News about the state and prospects of the defense industry

Eight upgraded Su-34M fighter-bombers of the 4++ generation will enter service with the mixed aviation regiment of the Central Military District (CVO) stationed in the Chelyabinsk Region by the end of the year, the press service of the CVO reported on Tuesday.

NSU signed a long-term partnership agreement with the State Corporation Roscosmos and the Russian Federal Service for Hydrometeorology and Environmental Monitoring

Novosibirsk State University (NSU), Roscosmos and Roshydromet will launch satellites created at the university to monitor "space weather" - phenomena in near-Earth space. This was reported by the press service of the NSU.

In a fire on the submarine AC-31 in 2019, 14 sailors were killed

The Malachite Design Bureau has developed a technical project for the modernization of the AS-31 project 1083 nuclear submarine habitable vehicle (unofficially called Losharik), which killed 14 sailors in a fire in 2019. This is stated in the company's annual report.

The Ural-4320 became the platform for the installation of the British Rapier surface-to-air missile system.

The combat vehicle was demonstrated this month in the capital of Zambia, Lusaka, during a large-scale military parade dedicated to the 45th anniversary of the formation of the national armed forces.

In Poland, two trawls carrying T-72M1 main battle tanks collided. The accident occurred at the end of last week on the A6 motorway, in the Podiuci municipal district of the city of Szczecin.

Shvabe Holding's Polyus Research Institute and Petroengineering have signed a cooperation agreement providing for the implementation of a major project for the production of equipment for oil production, the press service of Rostec State Corporation, which includes the holding, reports.

Russia's exercises in the Pacific Ocean near Hawaii, during which the destruction of an enemy aircraft carrier strike group (AUG) was practiced, is an "alarm signal" and an "unprecedented threat" to the United States, writes The Drive.

The Iraqi People's Militia forces continue to operate improvised multiple launch rocket systems built on the chassis of tracked vehicles of the Kvadrat anti-aircraft missile system.

Three such launchers were seen during the rehearsals of the parade that these armed volunteer formations are going to hold.

Elon Musk's company plans to deploy a total of 12 thousand satellites with a total cost of about $10 billion, according to Reuters]

Elon Musk's company SpaceX (Space Exploration Technologies) plans to provide wireless Internet around the world by September using the Starlink satellite system. This was reported on Tuesday by Reuters with reference to the president of the American aerospace corporation Gwynne Shotwell.

According to China Central Television, the duration of each output will be about six hours, this is necessary for installation work outside the base module "Tianhe"

The Shenzhou-12 crew members plan to make two spacewalks during their three-month stay on the Chinese Space Station. This was reported on Tuesday by China Central Television.

In Volgograd, a unique transition of pontoon units of the engineering troops, dedicated to the 80th anniversary of the beginning of the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945, was completed. According to the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, the head of the engineering troops of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, Lieutenant General Yuri Stavitsky, as well as the city's leadership and public organizations took part in the solemn event in Volgograd.

It seems that Tesla has acquired one of the most powerful supercomputers in the world. At the moment, the installation has a performance of 1.8 exaFLOPS, and the bottom line is that this is only a third of the future Dojo supercomputer. 

Japanese concern Mitsubishi Heavy Industries launched the third frigate of a new generation - "Noshiro". According to Naval News, it is to become part of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force in 2022.

At the railway station, as a result of a fire on the platform, the coastal missile system "Rubezh" of the Russian Armed Forces burned down. The incident occurred on June 16 this year at the Yudino station in the Republic of Tatarstan.

According to spotters, on June 10, 2021, flight tests of the IL-76MD-90A military transport aircraft with the factory number 0206 (registration number RF - 78661), built at the Ulyanovsk Aviastar-SP JSC (part of the Transport Aviation Division of the United Aircraft Corporation JSC-UAC), began at the Ulyanovsk-Vostochny factory airfield complex.

American and French astronauts Shane Kimbrough and Tom Pesquet on Sunday, June 20, finished installing a new solar panel on the International Space Station. The broadcast was conducted on the NASA website.

Warships of the Pacific Fleet (TOF), together with naval aviation, are conducting exercises in the Central Pacific Ocean for the first time in recent history, the Russian Defense Ministry told reporters on Monday.

Minister of National Defense Soe Uk promised to work closely with the private sector to modernize the space industry

The Republic of Korea will strengthen its defense capabilities in the space sector and create a system to combat threats in space. This was stated on Monday by the Minister of National Defense So Uk, according to the KBS TV channel.

Self-driving cars will be able to become full-fledged road users in five to ten years, current communication technologies are vulnerable to hacking and do not allow this, Dmitry Peskov, special representative of the President of the Russian Federation in the field of digital and technological development, said in an interview with RIA Novosti.

The crews of aircraft and helicopters from the naval aviation and air defense of the Black Sea Fleet (Black Sea Fleet) conducted a tactical flight exercise with the implementation of bomb attacks on land and sea targets, the Black Sea Fleet reported.