The investigation by the American Air Force of a fatal accident that occurred in 2022 unexpectedly showed that the cause of the death of the F-16 fighter pilot David Schmitz in the United States could be counterfeit ejection seat parts. Its key elements could well be fake.

As part of the further expansion of the military presence in the Himalayan region, the Indian Armed Forces announced their readiness to deploy two Heron-Mk2 unmanned aerial vehicles here by the end of September 2022.

The Artemis III mission is perhaps NASA's most ambitious project in recent years. Its goal is to land astronauts on the moon, half a century after the final sixth mission of Apollo 17 in December 1972.

According to Meredith McKay, Assistant Deputy Director of the Department for International Relations, NASA's priorities are "strengthening the security, predictability and transparency of activities in space."

Starlink satellite terminals have been placed in Antarctica. This is reported by the publication TechCrunch. According to journalists, the placement of SpaceX terminals means that the Starlink satellite Internet is officially launched on all continents of the Earth.

As the chairman of the movement "We are together with Russia" Vladimir Rogov noted, the army was financed by 20 million rubles

The military in the Zaporozhye region planted a kamikaze drone of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Switchblade with an anti-drone gun, handed over by residents of the region to the army as an aid. This was reported to TASS by the chairman of the movement "We are together with Russia" Vladimir Rogov.

The company PIT-RADWAR (Poland), part of the holding Polska Grupa Zbrojeniowa (PGZ), presented at the MSPO 2022 arms exhibition in Kielce, Poland, a ship-based weapon system equipped with a 35 mm OSU-35k cannon. This modification of it was developed with the assistance of the country's Navy for minesweepers of the Kormoran II type.

The new equipment will be a response to the deployment of NATO forces in the region

The Russian Defense Ministry will arm new units in the western direction with the most modern T-90M "Breakthrough" tanks. According to the main characteristics, they are not inferior to the promising T-14 Armata. The military department has already announced the appearance of new army formations in the Western Military District as a response to NATO's actions.

Russian servicemen will receive a new individual first aid kit, the decision was made based on the experience of a special military operation in Ukraine. The development of a new first aid kit will be handled by Tsniitochmash.

Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Chernyshenko said that by 2025 at least 100 billion rubles will be allocated to support scientific institutes and state-owned companies engaged in the development of quantum technologies.

The total volume of investments in the software industry by the end of 2021 amounted to 232 billion rubles, which is 2.4 times more than in 2020, RUSSOFT reported the results of an annual survey.

The XXI All-Russian Forum "Information Security. Regulation. Technologies. Practice. Infobear". The event was dedicated to the issues of information security (IS) in strategically important sectors of the economy, the public sector and the defense industry.

SeaTwirl has announced the launch of a revolutionary S2 model wind turbine next year. A device of record size for this class will be installed in the sea near the municipality of Bokn in Norway. The capacity of the windmill should be at least 1 MW, but this is just the beginning – the company's project has devices with a capacity of up to 30 MW.

Ak Bars CEO Mistakhov: the first Cyclone ship will be handed over to the Russian Navy in 2022

The first small rocket ship of the project 22800 "Karakurt", armed with a naval version of the anti-aircraft missile and gun complex "Pantsir-M", called "Cyclone" will be handed over to the Russian Navy by the end of 2022, Director General of the shipbuilding corporation "Ak Bars" Renat Mistakhov told RIA Novosti.

Russian and Chinese warships are conducting joint patrols in the waters of the Pacific Ocean, including the Sea of Okhotsk, exercises with practical artillery firing are planned, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Thursday.

According to the captain of the platform Sergey Dyachkin, everything went without incident

NATO forces observed the world's first ice-resistant self-propelled platform (LSP) "North Pole" during its first flight from St. Petersburg to Murmansk, the captain of the platform Sergey Dyachkin told reporters on Thursday.

The budget of the US Navy is limited, there are not enough funds and priorities for achieving results need to be changed. This was stated in a recent interview by Charles A. Williams, a former assistant Secretary of the Navy for Energy.

At ThyssenKrupp Estaleiro Brasil Sul (tkEBS) in Itajai (Santa Catarina, Brazil), the cutting ceremony of the first steel for the lead frigate of the F200 class "Tamandare" (MEKO A-100MB) took place.

According to Denis Alipov, "India's position cannot be called pro-Russian"

The West is exerting powerful pressure on India on the verge of blackmail due to its balanced position on the Ukrainian crisis. Denis Alipov, the Russian Ambassador to New Delhi, said this in an interview with TASS on Wednesday.

The crisis in Mali is part of the struggle between the West and Russia for influence in Africa

France is seeking to restore its influence in Mali in order to get the natural resources of the former colony, writes Al Mayadeen. Under the pretext of fighting terrorism, Paris has already tried to establish control in the country, but back in the 60s Bamako turned to Moscow for help. Now Russia is responding to the call of Africa again.