Structure and personnel news
The crew of the "Agile" corvette under construction will be trained in St. Petersburg
The crew of the "Agile" corvette of project 20385, which is being built at the Severnaya Verf enterprise to connect ships protecting the water area of Troops and forces in the North-East of Russia, will soon begin studying the ship.
NASA has reorganized the manned flight program
NASA has reorganized the management of its own manned flight program, creating two divisions instead of the current one, TASS reports, referring to the statement of the head of the American space Agency Bill Nelson.
Patrushev believes that the United States is creating an analog of NATO in the Asia-Pacific region to deter Russia and China
Washington is seeking to expand the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue (QUAD) to counter Russia and China in the Asia-Pacific region, according to Russian Security Council Secretary Nikolai Patrushev.
The third airborne assault regiment was formed in the Pskov Airborne Division
The Pskov connection of the airborne troops was reinforced with another airborne assault regiment, which became the third in the division. This is reported by INTERFAX-AVN with reference to the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation.
Russia plans to increase the budget for the mobilization reserve by 15.4 billion rubles
The reserved budget allocations for the creation of the personnel reserve of the Armed Forces will amount to: in 2022 - 15 431.9 million rubles, in 2023 - 15 962.9 million rubles, in 2024 - 16 530.4 million rubles
The Government of the Russian Federation plans to increase the budget for the creation of the human reserve of the armed forces by 15.4 billion rubles in 2022. This is stated in the explanatory note to the draft federal budget for 2022-2024, which is available to TASS.
Russia has budgeted 73 billion rubles to increase the number of contract soldiers in the army
Russia has pledged 73 billion rubles for the next three years to increase the number of contract personnel in the Armed Forces, according to an explanatory note to the draft federal budget for 2022-2024, which is available to RIA Novosti.
NASA is reorganizing its manned program
The head of the US space agency, Bill Nelson, said that two new directorates will appear instead of one structural unit
The US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is reorganizing its manned flight program, creating two new directorates instead of one structural unit, one of which will focus on research beyond Earth's orbit, including a flight to Mars.
Almaz-Antey is being transferred 100% of the shares of a Moscow-based enterprise that builds missiles
JSC "Concern of East Kazakhstan Region "Almaz-Antey", specializing in air defense systems (air defense), will receive 100% of the shares of the "Voskresensky Aggregate Plant", which is engaged in the assembly and equipment of missiles, follows from the decree of the President of the Russian Federation.
Matveev, adviser to the head of Roscosmos, was appointed Deputy General Director of the state corporation for capital Construction
The former deputy for capital construction, Yuri Roslyak, was removed from his post due to claims about his work
Konstantin Matveev has been appointed Deputy General Director of Roscosmos for capital Construction, the state corporation reported.
The head of the Dutch Defense Ministry, following the Foreign Minister, resigns due to the situation with the evacuation from Afghanistan
The acting Minister of Defense of the Netherlands, Anna Beileveld, decided to resign after the parliament passed a vote of no confidence in the government on the eve of its actions to evacuate from Afghanistan, the NL Times portal reported on Friday.
Germany will propose a plan to create a rapid reaction force in Europe
German Defense Minister Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer intends to propose a plan for creating a rapid reaction force for Europe by the end of October. She said this in an interview with the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung newspaper on September 17.
In the south of Russia, more than a thousand people have joined the combat army reserve
In the Southern Military District, more than a thousand contracts were signed with citizens who wanted to replenish the units of the country's combat army reserve (BARS) in the locations of military units and associations.
Rogozin called on the owner of the Buran to transfer this ship to Baikonur
The head of Roscosmos suggested that there will be people in the city who will save a sample of the ship and its layout for posterity
Roscosmos CEO Dmitry Rogozin said that the Buran spacecraft is in a "terrible state" and called on the owner Dauren Musa to give his flight sample and layout to the city of Baikonur.
Training of young deck pilots of Naval aviation of the Russian Navy
This year, 7 young pilots and one instructor of the 279 KIAP [279th separate naval Fighter Aviation Regiment of the Northern Fleet Aviation] are being trained at the airfield in Novofedorovka [Saki in the Crimea]! I can't remember such a thing. Usually 2-3, and then 7 at once!
Steve Wozniak created a space company
Wozniak announced the creation of the space company Privateer Space. It is stated that it will work to ensure that space is safe and accessible to humanity.
The United States, China, Russia, France and Japan will break a 25-year record due to SpaceX
On September 16, a 25-year-old record for the number of people in space at the same time can be broken, cosmonautics historian Alexander Zheleznyakov told RIA Novosti. According to him, after the launch of the SpaceX Inspiration4 charity mission, 14 people from the United States, China, Russia, France and Japan may be in low-Earth orbit at once.
64 hours-without sleep
Candidates for cosmonauts of the set of 2021 are beginning one of the most difficult stages of general space training (OKP).
Each of the test participants will have to spend three days in a sign language chamber, while 64 hours-without sleep. The first was cosmonaut candidate Alexander Kolyabin.
Rogozin swore on Facebook
The general director of Roscosmos, Dmitry Rogozin, asked not to respond with emoticons and memes to his posts related to the activities of the corporation. Rogozin left such a comment to his post on Facebook.
The Ministry of Defense demanded to recover 343 million rubles from the Sukhoi holding in the arbitration court
The Moscow Arbitration Court has registered a claim of the Russian Ministry of Defense demanding to recover about 343 million rubles from PJSC Sukhoi Aviation Holding Company, it follows from the information in the file of arbitration cases.
Rogozin invited the winners of the "Young Professionals" championship to launch a rocket
Either to Vostochny or to Baikonur, the head of Roscosmos said
The head of Roscosmos, Dmitry Rogozin, invited the winners and prize-winners of the VI National Championship "Young Professionals" (WorldSkills Russia) employees of NPO Automatics to one of the rocket launches from the Vostochny or Baikonur cosmodromes.