The United States handed over a package of military assistance to the Armed Forces of the Philippines
According to the US Embassy in Manila, on July 4, representatives of the Joint US Military Assistance Group in the Philippines (JUSMAG-P) handed over new weapons and ammunition to the Armed Forces of the Philippines in the amount of 48.5 million pesos ($1 million).
AK-12 submachine guns continue to arrive in the units of the Ground Forces
Modern 7.62 and 5.45 mm AK-12 submachine guns continue to arrive in the units of the Ground Forces. Since the beginning of the year, new submachine guns have been delivered to the combined arms unit of the Eastern and Western Military Districts.
Saildrone sailing drone will be engaged in autonomous mapping of the ocean depths
The American company Saildrone has announced plans for an "attack on a hurricane" – a flotilla of marine drones will be sent to meet a dangerous weather phenomenon to study it in extremely close conditions. Most likely, these will be machines from the Saildrone Surveyor series, which recently performed their first mission in an exemplary manner. A sea-going sailing vessel without a crew made the journey from San Francisco to Hawaii and made a map of the seabed on the way.
Croats have created a robot for radiation and chemical reconnaissance
The Croatian company DOK-ING has introduced an armored ground robot Komodo. It is designed for radiation, chemical and biological exploration and can operate at high temperatures, complete smoke and lack of oxygen. At the same time, Komodo is also suitable for ordinary engineering work.
Armored Zoo: Poland wants to adopt Abrams
The Polish military decided to adopt the third type of main battle tanks - Abrams of American production.
As the publication reports Gazeta.pl, negotiations are currently underway for the supply of two and a half hundred units. The transaction amount will be from 2.9 to 5.5 billion dollars.
Heavy caliber "Acacia" reliably covers the Caucasian borders of Russia
Military personnel of artillery units of the Russian military base of the Southern Military District (SE) in Abkhazia performed live firing exercises from modernized self-propelled artillery howitzers "Acacia".
Why the world's most powerful towed S-23 guns stopped fighting in Syria
Until recently, the most powerful towed guns in the world continued to be used against terrorist groups in Syria. We are talking about the 180-mm S-23, supplied to the army of Damascus by the Soviet Union in the 70 years.
China has collected the first rice crop from seeds that have been in space
Researchers sprouted rice from 40 g of seeds that went into space with a lunar probe in November 2020
Chinese breeders have collected the first harvest of rice from seeds that were in space during the mission of the lunar exploration apparatus "Chang'e-5". This was reported by Bloomberg on Monday.
The Chinese rover "Zhuzhong" overcame more than 410 m on the surface of the planet
The device is engaged in studying the soil, ionosphere and climate
The Zhuzhong rover of the Chinese Tianwen-1 mission has covered a total of more than 410 m on the surface of the Red Planet. This was reported on Monday by the Central Television of China.
A contract has been signed for the construction of the first habitable module of the Gateway lunar station
NASA has issued a contract to Northrop Grumman Corporation involving the construction of the HALO module for the new Gateway lunar orbital station. It is considered as an element of the ambitious Artemis program.
Two St. Petersburg universities have developed an ion engine for deep space
The project is based on an effective and promising technology of gas ionization in vacuum using porous membranes
The Mozhaisky Military Space Academy and Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University have developed an ion electric motor that can be used for deep space exploration in the future.
Candidates for the cosmonaut squad have started training at the CPC
We are talking about four recruits-Sergey Teteryatnikov, Alexander Kolyabin, Sergey Irtuganov and Harutyun Kiviryan
Four candidates for the Russian cosmonaut squad have started general space training (OKP). This is stated in the message of the Yuri Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center (CPC), distributed on Monday.
Progress MS-17 has worked out the elements of a single-turn approach scheme with the ISS
The elements of the single-turn rendezvous scheme with the International Space Station (ISS) were worked out during the flight of the Progress MS-17 spacecraft on July 2. This was announced on Monday, July 12, by Roscosmos.
Peskov called it impossible to explore space without the participation of the state
The press secretary of the President of Russia said that this process is too expensive
Press Secretary of the President of Russia Dmitry Peskov is convinced that the process of space exploration without the participation of the state with the involvement of only private investment is impossible.
Turkish UAV "Akinci" reached a record height
During flight tests held at the Flight Training and Testing Center in the Chorlu district in the Tekirdag province in northwestern Turkey, the Akinci reconnaissance and strike UAV set a new national record, the head of the Turkish Defense Industry Directorate Ismail Demir said.
A new Turkish drone made its first flight with a bomb
Baykar Technologies Corporation has published a video of a long-range test flight of the Acinci drone with a combat load. The drone spent more than 13 hours in the air with a mass-dimensional mock-up of a 1.3-ton NEB penetrating bomb suspended under the fuselage.
The United States has transferred a squadron of F-16 fighters to Bulgaria
Eight American multi-purpose F-16 Fighting Falcon fighters have arrived at the Graf-Ignatievo air Base in Bulgaria, the US Air Force Command in Europe announced on Monday.
In the United States, they were surprised by the "dubious" stern guns of the Russian Tu-95MS
The aging Russian turboprop strategic bomber-missile carrier Tu-95MS has defensive weapons from the Cold War, the American edition of The Drive is surprised, commenting on one of the recent videos of the Russian Defense Ministry.
Attack aircraft, amphibious aircraft and helicopters of the Black Sea Fleet will take part in the parade in St. Petersburg
The event will take place on July 25
The crews of aircraft and helicopters of the Black Sea Fleet (Black Sea Fleet) flew to St. Petersburg to participate in the Main Naval Parade, more than 10 units of aircraft of the Black Sea Fleet will be involved, the press service of the Black Sea Fleet said on Monday.
True sovereignty of Ukraine is possible in partnership with Russia-Putin
Russia has never been and will never be "anti-Ukraine"
Russia, entering into a dialogue with Ukraine, should be sure that Kiev defends exclusively its national interests, Russian President Vladimir Putin said.