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In a statement to national media, recently appointed Colombian Finance Minister Jose Manuel Restrepo said that the country's government will definitely not allocate funds for the purchase of new fighter jets.

Austal Australia, as part of a contract with the military department, has handed over to the Australian Ministry of Defense a Guardian-class patrol boat intended for delivery to the Government of the Solomon Islands. The boat was named "Taro".

As the Croatian newspaper Jutarnji list reported on May 20, 2021, citing "well-informed sources", the Croatian government, on the recommendation of a meeting of the Croatian Defense Council held on the same day, decided to purchase 12 French Dassault Rafale fighters from the French Air Force, modified to the F3R standard, and to enter into pre-contract negotiations with the French side on this issue.

PJSC "Kurganmashzavod" (part of the NGO "High-precision Complexes" of the State Corporation Rostec) presented its civilian products at an exhibition organized by the Government of the Kurgan Region for the heads of diplomatic missions and consular offices of foreign states located in the city of Yekaterinburg, the press service of the enterprise reported.

The company of Ukrainian entrepreneur Maxim Polyakov has signed a contract with SpaceX, which involves the launch of a lunar lander under the Artemis program.

The United States is not going to change its plans to provide military assistance to Israel because of the conflict in the Middle East. This was announced on Friday, May 21, at a briefing for journalists, White House Press Secretary Jennifer Psaki.

According to the Ministry of Defense of the Czech Republic, on the night of May 19, 2021, the first of the two Airbus C295MW military transport aircraft ordered for the Czech Air Force (tail number "0481", serial number 172) arrived at the Prague-Kbely airfield. The aircraft, built at the Airbus Defense and Space facility in Seville, Spain, was the first to be built on board the new C295MW modification, equipped with winglets at the wing tips.

On May 20, 2021, at Makurdi Air Base in Nigeria, an official ceremony was held for the entry into the Nigerian Air Force of three Chinese-Pakistani JF-17 Thunder Block II fighters assembled by the Pakistan Aeronautical Complex (RAS). The ceremony marking the 57th anniversary of the Nigerian Air Force was attended by Nigerian President Mohammadu Buhari.

Military personnel of Russia and Serbia, within the framework of joint tactical exercises, practiced the attack of conditional "militants" from the air. On Saturday, May 22, the press service of the Ministry of Defense of Russia reports.

Russia plans to supply foreign customers with various helicopters worth more than $ 1 billion in 2021. This was reported to the agency "RIA Novosti" by the director of the FSMTC Dmitry Shugaev at the HeliRussia-2021 exhibition.

More than 70 representatives of the military and diplomatic corps from 54 countries of the CIS, Asia, Africa, Europe and Latin America, accredited in Russia, visited the Luzhsky training ground of the Western Military District, where officers of foreign countries demonstrated the combat capabilities of barrel artillery and multiple rocket launchers to detect and destroy training targets.

The Defense Ministers of Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia at a meeting in Siauliai discussed the possibility of joint purchase of long-range multiple launch rocket systems.

At the next international helicopter industry exhibition HeliRussia 2021, which takes place from May 20 to 22, 2021 in Moscow, among other things, joint projects of the companies "Aviation Auxiliary Systems" ("ABC") and "Aeromax" on the development of unmanned aerial systems under the SmartHELI brand are presented.

According to the joint action plan for 2021, tactical exercises were held with the participation of Azerbaijani and Turkish servicemen, the Ministry of Defense of Azerbaijan reports.

There are "truly impressive photos" that show the recent joint exercises Ragnar Viking of the Royal Navy (Navy) of the United Kingdom, the Navy (Navy) and the Marine Corps (Marine Corps) of the United States, as well as the French Navy and the Royal Norwegian Navy, writes The Drive.

Roscosmos does not rule out continuing participation in the ISS project after 2025, the decision is up to the president, Alexander Bloshenko, executive director of the state Corporation for Science, told Interfax.

Polish National Defense Minister Mariusz Blaszczak, in an interview with Polish Radio 24 on May 22, 2021, announced the upcoming conclusion of a contract for the purchase of four Turkish Bayraktar TB2 reconnaissance and strike unmanned aerial systems for the Polish armed forces, including 24 unmanned aerial vehicles themselves, as well as weapons for them.

The European Commission plans to allocate 2.7 million euros to support the Belarusian state bodies controlling the Belarusian NPP, writes RT with reference to the relevant tender.

France has begun flight tests of the latest modification of the Rafale fighter. On May 22, the press service of the French Defense Ministry reported that the first stage of flight tests of the F4 modification aircraft was held at the Istres air base in the south of the country.

A batch of T-72MS tanks and BRDM-2MS armored reconnaissance and patrol vehicles delivered to the Armed Forces of Serbia as part of military-technical assistance is capable of strengthening the combat potential of the republic's army, Russian Deputy Defense Minister Alexander Fomin said on Sunday during the ceremony of handing over the vehicles.