Cooperation news
The cost of commercial flights into space is named
Virgin Galactic will open the sale of tickets for suborbital flights worth from $450 thousand
The American company Virgin Galactic on Wednesday, February 16, will begin the open sale of tickets for commercial suborbital flights on its spacecraft. The starting price of the tour is 450 thousand dollars. This is stated in the company's press release, which is cited by Interfax.
Russian fighters have worked out interceptions of aircraft in the Brest region
Russian Su-35 fighters intercepted planes of a simulated enemy during exercises in Belarus, the Russian Defense Ministry reported.
Germany to send PzH 2000 howitzers to Lithuania
Germany will transfer PzH 2000 howitzers and armored vehicles to Lithuania
The German Armed Forces will strengthen the combined NATO battalion in Lithuania. The Bundeswehr will send additional military personnel, armored personnel carriers and self-propelled howitzers to the country. This is reported by Defence24.
The United States handed over three Protector-class boats to the Uruguayan Navy
Vice Admiral Paul Thomas, Deputy Commandant of the U.S. Coast Guard, and Andres Duran Aro, Ambassador of Uruguay to the United States, signed documents on the transfer of ownership rights to three Protector-class patrol boats to Uruguay.
Nigeria intends to arm itself with Mi-35P Phoenix attack helicopters
The Nigerian military plans to upgrade its Mi-24/35 helicopters to the level of the latest version - the Mi-35P Phoenix. Russian and foreign-made equipment will be installed on the machines.
Indonesian Navy may acquire Norwegian coastal missile system NSM
The Indonesian Navy is considering the possibility of acquiring a coastal missile system NSM (Naval Strike Missile) manufactured by the Norwegian company Kongsberg.
At the maneuvers of the "Allied Determination", they work out a cover from air attacks
Missile and artillery units of the Armed Forces Russia continues to be on combat duty during the joint operational exercise "Allied Resolve-2022", which has been going on for a week at the training grounds of Belarus, the Military department of the Republic of Belarus clarified.
The Greek Parliament approved the purchase of six Rafale fighters and three Belharra frigates in France
The Greek parliament voted for the bill "On strengthening the country's defense capability", which approves the acquisition from France of six Rafale fighters, three Belharra-class frigates, as well as torpedoes for submarines.
The MAYOR recognized the backlog of Roscosmos
The Ministry of Economic Development of Russia noted the superiority of a number of foreign missiles over Russian
The telecommunications and geoinformation space systems available in Russia do not fully meet the challenges facing the country's economy, according to the High-Tech White Paper posted on the website of the Ministry of Economic Development of Russia (MAYOR).
The European Union will spend €6 billion to create a constellation of communication satellites
According to Bloomberg, the EC intends to spend €2.4 billion from its budget for these purposes
The European Union plans to spend €6 billion ($6.8 billion) to create a constellation of communications satellites in low Earth orbit to ensure secure communications for member countries. This is reported by Bloomberg with reference to the European Commissioner for the Internal Market, Thierry Breton.
Shoigu called Brazil Russia's strategic partner in Latin America
The head of the Russian Defense Ministry noted that cooperation in the military and military-technical fields contributes to the dynamic development of relations between the countries
Brazil is an important strategic partner of Russia in Latin America. The dialogue between the defense departments of the two countries will contribute to strengthening stability in the region, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said on Wednesday during consultations of the heads of foreign policy and defense departments of Russia and Brazil in the "2+2" format in Moscow.
The Belarusian Foreign Ministry announced the withdrawal of the Russian military from the republic after joint exercises
Belarusian Foreign Minister Vladimir Makei announced on February 16 that all Russian military and equipment will leave the republic after the end of the joint exercises.
The Philippine Navy is to receive the first boats of the Shaldag Mk.5 class in the near future
The Philippine agency PNA, with reference to the country's Defense Minister Delphine Lorenzana, reported on the expected delivery in the near future of the first two of the nine high-speed missile interceptor boats FAIC-M (Shaldag Mk.5 class) ordered by Israel Shipyards Ltd.
Iraq bought used Soviet tanks and infantry fighting vehicles
The Iraqi army continues to arm itself with inexpensive equipment. February 15, portal armyrecognition.com He reported that the Iraqi Defense Ministry announced the delivery of armored vehicles purchased from the Bulgarian company Apolo Engineering.
The European Union will spend 6 billion euros on an analog of OneWeb
Bloomberg: The European Union will spend 6 billion euros on an analogue of the British OneWeb system
The European Union will spend 6 billion euros on an analogue of the British OneWeb system, Bloomberg reports, referring to the European Commissioner for the internal market, Thierry Breton.
The West oversaturates Ukraine with weapons and pushes it to war in the Donbass - the Security Council of the Russian Federation
By supplying weapons to Ukraine, Western countries can push Kiev to a forceful solution to the Donbass problem, said Mikhail Popov, Deputy Secretary of the Security Council of the Russian Federation.
Iraq received the T-72 in an outdated configuration
The Iraqi army adopted the T-72 and BMP-1 delivered by sea at the end of last week. On this occasion, a solemn ceremony was held at one of the military bases, which was attended by the Minister of Defense of the country, Juma Inad Saadun, who arrived by helicopter.
Boeing intends to submit a proposal for the sale of the P-8A Poseidon to the Canadian Armed Forces
Boeing has announced its intention to submit a proposal for the sale of the P-8A Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft in response to Canada's Request for Information (RFI) on the possibility of supplying long-range maritime patrol aircraft.
The pilots of Belarus and Russia conducted a simulated air battle in pairs during the exercises
Pilots of Belarus and Russia at the exercises "Allied Determination-2022" conducted a conditional air battle in pairs, the press service of the Ministry of Defense of Belarus reported on Wednesday.
Air defense calculations reflected an enemy airstrike at the Allied Resolve exercises
A simulated enemy air raid was simulated by assault and fighter aircraft
The air defense units of the Eastern Military District (VVO) and the Armed Forces of Belarus in the framework of the joint exercises "Allied Determination - 2022" repelled an air strike of a conditional enemy. This was reported to journalists on Wednesday in the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation.
