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From 2024, the Hunter drone will go to the troops. Special attention in the Russian Federation is paid to heavy drones

The Russian army in the period from 2024 to 2033 will begin to receive promising long-range aviation complexes (PAK DA), First Deputy chairman of the Board of the Military-Industrial Commission (MIC) of Russia Andrey Yelchaninov said in an interview with Interfax.

The British found and lifted the sunken F-35B fighter from the seabed. The plane crashed from the aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth in November due to a raincoat caught in the air intake.

The situation in eastern Ukraine is escalating, but any provocations by the Kiev authorities to resolve the situation in Donbass by force will be stopped, Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation Valery Gerasimov said on Thursday at a briefing before the military attaches of foreign states.

Radioelectronic Technologies Concern (KRET, part of Rostec) has developed the first domestic servo drive for controlling drones, including at extreme temperatures, Rostec Executive Director Oleg Yevtushenko told reporters on Thursday.

Russia is fending off potential threats in the aerospace sphere by improving the combat potential of the Aerospace Forces (VKS), Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation Valery Gerasimov said at a briefing to military attaches of foreign states on Thursday.

The strategic aviation of the United States began to appear much more often in the immediate vicinity of the eastern borders of Russia, practicing reaching the frontier of the use of cruise missiles, Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation Valery Gerasimov said at a briefing before foreign military attaches.

British F-35 fighter sank due to a raincoat

The accident of the fifth-generation F-35 Lightning II fighter, which drowned in the Mediterranean Sea in November while trying to take off from the British aircraft carrier Queen Elizabeth, was caused by a polyethylene raincoat falling into the air intake of the aircraft. The reason for the incident is called "Rossiyskaya Gazeta".

The Russian Helicopters Holding Company of Rostec State Corporation will train pilots to operate the Mi-38 helicopter on a special simulator capable of simulating any weather conditions, vibration and sounds of a running machine.

Buying military equipment is half the battle, you still need to be able to service it. December 8, portal scramble.nl He reported that the entire South African fleet of Saab JAS39 Gripen fighter jets was grounded due to delays in contracts for their maintenance.

On Thursday, at a meeting with military attaches of foreign states, the chief of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces, Valery Gerasimov, commented on Western accusations that Moscow is allegedly concentrating forces on the border with Ukraine to prepare an invasion of a neighboring state.

Russia does not plan to invade the territory of Ukraine, but any provocations by Kiev on the forceful settlement of the situation in the Donbass will be stopped, said the chief of the General Staff of the Russian Federation Valery Gerasimov.

The Government of the Philippines has allocated a total of 62 billion filip. pesos ($1.233 billion at the current exchange rate) for the purchase of 32 additional Polish-made S-70i Black Hawk helicopters for the country's Air Force and six maritime patrol ships (OPV) for the Navy.

Experts have already determined the appearance of an unmanned aerial vehicle of the Hunter type. It is currently being tested.

The Government of the Russian Federation in 2021 will allocate an additional 44.6 billion rubles for the development and production of the PD-35 aircraft engine. This was announced on Thursday, December 9, by the Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Mikhail Mishustin during a meeting on the implementation of projects in the field of aviation engine building.

According to Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Yuri Borisov, it is also possible that a run with new NK-32 engines will be performed

Tests and the first flight of the upgraded Tu-160M strategic missile carrier assembled from scratch are planned for early next year, and a run with new NK-32 engines may also be carried out. This was announced on Thursday by Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Yuri Borisov at the UEC - Perm Motors enterprise.

India has completed testing of air-launched BrahMos missiles. On December 8, the press service of the Ministry of Defense of India reported that the last stage of testing opened the way for the serial production of ammunition in the country.

On Thursday, at a meeting with military attaches of foreign states, the Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, Valery Gerasimov, told how the country's aerospace defense is being improved.

In order to increase its capabilities and detect enemy missile attacks in a timely manner, another satellite of the Unified Space System was put into orbit.

The American company General Atomics Aeronautical Systems has introduced the Mojave drone for a shortened takeoff and landing. According to FlightGlobal, it will be able to take to the air and land on the ground, sand or deck of an aircraft carrier.

During the visit of French President Emmanuel Macron to the UAE, in addition to the contract for the sale of Rafale F4 fighters to the Air Force of this country, an agreement was signed for the supply of H-225M "Caracal" multipurpose helicopters manufactured by Airbus Helicopters.

The United Kingdom, the United States and Italy have raised from the bottom of the Mediterranean the sunken fifth-generation fighter F-35 Lightning II, which got there in November after the crash of the British aircraft carrier Queen Elizabeth, reports The Drive.