Science fiction stories about flying soldiers are becoming a reality. November 30, portal armyrecognition.com He reported that the French Special Operations Forces are preparing to test an updated version of Frank Zapata's Flyboard Air device.

The American company AeroVironment presented the configuration of the Jump 20 tactical drone with two Switchblade 300 barrage ammunition — it is called the "Little Predator". According to FlightGlobal, the developers tested the Jump 20 together with the inactive Switchblade 300 in August to confirm the operability of the concept.

The Norwegian company Nammo is testing a drone with an M72 anti-tank grenade launcher mounted on it. The new weapon can operate in a swarm, the company said in a statement.

American heavy helicopters Sikorsky CH-53K King Stallion found the first foreign buyer. Yesterday, November 30, the portal flightglobal.com He reported that the Israeli government approved the purchase of new helicopters for the IDF.

The Ministry of Defense of Bangladesh is holding a tender for the purchase of new specialized attack helicopters to equip the army aviation of the Ground Forces.

The anti-covid measures taken will protect Russian cosmonauts from the new strain of the Omicron coronavirus, the Cosmonaut Training Center told Interfax on Wednesday.

At the same time, the Deputy Foreign Minister of the Russian Federation expressed hope that Washington would see "contradictions in its own position" on preventing an arms race in space against the background of Western accusations against Russia

Russia hopes that cooperation between Moscow and Washington in the space industry will continue on a mutually beneficial basis, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov told reporters on Wednesday.

Landing is expected at 06:18 Moscow time in the steppe of Kazakhstan

The crew of the Soyuz MS-20 spacecraft, consisting of cosmonaut Alexander Misurkin, who will become the first special correspondent of TASS in orbit, Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa and his business assistant Yozo Hirano, will return to Earth on the morning of December 20. This was reported to TASS by the press service of Roscosmos on Wednesday.

Due to bad weather, the European aerospace company is postponing the launch of the Soyuz rocket with Galileo navigation satellites on board, previously planned on Wednesday, for December 3," the company's CEO Stefan Israel said on Twitter.

A fragment of the American Pegasus rocket will fly 5.4 km from the International Space Station (ISS) on December 3. This was announced on Wednesday, December 1, according to Roscosmos.

This satellite is supposed to be used for civilian needs

The Ukrainian satellite Sich-2-30 has been successfully tested and is ready to be sent to the United States, where its launch is scheduled to take place on January 10. This was announced on Tuesday by the head of the State Space Agency of Ukraine Vladimir Taftai.

The European Space Agency reported that the tests confirmed the possibility of Mars Express in the mode of "blind collection" of radio waves

TASS, December 1. Chinese and European scientists have successfully conducted trial communication sessions between the Zhuzhong rover and the Mars Express probe, confirming the possibility of using the European mission to maintain contact with the Chinese rover. This was announced on Wednesday by the press service of the European Space Agency (ESA).

At the same time, the head of SpaceX, Elon Musk, noted that both the ISS and the Dragon cargo ship are equipped with protective screens that allow them to absorb the impacts of high-speed objects

TASS, December 1.. The American company SpaceX has shifted the orbits of some Starlink satellites to prevent their possible collision with space debris. This was announced on Tuesday by the head of the company, Elon Musk.

The complex has already successfully completed state tests in 2019

The Engineering Design Bureau (KBM, part of the Rostec State Corporation's High-Precision Complexes holding) has prepared for serial production the first Russian short-range/ultra-short-range air defense system of the VSHORAD [Very Short-Range Air Defense] "Flexible-S" type. This was reported to TASS by Bekhan Ozdoev, industrial director of the cluster of armaments, ammunition and special chemicals of the Rostec State Corporation.

The anti-aircraft missile regiment of the 4th Army of the Air Force and Air Defense of the Southern Federal District received a modern S-350 Vityaz air defense system. Combat crews of the complexes have started receiving equipment on the territory of the 4th State Central Interspecific training Ground of the Russian Ministry of Defense "Kapustin Yar".

The range of the ZRPC has been increased and sufficiently confident identification of drones is provided in the affected area, the editor-in-chief of the Arsenal of the Fatherland magazine noted

The new improved anti-aircraft missile and gun system (ZRPC) "Pantsir-S1M" with an increased target range will be able to shoot down attack drones even before they launch their aircraft weapons. This opinion was expressed by TASS editor-in-chief of the magazine "Arsenal of the Fatherland" Viktor Murakhovsky.

The upgraded anti-aircraft missile and cannon complex (ZRPC) "Pantsir-S1M" will be able to shoot down drones before they launch weapons of destruction. The advantages of the Russian complex were called by the editor-in-chief of the magazine "Arsenal of the Fatherland" Viktor Murakhovsky.

Belarus needs Russian S-400 or S-500 anti-aircraft missile systems for effective protection against a missile attack, President of the Republic Alexander Lukashenko said in an interview with RIA Novosti.

The command of the Armed Forces of Morocco announced on its Facebook page about the purchase of anti-aircraft systems Skylock Dome Israeli production.

According to information published by Defense News, Lockheed Martin plans to deliver the first THAAD (Terminal High Altitude Area Defense) missile defense system to the Saudi Arabian Armed Forces in 2023.