The launch is scheduled for 18:00 Moscow time on December 23

The removal of the Angara-A5 heavy launch vehicle to the launch pad of the Plesetsk cosmodrome is scheduled for December 17. This was reported to TASS by two sources in the rocket and space industry.

According to the General Director of Roscosmos, the complex will be ready for the start of flight design tests from December 2023

The promising Soyuz-5 launch vehicle is undergoing ground-based static and dynamic tests. This was announced on Monday by the General Director of Roscosmos Dmitry Rogozin.

The Kazakh-Russian intergovernmental commission discussed topical areas of cooperation concerning the prospects for joint use and further development of the Baikonur complex, as well as improving the living conditions of the city of Baikonur, the press service of the Government of Kazakhstan reported.

The members of the intergovernmental commission paid special attention to the joint project for the creation of the Baiterek space rocket complex

The participants of the Kazakh-Russian intergovernmental commission on the Baikonur complex at a regular meeting in Nur-Sultan discussed the prospects for further joint use of this complex. This was announced on Monday by the press service of the Prime Minister of Kazakhstan.

The Deputy Minister of Defense of Malaysia, Ikmal Hisham bin Abdul Aziz, in response to a request from a deputy of the lower house of parliament, said that the delivery of MD-530G light reconnaissance and attack helicopters to the American company MD Helicopter will be made in the first quarter of 2022.

The US Air Force is moving towards a new generation of unmanned aircraft. December 12, portal flightglobal.com He reported that the US Air Force has officially announced its intention to arm itself with guided drones.

Norwegian F-16s have not yet been written off, but they are already selling out. December 12, portal defenseromania.ro He reported that the Romanian Defense Ministry had requested approval from Parliament for the purchase of F-16 fighters.

More than half of the combat aviation is concentrated in ten countries of the world. The FlightGlobal analytical center released the World Air Forces 2022 report, in which it counted the composition of the Air Forces of all countries.

Flight tests of the Ka-226T light multipurpose helicopter with the Russian VK-650V gas turbine turboshaft engine are planned for 2023. In the same year, the newest engine must be certified.

For the organization of unmanned transportation on the route Moscow - St. Petersburg, which should start in 2024, the Russian Post would like to receive 1,336 billion rubles of state subsidies.

A video of tests of the Lancet barrage ammunition from a naval carrier has been published. A drone launched from a small vessel landed on the shore.

The Russian company Zala Aero (part of the Kalashnikov Group of companies) has published a video of tests of Lancet barrage ammunition from a marine carrier.

According to the Deputy Prime Minister, there is a request for this type of equipment in the world

The devices developed in Russia are superior in technical characteristics to the Turkish Bayraktar attack drone. This was announced by Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Yuri Borisov in an interview with RBC.

A batch of the latest multi-purpose Su-35S fighters has arrived at the State Center for Training Aviation Personnel and Military Tests of the Russian Ministry of Defense, stationed in Lipetsk.

Su-34 bombers and Su-24MR reconnaissance aircraft of the Central Military District (CVO) are practicing refueling in the air at an exercise in the Chelyabinsk region, the press service of the CVO reported on Monday.

Anastasia Solovyova, Chief designer of the VK-650V UEC-Klimov engine, said that the certification of this engine was also planned for 2023

Flight tests of the latest Russian VK-650V engine on the Ka-226T light multipurpose helicopter will begin in 2023 in accordance with joint plans with Russian Helicopters JSC. This was reported to journalists by the chief designer of the VK-650V engine "ODK-Klimov" (part of the United Engine Corporation Rostec) Anastasia Solovyova.

Large-scale work on the effective organization of workplaces is being carried out at KnAAZ. Its significant component is the automation of inventory and accounting of tools and technical equipment (SRT).

Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said that the country's defense budget, which is planned for 2022 in the amount of over 1.1 billion rubles. In the future, it will be increased by another 500 million euros for the purchase of equipment and weapons, including combat aircraft.

The head of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine Alexey Reznikov said that the plan of the North Atlantic Alliance (NATO) to "contain" Russia is useless. As he said in an interview with the Financial Times on December 12, the strategy of "non-provocation" against the Russian Federation "does not work and will never work."

Ukraine and Georgia can make progress on the issue of NATO membership if they meet the requirements. This was stated by US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken in an interview with NBC. The North Atlantic Alliance confirmed at the summit in 2008 that Ukraine and Georgia would eventually join it, but we will not provide the countries with an action plan.