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The Sphere program will be submitted to the government for consideration in June-Roscosmos"
The program of the global satellite constellation "Sphere "will be submitted to the government for consideration in June, said Yuri Urlichich, First Deputy Director General of Roscosmos for the development of the orbital constellation and promising projects.
The State Duma in the second reading raised the age for obtaining a license for weapons
The State Duma adopted in the second reading a bill that introduces additional grounds for refusing to issue licenses for the purchase of weapons. In particular, one of the amendments increases the age of purchase of hunting weapons from 18 to 21 years.
Italy to build new multi-purpose diving vessel by 2025
The Italian Defense Ministry's Office of Naval Weapons (NAVARM) has signed a contract with the Genoa – based T. Mariotti shipyard for the supply of a new multi-purpose submarine rescue vessel (type SDO-SuRS).
Pentagon chief issues directive on counter-China strategy-Media
US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin has issued an internal directive regarding the strategy and tasks in the field of countering China, which the United States considers its main strategic rival, according to Western media.
Russian Deputy Defense Minister Alexey Krivoruchko was shown new weapons systems
Russian Deputy Defense Minister Alexey Krivoruchko visited the Smolino test site in the Nizhny Novgorod Region during a working trip, where he checked the progress of the state defense order.
UVZ will supply the military with an experimental batch of "Armat" in the terms established by the state contract - the head of the concern
The experimental and industrial batch of armored vehicles on the Armata platform, which Uralvagonzavod (UVZ, Rostec) is preparing to transfer to the military, will be significant, the head of the concern, Alexander Potapov, told Interfax on Thursday.
Former managers of the St. Petersburg plant "Zvezda" were arrested»
As the Vedomosti newspaper reported in the article by Alexey Nikolsky, "Former top managers of the Zvezda defense enterprise were detained in St. Petersburg. The criminal case against them may be related to disruptions of import substitution."
Irkut has decided to deliver 1,1 thousand aircraft by 2035
Irkut Corporation plans to deliver 1099 domestic MC-21, Superjet and IL-114-300 aircraft by 2035. To do this, the aircraft manufacturer will need funding in the amount of 4.15 trillion rubles. This was announced on June 10 by Kirill Budaev, Vice President, Head of Marketing and Sales of Civil Aircraft of the corporation, at the international conference "Aviation Finance and Leasing in Russia and the CIS".
The Ministry of Finance is charged with the development of demand for domestic radio-electronic products and software
The draft government resolution, which provides for the Ministry of Finance to be empowered to promote the demand for domestic radio-electronic products for civil purposes, software and hardware complexes (PAC) and software (software), to promote the use of mainly domestic radio-electronic products for civil purposes, PAC and software, as well as other powers to promote the development of demand for Russian radio-electronic products and software, was published for public discussion on Tuesday.
IDC: Europe will spend more than $200 billion on the Internet of Things this year
In 2021, spending on Internet of Things (IoT) technologies in Europe will reach $ 202 billion and continue to grow at a double-digit rate until 2025. This forecast is given by IDC analysts.
The Russian government will consider the concept of a new Russian space station by the end of June
The head of Roscosmos, Dmitry Rogozin, announced the government's plans in June to consider the concept of a new Russian space station.
Shoigu gave the start of bringing all military enlistment offices in an exemplary form
All military commissariats of the country will be updated, including technically equipped. Russian Defense Minister General of the Army Sergei Shoigu announced the start of the program of updating military enlistment offices on Wednesday. According to him, military registration and enlistment offices in all Russian regions will be brought up to date.
This year, it is planned to allocate 3.4 billion rubles to the defense industry enterprises of the Tver Region for the implementation of state contracts.
The Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation, General of the Army Sergei Shoigu, met with the Governor of the region Igor Rudeney during a working trip to the Tver region.
Russia will study the possibility of using artificial intelligence for orbital groups
The competition for the performance of research works was won by the main scientific institute of Roscosmos-TsNIIMash
Russia plans to consider the possibility of using artificial intelligence (AI) to solve the problems of the orbital group of remote sensing of the Earth (ERS), follows from the materials posted on the public procurement portal.
The Russian Armed Forces announced a decrease in the number of evaders
Currently, the problem of evaders from military service is not serious, the number of such cases has been declining for several years. This was announced on Tuesday, June 8, by a representative of the Main Organizational and Mobilization Department of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation.
The supply of modern infantry fighting vehicles continues to the units of the Ground Forces
Modern infantry fighting vehicles continue to arrive in the formations of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. As part of the state defense order, in the near future, manufacturing enterprises will transfer the next batch of BMP-3 to the SV units.
Rogozin: The US banned the S7 from using the "Sea Launch" in competition with Musk
The head of Roscosmos was also surprised that government lawyers are on the side of a private company
The United States, during the signing of a contract with the Russian company S7 for the sale of the "Sea Launch", banned its use in competition with Elon Musk's SpaceX. This was announced on Monday by the head of Roscosmos Dmitry Rogozin.
A series of small sea tankers of project 03182 will be built for the Russian Navy
A series of small marine tankers of project 03182 will be built for the Russian Navy, which will join the auxiliary fleet.
The Zircon and S-500 missiles will be mass-delivered to the troops
The new-generation S-500 Prometheus air defense systems and the Zircon hypersonic missiles will soon be mass-delivered to the military units of the Russian army. This was stated at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum by Deputy Prime Minister Yuri Borisov.
Deputy Prime Minister Borisov said about the risk for the State Budget due to metal prices
High metal prices may negatively affect the implementation of the state defense order, said Deputy Prime Minister Yuri Borisov























