security Cooperation.

There are American reconnaissance aircraft operating near Belarus, which can be used to assess the situation in the areas bordering Poland, writes The Drive.

IBM has announced that it has developed a new Eagle chip for quantum computing, which, according to the company's management, will allow quantum systems to surpass classical computers in some tasks over the next two years.

The Japanese company Honda has tested the second prototype of an AWV unmanned work vehicle in New Mexico. It looks like a small truck without a top. AWV can carry up to 399 kilograms, travel up to 45 kilometers and work up to six hours on a single charge.

The carrier-based fighter F-35 of the British Air Force, which took off from the aircraft carrier Queen Elizabeth, fell into the Mediterranean Sea as a result of the accident. This is reported by the Ministry of Defense of the Kingdom. The pilot managed to eject.

For the first time, the Checkmate light tactical aircraft was presented at the MAKS-2021 Air Show

Vice President and Prime Minister of the United Arab Emirates Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum attended the presentation of the Russian fighter Checkmate at the Dubai Airshow 2021. This was reported on Monday in the press service of the Rostec state Corporation.

We are talking about drones purchased by foreign customers, said the company's CEO Sergey Bogatikov

Orion unmanned aerial vehicles purchased by foreign customers will be able to operate using satellite communications using foreign spacecraft. This was announced to TASS by Sergey Bogatikov, CEO of Kronstadt JSC, at the Dubai Airshow 2021 International Airshow, which opened in the United Arab Emirates on November 14.

The first tests of the Termit unmanned attack helicopter and launches of corrected aircraft missiles with a range of six kilometers have been conducted in Russia, Sergei Bogatikov, CEO of Kronstadt, said in an interview with RIA Novosti.

The system is designed for autonomous determination of the spatial position and altitude-speed parameters of the aircraft, the press service of the Concern Radioelectronic Technologies said.

For the first time in Russia, missiles were launched from the Termit unmanned attack helicopter. Their range is six kilometers, and the flight is adjusted. This was told by Sergey Bogatikov, CEO of the Kronstadt developer company, RIA Novosti reports.

The Russian unmanned reconnaissance and attack helicopter Termit launched guided missiles in flight. The target range was six kilometers.

The feature of the Su-75 Checkmate light tactical aircraft (LTS) was named in Russia. Director of the Museum of the Air Defense Forces, military expert Yuri Knutov spoke about the versatility of the aircraft on Sputnik radio.

At the Dubai Air Show, Russia presented both civil and military aircraft: from the SSJ-100 AURUS business jet to the fifth-generation Checkmate fighter. This was reported on Tuesday, November 16, by a correspondent of Izvestia from the scene.

The Thai Air Force Command has signed a contract with the American company Textron Aviation Defense for the supply of eight AT-6E "Volverin" light combat aircraft.