News about the state and prospects of the defense industry

A list of instructions from President Vladimir Putin has been published following a meeting with members of the government held on November 24, 2021, during which, we recall, the president agreed with a proposal on the personal responsibility of heads of state-owned companies for the purchase of domestic software.

Cambridge Quantum, a pioneer in the field of quantum software, operating systems and cybersecurity, and Honeywell Quantum Solutions, which built high-performance quantum equipment based on captured ion technology, announced that they had fulfilled all the conditions necessary to complete the transaction to combine the two businesses, and created a new company called Quantinuum

In the new academic year, which started in the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation on December 1, the main priority will be to further increase the level of professional training of military personnel, according to the Ministry of Defense.

On Monday, November 29, Russia announced preparations for testing a new-built Tu-160M strategic bomber. The Polish edition of Defence24 suggested that this indicates that Russian strategic aviation is lagging behind the United States.

More than 3 thousand combat training events will be worked out in the troops of the Southern Military District in 2022, the press service of the Southern Military District reports.

Due to bad weather, the European aerospace company is postponing the launch of the Soyuz rocket with Galileo navigation satellites on board, previously planned on Wednesday, for December 3," the company's CEO Stefan Israel said on Twitter.

The range of the ZRPC has been increased and sufficiently confident identification of drones is provided in the affected area, the editor-in-chief of the Arsenal of the Fatherland magazine noted

The new improved anti-aircraft missile and gun system (ZRPC) "Pantsir-S1M" with an increased target range will be able to shoot down attack drones even before they launch their aircraft weapons. This opinion was expressed by TASS editor-in-chief of the magazine "Arsenal of the Fatherland" Viktor Murakhovsky.

The complex has already successfully completed state tests in 2019

The Engineering Design Bureau (KBM, part of the Rostec State Corporation's High-Precision Complexes holding) has prepared for serial production the first Russian short-range/ultra-short-range air defense system of the VSHORAD [Very Short-Range Air Defense] "Flexible-S" type. This was reported to TASS by Bekhan Ozdoev, industrial director of the cluster of armaments, ammunition and special chemicals of the Rostec State Corporation.

The formation of a new airborne assault regiment in Crimea will be completed in December, the Russian military department reported. "In December of this year, the formation of the third airborne assault regiment of the Novorossiysk Guards Airborne Assault Mountain Unit will be completed," the Ministry of Defense said in a statement issued on Wednesday.

Airborne troops (airborne troops) will hold a new academic year under the motto "tactical surprise and combat initiative troops," the Russian Defense Ministry told reporters.

Several formations capable of conducting large-scale network-centric operations have been created in the Russian Armed Forces, informed sources told RIA Novosti.

Military exercises have started in the south of Russia, in which over ten thousand soldiers and officers of motorized rifle and tank formations of the Southern Military District take part. The corresponding information was distributed by the press service of the Southern Federal District.

The Eastern Military District will hold more than 2 thousand special exercises in 2022, the press service of the Air Defense Ministry reported on Wednesday.

The first full-time unit in the Russian Armed Forces equipped with Terminator tank support vehicles (BMPT) has been formed in the Central Military District (CVO), the commander of the CVO troops Alexander Lapin told reporters.

At the same time, the head of SpaceX, Elon Musk, noted that both the ISS and the Dragon cargo ship are equipped with protective screens that allow them to absorb the impacts of high-speed objects

TASS, December 1.. The American company SpaceX has shifted the orbits of some Starlink satellites to prevent their possible collision with space debris. This was announced on Tuesday by the head of the company, Elon Musk.

The troops of the Eastern Military District will prepare for the strategic command and staff exercise "Vostok-2022" in the new academic year, the press service of the VVO reports.

During a recent visit to the Uralvagonzavod by Deputy Defense Minister Alexei Krivoruchko, he and his accompanying officials, in addition to the T-14, were presented with a modern Russian T-90M "Breakthrough" tank.

Most of the tactical events will be held in a bilateral format

Phased preparation for the strategic exercises "Vostok" began in the Eastern Military District (VVO) with the beginning of the new school year, the press service of the district reported.

The first full-time unit in the Russian army equipped with Terminator tank support vehicles (BMPT) appeared in the Central Military District, Colonel-General Alexander Lapin, commander of the Central Military District, said, RIA Novosti writes.

Egyptian designers presented the Sinai 200 armored vehicle at the Egypt Defense Expo 2021 in Cairo. The new vehicle is based on the Soviet infantry fighting vehicle BMP-1. This is reported by Rossiyskaya Gazeta.