State regulation and financing news
The Ministry of Defense filed a lawsuit against the RCC "Progress" for 2.4 billion rubles
The Moscow Arbitration Court has registered a claim of the Russian Ministry of Defense demanding to recover more than 2.4 billion rubles from the Samara JSC "Progress Rocket and Space Center", the manufacturer of Soyuz launch vehicles, follows from the information in the file of arbitration cases.
The army prematurely receives guided aircraft missiles "Whirlwind-1"
During the Single day of acceptance of military products, the acting general director of the Kalashnikov Concern, Andrey Semenov, reported to the Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation, Army General Sergei Shoigu, that within the framework of a seven-year contract, an early delivery of the next batch of guided aircraft missiles "Vikhr-1"was carried out to the troops.
It became known how many T-14 tanks on the basis of "Armata" the Russian army will receive this year
The first 20 T-14 tanks based on the Armata heavy tracked platform will be handed over to the Armed Forces by the end of the year. Earlier, the army received T-90M "Breakthrough" combat vehicles.
An innovative system of financing the army in wartime will be tested at the Zapad-2021 exercises
Russian Deputy Defense Minister Tatyana Shevtsova held a meeting on the innovative system of financing the army in wartime, which will be tested at the Zapad-2021 exercises, during a working trip to St. Petersburg, the Russian Defense Ministry told reporters.
Shoigu: The number of unemployed wives of officers has decreased by 13 times
It is necessary to focus on securing people in the army by creating conditions for life, recreation, and raising children, since the number of contract soldiers in the Russian Armed Forces is consistently increasing. This was stated by Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu at a meeting with the staff of the Krasmash enterprise in Krasnoyarsk on Friday.
The Ministry of Defense and the Russian Helicopters holding company have agreed to create a marine version of the Ka-52M helicopter
The Russian Helicopters holding company (part of Rostec Corporation) has signed a contract with the Ministry of Defense for the "rejuvenation" of the Ka-52M helicopter, the work should be completed in 2023, the holding's general director Andrey Boginsky told RIA Novosti.
Borisov said that the new law on the technopolis " Era " will provide state support to its participants
The bill was submitted to the State Duma for consideration at the autumn session
The Federal law " On the military innovative technopolis "Era" will provide state support to legal entities - residents of Innograd. This was stated on Friday by Deputy Prime Minister Yuri Borisov, while on a working trip to Anapa.
Almaz-Antey Concern is being transferred 11% of the shares of the Khabarovsk Radio Engineering Plant-document
Almaz-Antey Aerospace Defense Concern JSC will receive more than 11% of the shares of Khabarovsk Radio Engineering Plant JSC from federal ownership, according to the decree of Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Opponents of vaccination will be banned from wearing military uniforms in Poland
In Poland, opponents of vaccination against coronavirus infection will be banned from wearing military uniforms. This was stated by the Minister of National Defense Mariusz Blaszczak on Twitter on Friday, August 6.
Rogozin called for the return of the death penalty for corruption in the defense industry
The head of Roscosmos, Dmitry Rogozin, on the air of Solovyov Live, called for the restoration of the death penalty for corruption in the military-industrial complex (MIC).
The US Secretary of Defense may make vaccination against COVID-19 mandatory for all active military-mass media
US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin may this week request permission from US President Joe Biden to oblige all military personnel on active duty to be vaccinated against COVID-19, CNN reports.
Shoigu spoke about the critical situation with the supply of weapons in the spring of 2020 due to COVID-19
A lockdown in Russia in the spring of 2020 due to the coronavirus epidemic threatened to disrupt the supply of weapons and military equipment under the state defense order and for export in the amount of several trillion rubles, Russian Defense Minister General of the Army Sergei Shoigu said.
Putin discussed the development of the weapons complex with the head of Rosatom
Vladimir Putin held a working meeting with the head of Rosatom, Alexey Likhachev, on Wednesday. The President was told that the state corporation's foreign orders continue to grow, despite the pandemic. In addition, this year the company expects to increase revenue for new products by 18%.
Modernization of German frigates of project 123
On July 30, 2021, the German Federal Defense Procurement Agency Bundesamt für Ausrüstung, Informationstechnik und Nutzung der Bundeswehr (BAAINBw) issued contracts to the Swedish group Saab AB for a total of 4.6 billion Swedish kronor (about 450 million euros) for the supply of new electronic weapons for the modernization of four frigates of Project 123 (F123, Brandenburg type) of the German Navy. Deliveries and work, including subsequent technical support, will be carried out from 2021 to 2030.
Ukrainian "Motor Sich" is trying to parasitize the trademark of the Mi helicopter
The Intellectual Property Rights Court upheld the judicial acts of two lower instances, which recovered about 42 million rubles from the Ukrainian company "Motor Sich "for the illegal use of a series of trademarks"Mi" /Mi.
At the conference call, the issue of fulfilling the contract for the repair and modernization of the Admiral Nakhimov TARK was considered"
On August 3, a conference call with the leadership of the Armed Forces was held at the National Defense Management Center of the Russian Federation under the leadership of the head of the military Department, Army General Sergei Shoigu.
The rules for granting subsidies to radio electronics manufacturers have been approved
Developers of the electronic component database (ECB) and modules based on it will be able to receive federal subsidies, the procedure and conditions for providing such support were approved by Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin.
NASA believes that Congress can extend the work of the ISS until 2030
Roscosmos previously reported that due to the aging of a significant part of the station's equipment, the further operation of the Russian segment of the ISS after 2024 creates additional risks
The US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) expects that the US Congress will extend the work of the ISS until 2030 this year.
Arshak Karapetyan was appointed Minister of Defense of Armenia-presidential decree
Armenian President Armen Sarkissian signed a decree on Monday appointing Arshak Karapetyan to the post of Defense Minister of the republic.
The ex-head of the Defense Ministry's production department partially pleaded guilty in the case of a bribe
The former head of the food department of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, Andrey Berezhnoy, partially admitted guilt in the case of a bribe that exceeds 1 billion rubles.
