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Philippine Foreign Ministry to purchase torpedoes for Jose Rizal-class frigates
According to the Philippine Defense Resource Mintfo.com, The Philippine Ministry of Defense has signed a contract worth $ 15.937 million with the South Korean company LIG Nex1 as part of a project to purchase torpedoes for frigates in service.
The Army-2021 Forum officially opens on August 23
In accordance with the decree of the Government of the Russian Federation, the International Military-Technical Forum "Army-2021"will be held from August 22 to 28, 2021. However, its official opening will take place on August 23.
Pobeda has refused firm contracts for 20 Boeing 737 MAX aircraft
Pobeda Airlines has decided to abandon firm contracts for 20 Boeing 737 MAX aircraft. This was announced by the general director of the carrier Andrey Kalmykov.
The participants of the exercises on the border with Afghanistan returned to their permanent deployment points
In total, 2.5 thousand military personnel were involved in the exercises of the three countries
The servicemen of the armed forces of Russia, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan, who were involved in joint exercises that ended on August 10 in Tajikistan at the Harb-Maydon training ground 20 km from Afghanistan, returned to their permanent deployment points. This is stated in a message distributed on Monday by the press service of the Central Military District (CVO).
The Norwegian Air Force received 31 F-35A "Lightning-2" fighters
The Agency for the Acquisition of Defense Products of Norway (NDMA) announced the arrival of the next three F-35A "Lightning-2"fighters in the country.
Belarus will strengthen its Air Force with Russian aircraft
The Ministry of Defense of Belarus plans to receive new Mi-35M combat helicopters for service.
This was announced by the commander of the Air Force and Air Defense Forces of the Armed Forces of the Republic, Major General Igor Golub.
Systems of non-lethal impact and remote detection of weapons will be presented at the Army-2021 MVTF
Scientific achievements of military educational organizations subordinate to the Commander-in-Chief of the Ground Forces will be presented at the Army-2021 MIFTF.
The Ukrainian NGO "Praktika" has fulfilled the contract for the supply of a batch of Kozak-5 armored vehicles to Saudi Arabia
The Ukrainian NGO "Praktika "(part of the Civil Union" League of Defense Enterprises of Ukraine") in 2021 successfully fulfilled a contract for the supply of a large batch of Kozak-5 armored vehicles adapted to the local climate to one of the Middle Eastern countries.
Nurol Makina offers the Yoruk BBM to the Japanese Self-Defense Forces
According to the information published on August 10 by the Daily Sabah, the light armored vehicle "Yoruk" (Yoruk) with a 4x4 wheel formula of the Turkish company Nurol Makina became one of the finalists of the tender for the supply of armored vehicles held in Japan.
KRET will present the latest navigation system for light helicopters at the Army Forum
The concern will also present at the forum devices that provide the ability to control a helicopter using instruments
The concern" Radio-Electronic Technologists "(KRET) of the Rostec State Corporation will present for the first time at the Army-2021 forum a new navigation system for START 1a light helicopters. This was reported to journalists on Monday in the press service of KRET.
Australian AEGIS destroyers - in full combat readiness
Australia now has three fully combat-ready destroyers with the American AEGIS information and control system. Yesterday, on August 15, the press service of the Australian Ministry of Defense announced the achievement of final combat readiness (FOC) by the HMAS Sydney ship-the third and last Hobart — type destroyer.
The future of the electric car market is described
Foxconn has predicted that in four years every fifth car sold in the world will be electric. This is reported by the publication Digitimes.
Rostec CEO Chemezov announced his readiness to help Turkey in the development of a new fighter
Rostec is ready to consider the possibility of helping Turkey in the development of a fifth-generation fighter with the appropriate request from Ankara, the general director of the state corporation Sergey Chemezov said in an interview with the Anadolu news agency.
Media: Blue Origin sued NASA over its contract with SpaceX
On April 16, NASA announced the conclusion of a contract worth $2.9 billion for the construction of the lander with SpaceX
TASS, August 16. Blue Origin, owned by Jeff Bezos, filed a lawsuit in a US federal court on Monday against the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) in connection with the award of a contract for the development of a lunar lander to SpaceX, headed by entrepreneur Elon Musk. This was reported by the online portal The Verge.
Cyprus will sell Russian Mi-35P helicopters to Serbia
Cyprus and Serbia have entered into negotiations on the acquisition by Belgrade of more than a dozen Russian Mi-35P transport and combat helicopters, which are in service with the Cypriot National Guard. This was reported the day before by the local newspaper Surgis mail.
The ships of the Caspian Flotilla went to sea to go to Iran
Crews will take part in the Sea Cup competition
The crews of the small artillery ships "Makhachkala" and " Astrakhan "of the Caspian Flotilla have begun the transition to the port of Bender-Enzeli to participate in the"Sea Cup" competition. This was reported to journalists on Friday in the press service of the Southern Military District.
Roscosmos said that tourists from Japan will fly to the ISS in December according to a six-hour scheme
The flight duration will be 12 days
The flight of the Soyuz MS-20 manned spacecraft to the International Space Station (ISS) will take place according to a four-turn (six-hour) scheme. This was reported to TASS by the head of the ballistics department of the Rocket and Space Corporation Energia (part of Roscosmos), Rafail Murtazin.
Sibu/Interaction-2021 exercises were not directed against third countries - Chinese Defense Minister
The Russian-Chinese maneuvers were conducted to increase the ability to jointly respond to risks and challenges. China and Russia are able to jointly maintain peace and stability in the region.
Vietnam delivered the NanoDragon satellite to Japan for launch into orbit
The satellite will receive and transmit signals of an automatic identification system for tracking the movement of ships and monitoring activities at sea
Vietnam has delivered its NanoDragon satellite to Japan for an upcoming launch into low-Earth orbit. This was reported on Friday by the newspaper "Nyan Zan" with reference to the National Space Center (NCC) at the Vietnamese Academy of Science and Technology.
The Colombian Air Force received two C-130H aircraft from the US Air Force
The Command of the Colombian Air Force has accepted the last two of the three BTA C-130H Hercules aircraft purchased from the US Air Force as part of the Surplus Military Equipment (EDA) program.