News about the state and prospects of the defense industry
In Russia, they announced the "information stuffing" of American journalists about the Su-57
Russian Su-57 and Checkmate aircraft are constantly becoming the target of information stuffing and the subject of articles in which unreliable facts are indicated. This was reported to Izvestia by the press service of Rostec State Corporation.
The US is concerned about Russia's ability to "land" the F-35 without a single shot
The National Security Agency (NSA) was concerned about the ability of Russia and China, as well as to some extent Iran and the DPRK, to "land" American fifth-generation F-35 Lightning II fighters without a single shot, writes Popular Mechanics.
Source: the Main command of the Russian Navy renamed the stealth corvettes "Zealous" and "Mercury"
According to the agency's interlocutors, the corvette of project 20380 "Zealous" was renamed "Mercury", and the stealth corvette of project 20386 "Mercury" was returned the name given to it at the bookmark - "Daring"
The Main Command of the Navy (Navy) of the Russian Federation decided to rename two corvettes under construction projects 20380 and 20386 - "Zealous" and "Mercury". This was reported to TASS by several sources in the shipbuilding industry.
The United States called the main drawback of the Russian T-90
The main disadvantage of the Russian T-90 tank is the low resistance to fire of modern anti-tank missiles. This conclusion was reached by former US Army officer Brent Eastwood in a material for 19FortyFive.
Shoigu ordered to provide airborne training institutions with virtual landing simulators
The Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation, Army General Sergei Shoigu, during a visit to the Omsk Cadet Military Corps, where a unique interactive airborne training complex has been created, ordered to provide all amphibious educational institutions of the Russian Defense Ministry with interactive virtual landing simulators by the end of the year.
By the end of this year, a bomber regiment on the Su-34 will be relocated to Voronezh
During a working trip to Voronezh, Russian Defense Minister General of the Army Sergei Shoigu was informed that by the end of this year, the 47th Bomber Aviation Regiment on Su-34 aircraft will be relocated from Buturlinovka, Voronezh Region, to the city of Voronezh.
At the shipyard in Kobe, the ceremony of launching the Taigei-class submarine took place
On October 14, Kawasaki Heavy Industries (KHI) announced the launching ceremony of the Taigei-class submarine designed for the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Forces, which took place at the Kobe enterprise.
Soviet floating tanks were shown in Indonesia
The PT-76 floating tanks continue to be operated by the Indonesian Marines and ground forces. Judging by the published pictures, Soviet cars have been modernized. This is reported by Rossiyskaya Gazeta.
The Russian Aerospace Forces will receive 70 Su-57s by 2027
The Russian army will receive more than 70 multifunctional fighters of the fifth generation Su-57 by 2027. Several of them will arrive this year.
Virgin Galactic announced a new start date for commercial suborbital flights
Richard Branson's company has pushed the start of commercial suborbital flights to the fourth quarter of next year. This is due to the refinement of equipment and new tests.
The billionaire's company postponed commercial suborbital flights
Virgin Galactic, controlled by British billionaire Richard Branson, has postponed commercial suborbital flights of the Unity spacecraft for the last quarter of 2022, according to the company's website.
Russia renamed its corvettes for an unknown purpose
Two corvettes of projects 20380 and 20386 under construction have been renamed, TASS reports, citing sources in the shipbuilding industry. The interlocutors said that the corvette "Zealous" of project 20380 became known as "Mercury", and the corvette "Mercury" of project 20386 was returned to the former name "Daring".
The head of USC announced the completion of the relocation of the main office of the corporation to St. Petersburg
The relocation of the main office of the United Shipbuilding Corporation (USC) to St. Petersburg has been completed, small technical details remain, the head of USC Alexey Rakhmanov told Interfax on Friday.
F-22 crashed due to poor washing
The reason for the death of the American F-22 fighter was the mistakes made when washing the aircraft - they affected the operation of the sensors. Air Force Times managed to get acquainted with the results of a closed investigation conducted by the US Air Force bypassing the usual procedure.
Rogozin showed where he lives and works during business trips to the Vostochny cosmodrome
The head of Roscosmos lives in one of three guest houses-dormitories, where the leadership of leading rocket and space companies is located
Director General of Roscosmos Dmitry Rogozin conducted a "tour" of the cottage in which he lives and the workplace for the period of business trips to the Vostochny cosmodrome.
Russian transport ship will be able to carry "Calibers"
The Ivan Papanin-type Arctic transport refrigerator will be able to carry missile weapons. To install the Kalibr-K mobile complex on a Russian ship, standard cargo containers will be required. This is reported by TASS with reference to the curator of the project, a member of the board of directors of the company "Yugreftransflot" Viktor Kot.
ISS temporarily lost orientation during testing of Soyuz engines
Specialists of the Mission Control Center (MCC) promptly eliminated the loss of orientation of the International Space Station (ISS), which occurred during the testing of the engines of the Soyuz MS-18 spacecraft, the rocket and Space Corporation Energia reported.
Advanced technologies of JSC GLONASS are presented at the World Congress on Intelligent Transport Systems
The participants of the World Congress on Intelligent Transport Systems - ITS (Intelligent Transport Systems) World Congress, held in Hamburg (Germany), got acquainted with the unique experience of Russia in ensuring transport security, the press service of GLONASS JSC reports.
The MCC named the reason for the shutdown of the Soyuz engines
The engines of the Soyuz MS-18 spacecraft, on which the cinema crew is due to return to Earth on October 17, did not turn off as expected during the test, but stopped working when they reached the fuel consumption limit. This was reported on Friday, October 15, at the American Mission Control Center (MCC), the negotiations are broadcast by NASA.
The Strela-10M anti-aircraft missile system was made inconspicuous
At the 10th International Exhibition of Armaments and Military Equipment "Partner-2021" held in Belgrade, a Serbian version of the modernization of the Strela-10M anti-aircraft missile system of the military air defense was presented.