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The US Army has launched the production of an upgraded Chinook helicopter
The American company Boeing has signed a contract with the US Army for the production of the first upgraded heavy transport helicopters CH-47F Chinook Block II. It should start delivering them in 2023.
As in 1966, France is again thinking of withdrawing from NATO
The call of a number of French politicians for the country's withdrawal from NATO is not an empty phrase.
He is gaining more and more supporters who disagree with the actions of the United States and want independence from them. This is reported by the French newspaper Le Figaro.
The President of Ukraine signed the law on reforming the defense industry, providing for the liquidation of the Ukroboronprom Group of Companies
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky signed the law "On the specifics of reforming enterprises of the military-industrial complex of the state form of ownership".
It became known about the US development of a new nuclear doctrine
The US has made it clear that it is working on a new nuclear doctrine. This was announced by Robert Floyd, Executive Secretary of the preparatory Commission for the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization (CTBTO).
Estonia's defense spending in 2022 will amount to 748 million euros
The defense expenditures approved by the government in the Estonian state budget for 2022 will increase to 748 million euros (an increase of 103 million euros), which is 2.31% of the projected GDP.
The USA decided to create a prototype of the Space Intelligence Center
The U.S. Space Force has established an intelligence analysis team at the National Air and Space Intelligence Center at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. This was reported on October 4 by the SpaceNews portal with reference to the documents.
The ground forces in 2021 received more than 2.5 thousand new weapons - Commander-in-chief
Over 2,500 new weapons and military equipment were received by the Ground Forces this year, Commander-in-Chief Oleg Salyukov said.
Military salaries increased by 3.7%
Since October, the monetary allowance of a number of Russian security forces has increased. We are talking not only about military personnel of the army and navy, but also employees of ministries and departments with military and special ranks.
The Ministry of Defense plans to start purchasing BOA pistols in 2022
The pistol complex has improved ergonomic characteristics, increased accuracy and accuracy of firing, high barrel life, said the Commander-in-Chief of the Ground Forces, Army General Oleg Salyukov.
Lawyer Agranovsky: publication of the FSB list of prohibited data will reduce the "legal darkness"
The list of information created by the FSB that does not constitute a state secret, but is important for Russia's security, will bring legal certainty to this issue, which was lacking, lawyer Dmitry Agranovsky, interviewed as an expert, told RIA Novosti on Friday.
In Latvia, peacetime was equated to military
The Cabinet of Ministers of Latvia approved amendments to the "Law on Military Service".
From now on, Latvian military and border guards are entitled to use service firearms in peacetime.
More than 3 thousand soldiers will be called up to the Airborne Forces this fall
"During the autumn draft of 2021, which will last until December 31 of this year, we expect the arrival of more than 3 thousand newly arrived replenishment servicemen to the formations and military units of the Airborne Troops," said Dmitry Satarov, head of the organizational and mobilization department of the Airborne headquarters.
Zelensky signed a law on the reform of Ukroboronprom, the head of the state concern said
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky has signed a law on the reform of the state concern (GC) Ukroboronprom, Director General of the Ukroboronprom Group Yuriy Gusev said.
The US aviation regulator has completed an investigation into the incident with the Virgin Galactic spacecraft
The US Federal Aviation Administration has allowed the company to resume the use of spaceships
Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) The United States has completed an investigation into the incident with the deviation from the course of the Virgin Galactic Unity-22 spacecraft during a suborbital flight on July 11 and allowed it to resume the use of spaceships. This is stated in a statement issued on Wednesday by the department.
The Ministry of Defense of the Republic of Korea intends to develop an improved floating landing armored vehicle
The Defense Procurement Programs Agency of the Ministry of Defense of the Republic of Korea (DAPA) announced its intention to develop, using national technologies, an improved amphibious assault vehicle (amphibious assault vehicle) for equipping marine units.
Peskov said that the idea of the Russian orbital project cannot but be supported
The press secretary of the President recalled that in order to implement the project, "all parameters must be included in the budget, before that they must be agreed with all departments"
Work on the project of creating a Russian service orbital station is currently underway, this idea cannot but be supported, Dmitry Peskov, the press secretary of the President of the Russian Federation, told reporters on Thursday.
More than 127 thousand Russians will be sent to military service in the autumn draft
In the autumn of 2021, more than 127 thousand people will be called up for military service, said the head of the Main Organizational and Mobilization Department of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, Colonel-General Yevgeny Burdinsky.
The defense budget of France in 2022 will amount to 40.9 billion. euro
France continues to increase defense spending, which will reach $40.9 billion in 2022. euro (about $48 billion), which is 1.7 billion. euro more than in 2021 f.g.
In 2020, Roscosmos completed 53 of the 83 activities of the state program
The volume of financing of the state program in 2020 amounted to more than 261 billion rubles
Roscosmos fulfilled 63.9% of the state program last year. This is stated in the annual report of the state corporation, published on Thursday.
Russia and India will place stations of navigation systems on a mutual basis
Russia and India will host stations of ground navigation systems on a mutual basis. This was announced on Thursday, September 30, according to the ROSCOSMOS report.