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Russia is developing a hypersonic guided missile codenamed "Gremlin", Izvestia reported. According to the publication, development work started in November 2018. Tests of the rocket are scheduled for 2023, soon the creators will start testing the engine of the complex.

The newspaper "Kommersant" under the headline "The tension has long grown so that you no longer notice additional shades": Minister of Industry and Trade Denis Manturov on the export of weapons " published an interview with the Minister of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation Denis Manturov.

The UAE Defense and Security Development Fund Tawazun plans to order 200 light helicopters and drones of its development after joining the capital of the Russian design bureau BP-Technologies, the head of Rostec, Sergey Chemezov, told reporters.

As reported by the Tatar-Inform news agency on February 20, 2021, the Ural Civil Aviation Plant, which has production in Kazan, signed a State Contract for the supply to the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation of an installation batch of heavy unmanned aerial vehicles of long flight duration "Altius-RU". This is reported in the materials of the meeting of the board of the Ministry of Industry and Trade of Tatarstan.

One of the Russian medium-altitude strike drones of long flight duration "Orion" made 38 sorties in Syria, including 17 with strikes on terrorist targets, according to the story of the program "Vesti Nedeli" of the TV channel "Russia 1", dedicated to unmanned aerial vehicles of the Russian Federation.

The Russian heavy attack drone S-70 "Hunter" is capable of hitting targets on command from the Su-57 fighter, said test pilot Yevgeny Frolov, who controls the "Hunter"from the ground.

JSC "Concern KEMZ" (Kizlyar, Dagestan) has opened a new workshop for the assembly of light-engine aircraft at its base.

Industrial Director of the Rostec weapons complex Bekhan Ozdoev-about the future of combat drones, the prospects of Armata and the latest Kalashnikov assault rifles

The past year 2020 has also been a difficult one for the Russian military-industrial complex. Bekhan Ozdoev, industrial director of the armament complex of the Rostec State Corporation, told Izvestia about how the coronavirus epidemic affected the implementation of international contracts and state defense orders, whether Armata will become unmanned and when domestic kamikaze attack drones will appear.

In all amphibious assault brigades and regiments, it is planned to create "new type" battalions

The reconnaissance and fire capabilities of the Airborne troops will be enhanced by the formation of units of unmanned aerial vehicles and electronic warfare, said the Deputy Commander of the Airborne Forces, Major General Anatoly Kontsevoy.

The Russian Armed Forces will be able to use the existing version of the Open-sky Tu-214ON aircraft to solve military tasks in the Arctic region, in particular, to control the visibility of their troops and objects, Vladimir Verba, general designer of the Vega concern (part of the Roselectronics holding of the Rostec State Corporation), who developed the surveillance equipment for these aircraft, told RIA Novosti.

As reported by the RIA Novosti news agency, Russia and Pakistan signed contracts for the supply of anti-tank systems, air defense systems and small arms to the Pakistani side, said the chief of the General Staff of the Pakistani Army, General Qamar Javed Bajwa.

Russian Deputy Prime Minister Yuri Borisov held a meeting on the issue of import substitution of composite materials in the production of aircraft, the office of the Deputy Prime Minister reported.

The Americans retired the first of 17 B-1B Lancer strategic bombers scheduled for decommissioning this year. The United States intends to completely get rid of this type of aircraft by 2036.

The United Engine Corporation (UEC) together with the Central Institute of Aviation Engine Building named after Baranov (CIAM) will create a digital twin of the AI-222-25 aircraft engine installed on the Yak-130 combat training aircraft, the press service of the UEC reports.

They have developed a universal software package that will analyze the images obtained during the observations. According to the idea, the system should work independently, without the help of humans, ground-based computer systems, neural networks and data.

For quite a long time, 3D-printed weapons were unreliable and often disposable crafts, which were enough for exactly one shot. But technology does not stand still, and today printed weapons are gaining more and more formidable capabilities.

The company MLM Division, a division of Israel Aerospace Industries, engaged in the development of a new generation of anti-missile interceptor. According to Defense News, the new missile received the designation "Arrow-4" (Arrow-4). It will have to replace the outdated interceptors of the Strela-2 complex. The missile defense system is being developed jointly with the US Missile Defense Agency.

According to the data provided, the Russian fighter jet performed several flights with demonstrators of the new hypersonic complex. In the foreseeable future, they plan to conduct the first throw tests.

The corporation "Moscow Institute of Thermal Engineering" (MIT), which created the ballistic missile R-30 "Bulava-30", has developed a magnetic cushion train (maglev), which can, in particular, operate in unmanned mode. This was reported to TASS by the general designer of the enterprise Yuri Solomonov.

The Russian Defense Ministry has released a video showing Russian Su-27 fighter jets escorting a group of French Air Force warplanes over the Black Sea.