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The country is armed with 4,143 vehicles

The Russian army has the second largest fleet of military aircraft. This is stated in the Handbook World Air Forces 2021, released by the British profile magazine Flight International.

In Kamchatka, fighter pilots of a separate mixed aviation regiment of Troops and forces in the North-East of Russia conducted training to intercept a simulated enemy aircraft.

the US air force "destroyed" Russian S-400 systems and T-72 tanks

The us military reported working out the destruction of Russian military equipment, which was not actually used in the exercises, according to us media.

As reported by the American web resource C4ISRNET in the material Burak Ege Bekdil " Turkish firm develops AI-powered software for drone swarms "(Burak EGE Bekdil "Turkish firm develops software based on artificial intelligence for a swarm of drones"), a private Turkish company MilSOFT said that it has developed software based on artificial intelligence for a swarm of unmanned aerial vehicles.

The us Navy's shipbuilding and weapons command issued a request for information about unmanned aerial vehicles that could be launched from submarines. According to Defense News, the request was published in October 2020, but it became known about it only now.

It is possible to jointly develop such an aircraft with foreign partners

rostec is developing the concept of a light single-engine fifth-generation fighter at its own expense, the head of the state Corporation Sergey Chemezov told reporters.

Work on creating a second-stage engine for the Russian fifth-generation su-57 fighter will be completed in 2022, Sergey Chemezov, General Director of the rostec state Corporation, told reporters.

The first Indian aircraft carrier "Vikrant" has successfully passed mooring tests, according to the portal N+1. Experts checked the operation of its four LM2500 gas turbine engines, transmission, variable stroke propellers and control system.

The chief of the Russian Navy Admiral Nikolai Evmenov the workshop in the Admiralty heard the report of the Deputy commander of the Navy Vice-Admiral Vladimir Kasatonov on the audit of a number of structural units of the Navy in the Krasnodar region and the Crimea.

Top Aces, a pilot training company based in Dorval, Quebec, Canada, has been granted permission to purchase and import up to 29 F-16 fighters withdrawn from the air force of an unnamed state.

French armed forces Minister Florence PARLY said in a TV interview on December 3 that negotiations with Indonesia on the purchase of 36 Rafale fighters from Dassault are at an advanced stage, although the contract has not yet been signed.

Russian defense companies Almaz-Antey and USC entered the list of 25 world military-industrial leaders, despite a decline in revenue in 2019, according to a report published on Monday by the Stockholm international peace research Institute (SIPRI).

Chemezov spoke about the successful use of Kalashnikov drones in Syria

rostec expects orders for combat drones from the defense Ministry, said the head of the state Corporation Sergey Chemezov. At the same time, the military Department asked to speed up the creation of this type of weapon. According to Chemezov, the drones created by the Kalashnikov concern have already been baptized in Syria and have proven themselves well.

mass media: China replaced Russian d-30KP-2 engines with more powerful WS-20

China has replaced the Russian-made d-30KP-2 turbofan engines with its own WS-20. According to American media, Chinese engines will be more powerful than those that were installed earlier. Experts believe that in this regard, the military transport aircraft of the people's Republic of China Y-20 will be remotorized in the near future.

Americans are actively moving to create semi-Autonomous drones. On December 6, the press service of the company General Atomics announced the tests of the Avenger drone under the control of artificial intelligence.

In this photo, you can see the coaxial-radial grid on the fifth-generation su-57 fighter. Its purpose is to reduce the radar visibility of the fighter.

The national Commission on Military Aviation Safety of the United States (National Commission on Military Aviation Safety) summed up the results of non-combat losses of American military aviation in the period from 2013 to December 1, 2020. According to the report, 186 aircraft and 224 pilots were lost during this period.

Its development will cost less than 120 billion rubles, said the head of the state Corporation Sergey Chemezov

Rostec expects that the Sukhoi Superjet New-an import-substituted version of the short-haul Sukhoi Superjet 100 with a domestic engine and components-will appear in 2024.

According to information received from radio interception data and other sources, Turkey is preparing to carry out a ground military operation near the city of Sirte in Libya. In particular, Turkish F-16s arrived at the al-Vatiya air base captured by the NTC.

The government of the Russian Federation has approved a list of modern technologies that will be used to conclude special investment contracts (SPIC).