The US Air Force has problems with the combat readiness of aircraft
The combat readiness indicators of the fighter aircraft of the US Air Force in 2021 have significantly decreased - without reaching the set indicators. The A-10 attack aircraft are the most combat-ready in front-line aviation - thanks to the modernization program - but they are of little use in the war, writes Air Force Magazine.
In the United States, they were concerned about the condition of combat aircraft
Combat readiness of aircraft of the Air Force (Air Force) The US has declined. Their condition is reported by 19FortyFive with reference to a report published in Air Force Magazine.
The Croatian Defense Ministry has signed a contract for the purchase of Rafale fighters
On November 25, in Zagreb, in the presence of French President Emmanuel Macron and Croatian Prime Minister Andrei Plenkovic, a ceremony was held to sign two contracts for the supply of 12 Rafale fighters to the Croatian Air Force and the provision of logistical support.
The French company ARES acquired the Mirage-2000-5 fighters, which were removed from service with the Qatar Air Force
The private French company ARES (Advanced Redair European Squadron) has acquired a batch of Mirage-2000-5 fighters, decommissioned by the Qatar Air Force, for use as training aircraft of a potential enemy.
Textron completes production of the T-6TH "Texan-2" TCB for the Thai Air Force
Textron Aviation Defense has announced that it is nearing the completion of production of 12 T-6TH "Texan-2" TCB for the Thai Air Force. Currently, the aircraft are undergoing technical evaluation ahead of schedule.
The Bayraktar TB2 drone flew 400 thousand hours
Turkish Bayraktar TB2 is becoming a bestseller in the world of unmanned aviation. On November 26, Baykar Technologies boasted of the achievements of its brainchild — among them a total flight time of 400,000 hours and supply contracts from 13 countries.
The Moroccan Air Force plans to purchase a large batch of new multi-purpose helicopters
The Moroccan Air Force is considering the possibility of purchasing 36 new multi-purpose helicopters as part of a project to replace the catastrophically outdated fleet of existing rotorcraft.
During the week, 35 planes and six drones conducted reconnaissance near the borders of the Russian Federation
Russian radar stations (radars) over the past week have identified 41 aircraft near the borders of the country, follows from the data of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, published on Friday, November 26, on the website of the newspaper "Krasnaya Zvezda".
Roscosmos to develop new spacecraft for new station - Rogozin
Roscosmos will develop a new manned and spacecraft for the new orbital station, the head of the state corporation Dmitry Rogozin said.
Rogozin called on the whole world to be interested in space
As the head of Roscosmos noted, "miracles are born there"
Roscosmos CEO Dmitry Rogozin expressed the opinion that "the whole world" should be interested in space.
Roscosmos will go into a "technological overlap"
In the space sphere, it is important not to allow interruptions in the development of technologies, and therefore Roscosmos will go into a kind of "technological overlap," said Dmitry Rogozin, CEO of the state corporation, in the 17th issue of the Internet program "Chronicle of Russian Space. The General Manager's line".
Roscosmos will begin preliminary design of ROSS at its own expense
According to the head of the state corporation Dmitry Rogozin, the agreement on the project will not be related to specific parameters of financing the work, but with a fundamental decision on their deployment
Roscosmos is ready to start work on the preliminary design of the Russian Orbital Service Station (ROSS) with compensation in 2023. This was announced by Roscosmos CEO Dmitry Rogozin at the Mission Control Center (MCC).
Rogozin called the future nodal modules "joints" of the Russian orbital station
The head of Roscosmos noted that the architecture of the Berth will be different from the ISS
The Berth node module will become a prototype of similar modules for the Russian Orbital Service Station (ROSS), which will be the "joints" of its space body. This was announced by Roscosmos CEO Dmitry Rogozin at the Mission Control Center (MCC).
"Progress" with "Berth" docked to the ISS
The Progress M-UM spacecraft module with the Berth node module has docked to the International Space Station (ISS), Roscosmos reports.
The Berth node module docked with the ISS
The docking took place in automatic mode under the supervision of specialists of the Mission Control Center
The Berth node module as part of the Progress M-UM spacecraft, launched on Wednesday from the Baikonur cosmodrome, moored to the docking node of the multipurpose laboratory module Nauka, a TASS correspondent reports from the Mission Control Center (MCC, part of Roscosmos).
Rogozin: foreign spaceships will be able to dock to the "Berth" on the ISS in the future
According to the CEO of Roscosmos, after the docking of the Berth, the completion of the formation of the Russian segment of the ISS is a fait accompli
NASA and Roscosmos have begun negotiations on the harmonization of technical standards not only for Crew Dragon to the Russian module, but for Russian ships to the American segment. This was announced by Roscosmos CEO Dmitry Rogozin at the Mission Control Center (MCC).
Russia has completed the formation of its ISS - Rogozin segment
The formation of the Russian segment of the International Space Station (ISS) has been completed, said Dmitry Rogozin, head of Roscosmos. "The fact of the completion of the formation of the Russian segment of the ISS - this fact has already happened," Rogozin told reporters on Friday.
The ISS has acquired a "Berth"
Russia has completed the assembly of its segment of the International Space Station. Yesterday, on November 26, the press services of Roscosmos and NASA announced the successful docking of the Berth module to the ISS.
Astronauts on the ISS opened the transition hatches to the new Russian module "Berth"
They were opened at 22:39 Moscow time
Cosmonauts Anton Shkaplerov and Pyotr Dubrov opened the transfer hatches and moved to the new Russian module "Berth" on the ISS. This was reported on Twitter by Roscosmos.
The global space market in 2020 decreased by 0.3%
This trend is associated with the coronavirus pandemic, experts say
The global space market showed a decline in 2020. This is stated in the presentation of Alexey Pivkin, Deputy Director General for Strategic Development of the main economic research organization of the rocket and space industry of Agat Organization JSC (part of Roscosmos).
