He said that the first flight could take place by the end of 2021

Billionaire Jared Isaacman, who owns the payment service for restaurants and hotels Shift4 Payments, booked three additional flights into space on a SpaceX rocket. The billionaire said this in an interview with The Washington Post on Monday.

Despite the fact that the fight against enemy fighters is not the primary task of the Russian S-500 "Prometheus" anti-aircraft system, this complex is able to seriously reduce the effectiveness of the opponents' combat aircraft due to the range, a powerful set of sensors and integration with other air defense systems, writes MilitaryWatch Magazine.

The military has worked out the skills of destroying helicopters, armored vehicles, ground objects and manpower of a simulated enemy at ranges up to 5 km

Anti-aircraft gunners of the Western Military District have worked out the cover of columns of military equipment departing to permanent deployment points after successfully conducted exercises. This was reported on Tuesday in the press service of the ZVO.

Israel, not wanting to complicate relations with Russia, has achieved the suspension of Washington's transfer of the "Iron Dome" missile defense system developed by Rafael to Ukraine, which Tel Aviv had previously supplied to the United States.

Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Zaluzhny stated the need to create new air defense and missile defense systems

The Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU), Lieutenant General Valery Zaluzhny, addressed Ukrainian scientists. He listed the weapons that the military needs. This is reported by Defense Express.

In Poland, at one of the ranges of the air Force at the end of last year, tests of a towed system for countering unmanned aerial vehicles of mini- and micro-class were carried out.

It is reported that this remotely controlled installation is armed with a 12.7 mm multi-barrel WKLM machine gun, has sighting daytime television and night thermal imaging cameras, as well as a radar station that allows detecting miniature drones at a distance of up to 3,500 meters.

Employees of the Rosgvardiya and the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Russia will be able to legally engage in humanitarian demining. So far, this function is assigned to the FSB and the FSO. Such an initiative was made by a group of State Duma deputies.

In the Krasnodar Territory, an exercise with engineering assault units of the Southern Military District (SE) with the use of the latest IAD-3SH mine clearance kits has started.

In the joint Russian-Belarusian operational exercises "Allied Resolve-2022", units equipped with multi-axle wheeled tractors played a significant role in the relocation of the military equipment involved to the landfills.

Having studied the situation on the global market of electric vehicles, the specialists of the analytical company Canalys came to the conclusion that 6.5 million electric vehicles were sold worldwide in 2021, which is 109% more than in 2020.

The Thirteenth Arbitration Court of Appeal (St. Petersburg) on the claim of the companies of the BTK Group group, a major manufacturer of clothing, including uniforms for the Ministry of Defense, recovered 4 million rubles from the Russian "daughter" of Adidas for the illegal use of the Urban Tiger brand.

The Astra Group of Companies (GC) has signed a partnership agreement with the ASONIKA Research Institute (SRI), which is engaged in modeling radio electronics, the press service of the Astra Group reported.

Shvabe Holding handed over to distributors the first batches of infrared heaters and multifunctional inhalation anesthesia devices.

On February 15, the RSPM hosted a working meeting for managers and specialists of metal trading companies "The practice of law enforcement of the norms of Federal Law No. 275-FZ dated December 29, 2012 "On the State Defense Order", dedicated to topical aspects of work within the framework of the State Defense Order.

ARGO Metallurgical Holding introduces digitalization of processes and reduces costs as much as possible in order to reduce fluctuations in rolled metal prices. The main reason for the increase in metal prices is the situation on the world market.

Exercises involving 20 ships and vessels of the Northern Fleet have begun in the Barents Sea. According to the press service of the Northern Fleet, surface ships, submarines, boats and support vessels left their permanent bases and made the transition to designated areas.

Small anti-submarine ships of the Baltic Fleet repelled an air raid of a simulated enemy with artillery during the exercise, the information support department of the Baltic Fleet's press service told reporters.

More than 30 warships of various classes take part in the exercises

The crews of the ships of the Black Sea Fleet (Black Sea Fleet) during the exercises in the Black Sea practiced conducting naval artillery combat, search and destruction of a submarine of a conditional enemy, the press service of the Black Sea Fleet said.

The ships of the Black Sea Fleet conducted tactical maneuvers as part of the exercises and destroyed the submarine of a conditional enemy with the help of artillery combat. This was announced on Monday, February 15, by the press service of the World Cup.

Japanese Defense Minister Nobuo Kishi expressed concern about Russia's ongoing military exercises in the Seas of Japan and Okhotsk and stressed that Tokyo regards this as "a demonstration of Russia's military capabilities both in the west and in the east against the backdrop of the difficult situation in Ukraine."