News about the state and prospects of the defense industry
Sevastopol "Sevmorzavod" will be re-equipped to ensure the repair of ships of the Russian Navy
In recent years, the Black Sea Fleet has received six submarines, three frigates, minesweepers and missile ships. Sevmorzavod's facilities will be used for their maintenance
The leading shipbuilding and ship repair enterprise of Sevastopol "Sevmorzavod" will be re-equipped to ensure the repair of ships and vessels of the Russian Navy. This was announced on Wednesday by the head of the Marine Instrumentation Corporation Leonid Strugov.
Boeing will provide 10-year maintenance of the C-17A "Globemaster-3" fleet
Boeing will continue to ensure the combat readiness of the BTA C-17A "Globemaster-3" aircraft for ten years within the framework of the contract signed on September 27 with the US Department of Defense with a total value of up to $ 23.8 billion (including options and incentives).
Tactical flight exercises involving 30 combat helicopters have begun in Siberia and the Urals
The exercises are held as part of the completion of the control check on combat training for 2021
Night flight tactical exercises began on Wednesday in the Chelyabinsk, Sverdlovsk and Novosibirsk regions with the participation of 30 combat helicopters, crews will perform more than 50 tasks, the press service of the Central Military District said.
Successful launches of the Zircon from the submarine will allow state tests to be conducted from the frigate in 2021
State tests will begin in November, a source in the military-industrial complex noted
Two successful launches of the Zircon hypersonic missile from the Severodvinsk nuclear submarine will allow state tests of the missile from the Admiral Gorshkov frigate by the end of the year, a source in the military-industrial complex told TASS on Wednesday.
Gazprom and Roscosmos will launch a plant for the production of Earth probe satellites in 2022
Deputy Head of GAZPROM Vitaly Markelov noted that this direction is very promising and a priority
The Gazprom and Roscosmos plant for the production of satellites for Earth sensing will be launched in 2022. This was announced by Deputy Head of GAZPROM Vitaly Markelov during the St. Petersburg International Gas Forum.
Russia has mastered the production of cold-resistant steel for warships
According to Rostec, high-strength shipbuilding steel of the AB2-PK brand is intended for the production of ships of the "corvette" and "frigate" type
The smelting of special cold-resistant steel for the construction of warships and icebreakers was mastered in Russia at the Motovilikhinsky Plants with the support of the ROSTEC State Corporation. This was reported on Wednesday in the press service of the state corporation.
The head of the Marine Instrumentation Corporation said that the ILC is at the stage of formation
Leonid Strugov noted that work is underway to study the functioning of the concerns included in the ILC
The Marine Instrumentation Corporation (KMP) is now at the stage of formation. This was reported to TASS by the head of the KMP Leonid Strugov on the fields of the Sevastopol Naval Salon.
A mock-up of a nuclear bomb was dropped in the USA
Air Force (Air Force) The US dropped a mock-up of a nuclear bomb as part of the tests. The F-35A fighter-bombers used a test version of the B61-12 bomb at the Tonopah proving ground in Nevada. This is reported by The Drive.
"tYphoon" became a "partner"
The new armored vehicle "Partner" was accepted for supply by the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation. On October 5, the press service of the Remdiesel company announced that MSIU 4386, better known as "Partner", will accompany military convoys.
A planetoid from China spent 1,000 days on the moon
On September 29, 2021, exactly 1,000 days have passed since the planetoid appeared on the Earth's natural satellite, passing over 839 meters on the surface of the Moon.
In the USA, losses from corrosion of F/A-18 aircraft were disclosed
In the report of the Inspector General of the US Department of Defense, losses from corrosion of F/A-18 deck aircraft were disclosed. In the period from fiscal year 2017 to 2020, the US Navy spent more than $ 2 billion on corrosion control. This is reported by the Navy Times.
Six Russian organizations have been named as "reference points" for the development of AI technology
The Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology, MIPT, the V. P. Ivannikov Institute of System Programming, Innopolis University, ITMO, and HSE have won a competition to select research centers that will receive grant support under the federal Artificial Intelligence project, the government announced on Monday.
NASA astronauts managed to grow pepper on the ISS
Scientists noted that the growth of vegetables on the ISS turned out to be less significant than those grown on earth
For the first time, US astronauts were able to grow peppers aboard the International Space Station (ISS) as part of an experiment that began on July 12. This was announced on Tuesday by the Space Center. John F. Kennedy of the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) in his Twitter.
NASA to test Earth's protection from asteroids
The DART spacecraft will have to separate from the rocket and reach the Didymus-dImorph double asteroid in the fall of 2022, collide with the smaller of them - Dimorph, and change its orbit
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) will test the protection of the Earth from potentially dangerous asteroids for the first time.
Three Russian-made toilets are now operating on the ISS
A second toilet has been launched on the Russian segment of the International Space Station (ISS), it is deployed in the new NAUKA module, which docked to the ISS in July.
This became known from the crew's negotiations with Earth, which are broadcast by NASA.
"I am ready to test in combat conditions," cosmonaut Oleg Novitsky said after completing the connection of the toilet in the new module.
Homing and roof-piercing: Iran produces the most modern ATGM
The Iranian military industry currently produces several types of modern ATGMs capable of destroying any tank. For example, mass production of the Toophan-3M guided missile, which is an analogue of the American TOW-2B, has begun in the Islamic Republic.
Pacific corvette "Loud" destroyed a cruise missile target in the Sea of Japan
The cruise missile "Malachite" was hit by missiles of the anti-aircraft missile system "Redut" and the fire of a 100-mm naval artillery installation A-19
The Pacific Fleet corvette "Loud" during exercises in the Sea of Japan hit the Malachite cruise missile with anti-aircraft missiles. This was reported to journalists in the press service of the fleet.
The terms of rehabilitation of Peresild and Shipenko after the flight to the ISS will depend on their organisms
According to the Cosmonaut Training Center, as a rule, after short flights, rehabilitation takes seven days
The terms of rehabilitation after short flights into space are usually seven days, for actress Yulia Peresild and director Klim Shipenko, they will depend on their well-being. This was reported to TASS at the Yuri Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center (CPC).
Rogozin called the launch dates of the LUNA-25 station
The Luna-25 automatic station will be launched in July 2022. This was announced on October 5 by the head of the state corporation "Roscosmos" Dmitry Rogozin.
The launch of the LUNA-25 automatic station is scheduled for July 2022
The station will be the first domestic device in modern Russia on a natural satellite of the Earth
The LUNA-25 automatic station will be launched in July, and the Russian-European ExoMars mission will be launched in September next year. This was announced by the head of Roscosmos Dmitry Rogozin on the air of Channel One.
