Cooperation news

The United States received the Oplot-M tank, which Ukraine had been building for nine years.

The Ukrainian main battle tank T-84 "Oplot-M" was delivered to the USA. This is reported by The National Interest.

The Philippine Air Force is considering acquiring heavy transport helicopters as part of efforts to increase its helicopter fleet.

In Tajikistan, at the Harbmaydon training ground, Belarusian servicemen, together with colleagues from Russia and Kazakhstan, worked out actions to search for a militant camp near the border with Afghanistan.

Chairman of the Majlisi Namoyandagon Majlisi Oli (lower house of Parliament) of Tajikistan Mahmadtoir Zokirzoda called on CSTO partners to create a strong security belt around Afghanistan.

Novosibirsk Instrument-Making Plant (refinery) supplied the Italian company Aurora International with sights for hunting, sports shooting and airsoft, the press service of the Shvabe holding, which includes the company, reports.

The third batch of additional international military aid worth $60 million from the US government for the needs of the Ukrainian Armed Forces has arrived in Ukraine. It includes ammunition, anti-tank and precision weapons, medical equipment and others, the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine reported on Friday.

The Iskander-E operational-tactical missile system showed unprecedented accuracy at the shooting of a foreign customer: it hit a missile from a distance of 180 kilometers exactly in the crosshair of a ground target, Bekhan Ozdoev, industrial director of the Rostec State Corporation armament complex, told RIA Novosti.

The Iskander-E complex has shown unprecedented accuracy in shooting at a foreign customer. This was announced by the industrial director of the arms complex of the Rostec State Corporation Bekhan Ozdoev on Saturday, October 23.

A group of ten ships of the Russian Navy and the Chinese Navy made a joint patrol in the Pacific Ocean, the Russian Defense Ministry said.

Turkey has started the procedure for purchasing F-16 aircraft from the United States. This was announced on Saturday, October 23, by the Minister of National Defense of the country Hulusi Akar.

Andrei Kartapolov, head of the State Duma Defense Committee, believes that the past exercises demonstrated a high level of interaction between the military contingents of the CSTO member states.

Norway will write off all its F-16s by the end of this year. On combat duty, they will be replaced by F-35 fighters, of which there are already 31 units in the Norwegian Air Force. Thus, Norway will become the first country in the world whose Air Force will completely switch to a new generation of fighters.

Kyrgyzstan will not deploy an American airbase on its territory, President of the Republic Sadyr Zhaparov said, RIA Novosti reports.

As the Kyrgyz media reported on October 21, 2021, the Chairman of the State Committee for National Security of Kyrgyzstan Kamchybek Tashiyev said that a contract for the purchase of Bayraktar unmanned aerial vehicles by Kyrgyzstan in Turkey (as can be understood, Bayraktar TB2 is meant)) is already under implementation, and that Russian light unmanned systems Orlan-10E will also be purchased.

The Ariane-5 heavy launch vehicle of the European Space Agency (ESA) successfully launched two communications satellites into orbit on Sunday, the French operator Arianespace reported.

The manufacturer of memory chips Micron Technology has announced an investment of $ 150 billion in the construction of new factories and the expansion of existing factories for the production of chips. Due to these investments, calculated for the next 10 years, the American company intends to meet the growing demand for semiconductor products and eliminate its deficit.

As the Ministry of Defense of Finland reported on October 21, 2021, the country's Defense Minister Antti Kaikkonen approved the purchase of five additional 155 mm/52 K9 Thunder self-propelled howitzers in South Korea in 2021 and authorized the Department of Logistics of the Finnish Defense Forces to make an additional purchase of the next five such systems in 2022.

The State Corporation will also present a mock-up of the Zeus orbital complex and the transport and energy module

Roscosmos will present its exposition at the 72nd International Astronautical Congress in Dubai (UAE), where for the first time abroad it will show a new model of the multifunctional laboratory module "Science", as well as a model of the Zeus orbital complex and the transport and energy module (TEM). This was reported on Sunday in the press service of Roscosmos.

Turkey managed to negotiate with South Korea on the supply of tank engines. October 23, portal armyrecognition.com He announced that Altay tanks will receive Doosan Infracore DV27K powerplants with a capacity of 1500 hp.

The memorandum provides for the expansion of cooperation between the two countries in scientific research, exchange of experience and development of educational programs in space exploration

The United Arab Emirates Space Agency (UAE) has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Israeli Space Agency in order to expand bilateral cooperation.