News about the state and prospects of the defense industry
The European Union will spend €6 billion to create a constellation of communication satellites
According to Bloomberg, the EC intends to spend €2.4 billion from its budget for these purposes
The European Union plans to spend €6 billion ($6.8 billion) to create a constellation of communications satellites in low Earth orbit to ensure secure communications for member countries. This is reported by Bloomberg with reference to the European Commissioner for the Internal Market, Thierry Breton.
The military expert named the features of the new Voronezh radar
The Russian missile attack warning system will be fully updated by 2030. On the air of Sputnik radio, military expert Alexey Leonkov told about the new Voronezh high-readiness radars.
The European Union will spend 6 billion euros on an analog of OneWeb
Bloomberg: The European Union will spend 6 billion euros on an analogue of the British OneWeb system
The European Union will spend 6 billion euros on an analogue of the British OneWeb system, Bloomberg reports, referring to the European Commissioner for the internal market, Thierry Breton.
Tu-22M3 lit up in Syria with a new missile
The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation has published the first image of a long-range missile carrier Tu-22M3 with a new cruise missile X-32 on an external suspension.
The height of the ISS orbit will be adjusted on February 26
As a result of the maneuver, the altitude of the orbit will increase by 1.1 km
Correction of the orbit height of the International Space Station (ISS) is expected on February 26. This is stated in the message of Roscosmos, distributed on Wednesday.
The units of the tank Army of the Western Military District are returning after the exercises
The units of the tank Army of the Western Military District are returning to their permanent locations after the exercises, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Wednesday.
Near Kaliningrad, S-400 complexes repelled an "enemy" airstrike
In the Baltic Fleet in the Kaliningrad region, an exercise was held to repel a missile and air strike of a conditional enemy by the forces of S-400 Triumph anti-aircraft missile systems (SAMs).
In the United States, they talked about ways to counter hypersonic weapons
CSIS stated that the US will be able to overcome Russia's advantage in hypersonic weapons
Hypersonic missiles of Russia and China can maneuver, bypassing missile defense systems (ABM). At the same time, the influence of overloads and temperature can make rockets vulnerable. In the publication The Foreign Policy talked about ways to counter hypersonic weapons.
Mishustin urged Rostechnadzor to monitor industrial safety with the help of IoT
According to Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin, Rostechnadzor and its head Alexander Trembitsky should use modern technologies to ensure safety at work and conduct risk analysis.
IDC: In 2023, AI spending will exceed $500 billion
Specialists of the IDC analytical company expect that the revenues of suppliers of solutions in the field of artificial intelligence (AI), including software, equipment and services, will grow by 19.6% in 2022 compared to 2020.
The acting head of the Ministry of Emergency Situations opposed the commercialization of the work of rescuers
Acting Head of the Ministry of Emergency Situations Alexander Chupriyan expressed the opinion that the work of rescuers should not be commercialized. Such a statement was made at the annual expanded board of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Russia with the participation of Russian President Vladimir Putin.
The Ministry of Emergency Situations of Russia has developed a program for re-equipment of equipment until 2030
Acting head of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Russia Alexander Chupriyan said that the agency has adopted a program for technical re-equipment until 2030. The statement was made during an expanded board of the Ministry with the participation of Russian President Vladimir Putin. In particular, the agency will purchase new special vehicles for mine clearance and heavy-class robotic complexes for clearing minefields.
The first photo of the Russian Tu-22M3 with a new missile has been published
The Russian Defense Ministry has published the first pictures of the Tu-22M3 bomber with the X-32 missile
The Russian Ministry of Defense has published the first images of long-range Tu-22M3 bombers with new weapons. The planes in the image are equipped with a new X-32 missile, the Telegram channel bmpd reports.
Ukraine has listed the necessary weapons
Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Zaluzhny stated the need to create new air defense and missile defense systems
The Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU), Lieutenant General Valery Zaluzhny, addressed Ukrainian scientists. He listed the weapons that the military needs. This is reported by Defense Express.
Aviation will conduct large-scale bombing exercises against naval targets in the Black Sea
The maneuvers are aimed at increasing the level of combat training of military personnel
The operational and tactical aviation of the Air Force and Air Defense Association of the Southern Military District (SE), together with the naval aviation of the Black Sea Fleet, will conduct exercises during which they will work out the destruction of naval targets in the Black Sea. This was reported to journalists on Tuesday in the press service of the Southern Federal District.
The Black Sea Fleet destroyed the submarine of a conditional enemy during the exercises
The ships of the Black Sea Fleet conducted tactical maneuvers as part of the exercises and destroyed the submarine of a conditional enemy with the help of artillery combat. This was announced on Monday, February 15, by the press service of the World Cup.
Roscosmos reported that the cuts in the industry almost did not affect real production
More than 80% of the cuts were made by overhead personnel and a non-industrial group, said Maxim Ovchinnikov, Deputy director of the State Corporation for Economics and Finance
The reduction in the number of employees of the Russian rocket and space industry almost does not affect employees involved in real production. This was reported to journalists by Maxim Ovchinnikov, First Deputy Director General of the Roscosmos State Corporation for Economics and Finance.
The sailors of the Black Sea Fleet conducted an artillery battle and worked out the destruction of the submarine in the Black Sea
More than 30 warships of various classes take part in the exercises
The crews of the ships of the Black Sea Fleet (Black Sea Fleet) during the exercises in the Black Sea practiced conducting naval artillery combat, search and destruction of a submarine of a conditional enemy, the press service of the Black Sea Fleet said.
Roscosmos told about the optimization of 8.8% of employees in the space industry in three years
This is due to the introduction of new technologies and getting rid of non-core assets, the first deputy director of the corporation Maxim Ovchinnikov said in an interview with Vedomosti
Optimization of the number of the space industry of the Russian Federation for 2019-2021 amounted to 8.8%. This was announced by the first Deputy Director General of Roscosmos Maxim Ovchinnikov in an interview published on Tuesday with the Vedomosti newspaper.
An aviation plant for the production of the Hunter UAV is being modernized in Novosibirsk
About 2.5 billion rubles were invested in the project
Novosibirsk Aviation Plant named after V.P.Chkalov (NAZ. Chkalova, a branch of PJSC Sukhoi Company) will modernize production within five years with the construction of a new building for the production of heavy stealth drones S-70 "Hunter", a source in the authorities told TASS.
