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The National Security Agency (NSA) was concerned about the ability of Russia and China, as well as to some extent Iran and the DPRK, to "land" American fifth-generation F-35 Lightning II fighters without a single shot, writes Popular Mechanics.

During a working trip to Voronezh, Russian Defense Minister General of the Army Sergei Shoigu was informed that by the end of this year, the 47th Bomber Aviation Regiment on Su-34 aircraft will be relocated from Buturlinovka, Voronezh Region, to the city of Voronezh.

The Russian army will receive more than 70 multifunctional fighters of the fifth generation Su-57 by 2027. Several of them will arrive this year.

The reason for the death of the American F-22 fighter was the mistakes made when washing the aircraft - they affected the operation of the sensors. Air Force Times managed to get acquainted with the results of a closed investigation conducted by the US Air Force bypassing the usual procedure.

Zhong Hang - Zhi (ZHZ) Science and Technology Ltd. demonstrated an improved version of the TD220 vertical takeoff and landing UAV at the Airshow China 2021 exhibition held recently in Zhuhai.

American pilots will learn air battles with "an almost equal opponent." October 14, portal aero-mag.com He reported that the US Air Force has signed a contract with Exosonic for the construction of supersonic drones.

The Government Commission on Legislative Activity has considered an initiative that actually brings down pilots and flight attendants suspected of extremism from the sky to the ground.

As Vladimir Gruzdev, Chairman of the Board of the Association of Lawyers of Russia, explained, it is proposed to supplement the Air Code with provisions according to which it will be prohibited to accept citizens included in the list of persons in respect of whom there is information about their involvement in extremist activities or terrorism.

The pilots performed combat maneuvers, including U-turns, climbing in an ascending spiral with a decrease in flight speed and subsequent designation of the target attack, the Russian Defense Ministry reported

Joint Russian-Serbian crews of MiG-29 fighter jets have practiced intercepting low-flying drones in Serbia. This was reported on Friday by the Russian Defense Ministry.

General Dynamics Land Systems has presented a mock-up of the TRX ground robot, which will act as a carrier of kamikaze drones. In addition to them, he received a quadcopter.

The Russian Su-27 fighter is one of the best fourth-generation fighters in the world. The American publication 19FortyFive writes about this on October 15. The journalists of the publication pointed out that the Su-27 can carry up to 10 missiles or a combination of bombs and missiles together with a cannon.

About 100 servicemen of the Novorossiysk Guards Amphibious Assault Mountain Unit, six BMD-2 amphibious assault vehicles and four Il-76MD military transport aircraft will be involved in the exercises from Russia.

A Russian fighter jet took off to escort an American bomber over the Sea of Japan, according to the National Defense Control Center.

Two months ago, in August 2021, the first batch of "environmentally friendly steel" arrived at the Volvo plant, and the other day the first vehicle was made from it. Thus, the company demonstrated its commitment to the chosen course, according to which by 2050 all its production will be transferred to the use of new material. Volvo became the first organization in the world to master its application for practical purposes.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Sunday that Washington had offered to supply Turkey with F-16 fighter jets in exchange for its earlier investments in the F-35 program, from which Ankara was excluded several years ago, Western media reported.

On September 28, a representative of Mitsubishi Corporation sent a letter to the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), in which Mitsubishi confirms the absence of any plans to restart the Mitsubishi SpaceJet regional aircraft program. The text of the FAA and Mitsubishi correspondence is posted on the page of official documents of the US government.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has instructed to create a special fire squadron in the country, which will include 22 aircraft and helicopters. This was reported on October 14 by RIA Novosti with reference to sources.

The Yak-18T aircraft with an APD-500 aircraft engine, created on the basis of an engine from Aurus series cars, passed pre-flight tests - performed a complex of runs and approaches at the airfield, the press service of the Central Institute of Aviation Engine Engineering named after P.I. Baranov (CIAM, part of the N.E. Zhukovsky Institute) told RIA Novosti.

More than 2 thousand special forces troops will be relocated to the Crimea for exercises

As part of the command and staff exercise, in which about 8 thousand servicemen take part, formations and military units of the Southern Military District (SE) have been alerted to work out elements of bringing them to the highest levels of readiness, the press service of the district reported on Thursday.

More than two thousand servicemen of the Krasnodar Territory have begun to be transferred to the Crimea, where part of the program of large-scale command and staff exercises of the Southern Military District troops will be held at the Opuk military training ground. This was reported by the press service of the Southern Military District.

The total volume of investments under the concession agreement will exceed 10 billion rubles

The Russian Military Department and Gazprom PJSC have concluded a concession agreement on the reconstruction of the Levashovo airfield (Leningrad Region), which will allow it to be used in the interests of the civil air fleet.