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The Office of Budget Affairs of the Parliament of Canada (PBO) has prepared a new report on the estimated cost of building 15 multifunctional combat ships under the CSC (Canadian Surface Combatant) project.

As specified by the newspaper "Red Star", the aircraft were delivered ahead of schedule

The MiG-35S multi-purpose fighters were delivered to the troops as part of the state defense order. Such data of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation leads on Friday in the newspaper "Red Star".

The ships of the Caspian Flotilla are based here

Part of the water area of the Caspian Bay of the Caspian Sea has been granted to the Russian military department for 20 years for separate use to ensure the country's defense and state security.

As reported by the American publication "The Drive", the Command of Naval Systems (Naval Sea Systems Command-NAVSEA) of the US Navy on March 10, 2021, published on the US federal public procurement website a contract request for the purchase of 120 sets of small Blackwing 10C unmanned aerial vehicles designed to be launched from submarines of the US Navy from the US company AeroVironment as the sole supplier for two years.

The Indian company GRSE announced the ceremony of laying the keel of the third low-profile frigate (serial number Yard 3024) of the Nilgiri class, which took place on March 5 at its enterprise in Kolkata" ("Project-17A" / P-17A).

The production and procurement programs of the American fifth-generation F-35 fighter-bomber were a "complete disaster". This was stated on March 5 by the chairman of the Committee on the Armed Forces of the House of Representatives of the US Congress, Adam Smith.

In particular, the launch of the Russian-European ExoMars mission and the completion of the construction of the National Space Center are expected next year

About 10 launches of the British OneWeb communication satellites on Soyuz rockets, the launch of the multifunctional laboratory module "Science", the resumption of the lunar program and other launches are planned this year. This was announced on Saturday by the Director General of Roscosmos Dmitry Rogozin.

The US government has planned to conclude a contract with representatives of the American industry, involving the reverse development of heat exchangers for the load of the B-2 Spirit strategic stealth bomber, writes The Drive.

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.

Iran's Defense ministry has delivered dozens of planes, helicopters and jet engines to the Islamic Republic's Air Force in accordance with plans to increase the combat power of the country's forces, the Mehr news agency reports.

The new contract provides for maintenance, operational repair and completion of target missiles

The Kalashnikov Group of Companies (GC) (part of the Rostec State Corporation) will supply the Russian Defense Ministry with 20 Armavir high-altitude target missiles by the end of 2022. This was reported to journalists on Monday in the press service of "Kalashnikov".

New capital construction projects are being put into operation in the Russian Armed Forces in 4-7 months, Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said at a meeting of the board of the military department.

Andrey Taranov noted that PR is not the main task of the armed forces, and the closure of some information allows you to achieve success in combat

Full openness of information about the armed forces, equipment and the order of their use can affect the country's defense capability and enable a potential enemy to prepare for any type of conflict, said Andrey Taranov, Deputy Head of the Department of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation for perpetuating the memory of those killed in the defense of the Fatherland.

The United States is heavily dependent on other countries for high-tech products, and President Biden is looking to reduce this dependence. Referring to the LA Times, the source said that the president ordered a review of the supply chains of semiconductor products, "high-capacity" batteries and rare earth cells to ensure reliable access to them.

The Polish company Mesko SA has started to supply the national armed forces with another batch of several hundred missiles and launchers for Piorun portable anti-aircraft systems.

The Russian T-14 Armata tank "will not be mass-produced in an unmanned version and is rather used for testing the relevant technologies." The corresponding future of the combat vehicle was revealed to Izvestia by the industrial director of the Rostec weapons complex, Bekhan Ozdoev.

A batch of new T-90M "Proryv"tanks is expected to arrive

The Russian army this year will be reinforced with more than 800 units of new and modernized armored vehicles - tanks, infantry fighting vehicles (IFVs) and armored personnel carriers (APCs), the Russian Defense Ministry said on Monday.

The US Air Force buys an analog of the Su-57. It will become the most armed fighter in the world

In February, the fourth-generation American fighter jet, the Boeing F-15EX Advanced Eagle, took off for the first time. The plane was in the sky over Lambert International Airport in St. Louis (Missouri) for an hour and a half.

The Uralvagonzavod Concern (UVZ, Rostec) has started serial deliveries of new T-90M Proryv tanks to the Russian Defense Ministry, the UVZ press service told Interfax.

GlobalFoundries has signed a contract with the Pentagon to supply several batches of chips for the US Army. Their purpose is unknown, and the first shipment is scheduled for 2023. All chips will be 45-nanometer, although by 2023 the main chip suppliers are going to master the 3-nanometer process.