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The joint exercises "Selenga-2021" have ended in Mongolia. According to the Press Service of the Eastern Military District, the active phase with the participation of air defense units and the Mongolian army was held at the Doityn Am high-altitude training ground.

The Nigerian army continues to receive weapons from China. At the end of August, a small convoy of vehicles carrying military equipment was spotted on one of the highways.

Since the combat vehicles were covered with a tarpaulin, it was not possible to determine their exact type. However, it has been suggested that these are Chinese Type 89 tracked armored personnel carriers. Currently, this information seems to be confirmed.

The American company Boeing has signed a contract with the US Army for the production of the first upgraded heavy transport helicopters CH-47F Chinook Block II. It should start delivering them in 2023.

NASA is preparing an agreement with Roscosmos on cross-flights, a Russian cosmonaut can fly on an American ship in the fall of 2022, said Joel Montalbano, head of NASA's ISS program.

US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov discussed the importance of further coordination of the parties on issues related to relations between Washington and Moscow during a telephone conversation on Wednesday, the US State Department reported.

Artillery units of Russia and Mongolia at the joint exercises "Selenga-2021" for the first time used a reconnaissance and firing contour when applying a massive fire strike on the "enemy", the press service of the Air Defense Ministry reports.

The United States and its NATO allies have a lot of work to do in adapting the alliance to the changing strategic situation in the world and revising the strategic concept of the bloc, US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin said.

The last batch of six A-29 Super Tucano light combat aircraft arrived at the Nigerian Air Force base in Kano on September 29, having flown from the United States.

The boats of the Coast Guard Department of the Border Police of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia conducted joint exercises in the Black Sea with the ships of the second permanent Anti-mine group of NATO (SNMCMG2) located in Georgian territorial waters, the press service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia reported on Tuesday.

As the resource reported Flightglobal.com, the assembly of the first PC-24 light jet aircraft designed for the Qatar Air Force has been completed at the Pilatus Aircraft Ltd company in Stans (Switzerland).

A defense contractor has been charged with paying cash bribes and defrauding the Navy of at least $50 million in the course of fulfilling obligations to service American ships in foreign ports.

The call of a number of French politicians for the country's withdrawal from NATO is not an empty phrase.

He is gaining more and more supporters who disagree with the actions of the United States and want independence from them. This is reported by the French newspaper Le Figaro.

The basis of the Russian contingent will be the units of the 201st military base

More than 2.7 thousand servicemen of the Central Military District (CVO) and more than 500 pieces of equipment will be involved in October in three joint exercises of the member states of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO), which will be held in Tajikistan. This was announced to journalists on Tuesday by the commander of the Central Military District, Colonel-General Alexander Lapin.

Military personnel of Russia and Mongolia for the first time at the international exercises "Selenga-2021" conduct joint flights on Mi-8 helicopters, the press service of the Eastern Military District reports.

Fincantieri Company announced the technical launching ceremony of the third Al-Zubarah class corvette, Al Khor, held on September 30 at the company in Mugiano (La Spezia).

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky signed the law "On the specifics of reforming enterprises of the military-industrial complex of the state form of ownership".

The US Navy Shipbuilding and Armament Command has signed an additional contract with SAFE Boats International for the development of a working project, construction, equipment, commissioning and training of crews of six Mark VI (MK VI) class patrol boats for the Ukrainian Navy.

The defense expenditures approved by the government in the Estonian state budget for 2022 will increase to 748 million euros (an increase of 103 million euros), which is 2.31% of the projected GDP.

On September 30, the Agency for the Acquisition of Defense Products under the Ministry of Defense of Lithuania signed a new contract with the German company Heckler und Koch GmbH for the purchase of additional G-36 assault rifles.

Along with various types of wheeled self-propelled artillery installations, tracked self-propelled guns continue to be offered for export in China. So, at the recently ended international aviation and space salon Airshow China 2021 in Zhuhai, a 155-mm PLZ-52 was demonstrated.