The ground forces continue to be equipped with new and upgraded artillery systems. On Saturday, the press service of the Southern Military District reported that the 150th motorized rifle Division stationed in the Rostov region received 18 improved self-propelled howitzers "Msta-SM".

Modern anti-tank missile systems (ATGMs) "Chrysanthemum-S" will enter service with the Taman Division of the Western Military District in 2021, the press service of the ZVO reported.

Armored vehicles of the new generation on the Armata heavy tracked platform are expected to start mass-producing in the Russian Armed Forces this year.

The Turkish company ASELSAN announced on December 31, 2020 that it received a contract for $ 38 million for the supply of its own Serdar combat modules with an anti-tank missile launcher and a Seda firearm detection system.

Deliveries to the Russian Armed Forces of the new S-500 Prometheus air defense system, capable of destroying targets in near space, are expected in 2021.

The control point of the space echelon of the missile attack warning system (SPRN) has been upgraded, the Russian Defense Ministry said.

The Russian missile attack warning system consists of two echelons: space and ground

The Russian Space Forces tracked more than 80 launches of foreign and domestic rockets in 2020. This was reported to journalists in the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation.

The Voronezh radar station of the Russian missile warning system will be completed in Komi in 2021, the Russian Defense Ministry said.

Gazprom and Roscosmos have signed a cooperation agreement under which the production of

civil spacecraft, in particular Yamal satellites and Earth-sensing devices, will be created, the gas holding said in a statement. The production will be established in the Moscow region.

According to the head of the state corporation Dmitry Rogozin, this will make the grouping more accurate

Several GLONASS navigation satellites will be launched into orbit in 2021. This was announced by the Director General of Roscosmos Dmitry Rogozin.

The United States is going to curtail cooperation with Russia in space, the only joint project is the International Space Station (ISS), said the head of the state corporation "Roscosmos" Dmitry Rogozin.

Specialists of the Space Forces of the Russian Aerospace Forces (VKS) in 2021 provided the launch of 21 Russian spacecraft into orbit, the Department of Information and Mass Communications of the Ministry of Defense said in a statement.

Small in number compared to the Chinese Air Force, the Japanese air force is going to oppose the powerful neighbor of a group of drones. Fighters with AI are planned to enter service in Japan in 15 years as unmanned wingmen, and subsequently create fully autonomous squadrons.

On December 30, 2020, at the Pakistan Aeronautical Complex (RAS) in Kamra, in the presence of Chief of Staff (Commander) of the Pakistan Air Force, Air Chief Marshal Mujahid Anwar Khan, a ceremony was held for the transfer of 14 JF-17B two-seat combat training fighters built there to the Pakistani Air Force, marking the completion of the contract for the supply of 26 JF-17B two-seat fighters. At the same time, a ceremony was held to start serial production of a new modification of the JF-17 Thunder Block III single-seat fighter for the Pakistan Air Force.

On December 30, 2020, Rostec State Corporation announced that the demonstrator of the new domestic VK-650V turboshaft engine, which will replace imported powerplants for Ka-226T helicopters, was assembled and installed on a test stand at UEC-Klimov of the United Engine Corporation. Its preparation for engineering tests is being completed.

As reported by Rostec State Corporation, the Russian Helicopters holding company, which is part of it, took to the sky on December 29, 2020 the first upgraded light multi-purpose helicopter "Ansat-M". The machine was created using new technical solutions and has improved performance.

According to spotters, in December 2020, flight tests of the Tu-214PU aircraft built at the Kazan Aviation Plant (KAZ) named after S. P. Gorbunov (a branch of PJSC Tupolev) (factory number 44912033, serial number 533, registration number RA-64533) were started in Kazan. Presumably, this is the third and final special purpose aircraft-the control point of the Tu-214PU, manufactured under the 2017 contract for three aircraft of this type for the Federal State Budgetary Institution " Special Flight Detachment (SLO) "Russia" of the Office of the President of the Russian Federation.

As reported by the Interfax news agency on December 29, 2020, the Ministry of the Russian Federation for Civil Defense, Emergencies and Disaster Relief ordered two more Be-200ChS amphibious aircraft to extinguish fires with a total cost of 5.7 billion rubles, follows from the contract for public procurement.

Military drones "Orlan-10" on New Year's holidays daily monitor from the air the fire-dangerous situation in the Leningrad region, the press service of the Western Military District (ZVO) reported.

On December 29, 2020 in Kiev at the state enterprise "Antonov "with the participation of the President of Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky, a memorandum was signed between the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine and the State Enterprise" Antonov " on cooperation in the construction of aircraft for the needs of the armed forces of Ukraine. At the first stage, it is planned to supply the armed forces of Ukraine with three new AN-178-100R military transport aircraft, the corresponding contract for their supply was also signed in the presence of the President of Ukraine.