Cooperation news

A large and powerful Alliance needs the head of a small Finland to maintain a dialogue with Vladimir Putin. But can this need be called unconditionally mutual and permanent? This is how the Finnish newspaper reacted to the message about the upcoming visit of President Niinisto to Russia. It was announced after the visit of the NATO Secretary General to Helsinki.

The Spanish government has authorized the Ministry of Defense to conclude a contract with Navantia for the construction of a ship to support underwater rescue operations BAM-IS (Buque de Accion Maritima de Intervencion Subacuatica) for the country's Navy.

According to the head of Roscosmos, it is easier to solve large space projects together

The head of Roscosmos, Dmitry Rogozin, believes that it is useful for countries to share technologies with each other.

Turkish developers decided to install South Korean Doosan DV27K engines with a capacity of 1500 hp on their main Altay battle tanks.

The fact is that initially it was supposed to supply this heavy tracked vehicle with power units of its own design, created with foreign assistance, but this project completely failed.

The sides highly appreciated the current state of bilateral relations

The Russian-Indian Military Cooperation Group discussed issues of cooperation in the field of defense. This was reported on Wednesday to journalists in the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation.

On Tuesday, October 26, a prototype aircraft for American special forces was presented in Poland. MC-145B Special Operations Multi-Role Aircraft (SOMA) was developed as part of the US Special Operations Command (US SOCOM) Armed Overwatch project. This is reported by the Defense Express agency.

The Deputy General Director of the company noted that the uniqueness of this spacecraft is that it is possible to make intercontinental traffic transfers from the European zone to South America and vice versa

The state operator "Space Communications" is ready to offer Argentina the services of the Express-AM8 communication satellite. This was announced on Wednesday by the deputy general director of the company Evgeny Buidinov.

On Wednesday, October 27, Glavkosmos signed an agreement with four space tourists who will fly on Soyuz spacecraft in 2024. This was announced by the company's CEO Dmitry Loskutov at the International Astronautical Congress IAC-2021 in Dubai.

Within the framework of the international forum "Ethics of Artificial Intelligence: the Beginning of Trust", the Russian government, the Ministry of Economic Development, the Alliance in the field of AI (BEAC, MTS, VK, Gazprom Neft, Yandex, RDIF) and other major companies and research organizations signed the code of ethics in the field of artificial intelligence (CECI), which establishes general ethical principles and standards of conduct for participants in this industry.

OMZ-Specialstal, a member of the OMZ Group, has signed a number of contracts with AEM-Technologies for the supply of rolled sheets made of corrosion-resistant chromium-nickel steel for the manufacture of equipment for the reactor hall of the Indian Kudankulam NPP, the Chinese Tianwan and Xudapu NPP. The total weight of the rental will be more than 745 tons.

About 200 servicemen of the two countries took part in the active phase of the exercises

The final stage of the joint exercises of Russian and Egyptian paratroopers "Defenders of Friendship - 2021" was held on Wednesday near Cairo. The active phase with practical landing and tactical actions was carried out at the Egyptian Armed Forces training ground Wadi Sakran near the city of Inshas, 60 km from the Egyptian capital, a TASS correspondent reports.

The Soviet T-55 medium tanks created in the 50s are considered obsolete and in many European armies they were decommissioned long ago, almost everywhere they managed to be sent to scrap metal.

Representative of the Russian Mission to the UN Gloria Agaronova supported "a comprehensive discussion of the topic of exploration and use of space resources within the framework of the General Assembly"

Russia proceeds from the fact that the principles and norms of the 1967 Outer Space Treaty are fully applicable to the resources of the Moon and other celestial bodies.

The exercises took place in the Sea of Japan for four days

A detachment of warships of the Pacific Fleet returned to Vladivostok after the Russian-Chinese exercises "Maritime Interaction", the press service of the fleet reported on Tuesday.

The head of the Japanese Defense Ministry, Nobuo Kishi, expressed his opinion about the "demonstrative" nature of the joint passage of Russian and Chinese military vessels through the Tsugaru and Osumi Straits.

Ukrainian armored vehicles will receive weapons manufactured by the Turkish company Aselsan. The manufacturer will supply combat modules for "Kazak-2M1" armored vehicles. This is reported by the Defense Blog.

The purchase by the United States for seven million dollars of the latest modification of the Ukrainian Oplota tank is explained by the interest in the developments of former Soviet tank-building enterprises, Viktor Murakhovsky, editor-in-chief of the Arsenal of the Fatherland magazine, told RIA Novosti.

The Angolan authorities have sent Ankara a request about the possibility of acquiring Turkish-made UAVs, which may become Bayraktar TB2, previously sold to Morocco, Poland and Ukraine.

Roscosmos and NASA will discuss the issue of cross-flights of their cosmonauts and astronauts on Soyuz MS and Crew Dragon spacecraft, TASS reports, referring to the statement of the CEO of the Russian state corporation Dmitry Rogozin.

The Quantum Electronics Center of the Shvabe Holding and the Institute of the Far East of the Russian Academy of Sciences (IDV RAS) signed an agreement to promote promising technologies and know-how of Russian companies in China and other Asian countries.