News about the state and prospects of the defense industry

A MiG-29 fighter jet crashed in the Astrakhan region during a training flight. This is reported by the press service of the Southern Military District, RIA Novosti reports.

According to reports published on Twitter, sea trials of the third universal landing ship (UDC) of the Type-075 class built by Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding, intended for the PLA Navy, have begun.

The hypersonic missile "Zircon", which Russia will adopt in the coming years, will put the aircraft carrier strike groups of the US Navy at risk and make them ineffective, according to Mark Episkopos, a columnist for The National Interest.

On August 17, 2021, the first and so far only flight prototype of the Il-112B military transport aircraft (serial number 01-01, tail number "01 yellow", registration number RF-41400) crashed in the Moscow region near the Kubinka airfield. The crew of three people, led by the commander of the Hero of Russia, test pilot Nikolai Kuimov, was killed. The cause of the disaster, apparently, was a fire in the right engine of the TV7-117ST.

The systems of the central module of the space station are operating normally, the Office of the Manned Space Flight Program of the People's Republic of China reported

The crew members of the manned spacecraft of the People's Republic of China "Shenzhou-12", working at the Chinese orbital station, will soon go into outer space for the second time. This was announced on Tuesday by the Department of the Manned Space Flight Program of the People's Republic of China.

A record budget of 133.9 trillion rubles will be allocated for the needs of the Indonesian Defense Ministry in 2022. rupees ($9.318 billion), according to the resource Kumparan.com.

One of the most important promising areas of activity of the production unitary enterprise "Plant of Precision Electromechanics" (Republic of Belarus) is the creation of aviation weapons for UAVs.

The Integrated Operational Data Network (ODIN) has advantages over the Autonomous Logistics Information System (ALIS), Breaking Defense reports, referring to the Pentagon.

A large-scale tactical exercise of the marines of two fleets - the Baltic and Northern Fleets-has started on the sea coast of the Kaliningrad region.

the Plant will be presented at the forum, T-90MS and BMPT-72

"Uralvagonzavod" ("Uralvagonzavod" in the group of "Uralvagonzavod" is included in "rostec") at the International military-technical forum "Army-2021" will present the BMPT-72 and T-90MS. Both cars demonstrate the modernization potential of the plant's equipment, the press service of the concern told TASS.

According to the Philippine Defense Resource Mintfo.com, The Philippine Ministry of Defense has signed a contract worth $ 15.937 million with the South Korean company LIG Nex1 as part of a project to purchase torpedoes for frigates in service.

The helicopter-drone Ingenuity ("Ingenuity"), which arrived on Mars together with the Perseverance rover ("Perseverance"), made the 12th successful autonomous flight on the Red Planet, the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory reported.

The prototype of the latest Russian military transport aircraft Il-112B, which crashed in Kubinka near Moscow, has already had engine problems several times before. This was reported on Tuesday, August 17, by the Telegram channel WarGonzo, citing a source in the United Aircraft Corporation (UAC).

For 90 Martian days, the device collected 10 GB of environmental data

The Chinese rover "Zhuzhong" made a journey of 889 meters on the surface of Mars in three months. This was reported on Tuesday by the Central Television of China.

The military from Russia has prepared equipment for training for the Suvorov Onslaught competition. This is reported by the Department of Information and Mass Communications of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation. During the comprehensive inspection, much attention was paid to checking the condition of fire control systems, engines, chassis, etc.

The Pacific Fleet of the Russian Federation is preparing to arm itself with a new diesel-electric submarine. Yesterday, August 16, the press service of JSC "Admiralty Shipyards" reported that the state tests of the submarine "Magadan"have begun.

The launch of the spacecraft is planned from the site of the John F. Kennedy Space Center in Florida

The launch of the American SpaceX Dragon cargo ship with payloads for the International Space Station (ISS) is scheduled for August 28. This was announced on Tuesday by the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).

Two Russian Tu-95MS strategic missile carriers performed a planned flight over the neutral waters of the Sea of Japan. The Russian Defense Ministry reported that the duration of their raid was about nine hours. On the route, long-range aircraft were accompanied by Su-35S fighters of the Air Force and Air Defense Association of the Eastern Military District.

The ambitious project of creating a global mobile satellite communication system "Ether "has been excluded from the national program"Digital Economy". The project implementation costs were estimated at 299 billion rubles. At the same time, 30 billion rubles from extra-budgetary sources should have already been allocated for the design of this system.

The modernization of a section of the state highway that will connect a number of military bases between Texas and Georgia was included in the US infrastructure bill for $ 1 trillion. This legislative act was adopted by the country's Senate in early August and provides for the extension of the highway to connect 12 military bases located in the states of Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and Georgia.