Stefan Israel recalled that the main European competitors are the American company SpaceX, as well as China

Mass launches of satellite groups and large financial injections into the space industry in the United States can lead to a significant advantage in favor of American companies in the space launch market, and Europe should join forces to create competition.

Specialists of the European Space Agency conducted another high-altitude test of the parachute system for the landing module of the ExoMars-2022 mission, which ended with the successful landing of the module layout. Nevertheless, a small gap appeared again on the fabric of the second main parachute, which did not affect the landing process, according to the ESA website.

NASA has announced a new competition within the NeXTSTEP program, the purpose of which will be to solve all sorts of technological and engineering tasks to minimize risks when developing a lunar landing system for the Artemis program. The cost of contracts can reach up to $ 45 million, and applications will be accepted by NASA in early August of this year, according to the agency's website.

RSC Energia specialists plan to develop a navigation and communication system for future Russian missions to the moon. This is stated in the corporation's annual report for 2020. 

The British company OneWeb plans to complete the deployment of the entire satellite constellation to provide global coverage by June 2022, the company said in a statement published on its website.

A total of four launches took place in 2021

The Vostochny cosmodrome in the Amur Region has set a record for the number of rocket launches in a year, twice exceeding the figure of 2018, according to TASS calculations.

The ship docked to the station in automatic mode

The Progress MS-17 transport cargo ship, carrying more than 1.5 tons of dry cargo, fuel and air supplies, docked at the Search module of the International Space Station (ISS) on Friday. The broadcast is conducted on the Roscosmos website.

Russian radar stations (radars) for a week found 53 foreign aircraft that were conducting reconnaissance along the borders of the Russian Federation. Such data of the Ministry of Defense of Russia is published by the newspaper of the Armed Forces "Krasnaya Zvezda".

Boeing has announced the signing of a contract with the US Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) for the supply of 14 H-47 (ER) Chinook extended-range helicopters for the British Air Force.

China is engaged in the introduction of artificial intelligence (AI) systems in manned fighter jets, which turns the latter into partially or completely unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), says the American edition of The Drive.

In Beijing, 15 fifth-generation J-20 fighter jets were immediately lifted into the air at Tiananmen Square during a festive event dedicated to the centenary of the Communist Party of China, the South China Morning Post reports.

The Navy of the People's Liberation Army of China (PLA Navy) has taken another step towards eliminating the last advantages over the US Navy, receiving a new deck-based stealth fighter known as the J-35, Breaking Defense writes.

Boeing Corporation announced the signing of a letter by the German Defense Ministry with the proposal and acceptance of an offer to supply five P-8A Poseidon BPA aircraft under the Foreign Military Sales program.

As reported by the web resource ATO.RU JSC "Ural Civil Aviation Plant" (UZGA) has assembled the first Diamond DA42 aircraft for a full production cycle. This was stated on July 2, 2021 by Evgeny Sergeev, director of the Aircraft division of this plant. For the first time, the company independently produced composite parts of the fuselage of this aircraft on machines supplied by the developer of the machine - the Austrian company Diamond Aircraft.

The Kronshtadt Group of companies will annually produce dozens of devices at the first Russian factory for the production of serial attack unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) in Dubna, for foreign customers the production of drones will start in 2022, sources in the military-industrial complex and the administration of the Moscow region told RIA Novosti.

The exercises of the naval aviation of the Black Sea Fleet together with the aviation of the Southern Military District were held against the background of NATO maneuvers. More than 10 aircraft were involved in them

The naval aviation of the Black Sea Fleet, together with the aviation of the Southern Military District (SE), conducted combat training flights over the Black Sea against the background of the exercises of NATO and the partner countries of the Sea Breeze-2021 alliance. This was reported to journalists on Saturday in the press service of the Black Sea Fleet.

Su-27 fighters, Su-24M bombers and Su-30SM multi-purpose fighters of the Baltic Fleet naval aviation conduct training flights at night.

US State Department spokesman Ned Price declined to comment on the statement by Chinese President Xi Jinping about what awaits those who try to take hostile actions against China.

Seven Lithuanian servicemen and two more employees of the Shvenchensky district training ground were suspected of stealing dry rations for the US military. About this on Friday, July 2, Sputnik Lithuania writes with reference to the press service of the prosecutor's office.

Military expert Andrey Frolov on Friday, July 2, called Izvestia the factors that had a negative impact on Ukrainian arms exports, adding that Russia has nothing to do with this.