Cooperation news

Advanced samples of modern microelectronics for spacecraft of the future will be shown at the International Aviation and Space Salon MAKS-2021 by the holding company "Russian Space Systems" (RKS, part of the State Corporation "Roscosmos").

The United States has provided three Black Hawk helicopters to the Afghan army, said General Ajmal Omar Shinwari, a spokesman for the Afghan Defense and Security Forces.

Moscow and Beijing intend to extend the agreement on notification of launches of ballistic missiles and space launch vehicles until 2030.

Turkey has delivered the first Bayraktar TB2 unmanned complex to the Ukrainian Navy. This was announced on Thursday, July 16, by the press service of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine.

According to Moroccan media with reference to the Italian magazine RID-Rivista Italiana Difesa, the Moroccan Armed Forces are negotiating with the Italian Fincantieri on the acquisition of two multi-purpose frigates of the FREMM class.

The Naval Forces of Ukraine have received the first Bayraktar TB2 unmanned reconnaissance and strike system, which can be used to destroy Russian warships, Defense Express reports.

According to its technical characteristics, Aurora has no analogues, said Alexey Patrikeev, CEO of the holding company

Shvabe Holding of Rostec State Corporation will present a unique Aurora optical device for spacecraft at the upcoming MAKS-2021 air show. This was reported to journalists on Thursday in the press service of Shvabe.

The Israeli company Rafael offered to equip Indian T-90 main battle tanks with active protection complexes (KAZ) Trophy.

A model of a combat vehicle upgraded in this way was presented in April 2018 in Chennai at the 10th international defense exhibition Defexpo.

Orders for the Russian fifth-generation Su-57 fighter in the future "will be measured in hundreds", now there is an order for 76 aircraft, the head of the United Aircraft Corporation Yuri Slyusar told President Vladimir Putin.

Yuri Slyusar noted that the development of several versions of this machine is expected to begin this year

The order for the latest fifth-generation Su-57 fighters will probably be measured in hundreds of pieces. This was announced by Yuri Slyusar, General Director of the United Aircraft Corporation (UAC), during a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin.

The Russian Space Systems Holding company will demonstrate the industrial symbiosis of a robot and a human at the MAKS-2021 International Aviation and Space Salon, the press service of the RKS reports.

Deputy Defense Minister of the Russian Federation Yunus-Bek Yevkurov checked the venues of the Russian-Belarusian strategic exercises "West-2021"in Belarus. This was reported in the Russian Defense Ministry.

The launch of the Soyuz-2.1 b carrier rocket from Baikonur with the British OneWeb communication satellites, scheduled for August 5, was postponed for at least a week due to the unavailability of the devices. This was announced on Wednesday, July 14, RIA Novosti reports, citing three sources in the rocket and space industry.

The fact that Switzerland will buy a fifth-generation F-35A Lightning fighter, since it promises "the highest performance at the lowest price" compared to Typhoon, Rafale and F/A — 18E/F Super Hornet aircraft, is surprising, writes John Vinable, a veteran of the US Air Force (Air Force), a researcher at the Heritage Foundation, in Breaking Defense.

On July 13, Boeing announced the delivery of the 10th aircraft of the P-8I "Neptune" (the Indian version of the American P-8A "Poseidon") to the Indian Navy as part of the contract signed in 2016.

The United Engine Corporation of Rostec supplied two AL-55I engines with an increased resource to the Indian corporation HAL. They will be used for the final stage of certification tests of the Indian HJT-36 aircraft.

The command of the Thai Navy has signed a contract with a national company for the supply of mobile short-range anti-aircraft missile systems.

The Pakistan Navy has decided to convert the first three Embraer Lineage 1000E airliners into basic patrol aircraft, which will replace the outdated P-3C Orion.

The official representative of the US Defense Ministry, John Kirby, on Monday, July 12, informed that after the completion of the US-Ukrainian maneuvers as part of the Sea Breeze exercise, the ships of the US Sixth Fleet went to the shores of Bulgaria. A recording of the press conference is available on the Pentagon's website.

The United Aircraft Corporation (UAC) will present a fundamentally new military aircraft on the first day of the MAKS-2021 international Air Show, the Rostec press service reported.