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Russian Helicopters Holding Company of Rostec State Corporation delivered the first batch of two Mi-171 helicopters with VK-2500-03 high-altitude engines to China under a contract with QINGDAO civil airline.

The American fifth-generation fighter F-22 Raptor was spotted with a "mirror" coating. The Drive drew attention to the pictures posted on Instagram by aviation photographer Santos Caceres.

Russia will deliver about 100 military and 85 civilian helicopters to customers in 2021. This was announced on Tuesday, November 23, by Andrey Boginsky, CEO of the Russian Helicopters holding company.

The pilots of the fighter aviation regiment of the Leningrad Association of the Air Force and Air Defense of the Western Military District showed a highly maneuverable air battle. They took off from an airfield stationed in Karelia.

The Kronstadt company took part in a major foreign air show for the first time: as part of the Dubai Airshow 2021 in the UAE, representatives of the countries of the Persian Gulf and North Africa got acquainted with the company's products.

Tests of the Ansat-M helicopter should be completed in 2023, the general director of the Russian Helicopters holding (part of Rostec) said in an interview with RIA Novosti Andrey Boginsky.

As early as next year, American aviation may arm itself with a secret AIM-260 missile. November 22, portal thedrive.com He reported that the US Air Force is actively testing a munition developed under the Joint Advanced Tactical Missile program.

John Denis, a professor at the Institute for Strategic Studies at the US Army War College, spoke in a column for Defense News about the likely actions of NATO in the event of Russia's "invasion" of Ukraine.

According to the resource Defencebelgium.com, an A-400M (CT-05) aircraft arrived at the Melsbrek Air Force Base, where the 15th Transport Wing of the Belgian Air Force is located. It became the fourth car delivered to the Belgian Air Force and the fifth as part of a joint unit of the Belgian and Luxembourg Armed Forces.

The main attention was paid to informing about the modern structure of the VKS and the tasks solved by the type of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation

The Aerospace Forces of the Russian Federation held a briefing for foreign military attaches, the Russian Defense Ministry told reporters on Tuesday.

The American company Cleo Robotics has started selling a "donut" drone. November 22, portal dronedj.com he announced that the Dronut X1 is available to everyone who is willing to pay $9800 for it.

Starting next year, parts manufactured in Poland will be installed on F-16 Block 70/72 fighters. November 22, portal defence24.pl He announced that Lockheed Martin has started manufacturing aircraft parts at its subsidiary PZL Mielec.

Pilots of the fighter aviation regiment of the Leningrad Association of the Air Force and Air Defense of the Western Military District (ZVO) have practiced conducting highly maneuverable air battles. The maneuvers of the Su-35S in Karelia were shown on video. This is reported by the press service of the ZVO.

The Defense Minister noted that the military of Russia and China "interact on land, at sea and in the air"

Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu called the joint maritime patrol with China in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, the flights of combat aircraft of the two countries over the Japanese and East China Seas important events.

A solemn opening ceremony of the Baltimore military airfield after reconstruction took place in the Voronezh Region. This was announced on November 23 by the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation.

The American startup Zeva Aero has built a prototype of a single-seat aero taxi Zero and is preparing to switch to manned flights on it within three to six months, New Atlas reports. It looks like a flying saucer, and is made according to the tailsitter scheme.

China Aircraft Corporation (AVIC) has completed calibration tests of the FL-64 wind tunnel. Now it is officially possible to test hypersonic developments in it. FL-64 allows you to simulate flights at speeds from four to eight Mach at an altitude of up to 48 kilometers at temperatures up to 626.8 degrees Celsius.

The recent disaster in the Mediterranean of the 5th generation F-35 fighter jet, which took off from the British aircraft carrier Queen Elizabeth, caused serious concern in London.

There are five new ways to destroy an aircraft carrier, writes 19FortyFive. The publication from the USA notes that the aircraft carrier can be tried to sink by traditional means, for example, with the help of torpedoes and ballistic missiles. However, in the future, according to the publication, these ships will face new threats. 19FortyFive calls them.

Fighters were raised twice from the air defense forces on duty to prevent violations of the air state border

In a week, Russian radar stations detected more than 55 aircraft of foreign countries that conducted aerial reconnaissance along the borders of the Russian Federation. Such data of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation is cited on Monday by the newspaper Krasnaya Zvezda.