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Bell Helicopter Textron Inc. has handed over to the US Navy Aviation Systems Command (NAVAIR) the first of 12 AH-1Z Viper attack helicopters before its official delivery to the Bahrain Air Force.

Qatar is "disappointed" by the lack of a response from the United States to its request to purchase medium-altitude UAVs of long flight duration (MALE class) MQ-9B "Predator".

The Progress Rocket and Space Center has rejected the project of the first Russian light-engine aircraft "Rysachok" approved by Putin.

Russia should contribute to the establishment of a no-fly zone over the Donbass after Ukraine began using Bayraktar attack UAVs to protect Russian citizens living there, Director of the TSAMTO Igor Korotchenko told RIA Novosti.

According to spotters, Aviastar-SP JSC (part of PJSC United Aircraft Corporation - UAC) in Ulyanovsk has finally completed work on the conversion of the Tu-204-300 long-haul passenger aircraft previously built by this enterprise (factory number 1450741564039, serial number 039, registration number RA-64039) into a board for the transportation of the leadership of the National Guard of the Russian Federation (Rosgvardiya).

On Tuesday, October 26, a prototype aircraft for American special forces was presented in Poland. MC-145B Special Operations Multi-Role Aircraft (SOMA) was developed as part of the US Special Operations Command (US SOCOM) Armed Overwatch project. This is reported by the Defense Express agency.

Within the framework of the international forum "Ethics of Artificial Intelligence: the Beginning of Trust", the Russian government, the Ministry of Economic Development, the Alliance in the field of AI (BEAC, MTS, VK, Gazprom Neft, Yandex, RDIF) and other major companies and research organizations signed the code of ethics in the field of artificial intelligence (CECI), which establishes general ethical principles and standards of conduct for participants in this industry.

Photos and videos of a demonstrator of an Indian unobtrusive SWiFT drone performing high-speed runs appeared on the network. According to The Drive, it is a smaller version of the Ghatak attack drone.

The US Air Force should focus on creating fifth-generation F-35A fighters instead of upgrading aircraft of previous generations. In her article, Heather Penny, an employee of the Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Research, called the modernization of F-15 aircraft a dead end. This is reported by Defense News.

The Swedish company Jetson has introduced a manned multicopter capable of accelerating up to 102 kilometers per hour. The drone has lidars to help avoid collisions, and a parachute, and the power of the engines allows you to continue flying in case one of them breaks down. The company intends to start small-scale production in 2022 and sell the devices for 92 thousand dollars.

About 200 servicemen of the two countries took part in the active phase of the exercises

The final stage of the joint exercises of Russian and Egyptian paratroopers "Defenders of Friendship - 2021" was held on Wednesday near Cairo. The active phase with practical landing and tactical actions was carried out at the Egyptian Armed Forces training ground Wadi Sakran near the city of Inshas, 60 km from the Egyptian capital, a TASS correspondent reports.

The Russian Defense Ministry reported that two Tu-160 strategic missile carriers of the Russian Aerospace Forces carried out a planned raid over the neutral waters of the Barents and Norwegian Seas. The previous time such planes appeared in these places was at the end of July this year.

The Angolan authorities have sent Ankara a request about the possibility of acquiring Turkish-made UAVs, which may become Bayraktar TB2, previously sold to Morocco, Poland and Ukraine.

A new protection system for helicopters will be developed in Russia. It will protect rotorcraft from dangerous left rotation and warn the pilot that he goes beyond the limits prescribed by the protocol.

The House of Representatives of the Philippine Congress approved the request of the country's Air Force regarding the allocation of funding for the purchase of five new C-130J "Super Hercules" military transport aircraft.

At the Blue Flag-2021 exercises taking place in the Negev Desert, Israeli Air Force pilots are practicing actions to overcome Russian air defense systems in service with the Syrian army.

According to information from the blogs of the Chinese social network Weibo, the two-seat fighter J-20B made its first flight. It became a development of the Chengdu J-20, which first took to the skies in 2011.

The Chinese company WM Motor presented the concept of the M7 electric sedan. According to Electreck, the car will receive three lidars with a total viewing angle of 330 degrees and almost 30 more sensors. The M7 will have a significant range for an electric vehicle — 700 kilometers.

The American company General Dynamics Land Systems has signed an agreement with the startup Epirus on the integration of its Leonidas pulsed electromagnetic weapon on the Stryker armored vehicle. According to The Drive, the developers want to offer this combination to the US Army, which plans to equip Stryker with a directed energy weapon and has already tested it with a combat laser.

The servicemen worked out a joint landing from the IL-76MD aircraft of the Russian Aerospace Forces approximately 60 km from Cairo

Russian and Egyptian paratroopers performed group parachute jumps on Tuesday before the final stage of the Defenders of Friendship - 2021 exercises taking place near Cairo. The servicemen worked out a joint landing from the Il-76MD aircraft of the Russian Aerospace Forces approximately 60 km from the Egyptian capital.