Cooperation news
PTDI handed over the second NC-212i military transport aircraft to the Indonesian Air Force
The Indonesian state-owned company PT Dirgantara Indonesia (PTDI) has announced the delivery of the second (out of nine ordered at the end of 2017) NC-212i military transport aircraft to the Indonesian Air Force.
The Trophy active protection complex was successfully tested on the Leopard 2 tank
The first series of successful firing tests of the Trophy active protection complex installed on the German Leopard 2 tank took place. According to the Israeli Ministry of Defense, these works are carried out in accordance with an agreement signed in February last year with the German Ministry of Defense.
The medical commission recognized the crew with Japanese tourists as fit to fly into space
The launch of the Soyuz MS-20 manned spacecraft with two tourists on board is scheduled for December 8
The Main Medical Commission has decided that cosmonaut Alexander Misurkin, Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa and his business assistant Yozo Hirano are ready to make a space flight for 12 days. This is stated in the message of the Yuri Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center (CPC), distributed on Tuesday.
Russian Checkmate fighter and Orion drone to be shown at Dubai Airshow-2021 - Manturov
The new fifth-generation fighter Checkmate and the Orion drone will be presented in November at the Dubai Air Show (UAE), said Denis Manturov, head of the Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation.
In Russia, they told about discounts on S-400 for Belarus
Talks about the terms of delivery of Russian S-400 Triumph anti-aircraft missile systems to Belarus are premature. Dmitry Shugaev, director of the Federal Service for Military-Technical Cooperation (FSVTS), told about this in an interview with RBC.
India will produce 700,000 AK-203s and buy 400 T-90 tanks
India, as part of the Make in India national program, will launch the production of 700,000 modern AK-203s, the country's ambassador to Moscow Bala Venkatesh Varma told TASS before completing his mission.
"Our competitors are gnashing their teeth." Military expert on arms exports
The portfolio of orders for Russian weapons exceeded $ 52 billion, said Dmitry Shugaev, director of the FSVTS. On Sputnik radio, military expert Alexander Zhilin explained the increased interest of foreign buyers in Russian weapons.
The next launch of satellites under the OneWeb program is scheduled for the end of December from Baikonur
A source in the rocket and space industry previously told TASS that the launch of OneWeb satellites is scheduled for December 27
The next launch of the British OneWeb communications satellites from the Baikonur cosmodrome is scheduled for the end of the year. This is stated in the message of Roscosmos, distributed on Tuesday.
Correspondent (Ukraine): NATO does not want to have a dialogue with Russia - Lavrov
NATO is not interested in developing cooperation and bilateral relations with Moscow, this opinion was voiced by Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov. He was answering a question from journalists about whether there are signals from the alliance indicating readiness to restore dialogue with Russia. Representatives of the alliance only offered to discuss the situation in Ukraine during the Council meeting.
The leader of Sudan answered the question about the creation of a Russian military base in the country
Sudan will continue to implement agreements on the establishment of a Russian military base in the country, Sudanese military leader, commander-in-chief of the country's armed forces Abdel Fattah al-Burhan said in an interview with RIA Novosti.
"Vityaz" was included in the list of the most common submachine guns
The American edition of 19FortyFive has compiled a list of the world's best submachine guns. The article noted that in the modern world they are increasingly used in the armed forces.
"Unbreakable Brotherhood - 2021" - new CSTO exercises
The peacekeeping exercises "Unbreakable Brotherhood - 2021" of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) countries will be held on the territory of Russia from November 8 to 12.
Latvia has received new Finnish armored personnel carriers
The Latvian army is being transferred to new armored personnel carriers. On October 31, the press service of the Ministry of Defense of Latvia announced that the Finnish Patria group of companies has begun deliveries of Patria 6×6 armored personnel carriers.
Ex-Foreign Minister of Ukraine said about the consequences of PR on the received weapons
Ukraine will never receive weapons from other countries if it is promoted on this. This was announced on Monday, November 1, by the ex-head of the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry Pavlo Klimkin.
The South Korean analogue of the Russian Checkmate was shown in Peru
In Peru, the South Korean KF-21 fighter was presented at the SITDEF 2021 arms exhibition. It is called an analogue of the newest Russian aircraft Checkmate.
Specialists will come to Baikonur in the near future for measurement work on the Baiterek project
As specified in Roscosmos, design and estimate documentation is currently being developed
Survey and measurement work will soon begin on the site of the Zenit-M complex, which will be upgraded into Baiterek. This is stated in the message of Roscosmos, distributed on Monday.
Roscosmos signed a memorandum of cooperation with the Zimbabwe Space Agency
The parties also discussed cooperation in the field of remote sensing of the Earth from space and training of personnel for the space industry
Roscosmos and Zimbabwe's National Geospatial and Space Agency (ZINGSA) have signed a memorandum of understanding and cooperation on space. This is stated in the message of Roscosmos, distributed on Monday.
A Russian startup with the ambitions of Korolev
Is there a private cosmonautics in Russia and how soon will a Russian commercial rocket fly?
The correspondent of the magazine "Aerospace Sphere" talked about this with the CEO and founder of Success Rockets Oleg Mansurov.
In Ukraine, France was accused of delaying the delivery of the Oplot tank to the United States
Defence24 sources accused the French side of delaying the delivery of the Ukrainian Oplot tank to the United States for a year. According to the publication, the Ukrainian tank uses French-made components, in particular, thermal imagers from Thales, which did not want to consent to their re-export to the United States.
The fifth joint exercises of the paratroopers of Russia and Egypt ended near Cairo
The closing ceremony was attended by the commanders of the Airborne Forces, Colonel-General Andrei Serdyukov and the paratroopers of the Egyptian Armed Forces, Divisional General Atif Ibrahim Mady
The fifth joint tactical exercises of the paratroopers of Russia and Egypt "Defenders of Friendship - 2021", which took place on October 17 with the participation of military transport aircraft of the two countries, ended near Cairo.
