The US military does not consider the actions of its reconnaissance aircraft over the Black Sea risky, because of which the Russian civil aircraft was forced to change course, Pentagon spokesman John Kirby said.

Russian Helicopters Holding of Rostec State Corporation has increased the flight range of Ansat and Ansat-M helicopters by 140 km due to the installation of an additional tank.

Hero of the Soviet Union Gurgen Karapetyan, a test pilot of Mi helicopters, died at the age of 84. This is reported by TASS with reference to the message of the Russian Helicopters holding.

According to the Philippine news agency PNA, on December 3, an official ceremony was held at Clark Air Base in Angeles (Pampanga Province) for the adoption of the last batch of multi-purpose S-70i "Black Hawk" helicopters by the Philippine Air Force.

The Government will approve the procedure for assessing the conformity of space technology intended for use in scientific and socio-economic purposes

The State Duma adopted in the first reading a bill defining the procedure for assessing the conformity of dual-use space technology, which is intended for use in scientific and socio-economic purposes. The document was initiated by the Government of the Russian Federation.

Autonomous tests are planned to be completed by the end of 2021

Specialists have started testing the systems of the Soyuz launch complex after upgrading to a new type of fuel at the Vostochny cosmodrome in the Amur Region. This was reported on Tuesday in the press service of Roscosmos.

Cosmonaut Alexander Misurkin clarified that the language of communication with the Japanese participants of the flight is English

Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa and his business assistant Yozo Hirano began learning Russian while preparing for a flight into space. This was announced at a pre-flight press conference on Tuesday by cosmonaut Alexander Misurkin, who will become the first TASS correspondent aboard the International Space Station.

For the first time, the International Space Station (ISS) will paint a picture with brushes on canvas in a special box, as well as record the mixing of paints and water in zero gravity, Izvestia writes.

Success Rockets as part of the SR NET project intends to create a satellite constellation to provide broadband communications

Kirill Menshov, Senior Vice President for Information Technologies at Rostelecom, and Oleg Mansurov, founder and CEO of Success Rockets, signed an agreement on cooperation between the two companies. This was reported to TASS on Tuesday in the press service of the space company.

Sitronics Group reported that the development of a medium-resolution satellite for remote sensing of the Earth "Zorky" on the OrbiCraft-Pro platform and a device with a submeter-resolution camera "Kinosatnik" is also underway.

Data from any commercially available satellite systems will be uploaded to the service

Sitronics Group together with its member company Sputnix will create a single "store" for the sale of space services and data. This was reported to TASS in the press service of the group of companies.

The document contains plans for monitoring and evaluating the characteristics of global navigation satellite systems, as well as for the joint application of navigation technologies in the interests of socio-economic development of the two countries.

He called the clogging of the near-Earth orbit a new direction of environmental work that has arisen before humanity

The Supreme Court of the Russian Federation on Tuesday discussed the problems of environmental legislation with cosmonaut Anton Shkaplerov, who joined the discussion with the ISS. The video broadcast of the seminar was held on the official YouTube channel of the Sun.

ESA and Airbus have signed an agreement on the creation of a new space observatory for the study of exoplanets. It is planned to launch in 2029.

The carrier, the first stage of which is equipped with a Russian RD-180 engine, launched from the Cape Canaveral cosmodrome

The American company United Launch Alliance (ULA) launched an Atlas V launch vehicle with two satellites on Tuesday by order of the Space Forces of the US Armed Forces. The broadcast is conducted on the ULA website.

The launch of the rocket in modification Y2 took place from the Jiuquan cosmodrome

The Ceres-1 launch vehicle of the private Chinese company Galactic Energy successfully launched five satellite vehicles into a sun-synchronous orbit on Tuesday. This is stated in a statement issued by the company.

The Sky Sabre air defense systems began to enter service with the 16th Regiment of the Royal Artillery. According to the British Ministry of Defense, Sky Sabre consists of an all-round radar, a data transmission system and anti-aircraft guided missiles.

The US Missile Defense Agency has completed the construction of the LRDR (Long Range Discrimination Radar) ballistic target selection radar and has begun testing it. According to Defense News, next year the military will integrate LRDR into the GMD missile defense system and the C2BMC combat information and control system.

The British Army has announced that it has adopted a new Sky Sabre air defense system to repel threats that allegedly come from Russian fighters. This is reported by the Times newspaper, citing sources in the UK Ministry of Defense.

The successful launch of the Zircon hypersonic anti-ship missile from the Admiral Gorshkov frigate forced US military analysts to take a fresh look at the combat effectiveness of the Russian Navy. Experts predicted a limitation of strike capabilities for the US navy and NATO warships.