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More and more clarity is emerging about how exactly Russia plans to use heavy attack drones in future armed conflicts. What role is assigned to these machines, in particular the Hunter UAV, why these devices may need artificial intelligence – and how will all this work in conjunction with the su-57 fighter?

The largest German arms concern Rheinmetall presented one of its latest developments-a robot scout and combat support Mission Master Armed Reconnaissance.

On December 4, 2020, the defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) of the United States Department of defense released consolidated official data on American defense exports in fiscal year 2020 (ended September 30, 2020).

In addition to the destruction of one subsonic tactical stealth strike aircraft F-117 Nighthawk Of the air force (air force) The United States in March 1999 in Yugoslavia, where another similar aircraft was damaged a month later. About confirmation of the second accident of this aircraft tells The Drive.

the Famous American AGM-114 Hellfire anti-tank guided missile was successfully copied in Iran.

As you know, this ATGM is the standard armament of the AH-64 Apache, AH-1Z Viper, OH-58 Kiowa helicopters, as well as the MQ-1 Predator and MQ-9 Reaper attack drones.

As reported, on December 1, 2020, a ceremony was held at the Ivanovo-Severny airfield on the occasion of the formation of the 81st military transport aviation regiment as part of the Military transport aviation of the Russian air force.

The black sea fleet of the Russian Navy entered the exercise in full force. This was reported on Thursday, December 3, on the website of the Ministry of defense.

Aviation will be able to operate successfully without people. Yesterday, December 2, portal flightglobal.com reported that the company Boeing has tested drones under the control of artificial intelligence.

Russian peacekeepers in Nagorno-Karabakh solve their main task - to monitor compliance with the ceasefire regime around the clock, including with the help of modern technical means.

For example, the official representative of the Russian defense Ministry, Igor Konashenkov, said that at 23 observation posts, our "blue helmets" use a mobile set of secure video conferencing - MK ZVKS.

The decision to launch aircraft missiles at enemy aircraft by the Hunter drone will be made by the pilot of the su-57 leader aircraft. This was told to RIA Novosti by military expert Viktor Murakhovsky, commenting on the beginning of tests of the strike drone in the fighter version.

The center for combat use and retraining of naval aviation flight personnel in Yeysk hosted the opening ceremony of the newest special training complex for training pilots to pilot various types of aircraft, which has artificial intelligence technologies.

Russian radar "Container" was able to detect the aircraft - "invisible" NATO

The Container radar station, located in Mordovia 12 months ago, recorded flights of inconspicuous fighters of NATO countries during its service, RTI JSC reported. A year ago, the defense Ministry announced that a solid radar field would be created along the Russian borders.

Russia and China have a contract to supply almost 100 helicopter engines for Mi and Ka helicopters in 2021-2022, the press service of the United engine Corporation (UEC, rostec) reported.

According to a source in the military-industrial complex, the Russian unmanned s-70 "Hunter" has passed the first flight tests in the version of the fighter-interceptor.

Dmitry Litovkin - about the difficulties and success of the development of domestic industry, forced to reduce the supply of components from abroad

New us sanctions, if they are imposed, may slow down one of the most ambitious and promising projects - the "mainline aircraft of the XXI century", the MS-21.

The UAC noted that the Novosibirsk aviation plant named after V. P. Chkalov "produced and tested the final car of the final batch"

The final batch of su-34 fighter-bombers under a long-term contract with the Russian defense Ministry has been manufactured and tested. This is stated in the message of the United aircraft Corporation (UAC), distributed on Wednesday.

Although the main task for the Russian military in Nagorno-Karabakh was and still is to monitor compliance with the ceasefire regime around the clock, they are simultaneously solving many other problems. Mainly of a humanitarian nature.

As the Department of information and mass communications of the Ministry of defense of the Russian Federation reported on November 30, 2020, a pair of the latest su-35S multi-purpose fighters arrived at the State center for training aviation personnel and military tests of the Ministry of defense of the Russian Federation from the manufacturer.

at the Anadyr airfield, work has been completed on the improvement of premises intended for rest and food for crews

The crews of MiG-31BM fighters of the Pacific fleet marine aviation (TOF) took up combat duty at the Anadyr airfield in Chukotka to strengthen the aviation group in the Arctic zone of the Russian Federation, the press service of the fleet reported on Tuesday.

The French air and space command announced the arrival on November 26 at Roissy-Charles de Gaulle airport of the first of three ordered a-330-200 Phoenix aircraft, painted in the colors of the French air force.