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Israeli designers have begun to copy Russian unmanned technologies, said the chief designer of the company ZALA AERO (part of the Kalashnikov group of companies") Alexander Zakharov.

The basis of the new system is the Lancet barrage munition developed by ZALA Aero

The world's first "air mining" system designed to defeat unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) with barrage ammunition has been developed in Russia.

The US Air Force has presented another vision of what a promising sixth-generation fighter can be, created under the Next Generation Air Dominance program.

PJSC "State Transport Leasing Company" (STLC, owned by the Ministry of Transport of the Russian Federation) plans to deliver 45 aircraft of domestic production to the United Far Eastern airline "Aurora" by 2025, said the General Director of STLC Evgeny Dietrich.

Poland's Foreign Ministry has signed an agreement with the US government for the supply of five BTA C-130H "Hercules" aircraft from the US Air Force under the "Surplus Military Equipment" (EDA) program.

[b]The Kalashnikov press service stated that the device is difficult to detect in the air due to its low acoustic and visual visibility.]

The company ZALA Aero (part of the Kalashnikov group of companies of the Rostec State Corporation) has developed the first Russian unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) of the ZALA 421-24 quadrocopter type, invulnerable to electronic warfare (EW). This was announced to TASS during the presentation of the new UAV by Nikita Khamitov, head of special projects at ZALA Aero.

The resident of the special economic zone of the capital "Special Design and Technological Bureau of Applied Robotics" ("SKTB PR") has delivered a batch of eight mobile robotic complexes MRK-15 for the Russian law enforcement agencies, designed to neutralize explosive objects, said the head of the Department of Investment and Industrial Policy of Moscow Alexander Prokhorov.

A universal complex of guided and unguided weapons is being developed in the Russian Federation for several types of attack unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), including the "Outpost" drones, a source in the military-industrial complex told RIA Novosti.

The administration of President Joe Biden told the US Congress that it will continue to sell weapons to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) worth more than $ 23 billion, including fifth-generation F-35 fighter jets, the deal for which was temporarily suspended after the arrival of a new team in the White House.

The launch of the MS-21 aircraft on the market is "slowing down" due to sanctions, the work on import substitution has not yet been completed, Deputy Prime Minister Yuri Borisov said.

Israel intends to actively develop laser weapons. Yesterday, April 13, the press service of the company Elbit Systems on its official YouTube channel showed the concept of laser drones to combat missiles.

Syrian attack helicopters are used not only during the day, but also during combat missions at night. So, in the Network there were shots of the Mi-24P attack on a ground target, made in the dark.

The enemy was fired from a twin 30-mm automatic gun GSH-30K. This gun is considered one of the most powerful among those used on rotorcraft.

Polish Minister of National Defense Marisz Blaszczak said that on April 12, 2021, Poland signed an intergovernmental agreement with the United States on the acquisition of five Lockheed C-130H Hercules military transport aircraft from the US Air Force through the US program of intergovernmental foreign military sales (FMS).

The Slovenian company Pipistrel, commissioned by the largest Chinese courier company SF Express, will finalize its electric cargo drone Nuuva. According to eVTOL, as a result of further development, the device will be able to perform stable flights at an altitude of 6 thousand meters in airplane mode and 2.5 thousand meters in vertical take-off and landing modes.

In accordance with the training plan of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, control checks are conducted in the military administration bodies, formations and military units. During April, 4,048 exercises of various scales, including 812 bilateral ones, will be held at 101 training grounds and 520 objects of the training and material base. This was announced on April 13 by the Russian Defense Ministry.

In order to ensure advanced training of specialists, modern models of weapons and military equipment are delivered to the universities of the Land Forces as a matter of priority.

The crews of the operational and tactical aviation of the Southern Military District have been transferred to field airfields for joint exercises with the naval aviation of the Black Sea Fleet. The air maneuvers involve Su-27SM and Su-30SM fighters, as well as Su-24M and Su-34 front-line bombers.

U.S. Air Force Lieutenant General Clint Hinault questioned whether the F-35 is ready for a big war.

Lieutenant General of the US Air Force Clint Hinout believes that the F-35 should not be included in the command and staff games. He made this statement to Defense News following the results of last year's large-scale game to repel the Chinese invasion of Taiwan.

It would seem that the acute phase of the military conflict in Syria is already in the past, but in the United States, as before, they continue to talk about the threat from "dangerous Russians".

MIPT professor Golubkin was arrested in Moscow on suspicion of treason

In Moscow, a professor of the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (MIPT) was arrested on suspicion of treason.) Valeria Golubkina. The professor himself, who deals with the problems of hypersonic technologies, did not admit guilt. The university where he teaches said that he did not have access to information that represents state secrets.