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Boeing's "Commercial aircraft" and "defense, space and security (BDS)" segments are the most vulnerable, and they can be seriously affected by the sagging capitalization of the aviation giant.

China surpasses Russia in aviation technology, according to a report by the Royal United Institute of defense research. FlightGlobal drew Attention to the relevant material of the British analytical organization, prepared by researcher Justin Bronk.

Frigates of the F124 project are the largest warships of the German Navy. Introduced into the German fleet in 2004-2006, "Saxony", "Hamburg" and " Hesse "("Sachsen "," Hamburg "und" Hesssen ") are distinguished by their modular design and efficient equipment.However, more than ten years of operation required appropriate measures to combat obsolescence. The frigate's relatively modern armament is being upgraded and adapted to new realities.

On the night of November 9-10, the second Karabakh war ended with a heavy - if not crushing-defeat of the Armenian side. The agreement is actually an Armenian capitulation, which became inevitable after the loss of Shusha.

the Drive was impressed by the photos of Tu-160, Tu-95 MS and Tu-22 M3 bombers, showing off fully armed.

The Drive portal was impressed by a photo report from the Engels long-range aviation unit (Saratov region, published recently by the Russian defense Ministry). It presents strategic bombers Tu-160, Tu-95 MS and Tu-22 M3 with the layout of their weapons. As the journalist notes, so far there have been very few opportunities to see these aircraft with a potential payload.

Czech intelligence warned of the threat of world war

Cyber attacks and the continuing rise in tensions between the US, Russia and China may cause a Third world war, according to Czech intelligence. Forecasts on the topic of a new global conflict have recently appeared more often. In most of them, the key actors are Washington, Beijing and Moscow.

In China, called the" sworn enemy " of the American F-35 Russian radar. Military experts Alexey Podberezkin and Viktor Baranets told Sputnik radio about the capabilities of the Nebo-U radar station.

Irkut Corporation rolled out the first prototype MS-21-310 passenger aircraft with Russian-designed PD-14 engines. According to the rostec state Corporation, on November 6, 2020, the aircraft was transferred from the final Assembly shop to the flight test division of the Irkutsk aviation plant.

electronic warfare systems are already playing a key role in countering modern drones

The armed conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh once again drew attention to the use of combat robots. Azerbaijan very actively used this type of weapons and achieved success, destroying a considerable amount of military equipment of the defense Army of Nagorno-Karabakh and even Armenia with the help of UAVS. Not having its own developments in the field of military robotics and, consequently, their production, Azerbaijan purchased foreign samples, mainly in Turkey and Israel.

According to the Polish Agency PAP, an An-124 Ruslan transport plane of the Ukrainian company Antonov Airlines delivered five of the 16 s-70i black hawk helicopters ordered for the Philippine armed forces to Clark air base on November 9.

The peacekeeping operation in Nagorno-Karabakh, which was agreed upon by the leaders of Russia, Armenia and Azerbaijan, involves a brigade created on the basis of the Ulyanovsk airborne assault brigade (VDV). The armament of military personnel was revealed by Moskovsky Komsomolets.

Russia is deploying at least 22 Il-76 military transporters to transport peacekeepers to Nagorno-Karabakh, according to a video released by the Russian defense Ministry.

The new Il-76MD-90A is equipped with the latest systems and equipment: flight and navigation complex, communications complex and defense complex. This made it possible to significantly improve the flight characteristics and performance of the machine.

The Chinese j-11BS fighter, created as a clone of the Russian su-27, is one of the most advanced types of these aircraft in the world, according to the material the Drive.

Specialists Of the Central Aerohydrodynamic Institute named after Zhukovsky tested a model of a motor nacelle with a natural laminar flow. According to the Institute, the nacelle is being developed for the promising dual-circuit turbofan engine PD-35. The checks were considered successful.

Russian pilots worked out refueling of fighters and bombers of the air force and air defense Association of the southern Military district in day and night conditions.

The load capacity of the new Il-76MD-90 military transport aircraft has been increased from 48 to 60 tons. At the same time, the flight range increased by 18 percent, and fuel consumption was reduced by 12-15 percent.

The Turkish daily Sabah newspaper reported on the successful testing on November 6 of the Bayraktar TB2 UAV equipped with the CATS (Common Aperture Targeting System) developed by ASELSAN EO/IR.

As reported by Air Force Magazine in John A. Tirpak's" After KC-46, USAF Looks Ahead to "Bridge Tanker", the commander of the Air transport command (Air Mobility Command) of the US air force, General Jacqueline D. Van Ovost said that at the end of 2020, the command plans to officially launch a tender for new refueling aircraft for the US air force under the KC-Y program to finally replace the fleet of Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker and McDonnell Douglas KC-10 Extender refueling aircraft.

Details have emerged of the flight of two Tu-160 strategic supersonic missile carriers that covered more than 20,000 kilometers. The planes were in the air for more than 25 hours. Thus, the record of the range and duration of the flight was updated.