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As part of a large-scale command and staff exercise (KShU), the crews of about 20 Mi-8AMTSh helicopters of the Air Force and Air Defense Association of the Southern Military District (SE) ensured the landing of motorized rifle units of the coastal defense unit of the Black Sea Fleet during the practical actions of troops at the Opuk training ground in the Crimea.

The Corporation hopes for an order from the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation

The Checkmate light single-engine fighter of the fifth generation is planned to be demonstrated to potential customers at exhibitions abroad, said the head of the United Aircraft Corporation (UAC) Yuri Slyusar.

There is no talk of merging all aviation design bureaus

The design center, which unites all aircraft design bureaus, should be built in three to four years on Leningradsky Prospekt in Moscow, said the head of the UAC Yuri Slyusar.

The construction of prototypes of military transport aircraft IL-112B and passenger IL-114 does not stop, despite the investigation of the crash of Il-112B that occurred in August, said the head of the United Aircraft Corporation (UAC) Yuri Slyusar.

Turkey may purchase Russian Su-35 and Su-57 fighters if the US freezes the sale of F-16s after the F-35. This, as RIA Novosti reports, was stated by the head of the Department of Defense Industry of Turkey Ismail Demir.

According to the Philippine news agency PNA, on October 13, the acceptance ceremony of the next batch of multi-purpose S-70i Black Hawk helicopters took place at the Clark Air Force Base in Pampanga.

Turkey can buy Russian Su-35 and Su-57 fighters instead of American F-16s. This was stated by the head of the Turkish Defense Industry Department Ismail Demir. His statement is reported by RIA Novosti.

Reuters reported, citing four informed sources, that Turkey is expanding the export of armed UAVs after their successful use in international conflicts, having concluded new agreements with Morocco and Ethiopia.

The Russian fifth-generation fighter Su-57 has an impressive strike potential. This conclusion was reached in the publication Military Watch Magazine.

The fifth-generation Russian fighter is capable of destroying enemy ships alone.

The wide range of weapons used by Russian fifth-generation Su-57 fighters forced the American edition of The Military Watch to recognize the lethality of this combat vehicle not only for aerial purposes, but also for ships.

The introduction of self-driving cars will radically revise the economy of transportation and reduce the cost of travel. This was stated by Tatiana Mikheeva, Head of the Research Department of Integrated Transport Development of JSC NIIAT, in an interview with Vestnik GLONASS magazine. 

Su-57 fighters will start entering the Russian Armed Forces by the end of this year, Rostec reported. On the air of Sputnik radio, military expert Yuri Knutov commented on this news.

As a result of the Israeli air strike, one Syrian soldier was killed, three more were injured

The Syrian military did not use air defense when attacking four Israeli fighter jets because of two civilian aircraft in the sky. This was announced by the deputy head of the Russian Center for Reconciliation of the warring parties in Syria, Rear Admiral Vadim Kulit.

Russian Su-57 and Checkmate aircraft are constantly becoming the target of information stuffing and the subject of articles in which unreliable facts are indicated. This was reported to Izvestia by the press service of Rostec State Corporation.

The National Security Agency (NSA) was concerned about the ability of Russia and China, as well as to some extent Iran and the DPRK, to "land" American fifth-generation F-35 Lightning II fighters without a single shot, writes Popular Mechanics.

During a working trip to Voronezh, Russian Defense Minister General of the Army Sergei Shoigu was informed that by the end of this year, the 47th Bomber Aviation Regiment on Su-34 aircraft will be relocated from Buturlinovka, Voronezh Region, to the city of Voronezh.

The Russian army will receive more than 70 multifunctional fighters of the fifth generation Su-57 by 2027. Several of them will arrive this year.

The reason for the death of the American F-22 fighter was the mistakes made when washing the aircraft - they affected the operation of the sensors. Air Force Times managed to get acquainted with the results of a closed investigation conducted by the US Air Force bypassing the usual procedure.

Zhong Hang - Zhi (ZHZ) Science and Technology Ltd. demonstrated an improved version of the TD220 vertical takeoff and landing UAV at the Airshow China 2021 exhibition held recently in Zhuhai.

American pilots will learn air battles with "an almost equal opponent." October 14, portal aero-mag.com He reported that the US Air Force has signed a contract with Exosonic for the construction of supersonic drones.