Last year, the crews of the army aviation Association of the Air Force and Air Defense of the Eastern Military District on Mi-8AMTSh and Mi-26 helicopters performed tasks in the Russian Arctic zone.

More than 30 combat helicopters Ka-52 "Alligator", Mi-28 "Night Hunter" and Mi-8AMTSh "Terminator" performed missile launches and firing from air cannons during the exercise in the Kuban, said the head of the press service of the Southern Military District (SE) Vadim Astafyev.

The pilots worked out actions for reconnaissance and cover of strategic objects, as well as combat support and fire support of the Mi-8 AMTSH Terminator

Tactical flight exercises of the helicopter regiment of the army aviation were held in the Krasnodar Territory, the press service of the Southern Military District (SE) told reporters on Monday. Crews of more than 30 helicopters took part in the exercises.

On January 6, the French company Dassault Aviation published preliminary results for 2021. As noted, 55 aircraft were delivered to customers in 2021, compared with 47 units a year earlier.

The American company Boom Supersonic installed engines on the demonstrator of the supersonic passenger aircraft XB-1 and began testing them. It tests all three power plants at idle in turn and simultaneously, and also checks them in different operating modes.

Transport and logistics giant FedEx (USA) appealed to the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) at the beginning of the year with a request to install anti-missile lasers on the company's transport aircraft.

The Israeli company Smart Shooter has introduced the Smash Dragon system for drones. According to Israel Defense, it allows you to arm the devices with machine guns, sniper rifles, grenade launchers and other high-precision weapons.

The American startup Zeva has started flight tests of its single-seat tailsitter Zero, which looks like a flying saucer. The first Zero flights took place in unmanned mode and lasted more than four minutes.

The Moscow Arbitration Court has assigned the "Top Secret" stamp to the case on the claim of the Russian Ministry of Defense, demanding to recover more than 3.9 billion rubles from Samara JSC "Progress Rocket and Space Center", the manufacturer of Soyuz launch vehicles and other space technology.

The rocket will be possible to launch from a mobile launch complex

The working group of the Bauman Moscow State Technical University has developed a conceptual image of an ultralight class launch vehicle (SLC). This is stated in the theses to the XLVI Academic Readings on Cosmonautics in memory of S. P. Korolev (Royal Readings).

Conditionally pathogenic bacteria and mold forms of fungi were found among them

Scientists of the Institute of Biomedical Problems (IMBP) The Russian Academy of Sciences has been conducting research on samples from the inner surface of the Zarya functional cargo unit (FGB) of the ISS for several years and found more than 20 types of microorganisms there. This is stated in the theses to the XLVI Academic Readings on Cosmonautics in memory of S.P. Korolev (Royal Readings).

A bioprinter will be tested on the ISS to create bandages from the skin of astronauts

Astronauts of the International Space Station (ISS) will test the Bioprint FirstAid device, which allows you to create organic bandages. This is reported on the NASA website.

This method refers to passive methods of combating space debris

The S. A. Lavochkin NGO (part of Roscosmos) proposed using universal inflatable modules to take out of orbit spacecraft that have developed a resource. This is stated in the theses to the report of the company's specialists to the XLVI Academic Readings on Cosmonautics in memory of S.P. Korolev (Royal Readings).

The launch of the Soyuz-ST-B launch vehicle is scheduled for February 10

More than 30 British OneWeb communications satellites have been delivered to the Kourou cosmodrome in French Guiana as part of their preparations for launch on the Soyuz-ST-B carrier rocket on February 10. This is stated in the message of Roscosmos, distributed on Monday.

Chinese scientists have created a camera simulating the low gravity of the moon

Chinese scientists have created a special camera to simulate the conditions of low gravity of the Moon. This is reported by the South China Morning Post.

An American giant two-body aircraft designed for aerial launches of reusable hypersonic gliders made its third successful test flight on Sunday, the developer company Stratolaunch Systems said.

NASA announced the reduction of the astronaut squad to 44 people

The US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has taken care of reducing the number of astronauts. This is reported by Futurism with reference to the NASA report.

The Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Jewish state Yair Lapid explained that NASA had offered Israel "to sign an international treaty on the study of the Moon and Mars, as well as comets and asteroids"

The Israeli government and the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration NASA are preparing to sign the so-called "Artemis Agreements" on joint space exploration, in particular the Moon and Mars, as well as asteroids and comets. This was announced on Sunday by the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Jewish state Yair Lapid.

This is the second postponement of the start

The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) has decided to postpone the first launch of the new H3 space rocket, which was planned to be carried out until the end of March. This was reported on Monday by the Kyodo news agency.

CASC announced the launch of the Shiyan-13 spacecraft into orbit

The Chinese spacecraft "Shiyan-13" was successfully put into orbit. The launch of the Changzheng-2D launch vehicle with the spacecraft took place on January 17. This is reported by China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC), Interfax reports.