Structure and personnel news

During combat training, modern aircraft and aviation weapons were actively mastered, which greatly contributed to the growth of qualification and professional training of specialists, the head of the Ministry of Defense noted.

The anti-covid measures taken will protect Russian cosmonauts from the new strain of the Omicron coronavirus, the Cosmonaut Training Center told Interfax on Wednesday.

The first full-time unit in the Russian army equipped with Terminator tank support vehicles (BMPT) appeared in the Central Military District, Colonel-General Alexander Lapin, commander of the Central Military District, said, RIA Novosti writes.

The Main Directorate of Armament of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation on November 28 celebrated 92 years since its formation. On this day in 1929, the post of Chief of Armaments of the Workers' and Peasants' Red Army was established and his apparatus, the Red Army Armament Service, was created.

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.

The Israeli Ministry of Defense and the company leading real estate operations Shikun & Binui signed an agreement on the construction of a new IDF intelligence center in the Negev.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.