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Almost six billion dollars will be overspending of the Pentagon's funds for the maintenance of fifth-generation F-35 fighters by 2036, if the military cannot reduce spending on this budget item.

The Russian military department is developing a roadmap for the disposal of property that is located at shipyards, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said.

The US Federal Aviation Administration has granted Blue Origin a license to launch the New Shepard spacecraft with people on board. If nothing changes, the first such flight will take place on July 20.

On Tuesday, July 13, at a meeting in the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, the head of the department, Sergei Shoigu, recalled: in accordance with the instructions of the President of the Russian Federation and the decision of the Security Council, the Ministry of Defense, together with Russian Railways, is engaged in the reconstruction of the Eastern section of the Baikal-Amur Mainline with a total length of 339 km.

The new National Security Strategy pays special attention to the tasks of protecting the state and society from unfriendly interference from outside. As Deputy Secretary of the Security Council of the Russian Federation Alexander Venediktov told reporters on Tuesday, July 13, the Strategy for the first time prescribes retaliatory actions in the event of actions against Russia that pose a threat to its sovereignty and territorial integrity, including those expressed in the introduction of political or economic sanctions, as well as committed using modern information and communication technologies.

The German Bundeswehr has officially launched the work of the" space " headquarters. This was announced on Tuesday, July 13, by the DW TV channel. The main task of the headquarters is to protect satellites and monitor threats in outer space.

Sergei Shoigu discussed on Tuesday with his generals the production of Tu-160M strategic missile carriers and the testing of training aircraft for VKS universities. The Minister recalled that there is a plan for the supply of engines for the Tu-160M.

The issue of ratification of the agreement on the establishment of a logistics center for the Russian Navy in Port Sudan will be considered by the Sovereign Council and the government of Sudan, Foreign Minister of this country Maryam al-Mahdi said in an interview with RIA Novosti.

The press secretary of the President of Russia said that this process is too expensive

Press Secretary of the President of Russia Dmitry Peskov is convinced that the process of space exploration without the participation of the state with the involvement of only private investment is impossible.

The Ukrainian defense minister said in Vilnius that no later than next year Kiev will deploy a "mosquito fleet" with American and British help, which will allow it to "pose a certain threat to the Russian naval forces." However, according to him, this is not enough – that is, the policy of "guns instead of oil" will continue steadily.

NASA has issued a contract to Northrop Grumman Corporation involving the construction of the HALO module for the new Gateway lunar orbital station. It is considered as an element of the ambitious Artemis program.

Working in the format of life cycle contracts is convenient for both the customer and the manufacturer, said Vladimir Artyakov, Deputy General Director of the state Corporation

Rostec State Corporation has provided a full life cycle of Mi-8AMTSh and Ka-52 helicopters. This was announced by Vladimir Artyakov, First Deputy General Director of Rostec, in an interview with the Krasnaya Zvezda newspaper.

In 2036, the operations of the US Air Force( Air Force), the Marine Corps (KMP) and the US Navy (Navy) with fifth-generation F-35 Lightning II fighters will reach peak values, which may lead to difficulties with supporting these aircraft if the costs of their operation remain at the current level, Defense News writes.

The last time about the corvettes "Reshef "("Saar-72" for the Israeli Navy) I wrote in November 2019. Then the company announced that it had signed a contract with the Ministry of Defense for the development and construction of a new generation of rocket ships to replace the Saar-4.5, but apparently it was only a preliminary design.

The Israeli company Israel Shipyards announced the signing of a contract for the supply of four Shaldag-class patrol boats Mk.5 in a configuration adapted to the requirements of the Israeli Navy command.

The US Department of Defense has rejected a contract for the provision of JEDI cloud computing services worth about $10 billion, which was claimed by the largest American corporations Microsoft and Amazon. This is stated in a statement published on Tuesday, July 6, on the department's website.

The US Department of Defense announced that the US Air Force Nuclear Weapons Center has signed a contract with Raytheon for the implementation of the engineering development and preparation for mass production (EMD) of the advanced long-range LRSO missile defense system.

To counter hacker attacks in the Russian Federation, it is necessary to control the information space and track the actions of attackers, Deputy Secretary of the Russian Security Council Oleg Khramov told reporters.

The US Department of Defense announced the signing of the US Navy Aviation Systems Command with Lockheed Martin Corp. a contract for the supply of three MH-60R helicopters for the country's Navy.

In Russia, serial production of the T-14 Armata will begin in 2022. This was stated by the head of the Ministry of Industry and Trade Denis Manturov.