[b]Russia plans to launch more than 600 communication and remote sensing satellites, President Vladimir Putin said earlier.]

FSUE "Space Communications" and JSC "Gazprom Space Systems" plan to invest more than 140 billion rubles in the "Sphere" program. This was announced by the Deputy General Director for Development and operation of communication Systems of FSUE "Space Communications" Evgeny Buidinov and Deputy General Director for Business Development of JSC "Gazprom Space Systems" Igor Kot.

The Indian industrial association Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) presented a full-size model of an unmanned slave. It must interact primarily with the HAL Tejas fighter.

At the international aerospace exhibition Aero India-2021, held in Bangalore, a mock-up of the TEDBF twin-engine carrier-based fighter is presented for the first time.

Earlier it was reported that it will be created on the basis of the already produced Tejas fighter ("Diamond"), however, judging by the photos, the Indian designers decided to thoroughly rework the original. For example, the front horizontal tail is installed, and measures are taken to reduce radar visibility.

The fourth-generation F-15EX Advanced Eagle fighter, which is called an analog of the Russian Su-57, took off for the first time. The corresponding video was published on the Twitter account of the Boeing company.

In accordance with the plan for re-equipping the troops of the Southern Military District (SE), the Ka-27PS search and rescue helicopter was delivered to the aviation regiment of the 4th Army of the Air Force and Air Defense, based in the Krasnodar Territory.

At the production sites of JSC "RSC "MiG "(part of the Military Aviation Division of the UAC of the State Corporation Rostec), an "Interactive complex of technological processes" for the assembly of aircraft has been launched.

The Defense Research and Development Organization (DRDO) of the Ministry of Defense of India has published a list of weapons approved for export.

In Poland, the exercise "Winter-2020"was held. But at some point something went wrong, and they ended in an "impressive disgrace " — the" war " on the border with Russia and Belarus was lost by the Poles. "The commanders of individual units were in shock," EADaily quotes one of the Polish publications.

In the course of combat training, military personnel of the RCHB intelligence units of the VVO stationed in the Trans-Baikal Territory are trained to work with the latest remote-action chemical reconnaissance devices PCRDD-3.

The Ministry of Defense has begun to create a coastal defense division in Chukotka. At the end of last year, the first regiment was formed, which took up combat duty. The unit will patrol the coast and will have at its disposal everything necessary to repel the landing. The area of operation of the new part will extend along the Northern Sea Route up to Wrangel Island. According to experts, the connection should provide safer navigation in the region.

"Rosoboronexport" in the next 5-7 years will bring to foreign markets about 50 new models of weapons and special equipment, including the latest complex "Derivation-air defense", as well as an air-independent power plant (VNEU) for submarines, the press service of the company told RIA Novosti.

Last year, the Turkish government held consultations with the UK on the purchase of a new or used aircraft carrier, but the negotiations were not successful, according to the information and analytical portal Middle East Eye (MEE, headquartered in London) with reference to their sources.

The US Navy, when talking about the Russian threat in the Black Sea, actually refers to Moscow's ability to quickly turn almost all of this water area into a zone of destruction with its anti-ship missiles, writes The Drive.

With the help of laser treatment by the Russian scientists together with our European colleagues have produced a highly sensitive photon detectors. The technology is based on the control of the properties of carbon nanotubes.

The acoustic non-contact target complex, which increases the effectiveness of shooting training and the accuracy of fire correction, was created by the Techmash concern. It has no analogues in Russia.

The first batch of SV-98 sniper rifles entered service at the Far Eastern Higher Combined Arms Command School, stationed in Blagoveshchensk in the Amur Region.

The Israeli company Rafael has upgraded the active protection system of the Trophy armored vehicles. According to Jane's, the upgraded version of the Trophy received an electron-optical all-round view system, which is designed to improve the protection of tanks from certain types of shells and missiles.

As reported by the TASS news agency on February 2, 2021, the 9T260 transport and loading vehicle of the new 57-mm self-propelled anti-aircraft artillery complex 1K150 "Derivation-AIR DEFENSE" is capable of charging the combat vehicle of the complex at the forefront of the battlefield. This was reported to TASS in the press service of JSC "Research and Production Corporation "Uralvagonzavod "(UVZ, part of the state Corporation"Rostec").

Self-propelled artillery installations 2S1 "Carnation" at the moment are one of the most common self-propelled guns in the world. They are in service with almost four dozen armies.

These self-propelled guns continue to be operated by the Russian military. They are also present in the states of the former Soviet Union, and in the armed forces of other countries, including those that are members of NATO.

The first deputy head of the international Committee of the Federation Council Vladimir Dzhabarov expressed bewilderment at the statement of the American Admiral Charles Richards about the possibility of a nuclear war with Russia and noted that a professional military "in a terrible dream" is afraid to imagine such a development of the situation.