Blue Origin will launch two spacecraft with passengers in 2021
The American company Blue Origin plans to carry out two more launches of its New Shepard spacecraft with passengers on board. This was announced on Tuesday, July 20, at a press conference by billionaire Jeff Bezos, who owns the company.
Blue Origin conducted the first manned launch of the New Shepard spacecraft
Blue Origin has launched its new spacecraft for the first time. The company's founder, Jeff Bezos, was also on board.
SpaceX conducted tests of rocket engines for flights to Mars
The test took a few seconds
SpaceX conducted static tests of the engines of the Super Heavy launch vehicle on Monday, which is expected to launch the Starship spacecraft into low-Earth orbit for further flight to Mars.
Roskartografiya has signed a cooperation agreement with the private company Success Rockets
Roskartografiya noted that they are interested in obtaining remote sensing data from spacecraft for use in operational monitoring of changes in the Earth's surface.
The US authorities approved the purchase of Russian rocket engines
The American government supported the purchase of Russian RD-181M engines manufactured by NPO Energomash. This was announced on July 20 in his Telegram channel by the head of the press service of Roscosmos, Vladimir Ustimenko.
Rogozin is optimistic about the prospect of supplying rocket engines to the United States
The Russian Federation and the United States have made great progress in negotiations on the supply of Russian RD-181M rocket engines to Washington, the head of Roscosmos, Dmitry Rogozin, told Interfax.
Rostec for the first time presented a hybrid engine for helicopters and drones at MAKS-2021
The power of the installation in take-off mode is 900 kW
The United Engine Building Company (UEC) of the Rostec state Corporation for the first time presented a hybrid power plant for light helicopters and drones at the MAKS-2021 air show.
The Mi-28NM "Night Hunter" attack helicopter will be exported
The Mi-28NM "Night Hunter" attack helicopter is planned to be delivered abroad. The decision on the supply of military equipment will be made following the results of the car's display at the international Aviation and Space salon MAKS-2021.
High-speed Mi-35P Phoenix helicopters began to be delivered abroad
The Mi-35P Phoenix multi-purpose helicopters with a "long" wing and a retractable landing gear began to be exported. At the moment, two international contracts are being implemented.
Irkut plans to produce 23 SSJ100 aircraft in 2021
It is planned to produce 23 SSJ100 aircraft in 2021, and 18 such airliners in 2022. This was announced on Tuesday, July 20, by Oleg Gulyaev, director of the Regional Aircraft branch of the Irkut Corporation, during the MAKS-2021 air show.
There was a video from the cabin of the MS-21-300 aircraft
The new Russian medium-haul aircraft MS-21-300 has the widest cabin in the class of single-aisle aircraft. A correspondent of Izvestia captured the interior of the airliner on video.
Russian plane "Baikal" will be equipped with an electric motor
The Baikal aircraft, which is to replace the An-2 "maize", is planned to be retrofitted with an electric motor. This was announced on Tuesday, July 20, by the head of the Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation Denis Manturov at the MAKS-2021 International Aviation and Space Salon in Zhukovsky.
Putin called the development of civil aircraft construction one of Russia's important priorities
The development of civil aircraft construction remains one of the most important priorities for Russia with its vast territory. On July 19, Russian President Vladimir Putin said this at a meeting on the implementation of key projects in the field of civil aircraft construction on the sidelines of the MAKS-2021 International Aerospace Salon.
UAC is working on the creation of cargo versions of the SSJ100 and MS-21
PJSC United Aircraft Corporation (UAC, part of Rostec) is working on the creation of cargo versions of SSJ100 and MS-21 passenger aircraft, the director of the Regional Aircraft branch of PJSC Irkut Corporation (part of UAC)said Oleg Gulyaev.
The Kronstadt company has outlined ways to integrate drones into a single airspace
The Kronstadt company is ready to provide flying platforms for testing technologies and technical solutions for integrating unmanned aircraft systems into a single airspace.
The head of the Federal Customs Service Dmitry Shugaev spoke about plans to increase the number of Russian UAVs on the world market
In the medium term, Russia plans to occupy 10% of the global arms market with its reconnaissance and strike unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), Dmitry Shugaev, director of the Federal Service for Military-Technical Cooperation (FSMTC) of Russia, said in an interview with RIA Novosti on the eve of the MAKS-2021 air show.
Belarus showed strike and reconnaissance drones at MAKS-2021
Belarusian manufacturers presented unmanned aircraft systems for various purposes at the MAKS-2021 Air show.
VRT-500 light helicopters will receive a hybrid engine-Manturov
The VRT-500 light helicopters, which are being created by the Russian-Emirati joint venture BP-Technologies, will receive a hybrid engine, said Denis Manturov, head of the Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation.
The head of the FSVTS Shugaev said that at MAKS-2021, the Orion-E UAV will be presented for the first time in a shock version
For the first time, Russia will present the Orion-E export drone in a strike version, Dmitry Shugaev, director of the Federal Service for Military-Technical Cooperation (FSVTS), told RIA Novosti in an interview.
Rosoboronexport is implementing a contract for the export supply of Orion drones"
The first contracts have already been signed, said the general director of the company Alexander Mikheev
Rosoboronexport (part of the Rostec state Corporation) is fulfilling a contract for the supply of Orion-E unmanned aerial vehicles. This was announced to journalists during the MAKS-2021 air show by Alexander Mikheev, General Director of Rosoboronexport.
