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Intelligent 30-millimeter ammunition with remote detonation created for infantry support combat vehicles (BMPT) will be able to shoot down a wide range of targets, including small-sized drones, the general designer of the company developing these projectiles NPO Pribor (part of the Technodinamika holding of Rostec State Corporation) said in an interview with RIA Novosti Oleg Chizhevsky.

The first S-550 strategic missile defense (ABM) system will be put into service in the Russian army until 2025. This was reported to TASS by a source close to the Ministry of Defense.

On the first day of the Dubai Airshow 2021, the UAE Ministry of Defense signed contracts with suppliers of defense products totaling 5.23 billion dirhams ($1.41 billion at the current exchange rate).

Russia has started supplying India with S-400 systems ahead of schedule, the first regimental set will be shipped at the end of the year, said Alexander Mikheev, head of Rosoboronexport.

Deliveries of two Russian Pantsir-S1 air defense systems to Myanmar are expected in two years. This was announced by the director of the Federal Service for Military-Technical Cooperation (FSVTS) of Russia Dmitry Shugaev, RIA Novosti reports

The new S-550 air defense system will have a long-range missile to intercept any targets, said Sergey Chemezov, head of Rostec.

Rebels from the Tigray People's Liberation Front were able to destroy the Mi-35 fire support helicopter of the Ethiopian Air Force last week.

Video footage from the combat area appeared on social networks. They depict two rotorcraft flying at low altitude over hilly terrain. Perhaps they were engaged in patrolling.

Shvabe Holding specialists presented a promising project on aircraft recognition using artificial intelligence and additive technologies for the production of optical elements within the framework of the XI National Scientific and Technical Conference for Young Scientists, the company's press service reported on Monday.

The Indian military has found a place for the first regiment of S-400 Triumph anti-aircraft systems - they will be placed near the border with Pakistan. The new air defense systems will cover the western direction, writes The Economic Times, citing sources in the Indian Ministry of Defense.

The main differences between the S-550 anti-aircraft missile system (SAM) from previous models of such systems are the "missile range with the ability to intercept any targets" and a longer detection range. This was announced on Monday, November 15, by the head of Rostec Sergey Chemezov at the Dubai Airshow International Airshow, which started on November 14.

The source previously reported that the first S-550 system will be put into service in the Russian army until 2025

The latest S-550 complexes will have a longer target detection range and missile range. They will be able to intercept any targets, Sergey Chemezov, head of Rostec State Corporation, told reporters at the Dubai Airshow 2021 International Airshow.

Rosoboronexport reported that among the new products there will be over 20 samples of aviation equipment and 10 air defense systems and complexes

Russia will bring almost 50 new weapons to the international market in the next five to seven years. This was announced to journalists on Monday at the Dubai Airshow 2021 by the head of Rosoboronexport, Alexander Mikheev.

In 2021, the Russian Federation has already signed new contracts for the supply of weapons and military equipment worth $ 10 billion. Middle Eastern countries account for a third of orders.

Belarus expects to equip its troops with new equipment, including Russian Iskander tactical missile systems. They can be placed in the western and southern direction.

In the future, the newly recreated 56th Artillery Command of the US Army in Germany will have at its disposal a number of samples of the latest American weapons currently being created, writes The Drive.

The head of the Ministry of Industry and Trade said that the Russian Federation will also show the Vityaz air defense model and the Orion unmanned aerial vehicle at the Dubai Airshow 2021

Russia is counting on the Middle East market, presenting its new Checkmate single-engine fighter for the first time abroad at the Dubai Air Show, and will discuss a possible partnership with the countries of the region, Denis Manturov, the head of the Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation, told reporters.

The pre-contract work for the supply of the S-400 air defense system abroad is very intense, serious consultations and clarification of the needs of each customer are required, Alexander Mikheev, General Director of Rosoboronexport, told reporters.

The crew of the Pacific Fleet frigate Marshal Shaposhnikov, which went to sea on November 11 to test new ship systems, conducted an air defense exercise in Peter the Great Bay.

The contract for the supply of the second regiment of the S-400 air defense system to Turkey has not yet been signed, but work with Ankara on military-technical cooperation is developing, Rosoboronexport CEO Alexander Mikheev told reporters on the first day of the Dubai Airshow 2021 in the United Arab Emirates.

Russia is ready to supply S-400 air defense systems to Belarus, there has not been an official application yet, Dmitry Shugaev, head of the Federal Service for Military-Technical Cooperation (FSVTS) of the Russian Federation, told Interfax.