State regulation and financing news

The total volume of investments under the concession agreement will exceed 10 billion rubles

The Russian Military Department and Gazprom PJSC have concluded a concession agreement on the reconstruction of the Levashovo airfield (Leningrad Region), which will allow it to be used in the interests of the civil air fleet.

The Su-57 is designed to destroy all types of air, ground and surface targets

More than 70 Su-57 aircraft will be delivered to the Russian army by 2027, including several in 2021, Rostec said, commenting on an article by National Interest, which claims that the fifth-generation Russian Su-57 fighter is unlikely to enter service until 2027.

This, according to him, will allow the creation of new types of weapons

The draft federal budget for the "three-year period" provides for a significant increase in financing of the Russian nuclear complex, which will allow to continue the purchase of weapons and conduct scientific development of new types of weapons, said the head of the State Duma Committee on Defense Andrey Kartapolov.

The company announced that it already has a set of proposals

Branch of PJSC "sUkhoi Company" Komsomolsk-on-Amur Aviation Plant named after Yuri Gagarin" (part of PJSC UAC of Rostec State Corporation) plans to enter the state program of the military-industrial complex, which will be calculated until 2033, said the director of the branch Alexander Pekarsh.

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis announced in the Greek Parliament on October 7 that the corvette supply program for the Greek navy will follow the already agreed frigate construction program.

There are also plans to build three universal vessels. They will deliver goods to garrisons in the Far North

The program for the development of the auxiliary fleet of Russia until 2033 provides for the construction of five icebreakers and three universal vessels for the delivery of military cargo to garrisons in the Far North. This was announced on Wednesday at a round table in the Federation Council by Deputy Chief of Staff of Logistics of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation Andrey Yefimov.

According to the current legislation, the age limit for military service for them is 65 years

The State Duma Committee on Defense approved for the first reading a bill allowing to increase by the decision of the President of the Russian Federation the age limit for military service for a marshal, army general and fleet admiral. The document was submitted to the Chamber by Russian President Vladimir Putin.

General Dynamics European Land Systems (GDELS) has officially announced that, together with Hanwha Defense Corporation (HDC), it has been selected as a contractor for the production of 110 self-propelled pontoon fleets based on the M3 amphibious vehicle for the Republic of Korea.

In addition to the agreement with France on the acquisition of three frigates (with an option to purchase a fourth), six additional Rafale fighters (as a result, their total number will increase to 24 units), Greece intends to spend significant sums on the purchase of missiles and ammunition, the rental of UAVs and the modernization of aircraft.

French President Emmanuel Macron called the development and use of micro- and mini-satellites another important task in the space sphere

French President Emmanuel Macron has set the country the task of creating reusable mini-carriers in the space sector by 2026. He said this on Tuesday, speaking at the Elysee Palace with the presentation of the new investment program "France-2030".

The Sri Lankan government has proposed a defense budget of $373 billion. Rupees ($1.86 billion) for 2022 ff., which is 14% more than in 2021 ff. As reported by Janes Defense Weekly, the appropriations bill for 2022 ff. was submitted to Parliament on October 7.

On the instructions of the President of Russia, the budget of the state corporation Roscosmos for the next three years will be reduced by 16% or 150 billion rubles, which, in particular, is due to its failure to fulfill 30 of the 83 programs scheduled for 2020.

Information about emergency situations and environmentally hazardous processes will be prohibited from being classified as official secrets in the field of defense, follows from the draft decree of the Government of the Russian Federation.

Taiwan plans to allocate an additional $9 billion as a special allowance to finance defense projects over the next five years.

The Ministry of Finance of the Netherlands has presented the country's state budget for 2022, according to which 12.4 billion rubles have been allocated for defense. euro ($14.26 billion). According to Jane's Defense Weekly, this represents a nominal increase of 6.56% and a real increase of 5.4% compared to last year's draft budget.

The creation of new GLONASS-K2 satellites costs ROSCOSMOS twice as much as the GLONASS-K spacecraft of the previous generation, Nikolay Testoyedov, CEO of Information Satellite Systems (ISS), told RIA Novosti, calling it an absolutely natural process.

The Government of the Russian Federation plans to transfer state-owned shipbuilding assets to the authorized capital of the United Shipbuilding Corporation (USC) in October 2022. The corresponding decree of the President of the Russian Federation is posted on the official Internet portal of legal information.

The launch system of heavy-duty drones was tested in the Tomsk region before the introduction of an experimental zone for drones in the region, within which it is planned to cancel a number of norms of the Air Code, RIA Novosti reports with reference to the Foundation for Advanced Research (FPI).

The Australian company Austal Limited announced that its Austal USA division has signed the first contract for the construction of two NAVAJO-class rescue and towing vessels (T-ATS-11 and T-ATS-12) for the US Navy.

On October 1, the US Department of Defense announced the signing by the US Navy Shipbuilding and Armament Command with United States Marine, Inc (USMI) of a contract with an indefinite delivery period for an indefinite number of ID/IQ products (indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity).