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The Russian government has allocated 4 billion rubles for the creation of a launch vehicle and a manned Soyuz spacecraft
Glavkosmos is an operator in the field of space tourism
The Russian government will allocate more than 4 billion rubles to Roscosmos to create a Soyuz-2 launch vehicle by 2024.1a" and the Soyuz MS ship in the interests of Glavkosmos.
Is Japan joining the Tempest program?
Japan may become the next partner of the Tempest program. September 15, portal defensenews.com He reported that during the DSEI London exhibition, the flags of four partner countries were flying over the model of the fighter.
Russia and Kazakhstan signed an agreement on the creation of a complex for Soyuz-5 launches
The parties are starting to reconstruct the launch and technical complexes of the Zenit rocket for their modernization within the framework of the Baiterek project, Roscosmos CEO Dmitry Rogozin said
The Center for the Operation of Ground-based Space Infrastructure Facilities (part of Roscosmos) and Basis construction LLP (Kazakhstan) signed an agreement to create a complex for launching the Soyuz-5 launch vehicle at Baikonur. This was announced by the general director of Roscosmos Dmitry Rogozin.
The Ukrainian-American exercises "Rapid Trident-2021" with the participation of 6 thousand military personnel will start in Ukraine on September 20
Joint Ukrainian-American military exercises "Rapid Trident-2021" will begin in Ukraine on September 20 on the basis of the International Center for Peacekeeping and Security of the National Academy of Land Forces named after Hetman Pyotr Sagaidachny.
In the US, the cost of F-35 flights will be reduced
The F-35 Program Office has signed a new contract with Lockheed Martin for servicing fifth-generation F-35 Lighting II fighter-bombers. Under the terms of the agreement, the cost of flights of aircraft in service with the US Armed Forces will be reduced by the fiscal year 2023. This is reported by the FlightGlobal portal.
Milliyet (Turkey): an offer to Ankara for the defense of Europe
The head of the European Commission said that the European Union needs its own armed forces after the defeat of NATO in Afghanistan. According to Ursula von der Leyen, it is important to build cooperation with neighboring countries and regional forces today. Turkey — a NATO member, but not an EU member, fits perfectly into this strategy, the author believes.
The European Commission announced plans to create a "new ecosystem of chip production"
Europe has announced a reduction in dependence on microelectronics suppliers from the United States and Southeast Asia, Reuters reported on Wednesday-the European Commission intends to create its own ecosystem of chip production.
All 34 OneWeb satellites launched from Baikonur have been put into orbit
As noted in Roscosmos, all devices are accepted for communication by the customer
More than 30 British OneWeb communication satellites have been successfully launched into orbit. This is stated in the message of Roscosmos, distributed on Wednesday.
The military delegation of Kazakhstan headed by the Minister of Defense arrived in Dushanbe
The military delegation of Kazakhstan has arrived in Dushanbe to participate in a joint meeting of the Council of Foreign Ministers, the Council of Defense Ministers and the Committee of Secretaries of the CSTO Security Councils, the press service of the Kazakh Defense Ministry reported.
Gunners of Russia and Belarus delivered a massive fire strike in the Brest region during the West-2021 exercise, more than 200 targets were hit
The barrel artillery of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation and Belarus destroyed the strongholds and critical objects of the conditional enemy on the territory of the Obuz-Lesnovsky combined arms range during the active phase of the joint strategic exercise of the armed forces of the two countries "West-2021", the Russian Defense Ministry reported on Wednesday.
The Czech government has approved the purchase of 155-mm self-propelled howitzers CAESAR
On September 13, the Czech government approved the purchase of 52 units of 155-mm CAESAR self-propelled howitzers from the French company Nexter Systems, placed on the Tatra chassis.
The United States is ready to approve the delivery of the third Hamilton-class patrol boat to Vietnam
As US Vice President Kamala Harris stated during a recent visit to Hanoi, the Biden administration approved the request of the Vietnamese Coast Guard for the transfer of the third Hamilton-class patrol boat.
The United States, China, Russia, France and Japan will break a 25-year record due to SpaceX
On September 16, a 25-year-old record for the number of people in space at the same time can be broken, cosmonautics historian Alexander Zheleznyakov told RIA Novosti. According to him, after the launch of the SpaceX Inspiration4 charity mission, 14 people from the United States, China, Russia, France and Japan may be in low-Earth orbit at once.
The characteristics of the new German and Norwegian submarines are revealed
The German promising diesel-electric submarines of the Type-212CD class will differ significantly from the submarines of the Type-212A class currently in service. The details of the project were shared in the developer company ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems.
Ukrainian aircraft will be deprived of Russian components by the end of the year
The Ukrainian state Enterprise Antonov plans to complete the import substitution of the An-178 aircraft by the end of the year. By this time, the aircraft will lose Russian-made components. This is reported by Defense Express with reference to an interview with the Deputy General Director of the State Enterprise Alexander Vitushko.
The Nigerian Air Force received a new AW-189 VIP helicopter
The Italian company Leonardo Helicopters has delivered the first of two AW-189 VIP helicopters ordered for the Presidential Air Fleet of the Nigerian Air Force.
"Caesar" will displace "Dana"
The Czech army will be armed with new self-propelled guns. September 14, portal defbrief.com It was reported that the Czech government officially approved the purchase of Caesar self-propelled howitzers from the French company Nexter.
The Zapad-2021 exercise has ended
The closing ceremony was held at the Mulino training ground in the Nizhny Novgorod region
The closing ceremony of the Russian-Belarusian strategic exercises "West-2021" was held at the Mulino training ground in the Nizhny Novgorod region. This was reported to journalists on Wednesday in the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation.
Rostec has opened the first service center for servicing Yak-130 aircraft engines
The United Engine Corporation has opened a service center on the territory of the training base of the Russian Aerospace Forces for the maintenance of AI-222-25 engines, which are installed on Yak-130 combat training aircraft.
Roscosmos plans to carry out three launches with OneWeb satellites by the end of the year
Roscosmos plans to launch three rockets with OneWeb satellites from different cosmodromes by the end of 2021, the head of the press service of Roscosmos, Vladimir Ustimenko, said.
