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The Indian company Hindustan Aeronautics has suspended participation in the program to create a fifth-generation fighter FGFA (Fifth Generation Fighter Aircraft) based on the Russian Su-57. Dmitry Shugaev, Director of the Federal Service for Military-Technical Cooperation (FSVTS), told RBC about this.

It is planned to use various types of aerial unmanned aerial vehicles to protect the maritime borders of Russia. The new technology provides for the combined use of reconnaissance drones and barrage ammunition.

The commissioning of Russia's first UAV test site, where developers will be able to conduct all types of flight tests, including technology demonstrations and certification flights, has been postponed to 2022 due to the pandemic.

The Aviationist was struck by the sound of the Su-57 fighter jet engine.

An authoritative resource dedicated to military aviation, The Aviationist drew attention to the "very cool videos" of the passage of Su-57 fighters over cities posted on the Web. The first one was filmed back in June 2020 during the opening of the monument to the Hero of the Soviet Union, Honored Test Pilot of the USSR Igor Petrovich Volk in Zhukovsky. The second was in May 2021 at the Victory Day Parade in Moscow.

Northrop Grumman Corporation demonstrated a video with the concept of a new generation fighter. The video also showed other winged vehicles, in particular the inconspicuous B-2 strategic bomber.

Helicopters were used to simulate an air raid by a simulated enemy during the Russian-Serbian exercises "Slavic Shield - 2021"

An aerial target simulator of a helicopter (VM-V) developed by Technodinamika Holding of Rostec State Corporation was first used in military exercises to simulate an air raid by a simulated enemy. The drones served as targets for the Pantsir-S anti-aircraft missile and cannon systems, the press service of Technodinamika told TASS on Tuesday.

The Turkish Foreign Ministry said that Ukraine should stop calling Bayraktar "Turkish".

According to Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu, the drones, although manufactured in Turkey, belong to completely different countries.

In recent years, the US Navy and Air Force have been writing off more and more outdated equipment, and cruise missile carriers are no exception. Just recently, 17 B-1B bombers were "retired", 22 Ticonderoga-type missile cruisers, 28 Arleigh Burke-type Block 1 and Block 2 destroyers are planned to be decommissioned soon. These losses will only be partially compensated by the construction of new ships.

The new picture may have captured one of the main defense innovations of the PRC - a prototype of a sixth-generation fighter. Externally, it is similar to the American X-44 MANTA concept, as well as to the Next Generation Air Dominance (NGAD).

Ukraine will never receive weapons from other countries if it is promoted on this. This was announced on Monday, November 1, by the ex-head of the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry Pavlo Klimkin.

In Peru, the South Korean KF-21 fighter was presented at the SITDEF 2021 arms exhibition. It is called an analogue of the newest Russian aircraft Checkmate.

A prototype of Greece's first hybrid aircraft-type UAV with vertical takeoff and landing, called "Archytas", was presented to Deputy Defense Minister Nikolaos Hardalias.

A group of Russian specialists has developed a small-sized radar station "Volna" to search for drones (UAVs). The new device will allow detecting inconspicuous and stationary targets. This is reported by Rossiyskaya Gazeta.

A solemn ceremony of naming the Mi-8 and Mi-26 helicopters took place at the military airfield in Zernograd.

Images of the Chengdu Aircraft Industry Group airfield in Chengdu obtained in October from Planet Labs spacecraft indicate that work is underway in China on a mysterious new aircraft made according to a tailless aerodynamic scheme, writes The Drive.

A new secret unmanned aerial vehicle RQ-180, being developed in the United States, was spotted in the sky over the American military base "Zone 51" in Nevada. The picture taken by eyewitnesses was published by The Drive.

The US Navy has shown the concept of a new generation fighter-bomber F/A-XX, which will replace the F/A-18E / F Super Hornet in the 2030s. The military expects him to coordinate groups of drones carrying equipment, electronic warfare equipment or serving as communication hubs.

The British-American company ZeroAvia, together with the Alaska Air Group aviation holding, will develop a hydrogen power plant for a 76-seat regional airliner and equip the De Havilland Q400 aircraft with it. The power of the installation will be from two to five thousand kilowatts, it will provide the aircraft with a range of about 805 kilometers.

The closing ceremony was attended by the commanders of the Airborne Forces, Colonel-General Andrei Serdyukov and the paratroopers of the Egyptian Armed Forces, Divisional General Atif Ibrahim Mady

The fifth joint tactical exercises of the paratroopers of Russia and Egypt "Defenders of Friendship - 2021", which took place on October 17 with the participation of military transport aircraft of the two countries, ended near Cairo.

Currently, the issue of arming ships with these unmanned vehicles is being worked out. Kamikaze drones, or, as they are officially called, barrage ammunition, will be used to strike ground targets and enemy ships.