News about the state and prospects of the defense industry

Russian experts drew attention to possible technical difficulties associated with the Search module of the International Space Station. Earlier, NASA hinted at the isolation of the Russian Zvezda module.

Work on the integration of the European ERA manipulator into the ISS has been postponed due to technical problems with the manipulator, said Alexander Poleshchuk, head of the extravehicular Activity Department of the Energia Rocket and Space Corporation.

The flight of Ka-52 helicopters, which arrived at the end of last year, completed the formation of a squadron of Alligator reconnaissance and attack helicopters of the army aviation unit of the Southern Military District, the press service of the Southern Military District reports.

The missile compound moved to the Astrakhan region from the Krasnodar Territory

Units equipped with Iskander-M missile systems will conduct combat launches at the Kapustin Yar test site in the Astrakhan region. This was reported to journalists in the press service of the Southern Military District (SE).

The missile compound of the Southern Military District in the Kuban, equipped with the Iskander-M missile defense system, has been raised on a training alert and will conduct a tactical exercise with combat missile launches at the Kapustin Yar test site in the Astrakhan region, the press service of the Southern Military District reports.

Combat swimmers of the Pacific Fleet (Pacific Fleet) worked out tasks on anti-sabotage defense in the Kamchatka Territory, the press service of the Pacific Fleet reported on Thursday.

The commandos of the 49th combined Arms Army of the Southern Military District have mastered the technique of covert penetration into specially protected objects of a conditional enemy, the press service of the Southern Military District reports.

The construction of a special-purpose nuclear submarine Belgorod is at the final stage, said the General director of the Sevmash plant (Severodvinsk) Mikhail Budnichenko.

The multipurpose nuclear submarine Kazan (Yasen-M, project 885-M) has become the lowest-noise submarine in the Russian Navy, the general director of the Sevmash plant (Severodvinsk) said Mikhail Budnichenko in an interview with the magazine "Plant" ("Sevmash").

The system will also be able to monitor objects from 10-15 cm in size at altitudes from 2.5 thousand to 45 thousand km

The new Russian Milky Way system will be able to track objects ranging in size from 5-7 cm, which are at an altitude of up to 2.5 thousand km above the Earth's surface. This was announced in an interview with TASS by the general designer of the Automated Warning System for Dangerous Situations in Near-Earth Space (ASPOS OKP) Grigory Stupak.

The nuclear submarine of the Northern Fleet "Kazan" - the first ship of the modernized project 885A "Ash-M" - thanks to technical innovations has become the lowest noise in its class.

Cosmonaut recruitment was open, applications were accepted from citizens of the Russian Federation not older than 35 years old, with higher education in engineering, scientific or flight specialties with work experience

Cosmonauts of the 2018 set Konstantin Borisov, Alexander Gorbunov, Alexander Grebenkin, Alexey Zubritsky, Sergey Mikaev and Oleg Platonov can make the first flights into orbit in 2023-2024. This is stated in the message of Roscosmos, distributed on Thursday.

Helicopter pilots of a separate regiment of the Leningrad Army of the Air Force and Air Defense flew in difficult meteorological conditions. You can watch their flights on the video, which was presented by the press service of the Western Military District.

The construction of the Belgorod special-purpose submarine, the carrier of the Poseidon marine drones, is at the final stage. This, as RIA Novosti reports, was announced by Mikhail Budnichenko, General Director of JSC PO Sevmash.

In anticipation of Altay tanks, Turkey is upgrading its existing combat vehicles. Yesterday, January 19, the portal savunmasanayist.com He reported that the Turkish Defense Industry Administration (SSB) has approved the TIYK-LEO 2A4 program, under which more than 300 Leopard 2A4 tanks will undergo deep modernization.

Among them are the S-400, S-350 air defense systems, Bastion missile systems, more than 100 aircraft and helicopters

Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said that in 2021, the Armed Forces received more than 5,000 new and upgraded weapons, military and special equipment.

The Armed Forces received, in particular, 900 armored combat vehicles, three modern submarines, including the nuclear-powered submarine Prince Oleg, armed with Bulava ballistic missiles.

In 2021, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation received more than five thousand new and modernized samples of weapons, military and special equipment. This was announced by Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu.

Rostec State Corporation delivered eight types of various weapons and military equipment to the Russian armed forces by the Single Day of Military Acceptance.

Serial deliveries of the Zircon hypersonic cruise missile will begin in 2022. This was reported to Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu by Deputy Head of the Military Department Alexey Krivoruchko during the single day of acceptance of military products.

According to him, the state tests of the "Zircon" are being completed.