Structure and personnel news

After the docking of the Nauka module with the International Space Station (ISS) its chief designer, Alexander Kuznetsov, was taken to the hospital with a suspected stroke. This was announced on Friday, August 13, according to a source in the rocket and space industry.

The Afghan government is trying to maintain control over the country. On August 12, The Wall Street Journal reported that Afghan President Ashraf Ghani appointed Major General Haibatullah Alizai as the Chief of staff of the Afghan army.

NASA has started selecting candidates for a project to simulate life on Mars. This is a special simulation mission, during which several people will live for 12 months in a special complex "Mars Dune Alpha".

According to a high-ranking TASS source in the space industry, a hole in the skin of the Soyuz MS-09 was drilled in zero gravity. At the same time, the alleged culprit did not know the device of the device.

A solemn event dedicated to the admission to the new detachment was held in Makhachkala

"Yunarmiya" created a jung detachment under the Caspian Flotilla in Makhachkala. This was reported to TASS on Wednesday in the press service of the organization.

The list of strategic enterprises also includes the public Joint Stock Company "Scientific and Production Association "Almaz" named after Academician A. A. Raspletin "and the joint stock company" Head Production and Technical Enterprise "Granit".

The Orthodox Church is in second place, the head of the Ministry of Defense noted

TASS, August 10. The level of trust in the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation in society ranges from 79 to 86%, this is the highest indicator. This was stated on Tuesday by the head of the Defense Ministry Sergei Shoigu at a panel discussion at the youth forum "Territory of Meanings".

The Russian Defense Ministry will annually recruit an additional 15 thousand contract soldiers and officers. According to the Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation, General of the Army Sergei Shoigu, the additional sets will be held in the period from 2021 to 2024 inclusive.

This is a very high indicator, the Russian Defense Minister stressed

There are about 170 battalion-tactical groups in the Russian army today. According to Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu, this is a good indicator.

The Moscow Arbitration Court has registered a claim of the Russian Ministry of Defense demanding to recover more than 2.4 billion rubles from the Samara JSC "Progress Rocket and Space Center", the manufacturer of Soyuz launch vehicles, follows from the information in the file of arbitration cases.

Unarmia has prepared its own program for the guests of DAX: competitions in air rally, demonstration performances in sports aerobatics, demonstration of seaplane models and a master class in aircraft modeling.

The American company SpaceX, owned by entrepreneur Elon Musk, has bought a satellite startup. The company became the owner of Swarm Technologies. The company specializes in satellite data, the Izvestia TV channel reports. The company manages the SpaceBEE network — these are the smallest satellites in space.

According to the agency interlocutor, the previously planned transfer of the enterprise to the United Shipbuilding Corporation will not take place

The ship repair plant (SRZ) of the Black Sea Fleet remains in the structure of the military department of the Russian Federation, the previously planned transfer of the enterprise to the United Shipbuilding Corporation (USC) will not take place. This was reported to TASS by a source in the military-industrial complex.

[b]The United Shipbuilding

Corporation (USC) has almost completed the relocation of its main office from Moscow to St. Petersburg, the head of USC, Alexey Rakhmanov, told Interfax on Monday.

Yuri Smirnov, head of the Laboratory for the development and Implementation of biomedical programs of the IMBP RAS, is convinced that the presence of specialized specialists in the cosmonaut squad (Roscosmos or the Academy of Sciences) would be very useful.

Researchers from Samara State University (SamSU) have developed a test to assess the psychological qualities of an applicant using a virtual reality helmet. Such an idea will help employers to assess a person's personality when recruiting staff, Izvestia writes.

This measure was introduced in the summer of 2020

Candidates for significant positions in Roscosmos and at enterprises belonging to the state corporation have been undergoing a polygraph test since last year. This was announced by the general director of Roscosmos Dmitry Rogozin.

The United Engine Corporation (UEC, part of Rostec) will create a service center for the repair of aviation and industrial engines in the Gatchina district of the Leningrad Region by 2025, the press service of the Rostec state Corporation reported.

The Pentagon reported that by 2030, units of combat robots resembling the "Ghost Army" of the Second World War, commanded by General George Patton, will be formed in the American army. The "ghost Army" consisted of fake equipment and soldiers disguised as foreign troops and was intended to mislead the enemy.

Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu will instruct the creation of a scientific and production company (NPR) on the basis of the Makeev State Missile Center (GRC), which will allow young employees to perform military service on the job.