News about the state and prospects of the defense industry

In Russia, they began to create the first prototypes of the heavy shock robotic complex "Shturm", designed for combat in the city. On the air of Sputnik radio, retired Colonel Viktor Litovkin noted the capabilities of the combat vehicle.

During the all-Army competition for field training among the units of the military air defense named after Colonel General B. I. Dukhov, anti-aircraft gunners jointly hit high-speed air targets.

At the exercises in Algeria, the T-72s, modernized with the help of Russia, were demonstrated.

Currently, the army of this North African state, along with modern T-90SA, continues to operate more than 300 combat vehicles of this model. They have proven themselves as simple and reliable tanks.

According to the IRNA agency, first of all, we are talking about launching satellites into low-Earth orbit of the Earth - from 160 to 2 thousand km

The Iranian authorities are working on several satellites of domestic production, five of which are planned to be launched in the near future. This was reported on Friday by the IRNA news agency.

Glavkosmos plans to offer flight seats on the Soyuz spacecraft for space tourists by the end of 2023, the head of the company Dmitry Loskutov said.

The head of Roscosmos, Dmitry Rogozin, previously announced plans to launch one Soyuz rocket from Vostochny in May, June and July.]

The Soyuz launch vehicle will next be launched from the Vostochny cosmodrome on July 1. This was announced on Saturday by the General Director of the Rocket and Space Center (RCC) "Progress" Dmitry Baranov.

This is the seventh launch of OneWeb satellites and the fourth fully commercial launch from the Eastern

All British OneWeb communications satellites launched from the Vostochny cosmodrome on a Soyuz-2.1 b carrier rocket have successfully separated from the Fregat upper stage. This is stated in the message of Roscosmos, distributed on Saturday.

The re-equipment is carried out in order to organize workplaces for conducting electrical tests of all modifications of the units

Technical re-equipment of the Fregat upper stage test base (RBF) will be completed by the end of 2022. This was reported to TASS in the press service of the NGO named after S. A. Lavochkin.

The successful launch of the Soyuz launch vehicle with 36 British OneWeb communications satellites from the Vostochny cosmodrome on May 29 was the 59th consecutive accident-free Russian space launch, according to calculations by RIA Novosti.

The latest Russian combat helicopter Mi-28NM will be able to carry up to four long-range cruise missiles, its strike capabilities will be comparable to front-line bombers. On May 29, a source in the aircraft industry told RIA Novosti.

Russian armored vehicles from the fleet of the Hmeimim air base have shown their reliability and efficiency in the extremely hot climate of Syria. This was told to the media representatives by military motorists on the day of their professional holiday, which is celebrated in Russia on May 29, TASS reports.

On June 16, a session of the Global Interaction Forum will be held, which will be dedicated to the International Space Station

The prospects for manned space flights and the future of the International Space Station (ISS) will be discussed at the Global Space Exploration Conference GLEX in St. Petersburg. This was reported by TASS Deputy Director of Roscosmos for International Cooperation Sergey Savelyev.

A reconnaissance ship of the Russian Navy approached the Hawaiian Islands (USA). This was stated by the official representative of the American Pacific Fleet, Captain John Gay, reports "Interfax" with reference to the Naval Institute of the United States.

On May 29, the Russian Navy will accept the small sea tanker "Vice-Admiral Ferries", built at the Nizhny Novgorod enterprise "Volga" under the project 03182, the Department of Information and Mass Communications of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation reported.

The Falcon 9 heavy launch vehicle on Wednesday successfully launched another batch of 60 mini-satellites into low-Earth orbit, designed to continue the deployment of the global Internet coverage of the Starlink system, the developer company SpaceX said.

Roscosmos and CNSA announced the signing of a memorandum of cooperation on the creation of an international station in early March

Roscosmos and the Chinese National Space Administration (CNSA) have invited partners to the International Lunar Science Station (ISS) project and expect to receive a response at the Global Space Exploration Conference GLEX in St. Petersburg. This was reported by TASS Deputy General Director of the State Corporation for International Cooperation Sergey Savelyev.

A reconnaissance ship of the Russian Navy approached the Hawaiian Islands. This was stated by the official representative of the American Pacific Fleet, Captain John Gay, to the information service of the United States Naval Institute.

[b]The implementation of the Artemis and Lunar Gateway programs "will demonstrate the technical capabilities for a future human mission to Mars," according to an agreement between NASA and the Canadian Space Agency.]

The Canadian astronaut will become a member of the Artemis 2 program of the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration( NASA), and Canada will also send a lunar rover to the Moon in the next five years. This was announced on Wednesday on Twitter by the Minister for Innovation, Science and Industry of the country Francois-Philippe Champagne.

The Kalashnikov Group of companies published footage of flight tests of guided missiles "Whirlwind". 22 launches from the Ka-52 Alligator helicopter took place at the Russian Defense Ministry training ground.

A video from the training of a special purpose unit of the People's Liberation Army of China appeared on the Network.