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Without maintenance, the helicopter fleet will quickly become unusable

The fleet of more than a hundred Russian-made helicopters delivered to Afghanistan will quickly become unusable without service and repair, the head of Rosoboronexport, Alexander Mikheev, told Interfax.

Rosoboronexport is discussing with foreign customers the issue of creating a two-seat version of the Su-57 fighter, the head of the company Alexander Mikheev said.

During the exercises of front-line aviation near Voronezh, an episode was worked out with the relocation of Su-34 bombers to an operational airfield equipped directly on the federal highway E-38 Kursk-Saratov.

Swift Tactical Systems, a division of Swift Engineering, recently performed more than two dozen flights of the UAV vertical takeoff and landing "Swift021" (Swift021) at Leach Field (Colorado) to collect data on its capabilities when used at high altitudes.

The International Military-Technical Forum "Army-2021" is being held near Moscow from August 22 to 28, and the exposition of Belarus is one of the brightest.

At the "Army-2021" you can see the best samples of Belarusian military equipment. Various means of communication, military telecommunications, radar equipment, unmanned aerial vehicles are widely represented. Specialists are interested in electronic warfare systems, including those designed to combat drones.

Russia can assist Turkey in creating a fifth-generation fighter, but not to the detriment of its national interests, Dmitry Shugaev, head of the Federal Service for Military-Technical Cooperation (FSMTC), said on Wednesday.

The Turkish Aviation Association (Türk Hava Kurumu — THK) has signed a contract with the state company Ukrspetsexport for the repair and maintenance of helicopters. After that, Turkey wanted to repair the Russian Mi-17 in the markets of the Middle East and Asia, - reports Daily Sabah with reference to the general director of THK Cemal Balıkçı (Cemal Balıkçı).

The construction of the Chinese hypersonic wind tunnel JF22 is scheduled to be completed next year. According to China Central Television, it will be able to simulate a maximum speed of up to 10 kilometers per second — 30 times the speed of sound — and an altitude of 40 to 100 kilometers.

The Indonesian shipbuilding company PT Lundin launched an inconspicuous missile trimaran "Golok". According to Naval News, this is the second ship of the X3K type after the Klevang, which burned down in 2012.

On Wednesday, August 25, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu, after visiting the shooting center in the Patriot Park, instructed to speed up state tests of promising small arms and protective equipment for VKS pilots.

On Wednesday, Russian Defense Minister General of the Army Sergei Shoigu arrived at the Kubinka airfield near Moscow. Here he examined the aviation part of the exposition of the international military-technical forum "Army-2021".

The new scheme of operation of the Kronstadt drones will allow you to see the incipient fire, fix and localize it

The Kronstadt company is engaged in the creation of a line of unmanned helicopters with a take-off weight from 350 kg to 1.5 tons. This was announced by the general director of Kronstadt, Sergey Bogatikov, during the demonstration of a 450 kg take-off helicopter to Deputy Prime Minister Borisov at the Army-2021 forum.

Preliminary design of a high-speed stealth attack drone "Thunder" and capable of combining into a "swarm" of Lightning drones is underway, Sergey Bogatikov, general director of the Kronstadt UAV developer and manufacturer, said in an interview with Interfax.

Deliveries of Orion reconnaissance and strike drones abroad may begin next year, Sergei Bogatikov, CEO of Kronstadt, said in an interview with Interfax.

Serial attack drones "Orion" ("Pacer") for deliveries to the Russian military will be equipped with new ammunition, the CEO of the Kronstadt company Sergey Bogatikov said in an interview with Interfax.

The developer of the Kronstadt UAV is ready to cooperate with Ilyushin to create a transport drone based on the Il-112B aircraft, the company's CEO Sergey Bogatikov said in an interview with Interfax.

The import-substituted UAV "Outpost-R", previously produced under an Israeli license, received shock functions, follows from the materials for the Army-2021 forum.

The air defense calculations used the Favorit anti-aircraft missile system and the Pantsir-S1 missile and gun system to repel a raid by bombers and unmanned aircraft of a conditional enemy at the Privolzhsky airfield in the Astrakhan region.

Russia is ready to provide all types of Myanmar's armed forces with equipment and weapons within the framework of military-technical cooperation, the head of Rosoboronexport, Alexander Mikheev, told Interfax.

The Russian Defense Ministry has signed contracts for the supply of reconnaissance and strike drones "Pacer-RU" ("Orion") and "Outpost-R", the military department told reporters.