This is due to the introduction of new technologies and getting rid of non-core assets, the first deputy director of the corporation Maxim Ovchinnikov said in an interview with Vedomosti

Optimization of the number of the space industry of the Russian Federation for 2019-2021 amounted to 8.8%. This was announced by the first Deputy Director General of Roscosmos Maxim Ovchinnikov in an interview published on Tuesday with the Vedomosti newspaper.

More than 80% of the cuts were made by overhead personnel and a non-industrial group, said Maxim Ovchinnikov, Deputy director of the State Corporation for Economics and Finance

The reduction in the number of employees of the Russian rocket and space industry almost does not affect employees involved in real production. This was reported to journalists by Maxim Ovchinnikov, First Deputy Director General of the Roscosmos State Corporation for Economics and Finance.

At the same time, funding for basic research has been increased to an average of 13 billion rubles a year, said Maxim Ovchinnikov, first deputy director of the state corporation

Financing of projects in the space industry decreased by about 277 billion rubles during the implementation of the Federal Space Program (FCP) for 2016-2025, but last year Roscosmos managed to partially eliminate this sequester, said Maxim Ovchinnikov, first deputy director of the state corporation.

According to First Deputy CEO Maxim Ovchinnikov, the state corporation, together with federal executive authorities, is doing everything possible to make up for this

The construction of the Vostochny cosmodrome is accompanied by a shortage of labor resources, as well as some building materials, for example, crushed stone. Maxim Ovchinnikov, First Deputy Director General of the state corporation, told about this in an interview with the Vedomosti newspaper published on Tuesday.

The launch of the spacecraft to the ISS is scheduled for March 18

The main and backup crews of the Soyuz MS-21 spacecraft, whose launch to the ISS is scheduled for March 18, will begin passing comprehensive examination training on February 22. This is stated in the message of the Yuri Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center (CPC), distributed on Tuesday.

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.

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.

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.

The new Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE) observatory has transmitted the first data to Earth. The process of its commissioning took a month.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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 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.

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.

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.