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Poland continues to help Ukraine by handing over Soviet MiG-29 fighter jets to the Ukrainian Armed Forces. This was stated by the head of the Office of International Policy of the President of Poland during an interview on RMF FM. This is the first batch of 4 aircraft. It is not yet known how many […]
The Swiss company Destinus is working on a passenger aircraft capable of reaching supersonic speeds (over 343 m/s). The funds were allocated by the Spanish Ministry of Science following successful tests of the Eiger prototype at the end of 2022. Along with the Swiss company, Spanish universities and technology centers are working on the development […]
In general, if we take into account only German defense repair enterprises in Eastern Europe, this will be the third center after Lithuania and Slovakia Germany is expanding its repair and logistics capabilities to service Western weapons near the border with Ukraine. After the opening of the center in the Slovak city of Michalovce, 25 […]
At the end of March, we wrote that the US Air Force would send A-10 Thunderbolt II attack aircraft to the Middle East. The first aircraft has already arrived at its destination. On March 31, 2023, the first A-10 Thunderbolt II arrived in the area of responsibility of the US Central Command. The command is […]
Despite the sanctions imposed on Russia, it continues to receive technology from Switzerland. This is evidenced by the results of an investigation conducted by RSI journalists. Customs data show that the supply chain stretches from Turkey and China. Not long ago, a chip manufactured by U-blox was found in a Russian Orlan-10 drone shot down […]
Late in the evening of April 2, Tesla reported on the volume of cars produced and shipped in the first quarter of 2023 – the results were once again record-breaking, albeit below analysts’ expectations. In January-March, Tesla shipped a total of 422,875 electric cars to customers, up from 310,048 last year. This is a new […]
SAIC has created a new version of a simulator for training basic skills in the use of the Javelin anti-tank missile system. But the final version will not be available soon. The new version of the simulator is based on the Unreal Engine 4 engine by Epic Games. It supports simulation for destroying a T-72 […]
Ryanair will open a base in Odesa when the airspace in Ukraine is recognized as safe. This was announced by the airline’s CEO Michael O’Leary in an interview with Simple Flying. Michael O’Leary said that before the full-scale invasion, the company carried two million passengers in Ukraine. Now the company wants to return to Ukraine […]
Bayraktar Akinci fired an IHA-230 supersonic missile at a target in the Black Sea during a test. In Turkey, the Bayraktar Akinci military drone from Baykar has launched the IHA-230 supersonic missile for the first time. The details of the impact tests were published by the Turkish website Savunma Sanayi ST, which covers the country’s […]
The first separate unit of the State Enterprise “Document” is starting to operate in Germany, where Ukrainian driver’s licenses can be exchanged. According to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, since the beginning of the full-scale war in Ukraine, more than 1 million Ukrainians have found themselves in Germany, and they need to resolve […]