More than 120 new projects were presented at the exhibition "Innovation Day of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation" held on April 7-9 in the Military Innovation Technopolis "ERA".

Washington will hand over to Vilnius the M72 LAW single-use hand-held anti-tank grenade launchers, which were adopted by the US Army in 1962. On Monday, April 12, writes Sputnik Lithuania with reference to the Ministry of Defense of the Baltic Republic.

Firearms are one of the few areas where there is little use of electronics. But that's for now. April 11, portal thefirearmblog.com He reported that the American company Radetec officially presented a serial sample of the kit for turning the Glock 17 into a "smart" weapon.

Russian Defense Minister General of the Army Sergei Shoigu on April 9, during an inspection of the state defense order of JSC "766 Department of Production and Technological Equipment" (UPTK) in the Moscow region, instructed to increase radiation protection for Russian military robots.

A new batch of 20 Uran-9 attack robots will soon be transferred to JSC 766 Production and Technological Equipment Management (UPTK) to the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation.

Calculations of missile systems of the Baltic Fleet conducted a training on deployment in a given area on the sea coast.

New applications for the S-400 are received from foreign customers

The timing of the start of deliveries of S-400 air defense systems to India will soon be announced, the contract is being implemented according to plan, the Federal Service for Military-Technical Cooperation (FSMTC) of Russia said.

Russia continues to receive new applications from other countries for the supply of S-400 "Triumph" air defense systems, said on Monday, April 12, the press secretary of the Federal Service for Military-Technical Cooperation (FSMTC) of the Russian Federation Valeria Reshetnikova.

Military personnel of the electronic warfare (EW) units of the combined arms association of the Central Military District (CVO) during the exercises in the Kemerovo region disrupted the navigation of attack drones of the conditional enemy. This was announced on Monday, April 12, according to the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation.

Thanks to this algorithm, satellites, in particular, will be able to determine the strength of the magnetic field at any point in the orbit

Russian scientists have developed algorithms for the interaction of nanosatellites, which are designed for scientific measurements. The article describing the work was published by the scientific journal Advances in Space Research, the press service of the Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology writes briefly about it.

Such devices will be able to be integrated into the Sphere program, according to the chief designer of the enterprise in the direction of spacecraft Alexey Rabochy

JSC " MIC "NPO Mashinostroeniya" (part of JSC "Corporation" Tactical Missile Weapons") Since last year, it has been developing a mini-satellite for radar.

NPO Mashinostroyeniya, commissioned by Roscosmos, is developing the Condor-FKA-M satellite. This was announced by the chief designer of the enterprise in the direction of spacecraft Alexey Rabochy, according to the corporate publication "Tribune".

Roscosmos spends about 3 billion rubles a year on the maintenance of the Vostochny cosmodrome, Maxim Ovchinnikov, the first Deputy General Director of the state corporation for Economics and Finance, said in an interview with Interfax.

The first stage of testing of the ramjet pulsing detonation engine demonstrator has been completed in Russia. In the future, it will be used in rocket and space systems, orbital aircraft and hypersonic aircraft.

Glavkosmos believes that as this direction develops, demand will increase, as the price will fall

Mass tourist flights to low-Earth orbits can begin by 2030, according to the General Director of Glavkosmos (part of Roscosmos) Dmitry Loskutov.

Sales of RD-180/RD-181 engines in the United States bring NPO Energomash about a third of the total revenue, Maxim Ovchinnikov, First Deputy Director of Roscosmos for Economics and Finance, said in an interview with Interfax.

As a result, Russia will receive a backup launcher, and Kazakhstan and the United Arab Emirates will be able to launch spacecraft into orbit

Kazakhstan, Russia and the United Arab Emirates plan to conduct at least four commercial launches from the first launch pad of the Baikonur cosmodrome ("Gagarin Launch") annually. This was reported to TASS on Monday by the press service of the Ministry of Digital Development, Innovation and Aerospace Industry of Kazakhstan.

[b]The head of the Ballistics Department of the Rocket and Space Corporation Energia, Raphael Murtazin, clarified that it is already a regular one for the Progress cargo ships.]

The three-hour flight plan of the Soyuz MS manned spacecraft to the International Space Station (ISS) is still a test flight, and it will become standard after three such flights. This was reported to TASS by the head of the ballistics department of the Rocket and Space Corporation (RSC) "Energia" Rafail Murtazin.

The number of launches of Angara missiles in 2021 may increase from two to three, the head of Roscosmos, Dmitry Rogozin, told reporters.

In honor of the 60th anniversary of the first human flight into space, the Russian Defense Ministry published a short video from the Academy of the Strategic Missile Forces, where more than 30 samples of space technology are collected in a special audience.