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CEO Rogozin: Roscosmos will launch at least two Angara light missiles in 2022

Roscosmos will launch at least two Angara light missiles in 2022, said Dmitry Rogozin, CEO of the state corporation. The manager's statement is transmitted by TASS.

A picture of a British F-35B fighter jet, which was lifted from the bottom of the sea, has been published

The first pictures of the British fifth-generation carrier-based fighter F-35B Lightning II, which was raised from the bottom of the Mediterranean Sea, appeared on the web. In November, the plane crashed from the deck of the aircraft carrier Queen Elizabeth. The ChDambiev channel in Telegram drew attention to the picture.

Pilots from the Army of the Air Force and Air Defense of the Southern Military District, stationed at the Krymsk airfield in the Krasnodar Territory, practiced aerial duels and performed aerobatics during the exercises.

The French army began to arm itself with new reconnaissance vehicles. January 21, portal opex360.com He reported that the first 20 units of the Jaguar EBRC 6×6 were delivered to the troops.

The Drive: The Russian Su-34 fighter-bomber has no analogues in the world

The Russian multifunctional supersonic fighter-bomber Su-34 has no analogues in the world, being "one of the most intriguing combat aircraft in the world with a unique appearance." The "crazy quirks" of the Russian fighter-bomber were revealed in the American edition of The Drive.

Deputy General Director of the enterprise Roman Khokhlov also reported that the Khrunichev Center for the first time in a long time completed the year without debt obligations on rocket technology

The tank hulls for the first Angara-A5, which will be launched from the Vostochny cosmodrome, have already been assembled. This was announced by Roman Khokhlov, Deputy General Director of the Khrunichev Center for Production.

The training of the counteraction groups to unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) of the conditional enemy took place in the tank army stationed in the Nizhny Novgorod region, the Western Military District (ZVO) reported on Saturday.

The crew, whose members have not been trained to work in the American segment, will not be able to be sent to the ISS, the press service of Roscosmos reported.

The Russian multifunctional supersonic fighter-bomber Su-34 has no analogues in the world, being "one of the most intriguing combat aircraft in the world with a unique appearance."

The Khrunichev Center has fulfilled all production plans for the year for the first time in modern history, said Roman Khokhlov, deputy director of the center.

The last Bulgarian submarine has been serving as a museum exhibit since 2011, but the Bulgarian Defense Ministry intends to revive the submarine fleet. January 21, portal euractiv.com He reported that the Bulgarian Defense Minister announced plans to purchase submarines.

The US Department of Defense launched the GSSAP-5 and GSSAP-6 inspection satellites on an Atlas V rocket

The US Department of Defense launched a pair of Geosynchronous Space Situational Awareness Program (GSSAP) spacecraft into geosynchronous near-Earth orbit from the Cape Canaveral cosmodrome in Florida on an Atlas V rocket, capable of maneuvering in space and tracking the status of other satellites, writes The Drive.

MIC: the American submarine Connecticut could have received critical damage

The Connecticut nuclear submarine of the Seawolf project, which collided with a seamount in the South China Sea, could have received critical damage that did not allow for its restoration, writes the Military-Industrial Courier (MIC).

As reported by PJSC "United Aircraft Corporation", shareholders of the United Aircraft Corporation (PJSC "UAC" of Rostec State Corporation) approved the joining of two subsidiary aircraft companies to PJSC "UAC" - JSC "Sukhoi Company" and JSC "RSC "MiG". The majority of shareholders voted for the reorganization of the UAC in the form of joining Sukhoi and MIG during the extraordinary meeting of shareholders of the company held on January 17, 2022. The issue of reorganization was submitted to shareholders by the Board of Directors of UAC in November 2021.

The Soyuz-2 medium-class launch vehicle (LV) will be in operation for another ten years, work is currently underway to improve it, said Dmitry Rogozin, head of Roscosmos.

The third stage of the cosmodrome will include a cheap, light and fast-built launch facility - Rogozin

During the construction of the third stage of the Vostochny cosmodrome, designed to launch Amur-LNG rockets, Roscosmos will abandon the construction of underground bunkers and build a cheaper and lighter launch complex, the head of the state corporation Dmitry Rogozin said.

This will lead to a boom in rocket engineering, said the CEO of the state corporation Roscosmos

Roscosmos is confident that hundreds, thousands of satellites will be built in the coming years, which will lead to a boom in rocket science. This opinion was expressed by the CEO of the state corporation Dmitry Rogozin.

Previously, it was supposed to integrate the manipulator during spacewalks on January 27 and February 2

The work on the integration of the European ERA manipulator (European Robotic Arm) into the International Space Station (ISS) will be carried out by the next Russian crew together with a European astronaut, cosmonaut Peter Dubrov, who works on the ISS, said.

Children will also be able to take part in the creation of design concepts that will be able to get on the body of the Amur methane rocket being created in the future, said Alexander Bloshenko, Executive Director of Roscosmos for Advanced Programs and Science.

Technodinamika Holding is modernizing the production of Grad MLRS

The production of the multiple launch rocket system (MLRS) "Grad" is being modernized. The "Special Design Bureau" and the scientific and production association (NPO) "Alloy" named after A.N. Ganichev (part of the holding "Technodinamika") will ensure the release of the system on modern equipment, taking into account new technological processes. This is reported by Rostec State Corporation.