Armenian Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan, who is on a working visit to Moscow, discussed at a meeting with the Secretary General of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) Stanislav Zasem the situation on the Armenian-Azerbaijani border, the Armenian Foreign Ministry reports.

President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev appointed Murat Bektanov as the country's Defense Minister. This is stated on August 31 in a message published on the website of the Kazakh leader.

On August 30, 87 retired generals and admirals signed an open letter to the Secretary of Defense (SECDEF) Lloyd Austin and the Chief of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (CJCS) Mark Milley demanding to resign.

The Japanese Defense Ministry has requested a budget for a record 5.48 trillion for 2022 fiscal year, which will begin on April 1, 2022. yen (about 49.86 billion dollars), RIA Novosti reports with reference to the materials of the military department.

The rocket was presented during the forum "Army-2021"

The military-industrial complex of India has adapted the latest Astra air-to-air missile to the Su-30MKI fighter. This was announced to TASS by Narendra Kumar Aria, director of the public relations department of the main Indian developer of military equipment of the Defense Research and Development Organization (DRDO).

Delegations from 20 countries showed interest in the supply of Russian Orion-E attack drones at the Army-2021 International Military-Technical Forum, the Kronstadt company told reporters.

A group of firefighting aircraft of the VKS of the Ministry of Defense of Russia, which helped the Greeks fight catastrophic forest fires for 21 days, has completed its task and left Greece. It consisted of two Il-76 aircraft and two Mi-8 helicopters.

The Ukrainian state Enterprise "Antonov" has signed an agreement with the Chinese company Chongqing Kingsley Aeronautical Material Technology Co., LTD for the supply of titanium semi-finished products. The materials obtained can be used in the assembly of An-178 aircraft, Defense Express reports.

Under the impartial gaze of unmanned aerial vehicles, exercises were held in the Kaliningrad Region with the participation of servicemen of the motorized rifle and tank regiments of the army Corps of the Baltic Fleet.

On August 29, the official ceremony of handing over to the Turkish Armed Forces of the Akinci high-altitude reconnaissance and strike UAV of long flight duration (HALE class) developed by Baykar took place at the Chorlu Airbase.

The leadership of the Iraqi Defense Ministry has expressed interest in buying reconnaissance and attack UAVs, helicopters and other Turkish-made military equipment.

The Turkish Armed Forces will receive a military version of the Alpin unmanned helicopter. The upgraded drone, developed by Titra Technology, will be able to be used for reconnaissance and carry weapons, Daily Sabah reports, citing the head of the company Selman Denmez (Selman Dönmez).

Rocket and Space Corporation (RSC) Energia (part of Roscosmos) He wants to take an example from the American company SpaceX, headed by engineer and businessman Elon Musk, the general designer of the enterprise Vladimir Solovyov told RIA Novosti.

The annual maintenance of the launch complex equipment has been completed at the Vostochny Cosmodrome, where Russian President Vladimir Putin will arrive on Saturday, the Center for the Operation of Ground-based Space Infrastructure Facilities (CENKI) reported.

The construction of the new Russian space station may begin in 2027. At the same time, Russia will continue operating the Russian segment of the International Space Station (ISS) for two years. This was told on August 30 by the general designer of the Rocket and Space Corporation (RSC) Energia, cosmonaut, twice Hero of the Soviet Union Vladimir Solovyov.

On the basis of the promising Orel spacecraft, Russian engineers will create a new spacecraft that will take over the functions of Progress.

The project of the Amur-LNG space rocket complex is being examined

The Progress Rocket and Space Center (RCC) (part of Roscosmos) has sent a draft design of the Amur methane launch vehicle with a returnable stage to the main research institutes of the rocket and space industry. This was reported to TASS in the press service of the enterprise.

About 80% of the onboard systems of the Russian segment of the International Space Station (ISS) have run out of resources, with the full development of the resource, irreparable failures may begin. This was announced on Tuesday, August 31, by the general designer of the rocket and space corporation Energia, the head of the flight of the Russian segment of the ISS, cosmonaut, twice Hero of the Soviet Union Vladimir Solovyov.

The modernization of the Russian segment of the International Space Station (ISS) will allow its operation to continue for three to five years after 2025, but the cost of such work is high. This was announced by the general designer of the Rocket and Space Corporation (RSC) Energia, flight director of the Russian segment of the ISS, cosmonaut, twice Hero of the Soviet Union Vladimir Solovyov.

Roscosmos CEO Dmitry Rogozin previously announced that the launch of the node module is scheduled for November 24

The Berth node module will dock to the nadir docking node of the Nauka module at the end of autumn. This is stated in the materials of the magazine "Russian Space" (the official publication of Roscosmos).