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Next year, the airborne and amphibious assault divisions of the Russian Army will begin to receive mobile air defense systems "Birdman". This is reported in the material by I. Borovkov "Air defense for "winged infantry", published in the February issue of the magazine of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation "Army Collection".

Buildings are being reconstructed at the plant site

The plant for the production of unmanned aerial vehicles in Dubna, built at Kronstadt's own expense, will reach full capacity in 2024. This was reported to TASS in the company's press service.

The deeply upgraded F-15 fighter launched the AIM-120 AMRAAM air—to-air missile. The car made its launch flight a year ago. Soon after, the first F-15EX was handed over to the US Air Force.

Nizhny Novgorod Aircraft Manufacturing Plant "Sokol" - a branch of JSC "RSC "MiG" (part of PJSC "UAC" of Rostec State Corporation) celebrates the 90th anniversary of its formation on February 1.

After six months at sea, the F-35C fighters have somewhat changed their colors. January 31, portal thedrive.com I drew attention to the pictures of the stealth of the US Navy on board the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson with "rusty" spots.

Last Thursday, tests began on the first of three samples of the modernized Italian-made C1 Ariete AMV tank. It is reported that the combat vehicle received an updated IVECO V12 MTCA powerplant with a 1500 hp Common Rail fuel injection system.

The Command of the US Navy announced the ceremony of laying the keel of the high-speed expeditionary transport EPF (Expeditionary Fast Transport) of the "Sperhid" class, intended for the US Navy, held on January 26 at the Austal USA enterprise.

Survival training in the winter forest usually falls on the harshest month of the year - February.

"The temperature at night reached minus 25 degrees, but it was dry. We had the opportunity to sit by the campfire in the open air and not be afraid that it would rain," Roscosmos cosmonaut Andrey Fedyaev shared his impressions a year ago.

On Tuesday, at a conference call in the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation under the leadership of the head of the department Sergei Shoigu, they discussed the delivery of the Bars-M mapping and remote sensing satellites to the troops.

The US military has replaced all the unclassified servers of the first-generation ALIS system, which collects and processes data on every flying F-35 fighter in the world, with basic sets of the ODIN integrated operational data network. According to Breaking Defense, they are 75 percent smaller and process information 50 percent faster.

Europe's first quantum supercomputer with more than 5,000 qubits has been launched at the Julich Research Center in Germany. Representatives of the center said that this is an important milestone in the development of quantum computers in Europe.

Tests of the electric refueling model of the Angara-A5M launch vehicle, which was named Angara-NJ, will be conducted at the Vostochny cosmodrome in 2023.

Roscosmos: a full-fledged mock-up of the Angara-A5M heavy rocket will be tested at Vostochny

In 2023, it is planned to test a full-fledged electric refueling ground model of the Angara-A5M heavy rocket at the Russian Vostochny cosmodrome, Roscosmos reports.

Defense News: F-35 Lightning II fighters started using ODIN instead of ALIS

The operators of the fifth-generation F-35 Lightning II fighter jets have started using the equipment of the Integrated Operational Data Network (ODIN), supplied to replace the autonomous logistics information system Autonomous Logistics Information System (ALIS). This is reported by Defense News.

NASA assumes that the International Space Station will be de-orbited in 2031. By that time, the Americans and their partners can put into operation the Lunar Lunar Gateway.

The nuclear submarine "Prince Oleg" of the Borey-A project has arrived at the Northern Fleet

The nuclear submarine "Prince Oleg" of project 955A "Borey-A" has arrived at the Northern Fleet. The personnel of the agro-industrial complex will undergo basic training. This was reported in the press service of the Sevmash enterprise (part of the United Shipbuilding Corporation), reports TASS.

At the Roshchinsky training ground in the Samara region, the peacekeeping brigade of the Central Military District showed its combat capabilities during large-scale exercises. The training footage was captured on video.

The air defense unit of the Central Military District conducted exercises with the latest Nebo-T radar complexes. Before they went on combat duty in the regions of the Urals and the Volga region, the performance of the equipment was tested with the help of combat aircraft.

On Sunday, January 30, the press service of the Western Military District reported that four upgraded super-maneuverable multifunctional two-seat Su-30SM2 fighters arrived at the airfield in the city of Chernyakhovsk, Kaliningrad region. They became part of the mixed naval aviation regiment of the Baltic Fleet. The crews took the planes at the manufacturing plant in Irkutsk and made a multi-kilometer flight to the place of permanent deployment.

More than 500 thousand servicemen will compete for the right to enter the national team

The qualifying stage of the Army International Games - 2022 has started in the Russian Armed Forces, more than 500 thousand servicemen will compete for the right to enter the Russian national team. This was reported to journalists in the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation.