The Russian Federation called the deadline for signing the second contract for the supply of S-400 air defense systems to Turkey
The second contract for the supply of an additional batch of S-400 systems (S-400 SAM) to Turkey may be signed this year. This was announced on Wednesday, August 25, by the head of Rosoboronexport, Alexander Mikheev.
Russia is ready to consider Belarus ' appeal for S-400 air defense systems-Shugaev
The issue of the supply of S-400 air defense systems to Belarus has not yet passed into the practical plane, Dmitry Shugaev, the head of the Federal Customs Service of Russia, said in response to a question from Interfax.
IEMZ Kupol has developed a draft design of the Tor-MF air defense system on an initiative basis
The Tor-MF air defense system is capable of providing not only self-defense of the ship on which it is installed, but also air defense of a connection of ships or a naval base on an area of up to 500 square kilometers.
Head of Rosoboroneskport Alexander Mikheev: the Palm air defense system will be integrated on a foreign ship for the first time
Rosoboronexport signed a contract at the Army-2021 forum for the integration of the Russian Palm air defense system into the armament system of the foreign customer's ship. This, as RIA Novosti reports, was announced by the company's CEO Alexander Mikheev.
The first contract for the supply of Pantsir-S1M complexes was signed
Rosoboronexport has signed the first contract for the supply of the upgraded Pantsir-S1M anti-aircraft missile and gun system. This was reported in the press service of the company at the International Military-technical Forum "Army-2021".
Russia will sell "Repellent Patrol" and "Palm"
For the first time, Russia will sell to a foreign customer a mobile electronic counteraction complex "Repellent-Patrol", which provides zonal cover of territories for suppressing drones at a distance of up to 20 kilometers, RIA Novosti reports, citing a statement by Alexander Mikheev, Director General of Rosoboronexport.
The Chinese authorities said that they are concerned about the US strategy for the militarization of space
The official representative of the country's Foreign Ministry, Wang Wenbin, noted that Beijing, together with Moscow, promotes the non-proliferation of weapons in near-Earth space
The Chinese authorities are concerned about the US strategy for the militarization of outer space and, together with Russia, are promoting the non-proliferation of weapons in near-Earth space. This was announced on Wednesday by the official representative of the Chinese Foreign Ministry, Wang Wenbin.
China has successfully launched an experimental communications satellite
This launch was the 386th launch for the Changzheng series launch vehicles
China has launched an experimental communications satellite using the Changzheng-3-bi launch vehicle (CZ-3B, Long March-3B). This was reported on Wednesday by the Central Television of China.
The reusable stage of the New Glenn heavy rocket was shown for the first time in the photo
The American company Blue Origin, within the framework of the Jarvis project, is developing a reusable upper stage of the New Glenn heavy rocket, the prototype component of which was delivered for testing to launch complex 36, located at Cape Canaveral (Florida). The corresponding photos are published by ArsTechnica.
The project of a multi-kilometer station in Earth orbit is proposed
China has proposed to build a multi-kilometer space station in a long-term orbit around the Earth. It is planned to spend 15 million yuan ($2.3 million) to study the feasibility of such a project. This is reported by the South China Morning Post.
China is considering the possibility of creating an ultra-large spacecraft
The device will consist of several modules that will be launched into orbit separately and assembled in space
The National Foundation of Natural Sciences of China is considering a project to create an "ultra-large spacecraft extending for kilometers". This was reported by the South China Morning Post newspaper.
More than 30 OneWeb communication satellites were delivered to Baikonur
The launch of the Soyuz-2.1 b carrier rocket with satellites on board is scheduled for September 2021
The An-124 aircraft delivered 34 OneWeb communication satellites to the Baikonur Cosmodrome. This is stated in the message of Roscosmos, distributed on Wednesday.
Astronauts on the ISS will go into space about 10 times to integrate the two modules
Russian cosmonauts on the International Space Station (ISS) will go into outer space about 10 times by the end of 2022 to integrate and retrofit the Russian Nauka and Prichal modules. Cosmonaut Oleg Novitsky told about this on August 25 in the Twitter microblogging network.
NASA has announced its desire for long-term cooperation with Russia
NASA Administrator Bill Nelson said that the United States expects to continue its partnership with Russia regarding the operation of the International Space Station (ISS). This is reported by RIA Novosti.
The US did not ask Russia for help to solve the problems of Starliner
As reported by the general director of the center. Keldysh Vladimir Koshlakov, the company is ready for such work
The United States has not yet requested assistance from the M. V. Keldysh Research Center (part of Roscosmos) in solving the problems of the American manned Starliner spacecraft. This was announced to TASS by the general director of the enterprise Vladimir Koshlakov at the International military-Technical Forum "Army-2021".
Rogozin said that he would invite Musk, Branson and Bezos to the launch of Soyuz MS-19 on October 5
The head of Roscosmos intends to send invitations on August 25
Roscosmos CEO Dmitry Rogozin said that he intends to invite entrepreneurs Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos and Richard Branson to launch the Soyuz MS-19 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome, which is scheduled for October 5.
The launch date of the first "Angara" with a new upper stage has been named
Sergey Kuznetsov, General Designer of the Salyut Design Bureau (part of the Khrunichev Center), told RIA Novosti on Wednesday, August 25, that the first oxygen-hydrogen upper stage (KVTK) will be launched in 2027. It will significantly increase the payload capacity of the Angara launch vehicle.
Rogozin: a polygraph test weeds out many candidates for the position of top managers
Candidates for significant positions in Roscosmos and at enterprises belonging to the state corporation have been undergoing a polygraph test since the summer of 2020
The polygraph test introduced in Roscosmos when applying for a top manager position filters out many candidates, said Dmitry Rogozin, General Director of the state corporation.
China will complete a wind tunnel with a flow rate of up to Mach 30 in 2022
The construction of the Chinese hypersonic wind tunnel JF22 is scheduled to be completed next year. According to China Central Television, it will be able to simulate a maximum speed of up to 10 kilometers per second — 30 times the speed of sound — and an altitude of 40 to 100 kilometers.
Swift Tactical Systems improves the UAV tailsitter "Swift021"
Swift Tactical Systems, a division of Swift Engineering, recently performed more than two dozen flights of the UAV vertical takeoff and landing "Swift021" (Swift021) at Leach Field (Colorado) to collect data on its capabilities when used at high altitudes.
