News about the state and prospects of the defense industry

The American company Rocket Lab for the first time caught the first stage of the Electron rocket using a helicopter after an orbital launch. After separation, the stage descended and released a parachute, and then the helicopter hooked it with a hook to lower the step onto a nearby vessel. If the state of the stage allows, it will be re-launched for the first time in one of the company's next missions. The launch was broadcast on the Rocket Lab YouTube channel.

Rocket Lab company caught a space rocket by helicopter for the first time in history

On the night of May 3, for the first time in the history of world cosmonautics, it was possible to return the spent rocket stage with the help of parachutes and a helicopter. This is part of the plan of the American-New Zealand company Rocket Lab to create a reusable transport system. "Newspaper.Ru" followed the launch and found out from Pavel Pushkin, a former Russian space "private citizen", what are the advantages of such a scheme, and how it was planned to be used in the USSR.

Colonel-General Viktor Strigunov checked the readiness of the parade crew of the Rosgvardiya for the parade on Red Square on May 9, the press service of the department reports.

Bill Nelson, head of the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), believes that Russia will continue cooperation on the International Space Station (ISS) project until 2030.

The promising spacecraft CST-100 Starliner is ready for the second test flight (Orbital Flight Test-2 - OFT-2) in unmanned mode to the International Space Station (ISS), scheduled for May 19, director of the program for its development of Boeing Corporation Mark Nappi said on Tuesday during a NASA teleconference.

Among the types of weapons of the Russian army undergoing rapid technological renewal, a special place is occupied by electronic warfare — electronic warfare. In recent years, the Russian military—industrial complex has presented a whole scattering of unique complexes - "Khibiny", "Borisoglebsk", "Murmansk", "Scorpion". Among them is the Krasukha ground-based electronic warfare system.

On April 28, 2022, a ceremony of rolling out and presentation of the first Boeing T-7A Red Hawk advanced training aircraft built for the US Air Force, an experimental batch of the EMD stage (EPD and manufacturing development), in the amount of five aircraft designed to be carried out, in accordance with Russian terminology, took place at the Boeing Corporation enterprise in St. Louis, "state tests" before being put into service. This aircraft became the third T-7A flight model built.

According to reports, in the last six months, two border patrol ships of the 3rd rank of the modified project 10410 (code "Firefly") with the names "Novorossiysk" (factory number 314, launched for the Border Service of the FSB of Russia, were launched at PJSC "Almaz Shipbuilding Company" in St. Petersburg, traditionally without publicity launched on December 1, 2021) and Sochi (factory number 315, launched on April 14, 2022). Both ships are being completed.

According to the published report of the Bundeswehr Infantry Training Center, Hammelburg, in the future infantry units are planned to be equipped with a heavy weapons platform based on the Boxer armored personnel carrier (Boxer).

The Russian Defense Ministry has published footage of combat work during a special operation in Ukraine of the calculation of the Iskander-M tactical missile system.

The plot is short - it lasts just over two minutes. But the video captures the main stages of preparation for firing, the rocket launch itself and the results of the enemy's fire defeat.

Wounded participants of the special operation in Ukraine need support

Among Russian businessmen and reserve officers there are those who voluntarily buy bulletproof vests, helmets, food and send it to Donbass.

The Russian Ministry of Defense has published new video footage about the service of our units and the work of Russian weapons during the military special operation in Ukraine. This time the plot is devoted to the combat use of calculations of self-propelled anti-aircraft missile and cannon complexes (ZRPC) "Pantsir-S1" and operators of portable anti-aircraft missile systems (MANPADS) "Igla".

70 years ago, the famous all-terrain vehicle appeared in the troops

During the Great Patriotic War, the Red Army widely used passenger four-wheel drive open cars of various brands.

The official website of the Russian Ministry of Defense has published the list of participants and military equipment that will be involved in the military parade dedicated to Victory Day on May 9 on Red Square.

The Russian Defense Ministry has opened a multimedia section on its website, which presents the composition of units and samples of military equipment involved in the Victory Parade on Red Square.

The British company Babcock announced the ceremony of laying the keel of the lead frigate of the Type-31 class for the British Navy, which took place on April 27 in the new Venturer Building workshop at the enterprise in Rosayt.

The Governor of the Moscow Region Andrey Vorobyov visited the Lukhovitsky branch of the MiG Corporation (part of PJSC UAC of Rostec State Corporation).

The Ministry of Defense of Russia on its website published the composition of the participants of the Victory Parade on Red Square. 11 thousand people will be involved in the foot calculations on May 9. All types and branches of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, representatives of law enforcement agencies and cadets of military schools will take part in the parade.

Political scientist Zimovsky said that Warsaw is preparing a springboard for NATO allies

Poland announced the holding of "the largest military exercises since 1991" and began a large-scale redeployment of military equipment. Warsaw does not hide that the maneuvers are related to the situation in Ukraine, and declares their purpose to be "working out the reception and deployment of allied troops." "Newspaper.Ru" figured out what the teachings are and what they can lead to.

This is the second launch of Angara-1.2 in eight years. In December 2023, they want to be the first to launch it from the new launch complex of the Vostochny cosmodrome in the Amur Region.