Roscosmos: a new system for spacecraft rendezvous and docking is being developed

A fundamentally new system for rendezvous and docking of spacecraft is being developed at the Scientific Research Institute of Precision Instruments (SRI TP), which allows to combat parasitic signals when ships dock to the International Space Station (ISS), Roscosmos says.

As previously reported by the head of Roscosmos Dmitry Rogozin, the only woman in the Russian cosmonaut squad Anna Kikina will make the first flight into space in 2022

Roscosmos plans to carry out, together with NASA, one cross-flight per year in 2022-2024. The head of the state corporation Dmitry Rogozin said this in an interview with The New York Times.

Cosmonaut Novitsky: I would like to fly on Crew Dragon

Cosmonaut Oleg Novitsky, who two months ago returned from his third space flight to the International Space Station (ISS), appreciated the benefits of cross-missions of Russians and Americans on their own spacecraft. He told about this in an interview published in the final issue of the Russian Cosmos magazine for 2021.

Roscosmos: the launch of the Nauka and Berth modules can be called the main achievement of 2021

Roscosmos, in a publication on its official website, named the main achievements of the state corporation in 2021.

The Command of the Ecuadorian Air Force (FAE) has received the last three light twin-engine multi-purpose H-145M helicopters at the Airbus Helicopters company in Donauvert.

Defense Express: AN-178-100R aircraft received a Russian-made engine

The Ukrainian state Enterprise (GP) Antonov announced the rollout of the AN-178-100R aircraft. The manufacturer stressed that the aircraft received equipment from Ukrainian and Western suppliers, but they could not completely replace the Russian units at the enterprise. The aircraft received a Russian-made engine, according to the Defense Express material.

The PD-35 engine, designed for the promising Russian-Chinese wide-body long-haul CR929 aircraft, will be tested in 2024. Earlier it became known that Beijing has started assembling the first sample of the new airliner.

In Syria, a militant oil refinery was destroyed with the help of a Russian barrage ammunition. The operation took place in the province of Hama.

Infographic of the "Red Star": 39 foreign intelligence officers were spotted near the borders of the Russian Federation during the week

Over the past week, 39 foreign reconnaissance aircraft and unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) have been spotted near the borders of Russia. This follows from the weekly infographic of the Russian Ministry of Defense published by the newspaper Krasnaya Zvezda.

Boeing E-8C Reconnaissance Aircraft of the Air Force (Air Force) On December 27, the United States approached the Russian-Ukrainian border. This is evidenced by the data of the aviation monitoring site Flightradar.

Su-27SM3 and Su-30M2 fighters of the Southern Military District (SE) during tactical flight exercises worked out the relocation of aircraft from the Krasnodar Territory to operational airfields in the Crimea. This was reported by the press service of the Black Sea Fleet.

Russian Spring: attack helicopters of the Russian Aerospace Forces flew to the borders of Turkey and Jordan

The strike forces of the Russian Aerospace Forces headed for the borders of Turkey and Jordan. This is reported by the correspondent of the publication "Russian Spring".

Lockdown in connection with the pandemic may contribute to the growth of threats of terrorist activity

Russia, China and Iran are the most hostile states to the UK, Minister of State for Security Damian Hinds told The Telegraph newspaper.

NATO's activity in the Arctic region is intensifying, the strategic forces of the alliance are increasingly involved in exercises here in the immediate vicinity of Russia's borders, Deputy Defense Minister Alexander Fomin said on Monday at a briefing for military attaches and representatives of embassies of foreign states accredited in Moscow.

Targeted provocations of the North Atlantic Alliance near the Russian borders are highly likely to escalate into an armed conflict, Russian Deputy Defense Minister Alexander Fomin said.

The expansion of NATO's military infrastructure in the eastern direction has had a negative impact on the security architecture of the entire European continent, Russian Deputy Defense Minister Alexander Fomin said.

The meeting of the Russia-NATO Council is unlikely to lead to significant progress in the field of security, Federation Council member Alexei Pushkov believes.

The press secretary of the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Peskov called the track of the Russia-NATO negotiations on security guarantees very important.

According to the head of the Ministry of Defense, sanctions make their creation impossible

Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu believes that international rescue coordination centers could help in case of emergencies in different regions of the world, but sanctions make their creation impossible. He expressed this opinion in an interview with the Argumenty i Fakty newspaper published on Monday.

The head of the Ministry of Defense stressed that the Day of the Rescuer is a special and expensive holiday for him

Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu considers the Russian emergency prevention and response system to be the most effective and powerful in the world. This is stated in the congratulations on the Day of the Rescuer, which the Minister of Defense sent on Monday.