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According to the Turkish company Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI), soon it expects to sign the first export contract for the sale of light combat/ training aircraft "Hurkus-C" to an unnamed state.

The United States can send lethal weapons to Ukraine that can be used against Russia, RIA Novosti writes. The equipment that Kiev can get from Washington includes, in particular, "air defense (air defense), anti-ship and anti-tank missiles, operational and tactical strike systems," the agency writes, referring to the American edition of The Wall Street Journal.

The Government of Argentina has officially announced the purchase of 10 C-12B "Huron" aircraft from the US Air Force, the cost of which is estimated at $ 16.67 million.

The Russian Foreign Minister recalls the events preceding the First World War

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, in response to suspicions of Russia's involvement in the explosions at ammunition depots in Bulgaria, called on the European Union to take care of information that the storage and trade of weapons in a number of its member countries are engaged in private individuals.

[b]They included representatives of the military and diplomatic corps from 52 countries of the CIS, Asia, Africa, Europe and Latin America.]

The Russian military demonstrated to military attaches from 52 countries live firing from the S-400 anti-aircraft missile systems and the Pantsir-S anti-aircraft missile and gun systems at the Ashuluk training ground in the Astrakhan region. This was reported to journalists in the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation.

Testing of the Czech self-propelled artillery installation Dana-M2 began in Ukraine. This is reported by the Defense Express portal.

Currently, the wheeled combat vehicle is located at one of the military training grounds in the Rivne region, where the tactical and technical characteristics declared by Excalibur Army are checked.

The K-Max transport sky tractor of Kaman (USA) has a difficult fate. His first job in 1994 was logging, where, thanks to his unusual design with crisscrossing rotors (synchrocopter), he successfully performed the functions of a flying crane, transporting up to 2.7 tons of wood at a time on an external suspension.

[b]According to the company, the solution eliminates opportunities for competition, significantly narrows the supply base and threatens America's return to the moon.]

The aerospace company Blue Origin of the American entrepreneur Jeff Bezos, who is the richest man in the world, on Monday challenged the decision of NASA to grant a contract for the development and creation of a lunar lander worth $2.9 billion to the American company SpaceX.

[b]Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said that the countries also plan to jointly repel threats from Afghanistan.]

The joint air defense system is being created by Russia and Tajikistan, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said at talks with the head of the republic's military department, Sherali Mirzo, in Dushanbe on Tuesday.

Leonardo Group has signed a contract with Lockheed Martin for the supply of four 127-mm OTO 127/64 LW Vulcano naval artillery systems to equip the new multi-purpose combat ships of the Canadian Navy.

Global defense spending continues to grow. Yesterday, April 26, the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) published a report that shows global defense spending for 2020.

At the site of the future exhibition of military products World Defense Show in Saudi Arabia, the second stage of construction of an 800 thousand square meter site near Riyadh has officially begun, where the world's first take-off and landing strip, specially built for the defense event, will be presented.

The company Bollinger Shipyards on April 22 announced the transfer of the 44th fast patrol boat FRC (Fast Response Cutter) of the Sentinel class-(WPC 1144) "Glen Harris" (Glen Harris) to the command of the US Coast Guard, which took place in Key West (Florida).

Europeans and Americans have announced plans to create an Interstellar probe that should reach interstellar space, 149 billion kilometers away from Earth. To begin with, the project will need to get NASA approval.

[b]After the completion of the separation and separation of the spacecraft, the Fregat upper stage will be taken out of orbit, and the fireproof elements will be flooded in the uninhabited part of the Pacific Ocean, Roscosmos reported.]

All 36 British OneWeb satellites launched from the Vostochny cosmodrome on a Soyuz-2.1 b rocket have been successfully launched into their calculated orbits using the Fregat upper stage. This was announced by the General Director of Roscosmos Dmitry Rogozin in his Telegram channel.

Amid the escalation with Russia, Kiev appealed to Berlin to provide weapons to strengthen the coastal defense.

As reported by DW, UNIAN writes, this is stated in the article of the German edition Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung (FAS). The journalists received a list of requests from the Ukrainian side.

At the Hong Ha shipyard in Haiphong (Vietnam), the launch ceremony of the first high-speed patrol boat, which is being built in Vietnam for the country's Coast Guard with technical and financial assistance from India, was held.

The Department of the Chief of Engineering Troops of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation will take an active part in the preparation and holding of the International Military-Technical Forum "Army-2021".

Turkey has signed a contract with Ukraine for the supply of aircraft engines for the new T-929 ATAK II heavy-duty attack helicopters being developed by Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI).

On April 23, the Thai government and representatives of Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) reached an agreement on additional deliveries of the T-50TH TCB and improvement of the flight training system using previously received machines of this type.