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The fourth-generation J-10C multirole fighters, equipped with local WS-10B Taihang engines instead of the Russian AL-31F series, began to enter service with the People's Liberation Army Air Force, the Defense News publication reports, commenting on the pictures of the aircraft with the new power unit that appeared on the network.

The Brazilian Air Force Command and Embraer signed a memorandum of understanding providing for joint requirements development, conceptual design and development of a multi-purpose UAV.

Calculations of unmanned aerial vehicles "Orlan-10" of the Krasnoselsky motorized rifle brigade of the combined-arms army of the Western Military District have started performing tasks to monitor the foci of wildfires since the beginning of the week.

First-class pilot Andrey Krasnoperov explained why one Russian Su-30 fighter was able to drive away three French Air Force planes that appeared over the Black Sea. His words are transmitted by the portal "Tsargrad".

The Chagall drone, developed by Kazakh military scientists, has successfully passed the next test, the press service of the Ministry of Defense of the republic reported on Saturday.

German fighters will be able to "invade" the territory of Poland in case of danger, and vice versa. May 14, portal janes.com reported that Germany and Poland have agreed to allow combat aircraft to cross their national borders in the event of a Quick Reaction Alert (QRA).

Specialists of the Ministry of Defense will go on an expedition to find places for hydroaerodromes. This was stated in an interview with the Zvezda TV channel by Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu.

"A large expedition is now being planned," he said. "We are identifying hydroaerodromes all over the north, then Kamchatka and our entire eastern coast, where Be-200 aircraft can land."

The American company GE Aviation has completed testing of the first prototype of the promising XA100 adaptive aircraft jet engine, which has been under development since 2007 by order of the US Air Force. According to Flightglobal, bench tests of the power plant have been conducted since December 2020. During the tests, the power plant demonstrated characteristics that correspond to the mathematical forecasts obtained at the design stage.

The exercises will be attended by about 1.5 thousand military personnel, including pilots from Japan and South Korea, who will arrive to exchange tactical and technical experience, the press service of the Pacific Air Force reported.

Unable to acquire modern combat aircraft, Ukraine decided to focus on unmanned aircraft. It is expected to receive about fifty "Bayraktar TB2".

The crews of the Mi-24 attack helicopters of the aviation unit of the Army aviation of the Eastern Military District (VVO), based in Transbaikalia, performed a cross change of positions and a sharp change of directions when conducting air combat at a minimum altitude of up to 200 meters.

Chinese jet engines have reached the level when they began to be installed on single-engine fighters. May 11 portal defensenews.com He reported that the first production Chengdu J-10 fighters with locally produced engines entered service with the PLA Air Force.

The US Air Force intends to reduce its fleet of fighter and attack aircraft from seven to four types. The F-22 Raptor will not be on the updated list, said the Chief of Staff of the Air Force, General Charles Brown, at the McAleese and Associates conference.

American engineers reported that for the first time they managed to develop an engine with an oblique detonation wave, which is able to accelerate the aircraft to Mach 17, or about 20 thousand km / h. This is written by New Atlas.

The pilots plan to demonstrate their performance using the new aircraft for the first time at the aviation festival on May 15

The Russian Knights and Strizhi aerobatics groups first began performing a complex of aerobatics in the Cuban Diamond formation with the participation of five Su-35S fighters. This was reported by TASS on Thursday, the commander of the "Russian Knights" Sergei Shcheglov.

Georgia, which is strengthening its defensive capabilities after the failed invasion of South Ossetia in 2008, will receive an upgraded air defense system from the Israeli company Rafael by the end of the year, Defense Minister Juansher Burchuladze said on Thursday, the correspondent of the newspaper VZGLYAD in Tbilisi reports.

The company Regent (Boston, USA) received pre-orders in the amount of 465 million dollars from those wishing to purchase high-speed electric ekranoplanes "Seaglider", capable of flying over the water surface at a speed of about 300 km / h for a range of almost 600 km.

Terrorist attacks against the military and the civilian population were prevented

With the support of Russian aviation, the Syrian government army has destroyed 338 militants in the Syrian desert since April 23, and dozens of terrorist targets have been eliminated, a representative of the Russian group of troops in Syria said.

The first place is occupied by the United States, their market share is 62%, according to the Military Helicopters handbook, released by the British publishing group Shephard Media

Russia ranks second after the United States in the global list of manufacturers of combat helicopters. This is stated in the reference book Military Helicopters ("Military helicopters"), released by the British publishing group Shephard Media and available to TASS.

More than 80 units of weapons and military equipment have been received by the troops of the Central Military District (CVO) since the beginning of this year.