State regulation and financing news

The concept of "official secret" in the field of defense is now fixed at the legislative level - in the Law "On Defense". Official secrets will include information about any activity in the defense sector that is not classified as a state secret, but is not publicly available.

In particular, the Secretary of the Security Council of the Russian Federation inspected the final assembly shops of the NK-32 engines of the second series for the Tu-160 "White Swan" bombers and the deeply modernized Tu-160M

Secretary of the Security Council of the Russian Federation Nikolai Patrushev visited the Progress Rocket and Space Center (RCC) and the UEC-Kuznetsov in Samara.

The cost of ship production increased by 25% against the background of rising metal prices, Deputy Prime Minister Yuri Borisov said during a working trip to the Primorsky Territory, where he visited ship and aircraft factories.

According to the head of Roscosmos Dmitry Rogozin, the second document that will be sent to the government will be a version of the lunar program using a four-launch flight scheme on the Angara launch vehicle.

The Russian Aerospace Forces (VKS) will receive four Su-57 fighter jets this year. This was reported to journalists by Deputy Prime Minister Yuri Borisov, who oversees the military-industrial complex in the government of the Russian Federation.

In order to ensure advanced training of specialists, modern models of weapons and military equipment are delivered to the universities of the Land Forces as a matter of priority.

Intensive flights of the Russian Aerospace Forces and naval aviation near Alaska are ruining American combat aviation. To counter it, it is necessary to constantly maintain F-22 Raptor fighters in combat readiness and send them into the sky for a long time, which costs the US Air Force very expensive, the US military complained.

The Indian Navy is changing its plans because of Chinese naval ambitions.

The Cabinet of Ministers of India is considering changes to the thirty-year plan (until 2030) of the Indian Navy on the number and composition of the submarine fleet, Warspot reports with reference to the portal indiatimes.com.

The program of the global satellite constellation "Sphere "will be submitted to the government for consideration in June, said Yuri Urlichich, First Deputy Director General of Roscosmos for the development of the orbital constellation and promising projects.

The State Duma adopted in the second reading a bill that introduces additional grounds for refusing to issue licenses for the purchase of weapons. In particular, one of the amendments increases the age of purchase of hunting weapons from 18 to 21 years.

The Italian Defense Ministry's Office of Naval Weapons (NAVARM) has signed a contract with the Genoa – based T. Mariotti shipyard for the supply of a new multi-purpose submarine rescue vessel (type SDO-SuRS).

US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin has issued an internal directive regarding the strategy and tasks in the field of countering China, which the United States considers its main strategic rival, according to Western media.

Russian Deputy Defense Minister Alexey Krivoruchko visited the Smolino test site in the Nizhny Novgorod Region during a working trip, where he checked the progress of the state defense order.

The experimental and industrial batch of armored vehicles on the Armata platform, which Uralvagonzavod (UVZ, Rostec) is preparing to transfer to the military, will be significant, the head of the concern, Alexander Potapov, told Interfax on Thursday.

As the Vedomosti newspaper reported in the article by Alexey Nikolsky, "Former top managers of the Zvezda defense enterprise were detained in St. Petersburg. The criminal case against them may be related to disruptions of import substitution."

Irkut Corporation plans to deliver 1099 domestic MC-21, Superjet and IL-114-300 aircraft by 2035. To do this, the aircraft manufacturer will need funding in the amount of 4.15 trillion rubles. This was announced on June 10 by Kirill Budaev, Vice President, Head of Marketing and Sales of Civil Aircraft of the corporation, at the international conference "Aviation Finance and Leasing in Russia and the CIS".

The draft government resolution, which provides for the Ministry of Finance to be empowered to promote the demand for domestic radio-electronic products for civil purposes, software and hardware complexes (PAC) and software (software), to promote the use of mainly domestic radio-electronic products for civil purposes, PAC and software, as well as other powers to promote the development of demand for Russian radio-electronic products and software, was published for public discussion on Tuesday.

In 2021, spending on Internet of Things (IoT) technologies in Europe will reach $ 202 billion and continue to grow at a double-digit rate until 2025. This forecast is given by IDC analysts.

The head of Roscosmos, Dmitry Rogozin, announced the government's plans in June to consider the concept of a new Russian space station.

All military commissariats of the country will be updated, including technically equipped. Russian Defense Minister General of the Army Sergei Shoigu announced the start of the program of updating military enlistment offices on Wednesday. According to him, military registration and enlistment offices in all Russian regions will be brought up to date.