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Rolls-Royce specialists have started to develop a new UltraFan turboprop aircraft engine, which, thanks to its unique efficiency, will have a working life of 25% higher than the capabilities of previous models. According to the developers, this will create a technological revolution in the field of passenger and cargo air transportation around the world.

A quarter of a century ago, the Su-37, an experimental fighter with super-maneuverability, took to the skies for the first time. It did not go into production, and the only one built crashed during tests in 2002. But the Su-37 fulfilled its task.

According to the Press Trust of India (PTI), on March 31, the fourth batch of three Rafale fighters arrived in India, having flown from the Istres air base in France.

Two Saudi companies will start joint production of Turkish attack drones for the benefit of the Saudi Armed Forces.

Airbus Helicopters has announced the signing of another contract with the Japanese Coast Guard Command for the supply of two additional H-225 helicopters (previously designated EC-225).

The Russian Advanced Long-range Aviation Complex (PAK DA), which is being created, can receive subsonic X-101 missiles, the editor-in-chief of the site told Izvestia MilitaryRussia.ru Dmitry Kornev.

The South Korean army will expand the strike capabilities of its aircraft. April 1 portal janes.com The South Korean Defense Procurement Program Administration (DAPA) has revealed details of the upcoming purchase of 36 foreign-made attack helicopters.

The American nuclear-powered aircraft carrier Dwight Eisenhower ("Dwight Eisenhower"), having passed the Suez Canal, entered the Red Sea, which is part of the area of responsibility of the US Central Command, the Egyptian information site Cairo24 reported.

Russian warships conducted live-fire exercises in the Sea of Japan, the Pacific Fleet said on Saturday.

An interesting photo of a front-line Su-34 bomber with ten simulated aircraft bombs suspended at once (IAB, a nuclear bomb simulator) was found in a presentation posted in open access to the 60th anniversary of the FSUE "Russian Federal Nuclear Center-All - Russian Scientific Research Institute of Technical Physics named after Academician E. I. Zababakhin "(FSUE " RFNC-VNIITF im. Academician E. I. Zababakhin", Snezhinsk, formerly Chelyabinsk-70, Chelyabinsk region).

In Syria, a new technology for aiming tactical strike drones "Pacer" at terrorist targets was tested with the help of an upgraded wearable intelligence, control and communications complex (KRUS) "Strelet-M". As a source in the Russian military-industrial complex told RIA Novosti, the coordinates of the targets were transmitted from the ground using a tablet.

The South Korean company Korea Aerospace Industries Co. (KAI) said on Sunday that it intends to develop its own transport and multi-purpose aircraft for the needs of the army, the Yonhap news agency reported.

As reported by the Embassy of the Russian Federation in Thailand, on March 26, 2021, Russia completed the transfer to Thailand of three multi-purpose Mi-17V-5 helicopters, which were purchased under the state program of Thailand to assist the population during natural disasters. The helicopter transfer ceremony was held at the U-Tapao air base with the participation of the Russian Ambassador to Thailand E. Y. Tomikhin. Thus, the fleet of helicopters of this type in Thailand has increased to ten units.

The carrier-based aircraft of the American aircraft carrier Dwight Eisenhower ("Dwight Eisenhower"), which entered the Eastern Mediterranean, began combat sorties in support of Operation Unwavering Resolve, the US 6th Operational Fleet said.

According to the Turkish magazine "Türk Havacılık Haberleri ve Diğer Canavarlar", published by the Turkish Aviation Industry Association (Türk Havacılık Sanayicileri Derneği), the Russian company "New Unmanned Systems" LLC from Nizhny Novgorod in 2020 signed an agreement with the Turkish company Baykar Defense (part of the Baykar group) on the organization of joint production of the widely known Turkish reconnaissance and strike unmanned aerial vehicles Bayraktar TB2 for their promotion in the Russian market.

Russia's strengthening of the land defense of the Kaliningrad region puts NATO in a "deadly dilemma", says columnist Sebastien Roblin in the pages of the American magazine The National Interest, justifying, in particular, the potential need for a" physical occupation " of the Russian region.

The competition for the Russian Su-35 generation 4++ fighter in the international arms market from foreign combat aircraft today can only be made up of fifth – generation fighters produced by the United States-the F-22 and F-35, the Federal Service for Military-Technical Cooperation (FSMTC) of the Russian Federation told RIA Novosti, commenting on media publications about the superiority of the Russian aircraft over the F-22.

In the Khabarovsk Territory, the pilots of the bomber aviation unit of the Army of the Air Force and Air Defense of the Eastern Military District made training flights on Su-34 fighter-bombers to the maximum altitude.

The Hungarian Air Force has rejected the Russian Mi-8T helicopter. A few days ago, the last flight of the car of this model took place from the Solnok air base.

Pilots of Russian strategic bombers, who are taken on escort by fighters of the British Air Force, conduct aerial reconnaissance, and this task is not from the field of April Fools ' jokes, former head of Long-range Aviation (1997-2002) Lieutenant General Mikhail Oparin told RIA Novosti.