Cooperation news

Washington hopes to expand the number of participants in the agreement on the norms of behavior in space and on the development of the Moon, said the head of NASA Bill Nelson.]

The United States authorities will continue to promote the agreements proposed by the previous administration on standards of conduct in space and on the exploration of the Moon, called the "Artemis Agreements", and hope to expand the number of their participants.

Russia plans to launch an upgraded version of the Ka-52M Alligator reconnaissance and attack helicopter on the international market.

In Kazakhstan, an assembly line of small-size reconnaissance unmanned aerial vehicles "Skylark-1-LEX" developed by the Israeli Elbit Systems was opened at the enterprise of the Kazakhstan Aviation Industry company.

Cameroon has received the first (of two planned transfers) shipment of military equipment to equip the contingent taking part in the peacekeeping operation in the Central African Republic (CAR).

Rosoboronexport (part of Rostec) will promote Russian military drones for export only after they are adopted by the Russian army, the head of Rosoboronexport, Alexander Mikheev, said.

The Czech Republic continues to part with the Soviet past. Yesterday, May 19, the press service of the Czech Defense Ministry announced the "equator" of tests of three models of BMP, claiming to replace the Soviet BMP-2, which were produced under license in Czechoslovakia as BVP-2.

The number of the company's satellites in near-Earth space will reach 218, the Arianespace corporation reported.]

The launch of the Soyuz-2.1 b carrier rocket with 36 British OneWeb communications satellites from the Vostochny cosmodrome is scheduled for May 27. This was reported on Thursday in the press service of the French corporation Arianespace.

The United States Army Corps of Engineers plans to explore potential contractors for a project to build military facilities in 20 countries in the Middle East and Central Asia. The corresponding initiative is estimated at $240 million, as reported on Wednesday, May 19.

The US State Department has issued the necessary documents and licenses to allow the supply of six TAI-produced T129 ATTACK attack helicopters equipped with American LHTEC T800-4A turboshaft engines to the Philippines.

The Slovenian Ministry of Defense announced the delivery to the port of Koper of a batch of new JLTV light armored vehicles purchased in the United States with a 4x4 wheel formula (national designation LKOV – Laki Kolesni Oklepni Vozil).

According to the Latvian media, the Latvian Defense Ministry has signed a contract for the supply of 18 additional 155-mm self-propelled howitzers M-109A5OE from the Austrian Armed Forces. The purchase price exceeds 2 million euros.

Rosoboronexport will promote an upgraded version of the Ka-52 helicopter to the international market, said the head of the company, Alexander Mikheev.

The international exhibition Shield Africa 2021 will be held in Ivory Coast from 8 to 10 June

The Strela floating armored vehicle developed by the Russian Military-Industrial Company (MIC) will be presented for the first time at the international arms exhibition Shield Africa 2021, which will open in Abidjan (Ivory Coast) on June 8. This was reported to TASS on Wednesday in the press service of the military-industrial complex.

It took four years for the FCAS partner countries to agree on the construction of the first prototype. Yesterday, May 18, portal defensenews.com he reported that France, Spain and Germany have agreed on the transition of the development of a new generation fighter to levels 1B and 2.

"Arctic shamrock" - the second unique residential complex of a closed cycle, built in the interests of the Northern Fleet in the high-latitude areas of the Arctic

Thirty journalists from the United Kingdom, Germany, Spain, China, the United States, France and Japan were able to see for the first time the base "Arctic Shamrock" and a demonstration training of calculations of coastal missile systems "Bastion" on Franz Josef Land, reports TASS correspondent.

As the well-known observer of underwater vehicles and special means H. I. Sutton reports on his resource "Covert Shores", more information is gradually emerging about small submarines being built in Italy for the Qatari navy. It is known that the contract worth 190 million euros provides for the supply of two small submarines to Qatar and the corresponding training of personnel.

Foreign customers are showing high interest in the export version of the new Russian Mi-28NM attack helicopter, said Denis Manturov, the head of the Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation.

The training and methodological gathering within the framework of the meeting of the coordinating council of specialists of the military topographic service of the armed forces of the member States of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) started in Yekaterinburg, the press service of the Central Military District reports on Tuesday.

Raytheon Missiles and Defense (a division of Raytheon Technologies) has announced the successful launch of the first AMRAAM-ER surface-to-air warhead equipped with an equipped warhead, together with Norway's Kongsberg.

The Leonardo Group offers the M-346FA light combat aircraft as a potential replacement for the aging fleet of Su-22 attack aircraft in service with the Polish Air Force.