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Japan's Nikkei Asian Review believes that Russia is beginning to yield to China in the development of new weapons and military technologies. Gradually, this lag may become irreversible. China is becoming the world's number two arms exporter. Russia is the third. Beijing is targeting traditional Russian arms markets.

The US army is strengthening in Norway, in the immediate vicinity of the Russian borders. In January, about a thousand Marines landed here. At the same time, American politicians and generals are increasingly declaring an increase in tension in the Arctic, which, according to experts, they themselves create. What the Pentagon is preparing Norway for-in the material of RIA Novosti.

KnAAZ has implemented a project for the digital identification of aircraft components. The work on the project was carried out in several stages. First, the specialists of the Quality management and Standardization department of KnAAZ tested barcoding as an element of automation in the production and storage of tools.

The crews of MiG-31BM fighter-interceptors and Su-24 tactical front-line bombers of the separate mixed aviation regiment of the Northern Fleet refueled in the air from the Il-78 tanker aircraft of the Aerospace Forces of the Russian Federation. The refueling took place in the Arctic sky.

Alphabet Holding (Owned by Google) has announced the closure of Loon-a project to develop Internet access using balloons flying in the stratosphere. The company considered the company's business model unstable. This is reported by CNET.

Starting this year, the Ground Forces ' rocket scientists will work closely with the Navy. The Iskander-M operational and tactical complexes (OTRK) will be able to support the Navy's operations at a range of up to 500 km and destroy the objects of a possible enemy with great accuracy. Such joint training has become a trend in combat training in recent years. The main target for the complexes may be priority coastal structures and equipment: air bases, radars and command centers, experts say.

Acting US Secretary of Defense Christopher Miller, shortly before leaving office in January, held a press conference during which he called the fifth-generation F-35 fighter " a piece of...". A transcript of the event was posted on the Pentagon's website.

According to sources of the Reuters news agency, the United Arab Emirates signed an agreement with the United States on the purchase of 50 F-35 "Lightning-2" fighters and up to 18 armed MQ-9B UAVs.

Russia will present a model of the fifth-generation Su-57E fighter at the Aero India 2021 exhibition, the Rostec State Corporation told Interfax on Friday.

Five high-altitude supersonic fighter-interceptor MiG-31BM, after the repair and modernization will be available until the end of 2021 on the arms of the fighter wing Association air force and air defense CVO stationed in the Krasnoyarsk region.

Among the announced items: a rail booster, drones that can be launched into the air with a grenade launcher, electromagnetic cannons and combat lasers.

The Turkish defense company Lapis Havacılık has opened a factory in Ankara for the serial production of unmanned aerial vehicles.

According to the Anadolu agency, Lapis Havacılık has been developing unmanned aircraft since 2015.

The creation in Russia of a promising long-range interception aircraft complex PAK DP has reached a new level and is at the stage of development work.

"The development of the next generation of fighter-interceptors has already begun. The project of a promising long-range interception aircraft complex under the symbol "MiG-41" is at the stage of development work," Rostec reports.

The first prototype of the American target aircraft of the fifth generation 5GAT, which was nicknamed the simulator of the Russian Su-57 fighter, crashed during tests. This is reported by the portal Janes with reference to the report of the Director of the Pentagon on operational tests and assessments.

For the PD-35 high-power engine, the United Engine Corporation manufactures wide-chord fan blades from polymer composite materials using prepregs and 3D-weaving technology.

Candidates are required to have a higher professional education, work experience from 3 to 6 years, and readiness to study at the test pilot school for 1-1. 5 years

The Sokol plant, which is part of the Russian Aircraft Corporation (RSC) MiG (part of the United Aircraft Corporation of the state Corporation Rostec), published an ad on the Internet about the search for test pilots in Nizhny Novgorod. The corresponding message is posted on the HeadHunter portal.

In 2021, the Komsomolsk-on-Amur Aviation Plant will transfer five fifth-generation Su-57 multi-role fighters to the Russian armed forces. The first of them has already entered one of the air regiments of the Southern Military District.

Over the Baltic Sea, near the Kaliningrad coast, there were simulated air battles of the Baltic Fleet's naval aviation fighter squadron.

As The Economic Times points out, the fighter could replenish the aircraft fleet of the Indian armed forces, as the parties were negotiating its production

The new Russian fifth-generation Su-57 fighter jet may take part in the Aero India 2021 airshow in Bangalore in early February. This was reported on Thursday by The Economic Times newspaper, citing sources among the organizers of the event.

The Armed Forces are showing increasing interest in UAVs

In October, the Aerospace Forces received the first batch of Orion multifunctional unmanned aerial vehicles, as well as control points. The novelty was developed as part of the development work of "Pacer" and lasted for more than nine years.