It is planned to conclude a new long-term contract to obtain the required number of products, a source in the military-industrial complex said

The volume of production of promising electric torpedoes UET-1 (cipher "Ichthyosaurus") will increase from 2023. This was reported to TASS by a source in the military-industrial complex.

Draft Government Decree "On the introduction of mobile automated workplaces in State bodies, State and Municipal Institutions, functioning on the basis of the domestic mobile operating system "Aurora" published for public comment on Wednesday.

Technodinamika Holding (part of Rostec) has created a new portable means of protection against aggressive animals Pyrodefende. The device is not a weapon, no license or storage permit is required for its purchase, the state corporation reported.

The Kalashnikov Concern has announced the supply of weapons to another country. The TASS news agency reported that the machines were manufactured in an accelerated mode for a customer from the Asia-Pacific region (APR).

The Pentagon recognized the low efficiency of promising ISV machines

The American Army Infantry Squad Vehicle (ISV) SUVs were recognized as ineffective in combat. The shortcomings of the new machines were named in the report of the Department of operational testing and evaluation DOT & E (Director of Operational Test and Evaluation) of the US Department of Defense, which was published on Thursday. This is reported by Breaking Defense.

Light ISV SUVs from GM Defense are ineffective in combat. They cannot be fired on the move, design features do not allow. The vehicles designed for American paratroopers and commandos turned out to be weak and vulnerable.

The first prototype of the updated C1 Ariete tank went to the test. February 2, portal italiandefencetechnologies.com He reported that running tests under the AMV (Aggiornamento di Mezza Vita) program have begun at the CEPOLISPE test site near Rome.

According to information published on the India Today website, the Indian Defense Ministry may order a new batch of 200 units of 155-mm tracked self-propelled howitzers K-9 Vajra, the cost of which is estimated at $ 1.5 billion.

Rostec announced the completion of preliminary tests of the Lotos ACS for the Airborne Forces in 2022

Preliminary tests of the airborne self-propelled artillery gun 2C42 "Lotus", which is being developed for Airborne troops, will be completed in 2022. This is reported by TASS with reference to the press service of the Rostec state Corporation.

The Military Industrial Company has delivered a new batch of multipurpose armored vehicles "MIC-Ural" to one of the Middle Eastern countries, Alexander Krasovitsky, CEO of MIC LLC, told RIA Novosti.

The troops of the Eastern Military District (VVO) received a large batch of new communications equipment over the past year. Command and staff vehicles (KSHM) allow you to establish communication via closed Internet channels and carry out topographic mapping through various satellite systems.

A batch of the newest automatic filling stations ARS-14KM based on the all-terrain vehicle "KamAZ" has arrived in the regiment of the 58th Combined Arms Army of the South Ossetia, stationed in North Ossetia.

Novosibirsk Mechanical Plant "Iskra" of the Technodinamika holding of Rostec State Corporation has fully fulfilled its obligations under the state order of 2021. All deliveries were carried out within the time limits set by the contracts.

Bharat Dynamics Limited (BDL) and the Indian Army Command have signed a major contract for the production and supply of an additional batch of ATGM "Competition-M".

The Drive: Polish Thunder MANPADS would be very useful for Ukraine

Portable anti-aircraft missile systems (MANPADS) "Thunder", which Poland will supply to Ukraine, would be very useful for Kiev now. The possibilities that Polish weapons will provide to the Armed Forces of Ukraine were evaluated in the American edition of The Drive.

Western countries are actively arming Ukraine. On February 2, Polish Defense Minister Mariusz Blaszczak announced the transfer of the Piorun MANPADS to the Ukrainian army (Polish. - lightning) and an ATGM of an unnamed type.

"On January 24, 2022, the border service authorities, in cooperation with the Air Force and air defense units of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Belarus, recorded the fact of violation of the State Border of Belarus in the airspace from Ukraine by an unmanned aerial vehicle, which was subsequently forced to land by the air defense units of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Belarus.

The forces of the Union State are being tested in the Republic

The Russian S-400 Triumph anti-aircraft missile system has been relocated to Belarus, where it will take up combat duty as part of the verification of the reaction forces of the Union State. This was reported to journalists in the Russian Defense Ministry.

NASA postponed the first launch of the SLS rocket with the Orion spacecraft from February to March

The first launch of the superheavy Space Launch System (SLS) rocket with the Orion spacecraft, which is supposed to fly around the Moon and then return to Earth, is postponed from February 15 to mid-March. Ars Technica writes about this, referring to NASA.

In August last year, NASA Inspector General Paul Martin reported that the landing of astronauts on the Moon in 2024 is not possible due, in particular, to delays in the development of spacesuits.