News about the state and prospects of the defense industry
NASA delivered the James Webb telescope for $10 billion to the Kourou Cosmodrome
NASA has delivered the James Webb telescope to the Kourou Cosmodrome in French Guiana. The cost of the equipment is estimated at $10 billion, the Izvestia TV channel reports.
In the south of Russia, LEOPARD exercises with rocket-machine-gun cars were held
Soldiers and officers of the country's combat army reserve called up for field training have mastered the use of UAZ-Patriot rocket-machine-gun car pickups. Retraining classes were held at nine training grounds of the Southern Military District.
Source: corvette and submarines of the Pacific Fleet entered Colombo to replenish supplies
Ships make the transition from the Baltic to permanent bases
A detachment of ships and submarines of the Pacific Fleet, carrying out the transition from the Baltic to permanent bases, entered the port of Colombo in Sri Lanka. This was reported to TASS by a military-diplomatic source.
The crew of the Chinese space station began unloading the cargo ship "Tianzhou-3"
Next, the taikonauts will perform work on the movement of goods and other related tasks
The crew of the Chinese Shenzhou-13 manned spacecraft on Sunday began unloading the Tianzhou-3 spacecraft, which contains food, equipment and other cargo necessary for the astronauts to stay in orbit. This is stated in the message of the Manned Flight Program of the Chinese National Space Administration (CNSA), published on the official account on the social network WeChat.
Filling stations will appear in space
After leaving the Earth's atmosphere, space objects remain without any technical support, but this situation may change in the coming years. After a successful experiment in space towing, the United States intends to create full-fledged refueling satellites that prolong the life of objects in orbit.
The marine special vessel of the project 14400 was withdrawn from the boathouse
As reported, at the shipyard of PJSC "Ship Repair and Shipbuilding Corporation" in Gorodets (Nizhny Novgorod region), a special marine vessel (training helicopter ship) of project 14400 (factory number 1440) has been removed from the boathouse for a long time.
Mitsubishi SpaceJet finally died
On September 28, a representative of Mitsubishi Corporation sent a letter to the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), in which Mitsubishi confirms the absence of any plans to restart the Mitsubishi SpaceJet regional aircraft program. The text of the FAA and Mitsubishi correspondence is posted on the page of official documents of the US government.
The ship of the Ukrainian Navy, like an American submarine the day before, "ran into something"
One of the vessels of the Naval Forces of Ukraine crashed in the Black Sea.
Ships, boats and aircraft take part in the rescue operation. This is reported by the press service of the Navy.
The US has designated a weapon for a long war with Russia
The US army should give priority to Russia, not China, writes the American edition of Breaking Defense.
Source: The Generalissimo Suvorov submarine will join the Russian Navy at the end of 2022
The press service of Sevmash did not comment on this information to TASS
The second serial nuclear-powered strategic missile submarine of Project 955A (code "Borey-A") "Generalissimo Suvorov", under construction at the Sevmash enterprise (part of the United Shipbuilding Corporation, USC), will be transferred to the Navy of the Russian Federation in December 2022. This was reported to TASS by a source in the shipbuilding industry.
Putin instructed to create a special fire squadron of 22 planes and helicopters
Russian President Vladimir Putin has instructed to create a special fire squadron in the country, which will include 22 aircraft and helicopters. This was reported on October 14 by RIA Novosti with reference to sources.
The Yak-18T aircraft with the APD-500 engine from Aurus successfully passed pre-flight tests
The Yak-18T aircraft with an APD-500 aircraft engine, created on the basis of an engine from Aurus series cars, passed pre-flight tests - performed a complex of runs and approaches at the airfield, the press service of the Central Institute of Aviation Engine Engineering named after P.I. Baranov (CIAM, part of the N.E. Zhukovsky Institute) told RIA Novosti.
Source: USC has completed the relocation of its head office from Moscow to St. Petersburg
TASS does not yet have an official comment from USC
United Shipbuilding Corporation (USC) has completed the relocation of its headquarters to St. Petersburg. This was reported to TASS by a source in the military-industrial complex.
An upgraded M-84 tank was shown in Serbia
The upgraded M-84 tank was shown at the Partner-2021 exhibition in Belgrade (Serbia). The M-84AC2 received an upgraded fire control system (FMS), new surveillance devices and dynamic protection. This is reported by Army Recognition.
Russia will build five icebreakers by 2033
The program for the development of the auxiliary fleet of Russia until 2033 provides for the construction of new ships. To supply the garrisons in the Far North, it is planned to build five icebreakers and universal vessels. This is reported by TASS with reference to the deputy chief of staff of logistics of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation Andrey Yefimov.
About 8 thousand military personnel of the Southern Military District worked out elements of bringing to the highest degrees of readiness during the exercises
More than 2 thousand special forces troops will be relocated to the Crimea for exercises
As part of the command and staff exercise, in which about 8 thousand servicemen take part, formations and military units of the Southern Military District (SE) have been alerted to work out elements of bringing them to the highest levels of readiness, the press service of the district reported on Thursday.
In Russia, they told about the superiority over the hypersonic weapons of the United States
Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke about the superiority of Russian developments over hypersonic weapons of the United States. He stated this during a speech at the plenary session of the Russian Energy Week forum, Interfax reports.
Rogozin showed the work of the robot "Marker" on the East
The robot can detect and intercept violators, as well as counter terrorist attacks and fight drones
The General Director of Roscosmos Dmitry Rogozin showed a video of patrolling the territory of the Vostochny cosmodrome by the Marker robot.
More than 2,000 military personnel will be transferred from the Kuban to the Crimea for exercises
More than two thousand servicemen of the Krasnodar Territory have begun to be transferred to the Crimea, where part of the program of large-scale command and staff exercises of the Southern Military District troops will be held at the Opuk military training ground. This was reported by the press service of the Southern Military District.
The Ministry of Defense and Gazprom have signed an agreement on the reconstruction of the Levashovo airfield
The total volume of investments under the concession agreement will exceed 10 billion rubles
The Russian Military Department and Gazprom PJSC have concluded a concession agreement on the reconstruction of the Levashovo airfield (Leningrad Region), which will allow it to be used in the interests of the civil air fleet.
