News about the state and prospects of the defense industry

Work was also continued on the creation of a heavy-class oxygen-hydrogen upper stage complex at the Vostochny cosmodrome within the framework of the DVINA-KVTK ROC, the state corporation notes

ROSCOSMOS State Corporation has continued the development of a mobile space rocket complex with an ultralight carrier rocket (LV) Irkut. This is stated in the Roscosmos annual report for 2020.

The volume of financing of the state program in 2020 amounted to more than 261 billion rubles

Roscosmos fulfilled 63.9% of the state program last year. This is stated in the annual report of the state corporation, published on Thursday.

Russia and India will host stations of ground navigation systems on a mutual basis. This was announced on Thursday, September 30, according to the ROSCOSMOS report.

The state tests of the new generation hydroacoustic complex "Lira" have been completed in Russia. The advantages of Russian submarines with new equipment are named. The design features of the complex were revealed by the scientific director of the State Scientific Center Concern "Central Research Institute "Electropribor", Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences Vladimir Pedestrian in an interview with TASS.

Some of the launches under the GLONASS subprogram were not carried out due to the lack of operational necessity "due to the reliability of the devices that continue to function beyond the established period of active existence," the state corporation noted.

On Wednesday, the Amur Shipbuilding Plant (part of the USC) in Komsomolsk-on-Amur will host the ceremonial laying of a new multi-purpose corvette "Brave" project 20380.

The European Space Agency has confirmed that the first launch of such a rocket will take place in the second quarter of 2022

The commissioning ceremony of the launch complex for the Ariane 6 rockets under construction took place on Tuesday at the Guiana Space Center in Kourou (French Guiana). This was reported by the European Space Agency (ESA).

The general director of the enterprise said that the nArwhal is planned to be installed on light boats, which are currently being developed to protect the coast of Russia

The newest shipboard remotely controlled combat module NARVAL developed by NPO eLektromashina (part of the Uralvagonzavod concern of the ROSTEC State Corporation) has successfully passed tests. This was reported to TASS by the general director of the company Igor Afanasyev.

In the late 90s, Ukrainian defense workers tried to gain a foothold in Iran. Several tank modernization options have been developed specifically for this country. However, after a shout from the United States, all military contacts were canceled.

According to the chairman of the expert council of the center, the spacecraft will make it possible to survey the Earth's surface to monitor the ice situation, natural and man-made disasters, and determine the movement of ships on the territory of the NSR.

More than 2 thousand servicemen were involved in the exercises

Combat crews of anti-aircraft missile systems of formations and military units of the air defense of the Central Military District hit more than 50 air targets during joint exercises of the air defense forces, which ended in the Astrakhan region. This was reported on Wednesday by the press service of the Central Military District.

In 2022, Russia plans to launch five ships to the International Space Station, two manned SOYUZ and three cargo PROGRESS. This is reported by RIA Novosti with reference to the ISS flight program.

Rostec United Engine Corporation has successfully completed testing of the second experimental gas generator - the "heart" of the PD-8 engine.

NASA plans to launch a research vehicle to the most distant planet of the Solar System, Neptune. The launch is scheduled for 2031, according to a document published by the space agency.

Seven aircraft of the Black Sea Fleet conducted a bombing and missile launch exercise in Crimea, said the official representative of the Black Sea Fleet Alexei Rulev.

The large-scale Strategic Missile Forces exercises that began in the Urals differ from previous maneuvers in that all attention is focused on YARS ballistic missiles. Earlier, different types of missiles were used during the maneuvers. Thanks to mobile launchers, "yArsa" is more difficult to detect, track and aim missiles at them, writes The National Interest.

Combat crews of anti-aircraft missile systems of formations and air defense units destroyed more than five dozen air targets during an exercise in the Astrakhan region.

The Ministry of Defense has published a video of missile firing in the Pacific Ocean. During the planned exercise, the flagship of the Pacific Fleet, the cruiser vAryag and the nuclear submarine OMSK, shot the target ship with cruise missiles.

The crew of the Project 20385 Nimble corvette, which is being built at the sEvernaya Verf shipbuilding enterprise, arrived in St. Petersburg to study at the Joint Training Center of the Russian Navy.

On Friday, the command and staff exercises ended in Russia. Among the equipment of the parachute regiment, which took part in maneuvers at the Pesochnoye training ground in the Yaroslavl region, an armored personnel carrier BTR-MDM with a ZU-23-2 anti-aircraft gun was noticed. This is reported by Rossiyskaya Gazeta.