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Russian Spring: attack helicopters of the Russian Aerospace Forces flew to the borders of Turkey and Jordan

The strike forces of the Russian Aerospace Forces headed for the borders of Turkey and Jordan. This is reported by the correspondent of the publication "Russian Spring".

Infographic of the "Red Star": 39 foreign intelligence officers were spotted near the borders of the Russian Federation during the week

Over the past week, 39 foreign reconnaissance aircraft and unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) have been spotted near the borders of Russia. This follows from the weekly infographic of the Russian Ministry of Defense published by the newspaper Krasnaya Zvezda.

Defense Express: AN-178-100R aircraft received a Russian-made engine

The Ukrainian state Enterprise (GP) Antonov announced the rollout of the AN-178-100R aircraft. The manufacturer stressed that the aircraft received equipment from Ukrainian and Western suppliers, but they could not completely replace the Russian units at the enterprise. The aircraft received a Russian-made engine, according to the Defense Express material.

According to the head of the Ministry of Defense, sanctions make their creation impossible

Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu believes that international rescue coordination centers could help in case of emergencies in different regions of the world, but sanctions make their creation impossible. He expressed this opinion in an interview with the Argumenty i Fakty newspaper published on Monday.

In Syria, a militant oil refinery was destroyed with the help of a Russian barrage ammunition. The operation took place in the province of Hama.

The Command of the Ecuadorian Air Force (FAE) has received the last three light twin-engine multi-purpose H-145M helicopters at the Airbus Helicopters company in Donauvert.

Boeing E-8C Reconnaissance Aircraft of the Air Force (Air Force) On December 27, the United States approached the Russian-Ukrainian border. This is evidenced by the data of the aviation monitoring site Flightradar.

The US Army has signed a contract with Northrop Grumman for the production of a unified control system for air and missile defense systems IBCS. According to Breaking Defense, under this agreement, the company will develop 160 systems for the US military and their foreign partners by the end of 2026.

The PD-35 engine, designed for the promising Russian-Chinese wide-body long-haul CR929 aircraft, will be tested in 2024. Earlier it became known that Beijing has started assembling the first sample of the new airliner.

The aircraft of the Saudi-led coalition against Yemeni Houthi rebels struck and destroyed nine weapons depots in the Yemeni capital Sanaa, Saudi state television reported, citing a coalition statement.

The state tests, within the framework of which the training took place, are planned to be completed by the end of 2021

The crew of the newest patrol ship "Sergey Kotov", built for the Black Sea Fleet, for the first time worked out the reception on the deck of the Ka-27PS search and rescue helicopter of the fleet's naval aviation, the press service of the Black Sea Fleet said in a statement on Friday.

The crews of Su-27SM3 fighters of the Southern Military District (SE) during a tactical flight exercise worked out the relocation of aircraft to operational airfields in the Crimea, the press service of the SE reported on Friday.

Su-27SM3 and Su-30M2 fighters of the Southern Military District (SE) during tactical flight exercises (LTU) worked out the relocation of aircraft to operational airfields in the Crimea from the Krasnodar Territory, the Black Sea Fleet (Black Sea Fleet) reported on Friday.

Stealth technologies and radiation protection - what the new glass is capable of.

For many years, the glazing produced by ONPP "Technology" has been used in the aerospace industry. 

Earlier, the media reported that Jakarta would abandon Russian aircraft due to budget deficit

The Russian side has not received notifications through diplomatic channels from Indonesia about the refusal to purchase 11 multifunctional Su-35 fighters. This was reported by the Russian Ambassador to Jakarta Lyudmila Vorobyova to the TASS correspondent on Friday.

Rostec State Corporation PJSC UAC summed up the results of work for 2021 under the program "Mentoring for the managerial personnel reserve of UAC Group enterprises" implemented by the Personnel Management Department of the corporation.

France will transfer its armed forces to a single unified helicopter. December 23, portal janes.com He reported that the French Defense Ministry ordered 169 H160M multipurpose vehicles for €8.6 billion to Airbus.

The Russian Defense Ministry published a video that instantly went viral.

The newest Russian Orion attack drone was demonstrated, which, according to Zvezda, was involved "in combat use against an aerial target."

The Brazilian company Helibras (Helicopters do Brasil), which is a subsidiary of Airbus Helicopters, announced the delivery to the Army Aviation Command (CAvEX) of Brazil of the 34th and last upgraded light reconnaissance helicopter AS-550A2 "Fennek".

According to the plan for the supply of the main samples of ViVT in 2021, two Su-25 attack aircraft entered service at the united Russian military base Kant, stationed in the Republic of Kyrgyzstan.