News about the state and prospects of the defense industry

The Scientific and Technical Council of Roscosmos recommended that work on the creation of a technical project for a new orbital station be included in the Federal Space Program-2025

The Bureau of the RAS Space Council recommended that Roscosmos submit proposals to the government on the need to create a Russian Orbital Service Station (ROSS). This was reported to TASS in the press service of the state corporation.

The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet, called on the authorities of all countries of the world to tighten control over artificial intelligence. She believes that some developments in the field of AI may violate human rights.

The head of the planetary division of the department, Lori Glaze, noted that this region for landing was not only the most interesting from the point of view of science, but also the most convenient from the point of view of maintaining communication with the Earth.

We are talking about small spacecraft under the Space-Pi program, including for automatic identification of vessels

Sputnix (a resident of Skolkovo) plans to launch small spacecraft under the Space-Pi program, including for automatic identification of ships (AIS), in the first quarter of next year. This was reported to TASS in the press service of the organization.

Submarines of the Varshavyanka type (projects 877 and 636) began to be called "black holes" because of the appearance of a new main rowing electric motor, from which the submarines became almost silent, Andrei Baranov, deputy General Director of the Central Design Bureau of Marine Technology (CCB MT) "Rubin", said in an interview with RIA Novosti.

The strategic cruiser "Alexander Nevsky" of the Pacific Fleet (Pacific Fleet), after successfully completing tasks at sea, returned to its permanent base in Kamchatka. This was reported by the press service of the fleet on Tuesday, September 21.

About 5.5 thousand military personnel and more than 1.2 thousand units of weapons and special equipment are involved in the practical exercises

The military personnel will use more than 70 artillery and missile systems to work out tasks to combat illegal armed groups at the anti-terrorist exercises of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization member countries "Peace Mission-2021", which are being held in the Orenburg Region. This is stated in a message distributed on Tuesday by the press service of the Central Military District.

The Chinese media highly appreciated the new AK-12 assault rifle, which entered service with the Russian army. "Everyone is talking about hypersonic missiles, but few people remember that Russian infantrymen have an AK-12 assault rifle. And this is a significant update, " writes Sohu.

In the Kurgan region, the Khokhlovskoye field began to extract uranium using digital technology. It helps to remotely monitor the process and monitor its environmental friendliness.

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has announced the landing site of the VIPER rover on the Lunar surface in 2023, according to the office's website.

The hydrographic vessel "Horizon" under the command of Vitaly Khopryachkov returned to the base of the hydrographic vessels of the Northern Fleet – the village of Mishukovo – from a one-and-a-half-month Arctic campaign.

Modern 7.62 and 5.45 mm AK-12 submachine guns continue to arrive in the units of the Ground Forces. Since the beginning of the year, new submachine guns have been delivered to the combined arms units of the Eastern, Western and Southern military districts.

The Russian complex of active protection (KAZ) of armored vehicles "Arena-M" can repel an attack from any direction. The system received a modern radar and maneuverable ammunition for destroying an attacking projectile. The features of the complex were revealed by the head of the development and design department of the Kolomna KBM, Vladimir Kharkiv, on the air of the Zvezda TV channel.

In Kerch, at the B. E. Butoma Shipbuilding Plant, a solemn launch of the small Askold rocket ship of the Karakurt project 22800 took place. The ceremony was attended by the Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Navy, Admiral Nikolai Evmenov. Askold is the second ship built at the Kerch enterprise.

The Boeing Corporation presented the appearance of the LRAAM air — to-air missile. It has a two-stage design and can hit air targets at a very long range.

The Pskov connection of the airborne troops was reinforced with another airborne assault regiment, which became the third in the division. This is reported by INTERFAX-AVN with reference to the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation.

Visual illustration of the process of putting a ship with Russian cosmonauts into orbit

The Soyuz family of launch vehicles, which traces its history back to the R-7 intercontinental ballistic missile, has already had more than 70 years of history, and the first manned flight into space on it took place back in 1967. Nevertheless, there is no alternative to the "Unions" in the Russian cosmonautics yet, and they still put most people and cargo into orbit.

About 400 units of military and special equipment were also involved

More than 800 servicemen and about 400 units of military and special equipment were involved in the tactical exercise of the parachute battalion and support units of the Ivanovo Guards Airborne Unit, the Department of Information and Mass Communications of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation reports.

Foreign armored personnel carriers, such as the BTR-3, BTR-4 of Ukrainian production or the Chinese ZBL-08, in addition to 30-mm guns, which are clones of Russian guns, are also armed with anti-tank guided missiles.

At the same time, bilateral battalion and regimental tactical exercises were launched at four training grounds of the Southern Military District, which will last until September 26, the press service of the Southern Military District informs.