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About 300 units of military equipment were involved

Tactical exercises with the participation of more than 1.5 thousand servicemen of the motorized rifle and tank regiments of the army corps of the Baltic Fleet were held in the Kaliningrad region at one of the military training grounds, the press service of the fleet reported on Tuesday.

A group of firefighting aircraft of the VKS of the Ministry of Defense of Russia, which helped the Greeks fight catastrophic forest fires for 21 days, has completed its task and left Greece. It consisted of two Il-76 aircraft and two Mi-8 helicopters.

The first pictures of abandoned American planes that were inherited by representatives of the Taliban appeared (movement is prohibited in Russia). Business Insider published photos of cargo planes of the Afghan Air Force at the Kabul airport on Tuesday, August 31.

Delegations from 20 countries showed interest in the supply of Russian Orion-E attack drones at the Army-2021 International Military-Technical Forum, the Kronstadt company told reporters.

The Turkish Armed Forces will receive a military version of the Alpin unmanned helicopter. The upgraded drone, developed by Titra Technology, will be able to be used for reconnaissance and carry weapons, Daily Sabah reports, citing the head of the company Selman Denmez (Selman Dönmez).

Under the impartial gaze of unmanned aerial vehicles, exercises were held in the Kaliningrad Region with the participation of servicemen of the motorized rifle and tank regiments of the army Corps of the Baltic Fleet.

The Ukrainian state Enterprise "Antonov" has signed an agreement with the Chinese company Chongqing Kingsley Aeronautical Material Technology Co., LTD for the supply of titanium semi-finished products. The materials obtained can be used in the assembly of An-178 aircraft, Defense Express reports.

The company also plans to use the capacities of the Dubna Machine-Building Plant for the production of both elements of the complex and ground control systems, said the general director of the enterprise Sergey Bogatikov.

Russian peacekeepers conducted a training session to prevent possible violations with the use of unmanned aircraft of a simulated enemy and to ensure security at observation posts in the Lachin corridor of Nagorno-Karabakh as part of a planned combat training session. This was announced by the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation on Monday, August 30.

The unmanned aerial vehicle, recharged from overhead power lines, was presented at the MVTF "Army-2021" by the Tyumen Higher Military Engineering Command School named after Marshal of the Engineering Troops Alexey Proshlyakov (TVVIKU).

The Russian military annually receives up to 150 aircraft and helicopters, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said. According to him, a lot of work has been done for such indicators, the defense industry has been modernized.

Turkey continues to strengthen its army with unmanned aerial vehicles. According to the Anadolu news Agency, on August 29, a solemn ceremony of adopting the latest Bayraktar Akinci reconnaissance and strike UAV was held at the Chorlu airfield in Tekirdag province.

A field military airfield appeared near Rubtsovsk in the Altai Territory. It will be used for landing transport aircraft of the Central Military District.

The American company Astra launched the Rocket 3 light rocket for the third time, but again unsuccessfully: during the launch, one of the five engines of the first stage failed, so the flight began on a horizontal trajectory.

A video of flights over Kandahar by an American UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter, which the Taliban got as a trophy, appeared on the Network.

PJSC United Aircraft Corporation (UAC) in the first half of 2021 reduced its net loss under IFRS by almost 36 times compared to the same period last year, to 976 million rubles, it follows from the company's statements.

Rosoboronexport is waiting for a decision from India on the acquisition of a fifth-generation Checkmate light fighter and is ready to consider a corresponding request from New Delhi, the company's CEO Alexander Mikheev told RIA Novosti.

Complexes of reconnaissance drones and cycloplane platforms may appear on Russian warships. This was announced on Friday, August 27, by the head of the project group of air assets of the Foundation for Advanced Research, Yan Chibisov.

On August 25, Boeing announced the roll-out ceremony of the first F-15QA (Qatar Advanced) fighter of the Qatar Air Force held jointly with the command of the US Air Force and the Qatari Air Force at the enterprise in St. Louis.

The Russian Mi-28N "Night Hunter" helicopter can be equipped with the latest unguided S-13B missile, it also has a chance to enter the standard armament of Su-class aircraft. This was announced to TASS by Alexander Kochkin, executive director of the Techmash research and production concern, which is part of the Rostec state Corporation, within the framework of the Army-2021 forum.