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The Russian military on Thursday raised a MiG-31 fighter jet to escort a US Navy P-8A Poseidon patrol aircraft over the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Kamchatka, the National Defense Control Center of the Russian Federation reported.

An outbreak of coronavirus has been recorded on the flagship of the Royal Navy of Great Britain. On July 14, the BBC news service reported that about 100 cases of COVID-19 infection were detected on the aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth, which is on its first long-distance trip.

The Naval Forces of Ukraine have received the first Bayraktar TB2 unmanned reconnaissance and strike system, which can be used to destroy Russian warships, Defense Express reports.

According to its technical characteristics, Aurora has no analogues, said Alexey Patrikeev, CEO of the holding company

Shvabe Holding of Rostec State Corporation will present a unique Aurora optical device for spacecraft at the upcoming MAKS-2021 air show. This was reported to journalists on Thursday in the press service of Shvabe.

Orders for the Russian fifth-generation Su-57 fighter in the future "will be measured in hundreds", now there is an order for 76 aircraft, the head of the United Aircraft Corporation Yuri Slyusar told President Vladimir Putin.

Yuri Slyusar noted that the development of several versions of this machine is expected to begin this year

The order for the latest fifth-generation Su-57 fighters will probably be measured in hundreds of pieces. This was announced by Yuri Slyusar, General Director of the United Aircraft Corporation (UAC), during a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin.

The development of a new generation strategic bomber is on schedule, he said

Work on the construction of new Tu-160M strategic bombers and the modernization of the existing fleet of aircraft will ensure the loading of enterprises

The Russian Space Systems Holding company will demonstrate the industrial symbiosis of a robot and a human at the MAKS-2021 International Aviation and Space Salon, the press service of the RKS reports.

Starting from 2022, the Russian Defense Ministry will receive 12 fifth-generation fighters per year. The first serial Su-57 was handed over to the Aerospace Forces in the winter.

According to their capabilities, Russian unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) can catch up with American and Turkish ones, writes the American magazine The National Interest.

The fact that Switzerland will buy a fifth-generation F-35A Lightning fighter, since it promises "the highest performance at the lowest price" compared to Typhoon, Rafale and F/A — 18E/F Super Hornet aircraft, is surprising, writes John Vinable, a veteran of the US Air Force (Air Force), a researcher at the Heritage Foundation, in Breaking Defense.

On July 13, Boeing announced the delivery of the 10th aircraft of the P-8I "Neptune" (the Indian version of the American P-8A "Poseidon") to the Indian Navy as part of the contract signed in 2016.

The United Engine Corporation of Rostec supplied two AL-55I engines with an increased resource to the Indian corporation HAL. They will be used for the final stage of certification tests of the Indian HJT-36 aircraft.

Scheduled flights of crews of long-range Tu-22m3 bombers took place in the Kaluga Region.

The main task of the flight shift was to maintain the training of the flight crew, as well as practical testing of flights on aviation equipment in formation at short distances.

The Pakistan Navy has decided to convert the first three Embraer Lineage 1000E airliners into basic patrol aircraft, which will replace the outdated P-3C Orion.

A comprehensive training on the combat readiness of troops has started in the Central Military District( CVO), more than 10 thousand servicemen are involved in it, the press service of the CVO reports on Wednesday.

The first Turkish short-range anti-aircraft missile systems Hisar A+ entered the army in full configuration. According to Defense News, now the Roketsan company is preparing to start mass production of Hisar O+medium-range anti-aircraft missile systems. The military should receive them in 2024.

The new Russian IL-114-300 aircraft was proposed to be used to search for surface and underwater objects. On the air of Sputnik radio, military expert Dmitry Litovkin commented on this idea.

Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu noted that the military department needs not only new helicopters, but also high-quality repairs and modernization of vehicles in operation

Rostov helicopter production complex "Rostvertol "(part of the holding "Russian Helicopters") will receive an order from the Ministry of Defense for the construction of 15 helicopters per year. This was announced by the head of the military department Sergei Shoigu during a meeting with the staff of the enterprise.

The new Russian passenger plane IL-114-300 may be used to search for surface and underwater objects, RIA Novosti reports.