Cooperation news
Kazakh businessman refused to give Buran to Russia
The general director of the Kazakhstan JSC "Rocket and Space Company "Baikonur" Dauren Musa said that his company owns the second flight model of the Soviet "Buran". The businessman assured that the company does not plan to transfer it to Russia, TASS reports.
Rogozin replied to the owner of "Buran" from Kazakhstan
Dmitry Rogozin, the General Director of Roscosmos, responded on Facebook to the owner of the Kazakh Rocket and Space Company Baikonur, Dauren Musa, who introduced himself as the owner of an almost ready-made flight model of the Soviet reusable Buran spacecraft, RIA Novosti reports.
The heads of the CSTO countries will sign an agreement on equipping the collective forces with modern weapons on September 16 in Dushanbe - Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Borisov
The heads of state of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) will sign an agreement on equipping the collective forces with modern weapons and equipment at a meeting in Dushanbe on September 16, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Yuri Borisov said.
More than 100 representatives of foreign military departments were invited to the Zapad-2021 exercises
Representatives of the armed forces of China, Vietnam and Myanmar are invited to the exercises as observers
Foreign observers are invited to the Russian-Belarusian strategic exercises "West-2021". This was reported on Thursday in the press service of the Western Military District.
Israel received the last ship of the Sa'ar 6 project
Israel has completed the acceptance of four corvettes from Germany. September 8, portal defensenews.com He reported that the ship Nitzahon arrived in the port of Haifa after a two-week journey from Germany.
NASA has not ruled out the flight of a Russian on Crew Dragon
The third and fourth missions to deliver people to the International Space Station (ISS) using the Crew Dragon spacecraft will send American, European and Japanese astronauts, as well as another unnamed crew member, to Earth orbit, NASA reports.
More than 15 thousand targets were prepared at the Mulino training ground for the Zapad-2021 exercises
The exercises will involve up to 200 thousand personnel, about 80 aircraft and helicopters, up to 760 units of military equipment, including 290 tanks, 240 guns, multiple rocket launchers and mortars, as well as up to 15 ships.
Prospects of cooperation between Russia and Kazakhstan in the field of helicopter production were discussed in Ulan-Ude
During the visit of the delegation of Kazakhstan led by Deputy Prime Minister Roman Sklyar to the Ulan-Ude Aviation Plant of the Russian Helicopters Holding (part of the Rostec State Corporation), further prospects for the development of cooperation in the production of Mi-171 helicopters were discussed.
NPO Molniya has no plans to transport Buran to Russia
The specialists of the enterprise visited the Baikonur cosmodrome only for the purpose of assessing the technical condition of the structures in which the spacecraft is located
The Molniya Scientific and Production Enterprise (NPO) visited Baikonur in order to assess the condition of the technical structure in which the Buran flight sample is stored, the enterprise has no plans to return the spacecraft to Russia. This was reported to TASS on Thursday in the press service of the NGO.
Belarusian and Russian Air Force and air defense units are on duty in Belarus
Minsk believes that the creation of a combat training center will "strengthen the practical component of the unified regional air defense system of the Union State"
Belarusian and Russian Air Force and air defense units have taken up combat duty in Belarus as part of the joint training training center. This was reported on Thursday by the press service of the Ministry of Defense of Belarus.
Mishustin instructed the Russian Foreign Ministry to exchange notes with the United States on the duty-free import of "space" goods
The corresponding draft note of the Russian Foreign Ministry suggests the extension of the agreement on duty-free import of "space" goods for a period of five years until 2026
Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin instructed the Foreign Ministry on behalf of the government to exchange notes with the United States on the extension of the duty-free import agreement for goods transported within the framework of Russian-American cooperation in the field of space exploration. The document is published on the official Internet portal of legal information.
The first Ada-type corvette for the Ukrainian Navy has been laid down
Turkey has laid the first of four planned corvettes of a new type for the Ukrainian Naval Forces. The main contractor is the state-owned company STM.
NATO is against the creation of a military unit of the European Union
The EU countries should actively work on creating their own military unit. This was first stated by the European People's Party — the largest supranational political association of the European Union.
Boeing has started testing the first modernized CH-47F Chinook helicopter in Spain
The Boeing company at the enterprise in Ridley Park (Philadelphia, pc.Pennsylvania) has started testing the first Chinook heavy transport helicopter upgraded to the latest version of the CH-47F by the Airmobile Forces of the Spanish Land Forces (FAMET).
India and the United States intend to jointly develop air-based UAVs
On September 3, the Indian Ministry of Defense announced the signing of an agreement with the US Military Department on the joint implementation of the air-based UAV Development project (ALUAV), which took place on July 30, 2021.
In the United States, the cause of the explosion of the American-Ukrainian Alpha rocket was revealed
The cause of the accident of the American-Ukrainian Alpha rocket was the premature stop of one of the four engines of the first stage, which was accompanied by the closing of valves in the fuel lines, the American portal reports Space.com, referring to the statement of representatives of the company Firefly.
Saab will demonstrate the new CB90 NG attack boat at the upcoming exhibition in London
The Swedish company Saab has announced that it will demonstrate for the first time outside Sweden a new generation of high-speed attack boats CB90 (Combat Boat 90) at the DSEi exhibition in London, which will be held from September 14 to 17.
BAE will design an active air flow control system for the US military
The British company BAE Systems has received a contract from the Defense Advanced Development Agency (DARPA) of the US Department of Defense for the design of a full-scale demonstrator of the active air flow control system technology. The US military is interested in it as part of the CRANE project to create an aircraft without wing mechanization.
Military personnel from seven countries arrived in Russia for the Zapad-2021 exercise
Within five days, the foreign military will be familiarized with the training sites, will conduct a sighting of weapons and military equipment
Military contingents from seven countries arrived in the Nizhny Novgorod region to participate in the strategic exercises "West-2021". This was reported to journalists in the press service of the Western Military District.
The first joint exercise of Russian and Syrian helicopter pilots took place in the desert
In the course of the exercise, the issues of interaction between the parties when performing tasks to defeat pre-set and suddenly emerging targets on the territory of the republic were worked out
TASS, September 7. A joint exercise of Syrian and Russian helicopter pilots took place in the desert in the Syrian Arab Republic. It was the first in the history of interaction between the two states, the chief of aviation of the Russian Federation's troops in Syria, Andrey Ermakov, told reporters.
