State regulation and financing news

The new Il-76MD military transport aircraft has been delivered to the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, according to an infographic published in the newspaper Krasnaya Zvezda.

About 3.7 billion rubles were allocated for the creation of the Russian ultraviolet space telescope "Spectrum-UV" in the period up to 2025. The device will become an analogue of the American Hubble telescope. This is reported by RIA Novosti with reference to the data of the public procurement website.

Russian President Vladimir Putin does not know that his article about Ukraine has become mandatory for studying in the army. This was stated at a briefing on July 16 by the press secretary of the Russian leader Dmitry Peskov.

The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation announced a tender for the purchase of unguided S-13DF aircraft missiles with an initial (maximum) contract price of 1.9 billion rubles, follows from the data of the public procurement portal.

At the same time, Orbital Sciences LLC must guarantee that Antares rockets with Russian engines will not be used to launch military vehicles

The Russian government has approved negotiations on the conclusion of a contract for the supply of Russian RD-181M engines manufactured by NPO Energomash (part of Roscosmos) for the American company Orbital Sciences LLC. This is stated in the order of the Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Mikhail Mishustin, published on the Internet portal-legal information.

According to the Media Club web resource, about 5 billion rubles will be allocated from the federal treasury for the digital shipyard of the Onega Shipbuilding Plant in Petrozavodsk [JSC Onega Shipbuilding and Ship Repair Plant, which has been subordinate to FSUE Rosmorport since 2014]. This was announced by the Head of Karelia Artur Parfenchikov at a meeting of the Government of Karelia on July 16, 2021. According to him, a supervisory board has already been created, which includes competent people.

The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has ordered American airlines to check about 2.5 thousand Boeing 737 aircraft for faulty differential pressure switches in the cabin. This was reported on Friday by the ABC TV company with reference to the order.

The international advisory group, which includes the European Union, NATO and the United States, called on Kiev to adopt the reform of the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) without delay. This is reported in the Twitter account of the EU Embassy in Ukraine.

The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) "summoned" Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu to "hand over a written suspicion" and "conduct procedural actions", the corresponding document was published by the Ukrainian publication "Glavkom".

Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Chernyshenko announced the launch of a competition to support research centers on artificial intelligence, within the framework of which grants will be provided to universities and scientific organizations, the government's website said on Thursday.

Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin signed an order on the transformation of the Mytishchi Research Institute of Radio Measuring Devices into the All-Russian Research Institute of Radio Electronics; the functions and powers of the founder of the Research Institute were transferred to the Ministry of Industry and Trade of Russia.

On Wednesday, July 14, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu visited Rosvertol, one of the largest performers of the state defense order in Russia.

Yesterday, Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu checked how the Rostov helicopter production complex is fulfilling the largest military order. By 2028, 98 of the latest Mi-28NM attack helicopters - an updated version of the famous "Night Hunter" - are to be produced there. The state contract was concluded after a personal order of President Vladimir Putin to increase purchases of these rotorcraft.

Orders for the Russian fifth-generation Su-57 fighter in the future "will be measured in hundreds", now there is an order for 76 aircraft, the head of the United Aircraft Corporation Yuri Slyusar told President Vladimir Putin.

Yuri Slyusar noted that the development of several versions of this machine is expected to begin this year

The order for the latest fifth-generation Su-57 fighters will probably be measured in hundreds of pieces. This was announced by Yuri Slyusar, General Director of the United Aircraft Corporation (UAC), during a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Starting from 2022, the Russian Defense Ministry will receive 12 fifth-generation fighters per year. The first serial Su-57 was handed over to the Aerospace Forces in the winter.

During the six months of 2021, the troops of the Southern Military District (SE) received more than 500 units. combat, automotive and special equipment, as well as various types of weapons.

The command of the Thai Navy has signed a contract with a national company for the supply of mobile short-range anti-aircraft missile systems.

The new national security strategy aims to preserve Russia's leadership in the development of new types of weapons, and the total share of modern weapons in the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation should remain below 70%, said Mikhail Popov, Deputy Secretary of the Security Council of the Russian Federation.

Published on Monday by the decree of the government Research Institute "Voskhod" from the reserve fund allocated 216,445,9 thousand rubles of subsidies for the transfer of the Bauman Moscow State Technical University "for the use of domestic and (or) freely distributed software".