According to the general director of the company Alexander Veprev, the aircraft are fully equipped

Four upgraded super-maneuverable multifunctional two-seat Su-30SM2 fighter jets were first manufactured by the Irkutsk Aviation Plant in 2021 in the interests of naval aviation of the Russian Navy. This was reported to the Minister of Defense of Russia Sergey Shoigu by the General Director of the Irkutsk Aviation Plant of PJSC Irkut Corporation - Deputy General Director of PJSC Irkut Corporation Alexander Veprev.

By the day of military acceptance, Mi-28NM and Ka-52 helicopters were also transferred to the troops

Upgraded Su-30SM2 fighters and Mi-28NM helicopters began to enter the army. This was reported to TASS by Rostec State Corporation as part of a single day of military acceptance.

Russian light aircraft LMS-901 "Baikal" may make its first flight in January

The Russian light multipurpose aircraft LMS-901 "Baikal" may take to the skies in January. This was announced by the Deputy head of the Ministry of Industry and Trade of Russia Oleg Bocharov at a meeting on the development of civil aircraft and the renewal of the fleet of civil aviation aircraft, RIA Novosti reports.

The flight of Ka-52 helicopters, which arrived at the end of last year, completed the formation of a squadron of Alligator reconnaissance and attack helicopters of the army aviation unit of the Southern Military District, the press service of the Southern Military District reports.

Helicopter pilots of a separate regiment of the Leningrad Army of the Air Force and Air Defense flew in difficult meteorological conditions. You can watch their flights on the video, which was presented by the press service of the Western Military District.

The United States may approve Turkey's request for the purchase of F-16 fighter jets in order to strengthen a NATO ally on the Black Sea. This, as RIA Novosti reports, was reported by CNN-Turk with reference to its sources in the United States.

The Agency for the Sale of Military Equipment (DESA) of the Ministry of Defense of the United Kingdom offers interested customers to purchase AWACS E-3D "Sentry" AEW.Mk1 aircraft, decommissioned by the country's Air Force in September 2021.

The Americans supplied the Mojave drone with a pair of multi-barrel rapid-firing machine guns. This is one of the first cases of equipping shock UAVs with weapons of this type.

The American SB>1 DEFIANT helicopter has successfully passed the most difficult flight test. On January 19, the Boeing press service announced that a promising vehicle for the FLRAA army program had completed testing.

Deputy Head of the Russian Military Department Alexey Krivoruchko said that on November 25, calculations of the Aerospace Forces launched a Soyuz-2 L B carrier rocket with a Fregat upper stage.

The Soyuz-2.1a rocket is characterized by increased accuracy of removal and increased payload mass up to 7.5 tons

Two Soyuz-2 launch vehicles.1a" and the Soyuz-2.1v rocket, manufactured by the Progress Rocket and Space Center (RCC) under a state contract, were accepted by the military representation of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation. This was reported to the head of the military department Sergei Shoigu by the general director of the center Dmitry Baranov.

Cosmonaut recruitment was open, applications were accepted from citizens of the Russian Federation not older than 35 years old, with higher education in engineering, scientific or flight specialties with work experience

Cosmonauts of the 2018 set Konstantin Borisov, Alexander Gorbunov, Alexander Grebenkin, Alexey Zubritsky, Sergey Mikaev and Oleg Platonov can make the first flights into orbit in 2023-2024. This is stated in the message of Roscosmos, distributed on Thursday.

Roscosmos: NASA astronaut Rubio may fly to Soyuz MS in September 2022

Francisco Rubio may become the only American astronaut who will be delivered to the International Space Station (ISS) by the Russian Soyuz MS spacecraft in 2022. The name of the NASA astronaut was called "Roscosmos".

Russian experts drew attention to possible technical difficulties associated with the Search module of the International Space Station. Earlier, NASA hinted at the isolation of the Russian Zvezda module.

Foreign Minister of the Republic Peter Szijjarto said that the topic of "joint space exploration project" will be discussed during the visit of Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban to Russia on February 1

Hungary expects to send an astronaut to the International Space Station (ISS) by the middle of the decade as part of cooperation with Russia. This was stated in an interview with TASS by the head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic Peter Szijjarto.

Work on the integration of the European ERA manipulator into the ISS has been postponed due to technical problems with the manipulator, said Alexander Poleshchuk, head of the extravehicular Activity Department of the Energia Rocket and Space Corporation.

Ukraine wants to build a cosmodrome on the Black Sea coast

Participants of the founding conference of the All-Ukrainian Association of Innovation and Space Clusters wanted to build a cosmodrome in Ukraine. As a location, they proposed the border of the Odessa and Mykolaiv regions near the Black Sea coast, Ukrinform reports. It is noted that the construction of the facility will require coordination with Turkey due to the risk of the second stage of the launch vehicle falling on its territory.

The European Space Agency invites everyone to try to hack the European OPS-SAT satellite operating in orbit. This is reported on the website of the event organizers specially created for this occasion.

A test tank with liquid nitrogen exploded at the SpaceX spaceport in Texas

An explosion occurred at the SpaceX spaceport under construction in Texas in the USA. During the tests on Tuesday, January 18, the GSE-4 test tank with liquid nitrogen exploded. The incident was noticed by observers, Futurism reports.

According to Anatoly Leukhin, Deputy Director General for Scientific Work at RTI, the implementation of the proposed algorithms in the software will ensure timely adaptation to the changing background and target environment and will significantly improve the quality of radar stations.