News about the state and prospects of the defense industry
Military exercises involving three branches of the armed forces have started in South Korea
The military exercises "Hoguk" ("Defense of the Fatherland") began on Monday in South Korea with the participation of three branches of the armed forces to work out their strategic interaction, the Yonhap news agency reported, citing the Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) of the country's armed forces.
NI: Drones are becoming an integral part of the Russian Navy
Russia has recently been paying special attention to the development of aerial and underwater drones. And the military will rely on them in the future.
Visitors to the Astronautics Congress can virtually visit the ISS at the Roscosmos stand
Visitors can use virtual glasses and special manipulators to imagine themselves as an astronaut who went into outer space
The Rocket and Space Corporation (RSC) Energia (part of Roscosmos) presented at the Roscosmos stand at the 72nd International Astronautical Congress in Dubai the Odyssey virtual reality system, with which visitors have the opportunity to feel like an astronaut working in outer space on the ISS.
Rogozin: SpaceX ships have gained enough experience to send Russian cosmonauts to them
According to the head of Roscosmos, the topic of cross-flights may be raised during negotiations with NASA
The head of Roscosmos, Dmitry Rogozin, expressed the opinion that the Crew Dragon ships of Elon Musk's SpaceX company have gained enough experience so that Russian cosmonauts can fly on them as part of cross-flights.
J-10S fighter jet made an emergency landing on water in China
One of the most advanced fighters of the Air Force of the People's Liberation Army of China Chengdu J-10S crashed last Friday. Perhaps the incident would not have been known, but videos and photos from the scene of the accident in Henan province appeared on social networks.
Rogozin said that the Sphere will include five satellite groupings for telecom
According to the head of Roscosmos, the "Sphere" will include communication groups "Yamal", "Express-RV", "Express", "Skif" and "IoT Marathon"
The Sphere program will include five satellite groupings providing telecom services, and five more - surveillance. This was announced on Monday by the General Director of Roscosmos Dmitry Rogozin.
Russia will create a unique system that protects helicopters from dangerous left rotation
The new warning system will inform the pilot when, in particular, he goes beyond the limits prescribed by the flight protocol
A warning system on helicopters of left rotation, which often leads to accidents, will be developed in Russia. This was reported on Monday in the press service of JSC Navigator.
Flying safe: Mi-17 helicopter with money crashed in Libya
An Mi-17 carrying cash crashed in Libya. The incident occurred at the stadium of the city of Tarhun, which is under the control of the forces of the Government of National Unity.
The football field of this sports facility is used as an airstrip. However, this time something went wrong, as a result, the tail boom of the helicopter broke, the propeller blades were damaged, and it fell on its side. It is reported that the crew survived.
The production of Baikal aircraft is planned to be launched in the Khabarovsk Territory
In Komsomolsk-on-Amur, it is planned to place the production of light multipurpose aircraft "Baikal". The new plant will appear in the Dzemga area, near the Sukhoi Superjet 100 aircraft assembly shop.
Russia has assessed the prospects for Kiev to create its own missile systems
It is necessary to monitor Kiev's attempts to create missile systems, but they will probably end in failure. This was announced on Monday, October 25, by the head of the Russian delegation at the talks in Vienna on military security and arms control Konstantin Gavrilov.
The United States has begun factory sea trials of the amphibious transport dock ship USS Fort Lauderdale
The Americans have put to sea for factory sea trials a new amphibious transport ship - a San Antonio-type dock - USS Fort Lauderdale. It was launched last year.
The docking system at Nauka is ready to receive the new module on the ISS
The cargo ship was in free flight for more than a day, moving away from the station by almost 200 km and getting closer again
The docking node of the multipurpose laboratory module "Science" on the ISS is ready to receive the new node module "Berth". This was announced on Monday by cosmonaut Pyotr Dubrov, who is now on board the station.
Tankers with self-sealing coating entered the troops
The Guards Tank Army of the Western Military District, stationed in the Moscow region, began to receive modern tankers. This is reported by the press service of the ZVO.
So, in one of the logistics support units (MTO), the operation of the AC-14-63501 tanker truck, made on the chassis of the KamAZ-63501 four-axle all-terrain vehicle common in the Russian Army, began.
The US military has created a "green" synthetic aviation fuel
The US Air Force and the Twelve energy company have created aviation fuel from carbon dioxide, water and energy from renewable sources. The military believes it will help them reduce their dependence on foreign oil and reduce carbon emissions. At the end of this year, they will decide whether to scale the technology and produce synthetic fuel in large quantities.
Blue Origin and Sierra Space plan to build a commercial space station
The station should be operational between 2025 and 2030
American companies Blue Origin and Sierra Space have announced plans to build a commercial space station. The corresponding statement was posted on the companies' website on Monday.
The former rescue tugboat is getting ready to go out into the big water
The crew arrived at the oceanographic research vessel "Evgeny Goriglejan", built at the Baltic shipyard "Yantar".
The first private space station is planned to be created by 2027
The station will consist of an inflatable living module, a docking module, a propulsion compartment, a robotic manipulator and a laboratory
The first independent commercial space station can be created by 2027. The corresponding statement was published on Thursday on the website of the American corporation Lockheed Martin.
The Zhuzhong rover and the Tianwen-1 probe have resumed work on Mars
The Chinese Zhuzhong rover and the Tianwen-1 probe resumed their work on Mars after half a month of being in "sleep mode," the Chinese Lunar Program said in a statement.
Problems during the tests of the South Korean rocket caused a malfunction of the third stage
The launch of a rocket with a payload model weighing 1.5 tons took place on October 21 at 10:00 Moscow time
The first South Korean Nuri launch vehicle (KSLV-II) was unable to launch a mock-up payload into orbit due to a malfunction of the third stage. This was announced by the Minister of Science and Information and Communication Technologies Im Hye Suk, KBS TV channel reported on Friday.
The Progress MS-17 spacecraft docked to the Nauka module on the ISS
It became the first cargo ship to dock to the module
The Progress MS-17 cargo transport ship, which undocked from the Poisk small research module on Thursday night, docked at the Nauka multipurpose laboratory module, follows from the broadcast on the Roscosmos website.