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The training center of the Ulan-Ude Aviation Plant of the Russian Helicopters Holding (part of the Rostec Group) has completed the training of the second stream of foreign specialists in the operation and maintenance of the Mi-171A2 helicopter.

Military attaches from 50 countries, as well as their family members, were vaccinated against coronavirus with the Russian Sputnik V vaccine, said Alexander Kshimovsky, head of the Main Department for International Military Cooperation of the Russian Defense Ministry.

Turkey does not rule out the possibility of buying Russian Su-35 and Su-57 fighters, but the priority is to develop its own fifth-generation fighter.

On February 20, the command of the Second permanent anti-mine Group of NATO passed to Turkey for a period of two months, the newspaper reports. According to the army Ukraine news agency, a group of four ships has already anchored in the port of Odessa, where naval exercises with the Ukrainian Navy are planned.

Earlier, the state corporation reported that cosmonaut Sergei Korsakov was removed from the main crew of the Soyuz MS-18 manned spacecraft, and NASA astronaut Mark Vande Hai was appointed instead.

"The fastest supersonic rocket in the world" has found its first foreign buyers. March 4, portal indiatimes.com India and the Philippines have signed a preliminary agreement on the conclusion of intergovernmental contracts for the purchase of Indian military equipment and weapons for the Philippine army.

The cost of delivering 1 kg of cargo from commercial companies to the ISS has increased from $3 thousand to $20 thousand.

The US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has almost sevenfold raised the price of commercial services for the delivery of cargo to the International Space Station (ISS) and their return to Earth. This was announced on Thursday by the Internet portal SpaceNews.

MBDA on March 3 announced the signing of the first contract with an unnamed foreign customer for the supply of a new air defense system "Albatros NG" (Albatros NG) based on the anti-aircraft guided missile CAMM-ER.

Defense Ministers of Russia and Belarus Sergei Shoigu and Viktor Khrenin at talks in Moscow on Friday agreed to create three training centers for joint training of military personnel, one of the centers will be based in Belarus, the Russian Defense Ministry reported

The US Army is studying the possibility of using Israeli missiles on its air defense systems. March 5, portal breakingdefense.com He announced that the SkyCeptor missiles of the David's Sling complex are now available for Patriot missile systems.

Roscosmos plans to conduct ten launches with spacecraft of the British company OneWeb in 2021, the head of the state corporation Dmitry Rogozin said.

China and Russia will improve partnership relations and strategic cooperation that contribute to the maintenance of global peace and the protection of each other's interests, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said.

Why does the Ministry of Defense increase the production rate of IL-76MD-90A

Over the past four years, foreign customers have repeatedly turned to Russian aircraft manufacturers with a request for the supply of military transport aircraft, sources familiar with the situation on the international arms market told Izvestia.

One of the key factors in the development of the Starlink project from SpaceX is a grant from the US Federal Communications Commission, which allocated $885.51 million for this. In return, Elon Musk pledged to provide Internet access to 642,925 homes and businesses in remote corners of 35 states of America. Competitors in the face of other providers challenged this decision, arguing that Starlink will not be able to provide the required minimum speed of 100 Mbit/s. Technically, so far it is, but the other day Elon Musk made a revolutionary statement.

Experts will begin construction of the first hotel in space in 2025. This is stated in the publication of the Daily Mail on March 1. It is specified that the hotel will be designed for 400 people.

Romania received the American M142 HIMARS complexes. March 2, portal defence-blog.com He reported that the first batch of rocket launchers had already arrived in the country and was being sent to the 81st Tactical Operational Missile Battalion stationed in Fokshany.

The URO (151) frigate "Antonio Luna" of the Jose Rizal class, built by the South Korean company Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI), arrived in Manila.

On February 27, 2021, at the shipyard of the Italian shipbuilding company Cantiere Navale Vittoria SpA in Adria near Venice, the patrol ship P 71, which is being built for the armed forces of Malta, was launched. The launch ceremony was attended by the Commander of the Armed Forces of Malta, Brigadier Geoffrey Kermey.

On February 26, the Italian company Fincantieri announced the signing of a contract with the European Organization for Cooperation in the Field of Weapons OCCAR for the construction of two new-generation submarines for the Italian Navy.

As part of NAVDEX-2021, in the presence of His Highness Sheikh Nahyan bin Zayed Al Nahyan, on February 22, a ceremony was held for the adoption of the support ship (L72) Al Saadiyat (Al Saadiyat) by the UAE Navy.