News about the state and prospects of the defense industry

Swiss Airline plans to start using synthetic jet fuel created with the help of concentrated solar energy for the first time in the world. It creates exactly as much carbon dioxide as it takes to produce it. This is reported by the manufacturer of solar fuel Synhelion.

The commander of the frigate Admiral of the Fleet of the Soviet Union Gorshkov, Captain of the first rank Igor Krokhmal, reported that the appearance of a hypersonic missile is one of the secret parameters

The surface-launched hypersonic missile Zircon has a flight range of up to 1,500 km. This was reported by the commander of the frigate Admiral of the Fleet of the Soviet Union Gorshkov, Captain of the first rank Igor Krokhmal in a report for the TV program "Vesti Nedelya" on the channel "Russia-1".

During the fighting at Gostomel airport near Kiev, the world's largest AN-225 Mriya transport aircraft was destroyed.

"The flagship of Ukrainian aviation, the legendary AN–225 Mriya, was destroyed. It happened at Antonov Airport in Gostomel near Kiev, where the plane was located," Ukroboronprom reported.

The experiment, in which coronavirus protein crystals will be grown using a 3D bioprinter, will take place within about eight days

Coronavirus proteins, as part of an experiment to study them, will be sent to the ISS for the first time on the Soyuz MS-21 manned spacecraft on March 18. This was reported to TASS by the managing partner of 3D Bioprinting Solutions, Youssef Hesuani.

Until recently, the Ukrainian army had about two hundred T-64BV tanks of the 2017 model in service. During the modernization, night sights were replaced with them - thermal imaging sights were installed instead of the old infrared ones.

The servicemen of the special forces unit of the 49th combined arms Army of the Southern Military District performed a landing from a maximum height and destroyed conditional saboteurs during a tactical and special exercise in the Kuban, the press service of the Southern Military District reports.

Military personnel of a separate radar unit of the Eastern Military District on Wrangel Island in Chukotka during the training conducted monitoring of airspace in the Arctic and found unmanned aerial vehicles of the "enemy", the Air Defense Ministry reports.

North Korea said on Monday it had conducted an "important test" to develop a "reconnaissance satellite," KCNA reported.

More than 300 people and about 50 pieces of equipment take part in them

TASS, February 28. The servicemen of the Eastern Military District (VVO) were raised on a training alert and marched to the Uspenovsky district as part of bilateral live-fire exercises on Sakhalin, the press service of the district reported on Monday.

Exercises with the participation of about 1 thousand servicemen were held in the Orenburg region

TASS, February 28. Servicemen of the motorized rifle unit of the Central Military District (CVO) repelled an attack by a conditional enemy on a settlement during exercises in the Orenburg region, the press service of the Central Military District reported on Monday.

Russian servicemen in Tajikistan have applied camouflage paint to upgraded T-72B3M tanks with improved combat characteristics, which recently entered service at the 201st military base.

Training events are held in Kemerovo, Novosibirsk, Sverdlovsk and Chelyabinsk regions, Altai Krai

About 2.5 thousand military signalmen of the Central Military District (CVO) have started exercises on the management of troops at five training grounds in Siberia and the Urals. This is stated in a message distributed on Monday by the press service of the district.

The final composition of the crews will be approved by the state Commission at the Baikonur cosmodrome on March 17

Cosmonauts Oleg Artemyev, Denis Matveev and Sergey Korsakov, who are part of the crew of the Soyuz MS-21 spacecraft, arrived at Baikonur. This is stated in the message of Roscosmos, distributed on Monday.

During the offensive of the DPR People's Militia units to liberate the settlement of Nikolaevka, T-72B (BM) tanks with enhanced protection were spotted. Video footage from this section of the front of the fight against Nazi formations was posted by the Zvezda TV channel.

The United States said that the European Union will lose five Soyuz-2 missiles due to sanctions against Russia

The American edition of SpaceNews assessed the consequences of the suspension of the launch of Russian Soyuz-2 rockets from the European Kourou cosmodrome in French Guiana. It follows from the publication that the European Union will lose five Soyuz-2 missiles after the sanctions imposed against Russia.

Lockheed Martin and Boeing are ready to use RD-180 engines without involving Energomash

The United Launch Alliance (ULA), a joint venture of the American companies Lockheed Martin and Boeing, is ready to use the RD-180 rocket engines remaining in the United States without involving Russian specialists from the Research and Production Association (NGO) Energomash, SpaceNews writes.

The European Space Agency earlier reported that it considers the possibility of launching the Russian-European ExoMars mission unlikely due to anti-Russian sanctions imposed in connection with the situation in Ukraine.

The agency expressed regret over the "tragic consequences" of the fighting in Ukraine and stressed that it makes decisions based on both the interests of people working on scientific programs and European values.

The European Space Agency (ESA) is studying the possibility of using European rockets to launch satellites into orbit, which were planned to be launched on Russian Soyuz rockets. This is stated in the agency's statement published on Monday.

Teslarati: Europe may use an American Falcon 9 instead of the Russian Soyuz-2

The European operator Arianespace could use the American Falcon 9 carrier to launch spacecraft instead of the Russian Soyuz-2 rocket, Teslarati suggests.