The Central Research Institute of Precision Engineering (TSNIITOCHMASH, part of Rostec) has started mass production of protection systems against high-precision weapons, the press service of Rostec reported.

The product is designed to protect the TOS-2 heavy flamethrower system, the PRP-5 reconnaissance vehicle, as well as the Zavet-D automated artillery control systems.

Specialists of the Central Research Institute of Precision Engineering (Tsniitochmash) of the Rostec State Corporation have developed a new automatic smoke screen to cover armored vehicles from guided weapons. This was reported on Friday in the press service of the state corporation.

In Russia, the production of a new system for protecting equipment from high-precision weapons has begun. The Central Research Institute of Precision Engineering " Tsniitochmash "of the Rostec State Corporation has started mass production of unified protection systems. This is reported on the website of Rostec.

The United States is concerned about the progress of Russia and China in the field of hypersonic weapons. Secretary of the Air Force (Air Force) Frank Kendall expressed dissatisfaction with the pace of implementation of such programs and the lag of the United States from competitors. This is reported by Air Force Magazine.

Australian fighters and ships will be armed with new missiles. September 23, portal navalpost.com He reported that the Australian government approved the purchase of Tomahawk, JASSM-ER and LRASM ammunition.

The Azerbaijani Defense Ministry has published previously unknown footage of the combat use of the Spike-NLOS anti-tank missile system (ATGM) of Israeli production in Karabakh. The corresponding video appeared in the Telegram channel "Military Observer".

The Israel Defense Forces reported the loss of an IAI Heron reconnaissance UAV in the sky over the Golan Heights.

According to representatives of the Israeli defense Ministry, it fell due to technical problems in Syria. However, Syrian sources report the defeat of the device by an anti-aircraft missile fired by the Buk air defense system and publish a photo with a falling drone.

Yan Novikov, General Director of the Almaz-Antey Concern of East Kazakhstan Region, believes that the United States is working on technologies for creating reusable combat orbiters capable of delivering covert strikes from space.

The House of Representatives of the US Congress on Thursday approved a separate bill to provide $1 billion in aid to Israel for the purchase of missiles necessary for the Iron Dome missile defense system, The Hill reports.

The command of the Air Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) accused Russia that its reconnaissance planes flew into the zone reserved by Ukraine for conducting live firing. This became known on Friday, September 24.

The United States and NATO are upset over the export of Russian S-400 Triumph anti-aircraft missile systems. They even imposed economic sanctions against countries only for the purchase of air defense systems. Despite this, several states, including India, are showing interest in the S-400.

Despite the constant pressure from the United States on the issue of acquiring Russian S-400 air defense systems, the deal with Russia will not be revised. This was stated by Turkish leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan, according to RIA Novosti.

In September, Russian troops conducted live-fire exercises. As part of the maneuvers at the Ashuluk training ground in the Astrakhan region, calculations of S-400 Triumph anti-aircraft missile systems (SAMs) were involved. In the United States, the tests of the Russian system were evaluated. The National Interest magazine published the opinion of military expert Peter Suchiu about the Russian S-400 complex.

An exercise was held in the anti-aircraft missile brigade of the Southern Military District stationed in the Krasnodar Territory, during which the calculations of the S-300V4 air defense systems successfully prevented a massive attack by a simulated enemy on one of our army facilities. The press service of the Southern Military District reported that the military carried out electronic launches, destroying targets in the sky that denote cruise missiles.

According to the modernization plan, first of all, noise immunity will be strengthened at the stations, as well as the energy supply system will be improved

Three radar stations of the Voronezh series, which are part of the missile attack warning System (SPRN), are planned to be upgraded by 2028. This was reported to TASS in the press service of the interstate joint-stock corporation (IAC) "Vimpel".

In Russia, they told about the work on the means of space attack in the United States. The United States is practicing the use of orbiters that can deliver covert strikes from space. This was stated by the general director of the Almaz-Antey concern of East Kazakhstan Region, Yan Novikov, in an interview with the Krasnaya Zvezda newspaper.

The government organization NASA, following a number of other American federal structures, officially entrusted its documents and communication systems to Box. Cloud technologies and storage will be used to process almost all the agency's working documentation. This was done primarily to ensure reliable remote work of 18,000 employees scattered throughout the United States.

The dismissed director of flight tests of Virgin Galactic, Mark Stuckey, revealed the company's problems. According to him, the pilot's error, and not a strong wind, led to the deviation from the original course of the Unity suborbital spacecraft, on board of which was the British billionaire Richard Branson, writes Parabolic Arc.

The launch of a spacecraft with the first fully commercial crew of Axiom Space as part of the Axiom-1 mission to the International Space Station (ISS) is scheduled for February 21, 2022, Kathy Leaders, head of the manned flight program of the National Aeronautics and Space Research Agency (NASA), said on Twitter on Friday.

The Orbital Flight Test 2 (OFT-2) mission, which involves the second test attempt of the Starliner spacecraft without a crew to reach the International Space Station (ISS), is unlikely to take place this year, reports SpaceNews a statement by Katie Leaders, who recently headed the NASA Space Operations Directorate.