The new director of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Bill Nelson, may visit Russia before the end of 2021. This was announced on Saturday, June 5, by the head of Roscosmos Dmitry Rogozin at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF).

Former journalist Ivan Safronov, who was arrested on charges of treason, continues to be an employee of Roscosmos, said the head of the state corporation Dmitry Rogozin.

Roscosmos has announced plans to improve the location accuracy of the Russian global navigation satellite system GLONASS to 10 cm after 2030. This was announced on Saturday, June 5, RIA Novosti reports with reference to the materials of the state corporation posted on the public procurement portal.

Russia may have to postpone the unmanned Luna-25 mission to 2022. The latter is of particular importance for the country's space industry, as it should be the beginning of a large-scale program for the development of the Earth's satellite.

[b]According to the head of Roscosmos, Russia should focus on what benefits the country, and not "participate in stupid competitions".]

The general director of Roscosmos, Dmitry Rogozin, said that there is no competition for who will be the first to fly to the Moon, and if there is, then he will not participate in them.

Humanity is not ready for flights to Mars in the near future, the corresponding plans are technically illiterate and absurd, said the head of Roscosmos Dmitry Rogozin.

The S-500 Prometheus anti-aircraft systems will be equipped with the latest interceptors. Their arsenal will include special ammunition that can destroy the warheads of enemy ballistic missiles.

Serial deliveries of new-generation S-500 Prometheus air defense systems and Zircon hypersonic missiles will soon begin, Deputy Prime Minister Yuri Borisov told Interfax.

The new-generation S-500 Prometheus air defense systems and the Zircon hypersonic missiles will soon be mass-delivered to the military units of the Russian army. This was stated at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum by Deputy Prime Minister Yuri Borisov.

Russia is conducting non-nuclear experiments at the test site on Novaya Zemlya, aimed at confirming the reliability of the domestic nuclear arsenal, said the head of the 12th Main (Nuclear Weapons) Department of the Russian Defense Ministry, Major General Igor Kolesnikov.

In the future, the munition can be used as part of the defensive weapons of existing and new models

The Central Research Institute of Precision Engineering (JSC "TSNIITOCHMASH" of the state Corporation "Rostec") has developed a new ammunition for protection against high-precision weapons, which will increase the survivability of armored vehicles on the battlefield. This was reported on Friday to journalists in the press service of Rostec.

In Russia, a munition has been created that "blinds" the guidance systems of high-precision weapons of the enemy. On the air of Sputnik radio, military expert Alexey Leonkov spoke about the principle of operation and the features of the development.

The head of the holding "Technodinamika" Igor Nasenkov said that according to the results of the tests, a decision will be made on putting it into service

The Tosochka heavy flamethrower system TOS-2 will complete state tests by the end of 2021. This was announced on Friday by the head of the holding company "Technodinamika" of the state Corporation "Rostec" Igor Nasenkov during the SPIEF-2021.

Since 2019, Russia has received six applications for the supply of ground-based combat robots, said Dmitry Shugaev, head of the Federal Service for Military-Technical Cooperation.

It is expected that the production of 30-mm VOG shots for the AGS-17 automatic grenade launcher will be made from components of domestic production and individual materials produced by the chemical industry of one of the NATO member states.

The first meeting on electronic warfare was held on June 4 in Moscow at the CSTO Joint Headquarters. The heads and representatives of the relevant departments of the Ministry of Defense of Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan, as well as the CSTO Secretariat, positively assessed the prospects for training specialists in electronic warfare from the CSTO member states in educational institutions of the Russian Ministry of Defense.

A series of small marine tankers of project 03182 will be built for the Russian Navy, which will join the auxiliary fleet.

The active phase of mooring tests began on the oceanographic research vessel "Eugene Goriglejan", which is being built at the Baltic shipyard" Yantar " in Kaliningrad.

The crew of the world's oldest ship "Commune" of the Black Sea Fleet (it traces its history back to the Imperial Russian Navy) successfully tested the underwater inhabited search and rescue vehicle AS-28 at sea.

High metal prices may negatively affect the implementation of the state defense order, said Deputy Prime Minister Yuri Borisov