News about the state and prospects of the defense industry
The accuracy of the GLONASS system is planned to be improved to 10 cm by 2030
Roscosmos has announced plans to improve the location accuracy of the Russian global navigation satellite system GLONASS to 10 cm after 2030. This was announced on Saturday, June 5, RIA Novosti reports with reference to the materials of the state corporation posted on the public procurement portal.
The question of international participation in the Russian project of a new space station is still too early to decide, Rogozin believes
Roscosmos does not rule out NASA's participation in the project of a new space station, but this issue will be resolved later, the head of the state corporation Dmitry Rogozin told Interfax.
Rogozin criticized plans to send people to Mars in the near future
Humanity is not ready for flights to Mars in the near future, the corresponding plans are technically illiterate and absurd, said the head of Roscosmos Dmitry Rogozin.
The upgraded rescue vehicle AS-28 was tested in the Black Sea
The crew of the world's oldest ship "Commune" of the Black Sea Fleet (it traces its history back to the Imperial Russian Navy) successfully tested the underwater inhabited search and rescue vehicle AS-28 at sea.
The Ministry of Defense told about the experiments on Novaya Zemlya
Russia is conducting non-nuclear experiments at the test site on Novaya Zemlya, aimed at confirming the reliability of the domestic nuclear arsenal, said the head of the 12th Main (Nuclear Weapons) Department of the Russian Defense Ministry, Major General Igor Kolesnikov.
Ukraine plans to launch production of 30-mm grenade launcher rounds
It is expected that the production of 30-mm VOG shots for the AGS-17 automatic grenade launcher will be made from components of domestic production and individual materials produced by the chemical industry of one of the NATO member states.
NASA to send two missions to study Venus
Missions will be sent in 2028-2030
The US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) intends to send two missions to study Venus. This is stated on Wednesday in a statement of the organization published on the official website.
At the Vostochny cosmodrome, new frauds worth hundreds of millions of rubles were revealed
At the Vostochny cosmodrome, new frauds worth hundreds of millions of rubles were revealed, the investigative department of the TFR in the Amur Region opened two criminal cases. This became known to the newspaper "Kommersant".
In the Russian Federation, an experiment on the transplantation of "space" bone tissue to rats has begun
Russian scientists from 3D Bioprinting Solutions have started an experiment to transplant bone tissue obtained in space to rats. This was announced on Thursday, June 3, by the managing partner of the company, Youssef Hesuani, to RIA Novosti.
Mass media: China has launched the Fengyun-4-bi meteorological satellite into orbit"
The device will be used for weather forecasts and disaster prevention, Xinhua news agency reports.]
China has successfully launched the Fengyun-4-bi meteorological satellite into the specified orbit. This was reported on Thursday by the Xinhua news agency.
The plant in Venezuela for the production of Kalashnikov assault rifles is ready for 80% - source
Russia continues to build a factory in Venezuela for the licensed production of AK-103 and ammunition, a source familiar with the work told Interfax.
Underground training complex of special forces of Ukraine flooded
The servicemen of the Special Operations Forces of Ukraine were left without an underground training complex with engineering communications. It was flooded, so the complex is not suitable for its intended use.
The head of USC revealed plans for the supply of ships for the Navy in 2021
The United Shipbuilding Corporation (USC) will deliver nine ships to the Russian Navy in 2021, the head of the USC, Alexey Rakhmanov, said.
Roscosmos has established round-the-clock security of the Buran ship"
Unknown people previously painted the space shuttle with graffiti
Roscosmos took the Buran spacecraft at the Baikonur cosmodrome facility under round-the-clock security. This was announced on Thursday by the head of the state corporation Dmitry Rogozin at SPIEF-2021.
A friend among strangers: an unusual version of the T-72 was created in South Africa
The Soviet T-72 tank in the 90s was one of the most common modern tanks in the world. Therefore, it is not surprising that proposals for their further modernization have begun to appear in many countries.
Defense Ministry: Armed conflict penetrates into space and cyberspace
Russian Deputy Defense Minister Colonel-General Alexander Fomin spoke about the threats in the near future that the Russian military sees. According to him, the most serious security challenges and threats are caused by several recent trends in the world.
Tests of a clone of the Soviet ZU-23-2 began in Ukraine
In Ukraine, they said that they managed to localize the Soviet 23-mm twin anti-aircraft gun ZU-23-2. According to the "Ukrainian Militaristic Portal", the first sample is currently located at the Rivne test site, where it is checked by specialists of the State Research Institute for Testing and Certification of Weapons and Military Equipment.
Russian super-heavy rocket to fly to the Moon wants to make reusable
Russia is considering the possibility of creating a reusable super-heavy rocket that could be used for flights to the moon. Earlier it became known that the appearance of the carrier "Yenisei" will be revised.
Borisov said that Russia has already conducted all its scientific experiments on the ISS
The Deputy Prime Minister noted that, therefore, today the country is mainly engaged in ensuring the life of the station
Russia has conducted almost the entire cycle of scientific experiments of interest to it on board the International Space Station. This was stated on Thursday by Deputy Prime Minister Yuri Borisov during an interview with RBC at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum.
Roscosmos will hand over four Angara rockets in 2021"
[b]According to the head of the state corporation Dmitry Rogozin, one heavy rocket will be delivered in June, a light one - in July, and the rest are planned to be delivered by the end of the year.]
Four Angara launch vehicles will be delivered by the end of the year, but not all are planned to be launched by January. This was announced on Thursday in an interview with TASS on the sidelines of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF-2021), the Director General of Roscosmos Dmitry Rogozin.
