News about the state and prospects of the defense industry

The test launch of the Astra launch vehicle did not go according to plan. The rocket deviated slightly and shifted to the side, without gaining altitude from the launch field. The device in a few seconds rushed up. After 2.5 minutes of flight, the engines shut down.

According to the corporation, about 10 aircraft will extinguish fires all year round

The United Aircraft Corporation (UAC, part of the Rostec state Corporation) plans to start creating Be-200 amphibious aircraft in 2021, which will be included in the squadron for extinguishing fires. This was announced by the first Deputy General Director of the UAC Sergey Yarkov.

The last of the American stealth destroyers of the Zumwalt type went to sea for the first time. On August 28, the Associated Press reported that the ship Lyndon B. Johnson left the Bath Iron Works shipyard (Maine) and headed for the Atlantic Ocean to undergo sea trials.

The American company SpaceX has successfully launched a Falcon 9 launch vehicle, the first stage of the ship landed on a floating drone platform in the Atlantic Ocean. This is reported in the Twitter account of SpaceX.

"At the output of the "medium-haul MS-21 and "Baikal" to replace the "cornhusker" An-2

Russia is implementing a large program to create aircraft for domestic aviation, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said.

A sharp increase in the number of patients with coronavirus has put space launches in the United States at risk. This is written by Bloomberg.

The head of Roscosmos, Dmitry Rogozin, said that there are no facts of the existence of humanoid aliens, but various forms of life can exist in the Universe.

The head of the United Aircraft Corporation, Yuri Slyusar, called the start date of regular flights of the newest civil aircraft MS-21 ("Mainline aircraft of the XXI century"). This is reported in the story of the TV channel "Russia 1".

According to the Minister of Defense, the supply of serial UAVs to the army has been established

The Russian Armed Forces will have two thousand unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) by the end of this year. This was announced by the head of the Russian Defense Ministry Sergei Shoigu in an exclusive interview for the YouTube channel "Solovyov Live", the footage of which was shown on the TV channel "Russia-1".

The range of destruction of unmanned aerial vehicles by the anti-aircraft missile and cannon complex "Pantsir" has been increased by 30%, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said.

The exercises of the search and rescue support forces to assist an emergency submarine have ended in the Barents Sea, the Northern Fleet (SF) said on Sunday.

The Ukrainian concern "Ukroboronprom" was unable to arrange the assembly of American UH-1 Iroqouis helicopters by the stated deadline. Representatives of the concern promised to start assembling helicopters by the 30th anniversary of Ukraine's independence, which came on August 24, Defense Express reports.

Deputy Prime Minister Yuri Borisov said earlier that the state of the ISS leaves much to be desired, so Russia can focus on creating its own orbital station

The United States expects to continue cooperation with Russia on the International Space Station at least until 2030.

The United States is in a state of a space race with China, while Russian-Chinese cooperation in space can be cited as an example of a more exemplary relationship. This statement was made on Wednesday, August 25, by the head of the American National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Bill Nelson.

The Russian Defense Ministry is increasingly informing the public about the long-distance voyages of Russian ships, while modern Russian industry mainly produces small and auxiliary ships, the Defence24 portal notes in a publication devoted to the problems of building the country's Navy.

Engines from 2.5 MW to 25 MW can be used for desalination stations, said Mikhail Remizov, Deputy General Director of the corporation

The United Engine Corporation (UEC, part of the Rostec state Corporation) is working on the option of creating stationary stations using gas turbine technology for desalination of water in the Crimea. This was announced to TASS during the Army-2021 forum by Mikhail Remizov, Deputy General Director of the UEC.

The new remote-controlled combat module "Baikal" for armored vehicles is completing the preliminary testing stage, the press service of the Uralvagonzavod concern (UVZ, Rostec) told Interfax.

A round table on the topic was held within the framework of the MVTF "Army-2021" : "Current trends in the development of means and methods of specific indication in the interests of biological protection of troops and the population of the Russian Federation".

At the Army-2021 forum, a round table was held on the problems of developing special software and algorithmic support for the functioning of location, identification and radio control systems.

The AU-220M artillery module is designed for arming armored combat vehicles

The newest remote-controlled combat module (DUBM) AU-220M "Baikal" is at the final stage of preliminary tests. This was reported to TASS by the press service of the Uralvagonzavod concern (UVZ, part of the Rostec state Corporation) during the military-technical forum "Army-2021".