Russia will present Vityaz and Abakan air defense systems abroad for the first time at the Dubai Airshow
The air show will run from November 14 to 18
The foreign premieres of the S-350E Vityaz anti-aircraft missile system (SAM) and the 98P6E Abakan anti-aircraft missile system (SAM) will take place within the framework of the Dubai Airshow 2021 international Airshow, which will be held from November 14 to 18 in the United Arab Emirates. This was reported to journalists on Thursday in the press service of the concern of East Kazakhstan region "Almaz-Antey".
Almaz-Antey offers a wide range of improvements and modernization of air defense equipment
The modernization potential of Soviet and Russian-made air defense systems previously delivered abroad is estimated at a dozen and a half billion dollars.
Almaz-Antey Concern's solid export order portfolio of $8.5 billion - top Manager
In 2021, the holding will export $2.2 billion worth of air defense equipment
Almaz-Antey Concern of East Kazakhstan Region will supply $2.2 billion worth of air defense equipment abroad in 2021, and the holding's solid portfolio of export orders is $8.5 billion, said Vyacheslav Dzirkaln, Deputy Director General for Foreign Economic Activity.
In Russia, they reacted to the superiority of the Polish Piorun over the Willow
The Polish Piorun is the best of the worst portable anti-aircraft missile systems (MANPADS) and does not surpass the Russian Verba, writes TASS columnist Dmitry Litovkin, reacting to the publication of Defence24.
In Russia, an electric dome was invented to protect against drones
The Scientific Center of the Russian Ground Forces is working on the creation of a new complex in the form of a controlled electrified barrier to protect especially important military infrastructure facilities from group drone attacks, according to the website of Rospatent.
In Russia, they came up with a way to protect against a "swarm" of UAVs
Russian engineers have patented a method designed to protect important objects from a massive UAV attack. It is called the "electric dome".
The Scientific Center of the Russian Ground Forces has invented an electric dome to protect against drones
Russian military scientists from the Combined Arms Academy of the Armed Forces are creating a new complex to protect critical infrastructure facilities from group drone attacks, which is an electrified dome-type barrier capable of driving away and destroying drones, follows from a document posted on Rospatent's website.
In the USA, a centrifuge was tested to launch satellites
The American company SpinLaunch has successfully used a centrifuge to launch a prototype stage of a suborbital rocket into the upper atmosphere. The corresponding video with the tests is shown on YouTube.
The Falcon 9 reusable stage made a successful landing on a platform in the Atlantic
The reusable first stage of the American Falcon 9 launch vehicle, launched on Thursday Moscow time into orbit with the Crew Dragon-3 manned spacecraft, made a successful controlled landing on a floating platform in the Atlantic, the developer company SpaceX reported.
The Roscosmos Institute will develop technical tasks for the lunar rover-builder
The relevant contract also implies the execution of work on the development of technical requirements for the Russian Orbital Station and its modules, including the centrifuge
Roscosmos has signed a contract with its parent scientific institute TsNIIMash to develop proposals, recommendations, requirements for promising technologies, elements and systems of rocket and space technology products that ensure the reliable implementation of manned flights to the Moon, according to the public procurement portal.
The development of the concept of the lunar program has fallen in price by 200 million rubles
Roscosmos has signed a contract with the head scientific institute TsNIIMash for the development of the lunar program and the concept of the orbital station for 1.5 billion rubles, follows from the data of the public procurement portal.
Experiment on wireless transmission of electricity in space will take place on the ISS
An experiment on wireless transmission of electricity in space using a laser beam on the Russian segment of the International Space Station (ISS) has been included in the research program. This is reported in the report of specialists of the Rocket and Space Corporation Energia, presented at the XXII Scientific and Technical Conference of the corporation. Such an experiment will take place for the first time.
The correction of the ISS orbit scheduled for November 16 was canceled
The correction of the orbit was necessary for the formation of ballistic conditions before the launch and landing of the Soyuz MS-20 manned spacecraft
The correction of the orbit of the International Space Station (ISS), previously scheduled for November 16, has been canceled. This was reported to TASS by the press service of Roscosmos on Thursday.
The ISS has adjusted its orbit to evade the wreckage of a Chinese satellite
The International Space Station on Wednesday conducted a maneuver to avoid a collision with a fragment of a Chinese weather satellite, Roscosmos reported.
Cosmonauts for the first time worked out a spacewalk with an ERA manipulator
As noted in the Cosmonaut Training Center, during the training for the first time it was possible to work out a mechanism for solving a common task by astronauts who are at different facilities and when one part of the crew is under water.
Hexagon nozzles are missing on the ISS
Hexagon nozzles have disappeared on the International Space Station (ISS). Cosmonaut Anton Shkaperov informed the Mission Control Center about this. The words of the Russian are transmitted by RIA Novosti.
The Parliament of Kazakhstan has ratified the protocol to the agreement on the creation of the Baiterek complex
As a result of the conversion procedure, the share of participation of the Kazakh side in the joint venture of Kazakhstan and Russia will increase to 99%
The Senate (upper house of Parliament) of Kazakhstan on Thursday ratified the protocol on amendments and additions to the intergovernmental agreement between Kazakhstan and Russia on the creation of the Baikonur space rocket complex "Baiterek" dated December 22, 2004. The meeting was broadcast on the parliament's website.
Roscosmos will direct the additional funds allocated by the government to the exploration of the Moon and Venus
As the state corporation clarified, it is also planned to use these funds to finance work within the framework of the Russian-European ExoMars mission, research of objects by the Spektr-RG observatory
The additional funds allocated by the government will be used for research of the Moon, astrophysical objects in the ultraviolet and visible ranges and Venus. This was reported to TASS by the press service of Roscosmos on Thursday.
Mass media: Russia has restored funding for key space projects
According to a RIA Novosti source, the Russian government has allocated an additional 6.5 billion rubles for the most important space projects. Previously, part of the funding was "cut off".
The delivery of S-70i "Black Hawk" helicopters to the Philippine Air Force has been completed
According to the Philippine news agency PNA, on November 8, the last batch of multi-purpose S-70i "Black Hawk" helicopters intended for the country's Air Force was delivered to the Philippines.
