Structure and personnel news

The UK can use against Russia, China and Iran a special unit of the Ministry of Defense from former employees of the City of London and specialists in the field of finance. This became known on Friday, October 22.

According to the current legislation, the age limit for military service for them is 65 years, a new contract with them can be concluded before reaching the age of 70 years

The State Duma on Thursday adopted in the first reading a bill allowing to increase by the decision of the President of the Russian Federation the age limit for military service for a marshal, army general and fleet admiral.

China's plans to achieve world leadership in the design and manufacture of microchips are threatened by a "chronic shortage of personnel," the South China Morning Post reported on Tuesday.

The detention of Marat Arustamov is the result of an audit by the internal audit service of the corporation, the interlocutor of TASS noted

The criminal case in which the Deputy Director General of the Center for the Operation of Ground-based Space Infrastructure Facilities (CENKI, part of Roscosmos) was detained Marat Arustamov, initiated, among other things, as a result of an audit of the Roscosmos internal audit service. This was reported to TASS by a source in the rocket and space industry.

The enterprise does not cope with the function of the general contractor of construction works at the cosmodrome, the interlocutor of TASS noted

Roscosmos CEO Dmitry Rogozin "gave a dressing down" to the Director General of the Center for the Operation of Ground-based Space Infrastructure Facilities (CENKI) Ruslan Mukhamedzhanov due to dissatisfaction with the progress of construction work at the Vostochny cosmodrome. This was reported to TASS by a source in the rocket and space industry.

The head of the State Corporation "Roscosmos" Dmitry Rogozin on Tuesday, October 19, ordered the change of the general contractor for the construction of the Vostochny cosmodrome, as well as the creation of a subordinate construction department, which will become the new general contractor.

The United Aircraft Corporation (PJSC UAC, part of Rostec State Corporation) continues to centralize the management of enterprises belonging to the corporation.

Su-30SM and Su-24M aircraft have practiced missile strikes and bombing exercises in the Kaliningrad region, the press service of the Baltic Fleet reported on Tuesday.

The Government Commission on Legislative Activity considered an initiative giving the head of state the authority to approve the Naval Charter of the Navy. The document, among other things, prescribes the procedure for actions during an emergency on the ship.

At the same time, the essence of the accusations is not disclosed to Andrey Koltukov

Investigators accused the former head of the Federal State University of the 21st Research Institute of the Ministry of Defense, who was engaged in the development of armored vehicles for the needs of the Russian army, Andrei Koltukov, of causing damage to the state in the amount of more than 13 million rubles at the time when he was in charge of this scientific institution. This is stated in the case materials, which were reviewed by TASS.

The US Department of Defense recently published a new report on suicide cases among American servicemen.

It provides statistics for the second quarter of 2021, which shows that the number of suicides in the army increased by 46% compared to the same period last year. 

There is no talk of merging all aviation design bureaus

The design center, which unites all aircraft design bureaus, should be built in three to four years on Leningradsky Prospekt in Moscow, said the head of the UAC Yuri Slyusar.

In the Military Innovative Technopolis "ERA", the selection of operators for military service in scientific companies has been completed.

The relocation of the main office of the United Shipbuilding Corporation (USC) to St. Petersburg has been completed, small technical details remain, the head of USC Alexey Rakhmanov told Interfax on Friday.

The head of Roscosmos lives in one of three guest houses-dormitories, where the leadership of leading rocket and space companies is located

Director General of Roscosmos Dmitry Rogozin conducted a "tour" of the cottage in which he lives and the workplace for the period of business trips to the Vostochny cosmodrome.

The Government Commission on Legislative Activity has considered an initiative that actually brings down pilots and flight attendants suspected of extremism from the sky to the ground.

As Vladimir Gruzdev, Chairman of the Board of the Association of Lawyers of Russia, explained, it is proposed to supplement the Air Code with provisions according to which it will be prohibited to accept citizens included in the list of persons in respect of whom there is information about their involvement in extremist activities or terrorism.

Employees of the US Navy (Navy) who will not be fully vaccinated against coronavirus by November 28 will be dismissed. This is stated in the message of the US Navy, which was cited on October 14 by the FOX News channel.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has instructed to create a special fire squadron in the country, which will include 22 aircraft and helicopters. This was reported on October 14 by RIA Novosti with reference to sources.

The deadline for the readiness of the country's first military commissariat, modernized as part of a large-scale project of the Russian Defense Ministry, has become known.

It is planned to open in the Tver region by the beginning of the spring draft-2022. This was announced by the governor of the region Igor Rudenya. "The new digital military enlistment office should become a flagship, exemplary facility as part of the further development of the network of military enlistment offices of the Russian Federation," he said after a meeting in Moscow with Deputy Defense Minister Timur Ivanov.

TASS does not yet have an official comment from USC

United Shipbuilding Corporation (USC) has completed the relocation of its headquarters to St. Petersburg. This was reported to TASS by a source in the military-industrial complex.