News about the state and prospects of the defense industry
The launch of the New Shepard rocket with space tourists was postponed due to bad weather
The launch was postponed to December 11
TASS, December 8. The American company Blue Origin postponed the launch of the New Shepard spacecraft with space tourists from December 9 to December 11 due to adverse weather conditions. The company announced this on its Twitter page on Wednesday.
The price of a ticket to the Vostochny cosmodrome does not exceed 10 thousand rubles - Roscosmos
The cost of registration of services for visiting the Vostochny cosmodrome is less than 10 thousand rubles for adult citizens of the Russian Federation, for a child - less than 5 thousand, Roscosmos reported.
The Ministry of Emergency Situations will receive four Mi-8AMTSh-VA attack helicopters for flights in the Arctic, the source said
The Ministry of Emergency Situations in 2022-2023 will receive four Mi-8AMTSh-VA attack helicopters for service in the Arctic, a source in the military-industrial complex told RIA Novosti.
Almost a "Black Eagle": how in Ukraine they wanted to confuse everyone with a mutant tank
About three years ago, an unusual Ukrainian tank lit up in a video advertising the Ukrainian armored repair and evacuation vehicle "Athlete". Some of the viewers even decided that they had declassified their closed recent development in Nezalezhnaya.
In Belarus, the multiple launch rocket system "Hurricane" was transplanted to MAZ-6317
State tests of the upgraded multiple launch rocket system "Hurricane" have begun in Belarus at the Osipovichi test site. The MLRS received a new automotive platform: instead of the ZIL-135LM, the launcher for 220-mm rocket projectiles is placed on the MAZ-6317.
Troops from 2027 will begin to receive the Su-57 fighter in a new guise - the Board of the Military-Industrial Complex
A hypersonic missile is already ready for him
The Su-57 fighter will be armed with hypersonic weapons, from 2027 the aircraft will go to the troops with a new engine, First Deputy chairman of the Board of the Military-Industrial Commission (MIC) of Russia Andrey Yelchaninov said in an interview with Interfax.
NASA Launched the Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer Space Telescope
The United States has launched the IXPE X-ray telescope (Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer). The cost of the mission is estimated at more than 180 million dollars.
CVO received about 50 new-generation auto-binding machines
Medical units of the Central Military District (CVO) for the first time received new-generation AP-3 auto-dressings in 2021, the press service of the CVO reported on Thursday.
19FortyFive: Russian missiles will overcome the US missile defense without the "Vanguard"
While the United States is trying to achieve at least minimal success in hypersonic technologies, Russia is testing ready-made missiles. And, although the most attention of the public is attracted by the planning Avangard combat units for ballistic missiles, the main advantage of hypersonic technologies is concentrated in the operational and tactical link, writes 19FortyFive.
MiG-31 TsVO performed about 40 aerial refueling exercises near Chelyabinsk
Crews performed refueling in conditions of limited visibility, at night, using on-board lighting equipment
Pilots of supersonic MiG-31 interceptor fighters of two aviation regiments of the Central Military District (CVO) stationed in the Perm and Krasnoyarsk Territories performed about 40 refueling from an air tanker during tactical flight exercises that started in the Chelyabinsk region. This is stated in a message distributed on Thursday by the press service of the district.
About a thousand AK-12 assault rifles were received by the special forces of the Central Military District in the Novosibirsk region in 2021
This year, about a thousand AK-12 submachine guns have been put into service with a special purpose unit of the Central Military District stationed in the Novosibirsk region.
SpaceX has launched a new observatory for NASA
The Falcon 9 rocket launched the IXPE X-ray observatory
A Falcon 9 rocket was launched from the Cape Canaveral cosmodrome in the interests of NASA, SpaceX reports. It is noted that the Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE) spacecraft is installed in the head of the carrier — a 325-kilogram new observatory equipped with three telescopes to track X-ray sources in the Universe.
The launch date of the Angara from the Plesetsk cosmodrome has been announced
The launch of the Angara-A5 heavy launch vehicle from the Plesetsk cosmodrome in the Arkhangelsk Region is scheduled for December 23. This was announced on Thursday, December 9, by the administration of the Kargasoksky district of the Tomsk region.
The launch of Angara from the Plesetsk cosmodrome is scheduled for December 23
The backup launch date was set for December 24
The launch of the Angara-A5 heavy launch vehicle from the Plesetsk cosmodrome is scheduled for the evening of December 23. This is stated in the message of the administration of the Kargasok district of the Tomsk region.
T-14 is a step forward for decades - MIC
The Armata tank has received new shells, state tests of the entire complex will be completed in 2022.
This was announced in an interview with Interfax by the first deputy chairman of the Board of the Military-Industrial Commission (MIC) of Russia Andrey Yelchaninov.
Russian military will receive more than 40 Armata tanks after 2023 - Military Industrial Complex Board
Armata will complete state tests in 2022, a new ammunition for the T-14 has been created
The Armata tank has received new shells, state tests of the entire complex will be completed in 2022, First Deputy chairman of the Board of the Military-Industrial Commission (MIC) of Russia Andrey Yelchaninov said in an interview with Interfax.
Iskander crews conducted practical exercises in Primorye
The calculations of the Iskander-M operational-tactical missile systems of the combined arms army of the Eastern Military District (VVO), stationed in the Primorsky Territory, took part in a practical training on one of the ranges with the tasks of preparing, launching and controlling missile strikes.
F-35B: bathed, and that's enough
The British found and lifted the sunken F-35B fighter from the seabed. The plane crashed from the aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth in November due to a raincoat caught in the air intake.
The Ukrainian military has started the operation of new mortars
Defense Express: Ukraine has started the operation of the Bars-8MMK mortars received in 2019
The airborne assault troops of Ukraine have begun operation of new mobile mortar launchers "Bars-8MMK". The military uses vehicles that they received in 2019, writes Defense Express.
The condition of arming ships with "Zircons" is called
USC: serial equipping of ships with Zircon missiles is possible after the decision of the military
The United Shipbuilding Corporation (USC) is ready to equip Russian ships with hypersonic Zircon missiles after a command from the military. Vladimir Korolev, Deputy Director General for Military Shipbuilding and Special Programs of JSC "USC", called the conditions of rearmament. This is reported by Interfax.
