News about the state and prospects of the defense industry

The Russian Defense Ministry will receive four new fifth-generation Su-57 fighters by the end of the year. A batch of these combat aircraft will be transferred to the Aerospace Forces of the Russian Federation in December from the aviation plant in Komsomolsk-on-Amur. This is reported by RIA Novosti with reference to sources in the military-industrial complex.

Cosmonaut Anton Shkaplerov reported that "while the elements of equipment are being installed in the module"

Experiments in the multipurpose laboratory module "Science", which was docked to the International Space Station in the summer, may begin in the near future. This was announced in an interview with TASS by Roscosmos cosmonaut Anton Shkaplerov, who is now on board the station.

The start of production of anti-tank missile systems (ATGMS) "Kornet" in Jordan is scheduled for next year, the head of Rosoboronexport Alexander Mikheev told Interfax.

30-mm shells with remote detonation have been created for the Terminator tank support combat vehicle. They will allow BMPT to hit not only ground targets, but also miniature drones.

A dozen future floating airfields — those that are in completion, and those that will never be laid

It is difficult to imagine a modern fleet of a country claiming to be able to solve the full range of tasks away from its own shores without aircraft carriers, and therefore those who can build them, and those who cannot - develop projects of varying degrees of detail. Be that as it may, the process is continuous, and this video presents 10 aircraft carriers that, with varying degrees of probability, will replenish or may replenish the ranks of their Navy in the next few years.

The crew of the oldest submarine rescue vessel of the Black Sea Fleet "Commune" has begun to perform tasks in the sea ranges of the Black Sea.

Roscosmos cosmonaut Pyotr Dubrov, examining the intermediate chamber of the Zvezda module in the Russian segment of the International Space Station (ISS), discovered a possible place of air leakage. This is on Monday, November 15, follows from his talks with the Mission Control Center, broadcast by NASA.

The aircraft will receive new weapons and more powerful engines, said the head of Rostec State Corporation Sergey Chemezov

The upgraded Su-30SM fighter will be equipped with new weapons and enhanced engines. This was announced to journalists by the head of Rostec State Corporation Sergey Chemezov during the Dubai Airshow 2021 international Airshow.

This time, the astronauts did not hide in the ships, but carried out work on the station in the usual mode

The ISS passed near the debris field of space debris for the third time in a day without receiving any damage. This was announced by a NASA specialist in negotiations with astronauts at the station.

Representatives of the space agencies of Russia, the United Arab Emirates and Kazakhstan signed a joint statement of intent on the modernization of the Gagarin Launch at the Baikonur cosmodrome, Roscosmos reported.

The legendary AN-2 biplanes are still serving in the Air Force of the People's Army of Vietnam. According to some reports, less than a dozen such aircraft are currently in operation, used to perform transport tasks.

The Israeli defense company uVision showed the T-90 destroyer. In promotional materials revealing the features of the HERO barrage ammunition, the Russian tank was depicted as a target for a drone. This is reported by the Defense Blog.

Thus, the landing date named last week by the head of the department Bill Nelson in 2025, according to Paul Martin, does not look realistic

The US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) will not be able to meet the original schedule for landing people on the Moon, and these deadlines will have to be moved from 2024 "for several years" ahead. This conclusion is contained in a report released on Monday by NASA Inspector General Paul Martin.

The Russian Armed forces have begun to receive new heavy flamethrower systems TOS-2, said the head of the radiation, chemical and biological protection Troops (RCBZ), Lieutenant General Igor Kirillov.

Among them is the RCB reconnaissance vehicle RHM-9 based on the Typhoon-K car, said the head of the radiation, chemical and biological protection troops, Lieutenant General Igor Kirillov

The promising radiation, chemical and biological (RHB) reconnaissance vehicle RHM-9 will enter service with the Russian army in the coming years. This was announced in an interview with the newspaper "Krasnaya Zvezda" by the head of the radiation, chemical and biological protection troops, Lieutenant General Igor Kirillov.

The project of the Russian space telescope "Millimetron", which provides for the launch of the astrophysical observatory "Spectrum-M", will begin to be implemented not in 2029, but a year later. This was stated by the acting head of the FIAN Astrocosmic Center Sergey Likhachev.

The Crew Dragon-3 manned spacecraft docked with the ISS. There were four astronauts on board the SpaceX spacecraft. The docking was carried out in automatic mode. The process was completed 21 hours after the launch of the ship, the Izvestia TV channel reports. The crew includes three NASA astronauts and a German astronaut from the European Space Agency. Specialists will work at the station for six months - until April 2022.

The head of Rostec State Corporation Sergey Chemezov compared the Russian single-engine fifth-generation fighter Checkmate with the American F-35. He told TASS about this on the eve of the Dubai Airshow 2021 international exhibition.

Potential foreign customers are interested in the Russian Su-57, which is the world's only fifth-generation heavy fighter offered for export, due to its low visibility, high speed, combat load and maneuverability, Rostec CEO Sergey Chemezov told TASS.

The Russian Aerospace Forces (VKS) will receive four serial fifth-generation Su-57 fighters at the end of this year.