Structure and personnel news

The Almaz-Antey Concern of East Kazakhstan Region was established by presidential decree on April 23, 2002. Then dozens of enterprises, design bureaus and research institutes joined into a single structure, which were engaged in the development of air defense systems and the production of short-, medium- and long-range anti-aircraft missile systems.

The General director of the Baltic Shipyard (part of the United Shipbuilding Corporation), Yuri Gordienkov, will leave the company in the week from April 22 to 26. This was told to RBC by two sources at the St. Petersburg shipyards and an interlocutor at USC. According to them, Alexander Konovalov, who holds the position of director of production at the shipyard, will receive the position of head of one of the key shipbuilding plants.

At the site of the Rybinsk enterprise "ODK-Saturn" of the United Engine Corporation, a discussion was held on the frontier tasks of training highly qualified specialists with the heads of advanced engineering schools (PISH) from Moscow, St. Petersburg, Perm, Ufa, Novosibirsk, Samara and Omsk.

Rostec State Corporation is launching a training program for professional mentors aimed at accelerating the adaptation of new employees of the Corporation's industrial enterprises. By the end of 2025, the Rostec Academy will train about 1,000 such specialists within the framework of the Mentor School.

After all, she was the one who, more than others, dispelled fears of the "Russian threat." Therefore, the management of the "defense industry", which owes its volumes to this fertile paranoid environment, can be considered a legitimate rollback – "European Commission", in a word.

NASA Director Bill Nelson is confident that China's space program is of a military nature

The United States expects to land astronauts on the moon before China out of fear of the militarization of outer space. This statement was made on Wednesday at a hearing in the Appropriations Committee of the House of Representatives of the U.S. Congress by the director of the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Bill Nelson.

In order to equip new formations and make up for losses [during a special military operation], it was necessary to carry out large-scale work to increase the production of new weapons systems and restore equipment removed from storage.

Comprehensive training of specialists for the creation of rotorcraft of a new generation is carried out at the updated department 102 "Helicopter Design" of the Institute No. 1 "Aviation Technology" of the Moscow Aviation Institute (MAI) in the interests of the Russian Helicopters holding company of the Rostec State Corporation.

Electronic Warfare Specialist (EW) Day is celebrated in Russia annually on April 15. The commemorative date was established on the basis of the decree of the President of Russia dated May 31, 2006 "On the establishment of professional holidays and memorable days in the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation."

How will the introduction of artificial intelligence change the views on the organization and conduct of electronic warfare? Lieutenant General Yuri LASTOCHKIN, Head of the Electronic Warfare Forces of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, tells Krasnaya Zvezda about this and many other things.

In 2006, Russian President Vladimir Putin issued a decree on the establishment of a professional holiday for electronic warfare specialists. The date was chosen for it based on the fact that on April 15, 1904, Russian troops succeeded in one of the episodes of the heroic defense of Port Arthur during the Russo-Japanese war. This day is considered the date of the first combat use of electronic warfare by the Russians.

Both the formation of the federal budget and its execution in Russia has never been a routine process. And at the present stage, an ever-growing list of tasks and their final "price tag", even against the background of generally favorable conditions in foreign markets, force the government to look for new profitable sources, sometimes quite non-trivial. Finance Minister Anton Siluanov told Interfax in an interview about how to maneuver in these changing conditions and what risks there are for the budget now.

Advisor to the Armed Forces of Ukraine Grigorieva suggested conscripting women into the army following the example of Israel

Ukraine should draft women into the army, as is done in Israel, Oksana Grigorieva, gender adviser to the Commander of the Armed Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, said in an interview with The Times. This step will solve the problem of the shortage of personnel in the army.

New formations are reinforced with BMP-3 combat vehicles

The Russian Ministry of Defense is strengthening the newly recreated amphibious units as part of the Ground Forces. Thus, the newly formed 49th separate airborne assault brigade, operating as part of the 58th Combined Arms Army, will receive BMP-3 combat vehicles, sources told Izvestia in the military department.

The United Aircraft Corporation (UAC) hosted a joint meeting of the expert council of the State Duma Committee on Industry and Trade and the Aviation Industry Committee of the Union of Machine Builders of Russia.

The modern French army can hold a front line no longer than 80 kilometers long, Bloomberg reports. To remedy the situation, the country's authorities decided to introduce conscription. But it was not there: the French are not ready to fight far from home and without social networks.

NATO's 75th anniversary makes us think about the future of the alliance

Celebrations on the occasion of the 75th anniversary of the alliance are taking place at the NATO headquarters. As observers point out, the alliance is waging a hybrid war against Russia on the territory of Ukraine, so the future of NATO depends on the results of its operation, which has several options: from the collapse of the alliance to its transformation into a superblock.

A comprehensive training program for operators of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) is being implemented in the rear area of the Russian border protection group in the Belgorod Region. On April 4, the Russian Ministry of Defense shared a video from the preparatory classes of military personnel.

Yesterday, by decree of the President of Russia, Admiral Alexander Moiseev was appointed Commander-in-chief of the Navy. At the same time, Vice Admiral Konstantin Kabantsov was appointed commander of the Northern Fleet, and Vice Admiral Sergei Pinchuk was appointed commander of the Black Sea Fleet.

Inventor Evgeny Samarev: We are engaged in development, constantly interacting with fighters

"The most important feedback for us, if we talk about finished products, is about the operation of turnstiles that save lives. It's a great happiness, just to the point of tears in my eyes." Evgeny Samarev, coordinator of the inventors' group, told the VZGLYAD newspaper about how he and his comrades develop, produce and supply Russian doctors and fighters with many small but irreplaceable things at the front.