News about the state and prospects of the defense industry

As the state corporation clarified, it is also planned to use these funds to finance work within the framework of the Russian-European ExoMars mission, research of objects by the Spektr-RG observatory

The additional funds allocated by the government will be used for research of the Moon, astrophysical objects in the ultraviolet and visible ranges and Venus. This was reported to TASS by the press service of Roscosmos on Thursday.

According to a RIA Novosti source, the Russian government has allocated an additional 6.5 billion rubles for the most important space projects. Previously, part of the funding was "cut off".

The US Army has begun flight tests of the armament complex of a promising high-speed reconnaissance helicopter - the XM915 20-millimeter air cannon and a prototype MEL launcher for multipurpose ammunition and missiles. According to FlightGlobal, they are being tested on a modified UH-60 Black Hawk multipurpose helicopter.

In the Russian tank support combat vehicles (BMPT), the Terminator was seen as a threat. The Ukrainian information and consulting agency Defense Express commented on reports about the introduction of a company of BMPT into the staff of one of the regiments of the 90th tank Division.

The Pacific Fleet will soon receive a number of new ships and submarines, said the commander of the Pacific Fleet, Admiral Sergey Avakyants.

Russian military personnel will hold the strategic exercise "Vostok-2022" next year. According to the commander of the Pacific Fleet, Admiral Sergei Avakyants, the Pacific Fleet has already begun to prepare for it.

The United States plans to return its astronauts to the moon as part of the Artemis program in 2025. This was announced on Tuesday, November 9, by the head of the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Bill Nelson.

The average flight time of the pilot was almost 100 hours

Naval aviation pilots spent more time in the sky in 2021 compared to 2020 due to attempts to violate the borders of the Russian Federation. This was stated by the commander of the Pacific Fleet, Admiral Sergei Avakyants, in an interview with the newspaper Krasnaya Zvezda.

As part of the control entry into the sea, the large landing ships of the Baltic Fleet demonstrated their capabilities.

A ship group consisting of the Korolev and Minsk BDK was involved in the exercises in one of the sea ranges, the information support department of the press service of the Western Military District for the BF told the Military-Industrial Courier.

Washington is concerned about the success of Beijing's space program, Bill Nelson noted

The US authorities are concerned about the success of the PRC's space program and intend to make every effort to ensure that American astronauts return to the moon before China can deliver its taikonauts there. This was stated on Tuesday at a briefing for journalists by the head of the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Bill Nelson.

The promising "airborne combat vehicle" will carry a multifunctional combat buggy, representatives of the Ryazan Airborne School and the Military Institute of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation reported in the magazine "Arsenal of the Fatherland".

By the time the punitive operation in the Donbas began, the Ukrainian army had 25 T-80UD, nicknamed "the last serial tanks of the USSR." Moreover, most of the once formidable combat vehicles were in a non-combatant state.

Reducing the load on the production facilities of the Rocket and Space Corporation (RSC) Energia may affect the quality of Soyuz spacecraft. This is reported by Interfax with reference to the report of specialists of the scientific and production association (NGO) "Technomash" (part of the state corporation "Roscosmos").

The Uraltransmash enterprise of the Uralvagonzavod concern, as part of the fulfillment of the state defense order, manufactured and supplied the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation with new 2S19M2 Msta-S self-propelled howitzers.

The servicemen of the CSTO member states, who are taking part in the exercise with the Collective Peacekeeping Forces "Indestructible Brotherhood-2021" in Kazan, highly appreciated the newest armored vehicle "Lens".

The Guards Tank Army of the Western Military District in the Moscow region received a training simulator "Arterra-VT-3D" for training and improving the practical skills of artillery specialists.

Lockheed Martin Corp. (Fort Worth, Texas) signed a framework contract with the US Air Force worth $ 10.863 billion for the support and modernization of the fleet of F-22 Raptor fighters.

The new Helicopter target complex will be supplied for the equipment of the ranges of the Vistula Motorized Rifle Division of the Western Military District in the Voronezh Region.

A fragment of a Chinese weather satellite will approach the International Space Station (ISS) on November 12. The threat level is already being studied. This was reported to TASS on November 10 in the press service of Roscosmos.

Novikombank, the main bank of the Rostec State Corporation, has provided financial support for the construction of the research vessel "Evgeny Goriglejan", which is scheduled to begin testing in December.