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Deployment of strategic bombers of the Air Force (Air Force) The United States in Norway is a response to Russia's strengthening in the Arctic, Hans Christensen, director of the Nuclear Information Project of the Federation of American Scientists, said in an interview with Nettavisen. The translation of the publication of the Norwegian edition leads "InoSMI".

The US Air Force received the first AT-6E Wolverine aircraft. The delivery was carried out within the framework of the AERONet (Airborne Extensible Relay Over-Horizon Network) program, aimed at developing aviation science.

The rarefied atmosphere of Mars is one of the main challenges that the Ingenuity helicopter will face as part of the Perseverance rover mission. This was told to Izvestia by space expert, corresponding member of the Russian Academy of Cosmonautics (RAK) Andrey Ionin on Thursday, February 18.

The Slovenian company Pipistrel has completed research work on the project of the Miniliner hydrogen passenger aircraft, which is planned to be used on short-haul routes. According to the company, the work was carried out on the project UNIFIER19, which also involved the Polytechnic University of Milan and the Delft Technical University.

Extreme landing of the U-2 high-altitude reconnaissance aircraft of the Air Force (Air Force) The USA was shown on the video. The corresponding video was posted on Instagram by former pilot-instructor Ross Francemont. The video drew the attention of The Drive.

A Russian fifth-generation Su-57 fighter jet has completed test flights with functional mock-ups of a new hypersonic missile, a source in the military-industrial complex told RIA Novosti.

The crews of the Leningrad Army of the Air Force and the Air Defense of the Western Military District used air weapons during tactical exercises. The launch of unguided aircraft missiles S-13 and S-8 can be watched on video.

Rosoboronexport JSC (part of Rostec Group) will show the main novelties of the Russian defense industry and the most popular Russian weapons in the world at the International Defense Exhibition IDEX 2021, which will be held in Abu Dhabi (UAE) from February 21 to 25.

As reported by the RBC news agency in the article "The pandemic has reduced secret exports from Russia. Against the background of a decline in supplies to foreign customers, Algeria became the largest recipient of weapons, " exports from Russia according to closed items of customs statistics, which include weapons and military equipment, fell by 16% in 2020, to $ 11.5 billion. This happened against the backdrop of a pandemic that delayed deliveries to a number of foreign customers.

The National Defense Management Center stressed that no violations of the state border were allowed

Two Russian Su-27 fighter jets escorted a group of French Air Force aircraft, consisting of a KS-135 tanker aircraft and two Mirage 2000 tactical aircraft, over the Black Sea. This was reported to journalists on Wednesday in the National Center for Defense Management of the Russian Federation.

The Japanese Ministry of Defense announced on February 10, 2021, that the Japanese defense procurement agency Acquisition, Technology & Logistics Agency (ATLA) has awarded Kawasaki Heavy Industries Corporation (KHI) an initial contract worth 15 billion yen ($143.1 million) to begin implementing a program to create a new electronic warfare aircraft for the Japan Self-Defense Air Force based on the new Japanese medium military transport aircraft Kawasaki C-2.

The Baltic Fleet has launched a competition in which the military personnel of the unmanned aviation units show their skills.

The United States has successfully tested a prototype of a deeply modernized F-15EX fighter. The event for the American defense industry is significant — the last "fifteenth" entered the army almost 20 years ago. The Pentagon is very much counting on the updated machine and assure that this program will not affect the purchase of fifth-generation aircraft. What is known about the F-15EX-in the material of RIA Novosti.

The US Navy has released rare footage of an F/A-18E Super Hornet carrier-based fighter chasing a Tomahawk cruise missile launched from a Ticonderoga-class cruiser. The time and location of the shooting, as well as the name of the shooting ship, are not reported.

The Bulgarian Air Force received all 8 Su-25 attack aircraft that underwent major repairs at the 558th Aviation Repair Plant (Baranovichi, Republic of Belarus).

Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic visited the Vrh Koplja 2021 exercise on February 7, after which he said that the Serbian authorities intend to allocate additional funds for the development of the country's Armed Forces.

Russian Su-27 naval aviation fighters of the Baltic Fleet (BF) will conduct exercises in the Kaliningrad region to destroy strategic bombers of a simulated enemy, RIA Novosti reports, adding that in February it is planned to transfer American B-1B Lancer to Norway.

Novosibirsk Aircraft Factory. Chkalova (NAZ) is building three more prototypes of the S-70 Hunter heavy strike unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), a source in the military-industrial complex told RIA Novosti.

The total flight time of the Mi-8AMTSh-VA helicopters produced by the Ulan-Ude Aviation Plant of the Russian Helicopters Holding (part of the Rostec State Corporation) exceeded 2,500 hours.

Russia will build three more samples of the S-70 Hunter heavy strike and reconnaissance unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), considered to be the wingmen of the fifth-generation Su-57 fighter, RIA Novosti reports, citing a source in the military-industrial complex.