News about the state and prospects of the defense industry

The exercises will be held in two stages, from October 4 to 18, and then from October 18 to 26

The ship group of the Caspian Flotilla (CFl) will conduct live firing and maneuvering at sea, the press service of the Southern Military District (SE) reported on Monday.

About 50 flight and engineering personnel and two Mi-8MTV5 helicopters were involved in the exercises

Crews of modernized Mi-8 helicopters of a separate helicopter squadron of the Army of the Air Force and Air Defense of the Central Military District (CVO), stationed in Kazakhstan, launched unguided missiles at tactical flight exercises that ended on Monday at the Edelweiss aviation range in the Tien Shan Mountains in the Issyk-Kul region (Kyrgyzstan). This is stated in the press service of the district.

Two Express communication satellites, Express-AMU3 and Express - AMU7, are planned to be sent into orbit on Proton-M

The train that transported the Proton-M carrier rocket arrived at the Tyuratam station (a station near the Baikonur cosmodrome). This is stated in the message of Roscosmos, distributed on Monday.

Information about them will no longer be publicly available through the Rosreestr

The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation proposes to exclude information about military objects important for the defense capability from the Unified State Register of Real Estate (EGRN).

The Kamchatka crew of the PMO ship "Pyotr Ilyichev" under the command of Lieutenant Commander Yuri Nikitenko, after training at the Joint Training Center of the Navy, arrived in St. Petersburg and is ready to settle on the ship.

The crews of the BDK "Minsk", "Korolev" and "Kaliningrad" completed the tasks of mine laying in the sea ranges of the Baltic Fleet.

As part of the exercises, the sailors of the BDK "Minsk", "Korolev" and "Kaliningrad" carried out the installation of defensive minefields in the specified areas. At the same time, training bottom and anchor mines were used.

The British Navy has been replenished with a new Astute-type submarine. September 26, portal navalpost.com He announced that the Astute-class submarine HMS Audacious has officially entered the Royal Navy's combat fleet.

Russia is preparing to modernize the Missile Attack Warning System (SPRN). Three radar stations of the 77YA6 Voronezh series, which are part of the SPRN, are planned to be upgraded by 2028. This is reported by TASS with reference to the press service of the interstate joint-stock company (IAC) "Vimpel".

About 1.05 trillion rubles are planned to be allocated next year for the implementation of the state program of scientific and technological development of Russia, Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Chernyshenko said at the first meeting of the Government Commission on Scientific and Technological Development, reports government.ru on Thursday.

During the next launch of the New Shepard spacecraft, Chris Boshuizen, Glen Devries and two other unknown space tourists will be on board. According to some reports, among them is the actor William Shatner, known for the TV series Star Trek.

After the collapse of the Soviet Union, Ukraine received most of the fleet of Soviet Tu-160 strategic bombers. More than half of the vehicles of the Ukrainian Air Force (VVS) were disposed of in the late 1990s. The United States explained the reasons for the destruction of the Ukrainian Tu-160: it prevented the transfer of technology of Soviet bombers to China, The Military Watch magazine writes.

The American private aerospace company Blue Origin announced a new manned suborbital flight of four tourists on a New Shepard rocket, it is planned for October 12, according to the company's website on Monday.

The corvettes are designed for operations in the sea zone and fighting against enemy surface ships and submarines, the Russian Defense Ministry said

The multi-purpose corvette of the near sea zone of the project 20380 "Brave" will be laid at the Amur Shipbuilding Plant (part of the United Shipbuilding Corporation, USC) on September 29. This was reported to journalists in the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation.

At the time of the collapse of the Soviet Union, Belarus received a significant number of T-72 tanks. By the beginning of the second decade of the new century, more than 450 T-72B remained in service, another 700 vehicles were in storage.

Such a great country as Russia needs an aircraft carrier, Vladimir Korolev, Deputy General Director of the United Shipbuilding Corporation (USC) for military shipbuilding, said in an interview with TASS.

The bill provides for new anti-Russian sanctions

The defense budget for 2020 in the amount of $768 billion was approved by the House of Representatives of the US Congress by 316 votes to 113. Of the $768 billion, $740 billion is provided directly for the needs of the Pentagon, $28 billion - for the Ministry of Energy.

In September, Russian troops conducted live-fire exercises. As part of the maneuvers at the Ashuluk training ground in the Astrakhan region, calculations of S-400 Triumph anti-aircraft missile systems (SAMs) were involved. In the United States, the tests of the Russian system were evaluated. The National Interest magazine published the opinion of military expert Peter Suchiu about the Russian S-400 complex.

Next year, the American army will choose a new light tank for itself. September 23, portal janes.com He reported that the Mobile Protected Firepower (MFP) program has entered the "limited user testing" phase.

The construction of the future aircraft carrier for the Russian Navy will take eight years with ready documentation, and the entire project can be implemented in ten years, Alexey Rakhmanov, General Director of USC JSC, said in an interview with RIA Novosti.

The Central Research Institute of Precision Engineering (TSNIITOCHMASH, part of Rostec) has started mass production of protection systems against high-precision weapons, the press service of Rostec reported.