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Promising Russian attack helicopters will become optionally manned, that is, they will be able to be controlled by a pilot or operate without a pilot. The machines will also be connected to a common information field for interaction between various aircraft and ground control points.

The Russian Su-35 fighter is equipped with not one, but three radars with an active phased array. The antennas of two additional centimeter-range radars are located in the leading edges of the wings and are designed to search for inconspicuous targets.

The head of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, Kirill Budanov, on Sunday, November 21, in an interview with Military Times, reported on the first use of the American Javelin anti-tank missile system (ATGM) in the Donbass.

According to the First Deputy General Director of PJSC Irkut Corporation, the certificate is planned to be received by the end of the year

The certification program of the MS-21 aircraft with a composite wing made of domestic components is at the completion stage. This was announced to journalists on Monday by Anatoly Gaidansky, First Deputy General Director of PJSC Irkut Corporation.

Rosoboronexport is actively working to promote, Russian Helicopters is satisfied with the result that it has, said Andrey Boginsky, General Director of the Russian Helicopters holding of Rostec State Corporation.

India has signed a contract with the French company Safran for the supply of HAMMER (Highly Agile Modular Munition Extended Range) aerial bomb guidance kits for integration with an upgraded version of the LCA "Tejas" Mk.1A light combat aircraft.

In Rostov-on-Don, serial production of a new version of the world's most lifting helicopter, the Mi-26T2B, will begin. Permits for the start of conveyor production will be issued by the end of 2021.

According to Andrey Boginsky, CEO of the Russian Helicopters holding, the promising attack helicopter will be optionally manned.

Niger became the first foreign customer of the Hurkus training aircraft manufactured by Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI).

The Soviet-designed AN-124-100 Ruslan aircraft was used to transport helicopters to the United States. Maximus Air Cargo aircraft transported Mi-17 helicopters of the former Afghan Air Force to the Davis-Monthan Air Force Base in Arizona. This is reported by The Drive.

The United States plans to produce at least 480 new B61-12 nuclear bombs to equip its B-2 Spirit strategic stealth bombers and the B-21 Raider being developed, as well as American and other NATO fighter-bombers in Europe, according to the Federation of American Scientists.

The British military has launched an urgent operation to lift the fifth-generation F-35B Lightning II fighter jet that fell into the Mediterranean Sea in order to prevent its top-secret technologies from falling into the hands of Russia, the Daily Mirror newspaper reported on Thursday.

Poland can buy Advanced Anti-Radiation Guided Missile (AARGM) missiles from the United States, which are considered "killers" of the enemy's missile defense systems, in particular, the Russian S-400 Triumph complexes. This is reported by the Polish edition of Defence24.

The strike using drones (UAVs) in October of this year on an American military base in southern Syria was Iran's response to Israeli airstrikes in Syria, The New York Times reported, citing numerous sources from among U.S. and Israeli officials.

A new drone of an unknown model was shown in the USA. The device was demonstrated in a new video of the American Air Force (Air Force). The publication The Drive suggested that the recording demonstrates a secret drone RQ-180, which is being developed in the United States.

Eyewitnesses noticed models of the Russian T-72 tank and the S-300 anti-aircraft missile system in the United States. The equipment can be used to simulate the actions of a potential enemy during exercises, reports Rossiyskaya Gazeta.

The United States analyzed new threats to aircraft carriers. According to experts, they may question the expediency of using this type of weapon, which the United States is proud of.

According to 19FortyFive, underwater drones pose a serious danger to American aircraft carriers. Unlike conventional submarines, they can wait a long time for an aircraft carrier to approach and launch an attack when it is detected. At the same time, underwater drones, unlike the crews of submarines, do not worry about their possible death.

Training to repel the attack of unmanned aerial vehicles of a conditional enemy took place in the Black Sea Fleet, the press service of the fleet reports.

The Republic of Korea has agreed to reduce Indonesia's share payment in a joint project to develop a new generation fighter KF-X (presented in the Republic of Korea as the KF-21 Borame).

Lockheed Martin has begun flight tests of the first (out of six ordered for the German Air Force) military transport aircraft C-130J "Hercules".