Structure and personnel news

The Board of Directors of PJSC Irkut Corporation prematurely terminated the powers of the current CEO Ravil Khakimov and elected Andrei Boginsky instead.

A government commission has considered an initiative allowing test pilots to be awarded a rank one star higher than their position. Thus, pilots-lieutenant colonels with special merits will be able to become colonels. The current rules allow you to give "extra" stars to officers only up to and including the rank of major.

The founder of the SpaceX space company, Elon Musk, believes that difficulties with the production of Raptor rocket engines can lead to its bankruptcy. This was announced by Musk in a letter to the company's employees on November 26, CNBC writes.

Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu spoke at the VII scientific and practical conference "The system of interdepartmental information interaction in solving problems in the field of defense of the Russian Federation".

According to him, no task of state importance - be it the defense of the country or the fight against coronavirus - can be solved without consolidated efforts, reliable, uninterrupted functioning of such a system. As the minister noted, it is "constantly improving and adapting to changes in the global geopolitical picture. This was clearly demonstrated by the coordinated work in the conditions of continuing restrictions on the coronavirus pandemic."

Former US Secretary of Defense Mark Esper sued the Pentagon over a ban on the publication of part of his memoirs, which deals with his work in the administration of President Donald Trump. This was reported by the New York Times on November 28.

Beijing Skyrizon, a Chinese investor of the Ukrainian company Motor Sich, is seeking compensation for losses from Kiev through a court in The Hague, RIA Novosti reports with reference to the company's statement.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a law allowing to increase the age limit for military service for marshals, army generals and navy admirals by the decision of the President of the Russian Federation, the document is published on the official Internet portal of legal information.

Cutlasses will not be subject to registration with the Rosgvardiya, they will also not require obtaining an appropriate permit for the storage and carrying of weapons

Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a law allowing retired officers of the Russian Navy to wear cutlasses for life as part of a ceremonial uniform, without issuing a special permit for this. The document is published on the official portal of legal information.

According to the head of Roscosmos, it is cosmonautics that is the showcase of the availability of technologies in the country

Sociologists have noted a sharp increase in interest in Russian cosmonautics over the past 2-3 years. This was announced by the General Director of Roscosmos Dmitry Rogozin.

48 specialists received the award

Almost 50 people have become laureates of the Gagarin Prize of the Russian Government in the field of space activities for 2021. This was announced by Deputy Prime Minister Yuri Borisov.

20 conscripts from Kaliningrad will go to serve in the scientific and production company of the Baltic Fleet.

Two dozen young men living in the Kaliningrad Region were selected for the special purpose company as part of the autumn draft, the Military-Industrial Courier was told in the information support department of the press service of the Western Military District for the BF.

On Friday, on the sidelines of the VII scientific and practical conference "The system of interdepartmental information interaction in solving problems in the field of defense of the Russian Federation", the head of the Ministry of Defense Sergei Shoigu and the head of the Russian Historical Society Sergei Naryshkin signed an agreement on the exchange of information between the military department and RIO.

Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu on Friday signed about ten more agreements with the heads of the regions of the Russian Federation concerning the development of military enlistment offices. "These agreements concern military commissariats, the creation of their modern appearance. And for this we need to do a lot," Shoigu told the participants of the VII scientific and practical conference "The system of interdepartmental information interaction in solving tasks in the field of defense of the Russian Federation."

Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu congratulated the personnel of the Information and Mass Communications Department of the Ministry of Defense on the 50th anniversary of the Information Support System of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation and noted their contribution to the implementation of the information policy of the state.

On November 27, Russia celebrates the Day of the Marine Corps - one of the most combat-ready formations of the Russian army.

For more than 300 years of history, these troops have taken part in many fateful battles.

American entrepreneur Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla and founder of SpaceX, who dreams of conquering Mars, is one of the most popular foreign figures in the Russian Federation. This opinion is given in an article published on Saturday, November 27, in The Washington Post.

The Russian National Center for Remote Sensing of the Earth (Remote Sensing) from Space should begin its work in 2025. This was stated on Thursday by Valery Zaichko, Deputy Director of the Department of Navigation Space Systems of Roscosmos, at the Interdepartmental Commission on the Use of the Results of Space Activities in the Interests of Socio-economic Development of the Russian Federation and the Regions.

Following the results of the joint international exercise "Interaction-2021", which took place last month at the Kharb-Maydon training ground, five units of the 201st military base of the Russian Federation in Tajikistan were awarded the honorary name "shock".

The 235th Garrison Military Court of Moscow on Wednesday, November 24, released Oleg Kislov from custody and placed under house arrest the head of the state central interspecific training ground of the Ministry of Defense "Kapustin Yar". This is reported by the newspaper "Kommersant".

Work is already underway, the state corporation reported

Roscosmos plans to complete the creation of the National Center for Remote Sensing of the Earth by 2025. This was stated on Thursday by the deputy director of the Department of Navigation space Systems of Roscosmos Valery Zaichko.