News about the state and prospects of the defense industry

The American company Square One Systems Design has tested a prototype of the MHU-TSX robotic charging system. It should help to install heavy hypersonic weapons on bombers.

The head of Roscosmos noted that it is planned to adapt the floating spaceport for the launches of promising Soyuz-5 launch vehicles

The future of the floating spaceport "Sea Launch" should be determined in the near future. This was announced by the General Director of Roscosmos Dmitry Rogozin on Tuesday during the scientific and practical conference "Orbit of Youth".

The lead non-nuclear submarine "Saint Petersburg" of project 677 "Lada" has completed pilot operation and has become a full-fledged combat unit in the Russian Navy.

A detachment of ships of the Northern Fleet (SF) as part of the Arctic campaign conducted artillery firing in the Laptev Sea, the press service of the SF reported on Tuesday.

The maneuvers take place against the background of the Rapid Trident exercises in Ukraine with the participation of NATO forces

Russian ships on exercises in the Black Sea destroyed a submarine of a conditional enemy, the press service of the Black Sea Fleet (Black Sea Fleet) reported on Tuesday.

On September 16, the US Navy Shipbuilding and Armament Command announced the completion of acceptance tests of the Arleigh Burke-class destroyer URO (DDG-121) "Frank E. Petersen Jr.", intended for the US Navy.

The American Air Force seriously intends to conquer the water element. Yesterday, September 20, the portal militarytimes.com He reported that the US Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC) announced the appearance of an amphibious version of the MC-130J Hercules military transport aircraft by the end of next year.

In 2023, about 209.61 billion rubles will be allocated for these purposes, according to the explanatory note to the draft budget

Russia plans to allocate about 629.64 billion rubles for the implementation of the state program "Space Activities of Russia" in 2022-2024, according to the explanatory note to the draft budget for this period, which is available to TASS.

In 2024, the volume of budget allocations under the program "Development of cosmodromes for the period 2017-2025" may be reduced by 6.79 billion rubles

Financing for the construction of the second stage of the Vostochny cosmodrome in 2023 can be increased by 14.6 billion rubles, according to an explanatory note to the draft budget for this period, which is available to TASS.

Bulgaria currently remains the only state in NATO whose army continues to operate the Soviet tactical missile system 9K79 "Tochka".

This month, live firing was conducted at the Shabla training ground for two days. According to the Bulgarian Ministry of Defense, a division of the 4th Artillery Regiment equipped with such weapons took part in them. The rocket successfully launched from the launcher and hit the target.

The crews of the ships of the Northern Fleet conducted exercises to protect the Northern Sea Route in the Laptev Sea, the Zvezda TV channel reports. The maneuvers involved a large anti-submarine ship "Severomorsk", a large landing ship "George the Victorious", as well as a Ka-27 helicopter.

Very soon, the US Army will receive five new B-21 Raider strategic bombers built by Northrop Grumman Corporation. This was stated by the Secretary of the American Air Force Frank Kendall, speaking at the conference of the Air Force Association on September 21.

In China, the AK-12 Kalashnikov assault rifle, which entered service with the Russian military, was evaluated. The Sohu publication stressed the importance of such a step.

Anti-aircraft missiles on submarines of the Russian Navy are able to change the situation at sea by the very fact of their appearance, according to professors Denis and Evgeny Losev of the VUNC of the Navy. Their article about promising air defense systems for submarines was published by the Arsenal of the Fatherland.

Fighters from Italy, Denmark, Finland, Sweden and other foreign planes took to the air because of the flight of two Russian Tu-160 strategic bombers over the Baltic Sea, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Tuesday.

Analysts called the shortcomings of the Chinese fifth-generation aircraft with Russian engines, which reduce the efficiency of the J-20. The maneuverability of the aircraft may not be enough to compete with the F-22 and F-35. This is reported by the South China Morning Post.

On Tuesday, September 21, the air defense units covering the capital's sky were put on alert. Although the alarm was a training signal, the soldiers and officers had to act without discounts on conventions. If an enemy missile or an intruder aircraft had happened to fly up to Moscow at that time, they would not have had a chance to evade defeat.

Two Tu-160 strategic missile carriers of Long-range aviation performed a planned flight in the airspace over the neutral waters of the Baltic Sea. Fighter escort was provided by the crews of Su-35S aircraft of the Air Force and Air Defense Association of the Western Military District and Su-27 naval aviation of the Baltic Fleet.

Russia's spending on national defense in 2022-2024 will amount to more than 10.8 trillion rubles, according to the explanatory note to the draft federal budget for three years.

Russian journalists named the alleged construction site of the Tesla plant in Russia, but the head of the company, Elon Musk, did not confirm this information. This is reported by the publication Electrek.