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The Russian heavy attack drone "Hunter", which is the wingman of the fifth-generation Su-57 fighter, poses a "big problem" for NATO and, in particular, the United States. This is told by the American publication 19FortyFive.

It will allow the creators of drones to reduce the development time of serial samples of equipment by 24 months

A platform for creating auxiliary power plants for drones may appear in Russia by 2024, the press service of the Aeronet National Technology Initiative told TASS. The corresponding development is already underway, and by 2026 the technical solution will bring revenue of 50 million rubles. The platform is being developed by the "Turbomachine Problem Laboratory".

Turkey has started the procedure for purchasing F-16 aircraft from the United States. This was announced on Saturday, October 23, by the Minister of National Defense of the country Hulusi Akar.

Norway will write off all its F-16s by the end of this year. On combat duty, they will be replaced by F-35 fighters, of which there are already 31 units in the Norwegian Air Force. Thus, Norway will become the first country in the world whose Air Force will completely switch to a new generation of fighters.

The Russian unmanned aerial vehicle S-70 "Hunter" will become one of the most advanced aerial combat vehicles after commissioning. Ex-US Army officer Brent Eastwood writes about this in an article for 19fortyfive.

As the Kyrgyz media reported on October 21, 2021, the Chairman of the State Committee for National Security of Kyrgyzstan Kamchybek Tashiyev said that a contract for the purchase of Bayraktar unmanned aerial vehicles by Kyrgyzstan in Turkey (as can be understood, Bayraktar TB2 is meant)) is already under implementation, and that Russian light unmanned systems Orlan-10E will also be purchased.

The first mass-produced Taiwanese advanced flight training jet T-5 took to the skies for the first time at Chin Chuan Kang Air Base. According to the island's Central News Agency, he was accompanied by a prototype during the flight. By 2026, Taiwan's military is going to receive 66 such aircraft.

Paratroopers from Russia and Egypt, as part of the joint exercise "Defenders of Friendship-2021", conducted fire training classes using elements of tactical shooting at the paratrooper training ground near Cairo, the Department of Information and Mass Communications of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation reports.

The small island of Shemya in Alaska may become a primary target in the conflict between the United States and an equally powerful enemy - such as China and Russia. The other day, the American special operations forces conducted a training to protect the island. Although in the event of the beginning of the Third World, special forces are unlikely to help.

As reported by the US Embassy in the Philippines, at Clark Air Base in Mabalacat City (prov. Pampanga) the official ceremony of the transfer of four Scanigl UAVs to the Philippine Air Force took place.

The Israeli company Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) and the South Korean Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) signed a memorandum of understanding on October 20 within the framework of the program for the development and production of barrage ammunition.

The Russian Su-57, which a number of experts do not consider fully fifth-generation fighters, are currently under development and testing, as a result of which the appearance of such serial aircraft and the start of their full-scale production should be expected in at least a few years, the Polish edition of Defence24 notes.

The Peruvian Navy conducted the first live firing exercises using MM-40 Exocet Block-3 Surface-to-surface and AM-39 Exocet air-to-surface missiles developed by MBDA Group.

On October 21, Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu went to a new military town, which was built in less than a year in one of the Moscow districts. There are two departmental centers located there - the 27th Scientific and the Aviation Safety Center of the Armed Forces.

The Air Force of the People's Liberation Army of China has begun a massive conversion of outdated Shenyang J-6 fighters into unmanned aerial vehicles. This is reported by Defense News.

These aircraft have long been the basis of the PRC Air Force. They are, in fact, a clone of the Soviet MiG-19 aircraft. The production of the "sixth" was organized in the early 60s at the aviation plant in Shenyang and lasted for almost a quarter of a century. During this time, according to various sources, about 4,000 pieces were released.

"The co-pilot" and the spherical radar station leave the American competitor far behind, said military expert Alexey Leonkov

The newest domestic fifth-generation fighter Su-57 is ahead of its competitors from the United States in weapons systems, robotics, radar surveillance systems and electronic warfare (electronic warfare).

Two American B-1B Lancer strategic bombers, which took off from Fairford Air Base in the UK, flew in the Black Sea area, the US Air Force Command in Europe and Africa reported.

The most powerful weapon of Russia is named in the publication 19FortyFive. The author noted Russian missiles, air defense systems, a helicopter and a promising underwater vehicle.

The United Aircraft Corporation (PJSC UAC, part of Rostec State Corporation) continues to centralize the management of enterprises belonging to the corporation.

According to Indian media, another batch of Rafale fighters manufactured by Dassault Aviation arrived at the Jamnagar Air base of the Indian Air Force, having flown from Bordeaux-Merignac air base in France.