Exercises involving 20 ships and vessels of the Northern Fleet have begun in the Barents Sea. According to the press service of the Northern Fleet, surface ships, submarines, boats and support vessels left their permanent bases and made the transition to designated areas.

ARGO Metallurgical Holding introduces digitalization of processes and reduces costs as much as possible in order to reduce fluctuations in rolled metal prices. The main reason for the increase in metal prices is the situation on the world market.

On February 15, the RSPM hosted a working meeting for managers and specialists of metal trading companies "The practice of law enforcement of the norms of Federal Law No. 275-FZ dated December 29, 2012 "On the State Defense Order", dedicated to topical aspects of work within the framework of the State Defense Order.

Shvabe Holding handed over to distributors the first batches of infrared heaters and multifunctional inhalation anesthesia devices.

The Astra Group of Companies (GC) has signed a partnership agreement with the ASONIKA Research Institute (SRI), which is engaged in modeling radio electronics, the press service of the Astra Group reported.

The Thirteenth Arbitration Court of Appeal (St. Petersburg) on the claim of the companies of the BTK Group group, a major manufacturer of clothing, including uniforms for the Ministry of Defense, recovered 4 million rubles from the Russian "daughter" of Adidas for the illegal use of the Urban Tiger brand.

Having studied the situation on the global market of electric vehicles, the specialists of the analytical company Canalys came to the conclusion that 6.5 million electric vehicles were sold worldwide in 2021, which is 109% more than in 2020.

In the joint Russian-Belarusian operational exercises "Allied Resolve-2022", units equipped with multi-axle wheeled tractors played a significant role in the relocation of the military equipment involved to the landfills.

In the Krasnodar Territory, an exercise with engineering assault units of the Southern Military District (SE) with the use of the latest IAD-3SH mine clearance kits has started.

Employees of the Rosgvardiya and the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Russia will be able to legally engage in humanitarian demining. So far, this function is assigned to the FSB and the FSO. Such an initiative was made by a group of State Duma deputies.

In Poland, at one of the ranges of the air Force at the end of last year, tests of a towed system for countering unmanned aerial vehicles of mini- and micro-class were carried out.

It is reported that this remotely controlled installation is armed with a 12.7 mm multi-barrel WKLM machine gun, has sighting daytime television and night thermal imaging cameras, as well as a radar station that allows detecting miniature drones at a distance of up to 3,500 meters.

Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Zaluzhny stated the need to create new air defense and missile defense systems

The Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU), Lieutenant General Valery Zaluzhny, addressed Ukrainian scientists. He listed the weapons that the military needs. This is reported by Defense Express.

Israel, not wanting to complicate relations with Russia, has achieved the suspension of Washington's transfer of the "Iron Dome" missile defense system developed by Rafael to Ukraine, which Tel Aviv had previously supplied to the United States.

The military has worked out the skills of destroying helicopters, armored vehicles, ground objects and manpower of a simulated enemy at ranges up to 5 km

Anti-aircraft gunners of the Western Military District have worked out the cover of columns of military equipment departing to permanent deployment points after successfully conducted exercises. This was reported on Tuesday in the press service of the ZVO.

Despite the fact that the fight against enemy fighters is not the primary task of the Russian S-500 "Prometheus" anti-aircraft system, this complex is able to seriously reduce the effectiveness of the opponents' combat aircraft due to the range, a powerful set of sensors and integration with other air defense systems, writes MilitaryWatch Magazine.

He said that the first flight could take place by the end of 2021

Billionaire Jared Isaacman, who owns the payment service for restaurants and hotels Shift4 Payments, booked three additional flights into space on a SpaceX rocket. The billionaire said this in an interview with The Washington Post on Monday.

SpaceX will launch a tourist into outer space for the first time

The American company SpaceX, as part of the Polaris program initiated by billionaire Jared Isaacman, will launch a tourist into outer space for the first time in the world, according to the project's website.

They will be launched on a Soyuz-2.1b carrier rocket with a Fregat upper stage on the night of March 5

Over 35 British OneWeb communications satellites have been delivered to the Baikonur Cosmodrome, from where they will be launched on a Soyuz-2.1b carrier rocket with a Fregat upper stage on the night of March 5. This is stated in the message of Roscosmos, distributed on Tuesday.

Roscosmos recognized the impossibility of competition in foreign markets due to US sanctions

The sanctions imposed by the United States and its partners against Russia since 2014 make it impossible for Roscosmos to compete in foreign markets, Maxim Ovchinnikov, First Deputy Director General of the state corporation, told Vedomosti in an interview.

NPO Energomash has carried out work to reduce the cost of RD-191 engines for Angara rockets

Roscosmos is working to reduce the cost of RD-191 engines and their modifications for Angara family rockets, the state corporation says.