News about the state and prospects of the defense industry

The head of the Ministry of Industry and Trade Denis Manturov hopes that in the future it will be possible to use hydrogen fuel cells in the field of aviation

The Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation expects to switch to active operation of Aurus cars by the end of 2023, and in 2024 to start supplying hydrogen-fueled cars and buses to the market. This was announced on Monday by the head of the ministry Denis Manturov in an interview with the Zvezda TV channel within the framework of the Army-2021 forum.

The President noted that the navy plays an important role in ensuring the security of the state

A strong and sovereign Russia needs a powerful, balanced navy. This was stated on Monday by Russian President Vladimir Putin at the ceremony of laying new warships and submarines for the navy, which takes place in the video conference mode.

According to the source, the signing of contracts is scheduled for August 24

On August 24, the Russian Defense Ministry will sign several dozen contracts for the development and production of the latest models of weapons and military equipment, including missiles of the Kinzhal hypersonic aviation complex and the latest Pacer unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), at the Army-2021 International Military-Technical Forum.

On August 23, during the Army-2021 forum, Russian President Vladimir Putin launched the construction of warships for the country's Navy, including in Severodvinsk at Sevmash, in St. Petersburg at Admiralty Shipyards and in Komsomolsk-on-Amur at the Amur Shipbuilding Plant.

The head of Roscosmos, Dmitry Rogozin, admitted that the conclusion of a new contract between the state corporation and the British company OneWeb could be disrupted due to US sanctions.

MiG-29 fighters have been flying since the 1980s, and now more and more advanced modifications are being produced. They still perform combat missions and are actively exported to many countries of the world, without causing complaints. About this " Tape.<url> " was told by Konstantin Sivkov, Doctor of Military Sciences.

The Swedish company SSAB has supplied Volvo with the first batch of a new type of automotive steel – "green". The term is still unofficial, this material is also called "environmentally friendly steel", because when creating it, combustible fossils and the energy produced with their help are not used. There are also no emissions into the atmosphere during the production of eco-steel, which is very beneficial for both SSAB and Volvo. The first pledged to switch to carbon-free production by 2045, the second-by 2050.

The team of the first lunar mission of the UAE announced that the assembly of the prototype of the Rashid lunar rover and its functional tests in laboratory conditions have been completed. It is expected that it will go into space in the second half of 2022 and land in the Lake of Dreams — the lunar sea on the visible side of the Moon, according to the tweet of the Mohammed bin Rashid Space Center.

The station was built as part of the import substitution strategy to perform a full cycle of repair of aircraft engines of this type. The economic effect of the new facility is more than 8 million rubles from each repaired engine.

The new-generation S-500 air defense system is being mass-produced, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Yuri Borisov told Interfax.

The general director of the state corporation said that the production of civilian products will be established at the sites as part of the diversification program

In principle, Roscosmos will not sell production sites that are not currently in use, but will establish production of civilian products on them as part of the diversification program. This was announced by the general director of the state corporation Dmitry Rogozin at the International Military-Technical Forum "Army-2021".

Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Yuri Borisov said that this will allow for closer contact between manufacturers and potential customers

A separate forum dedicated to the diversification of the military-industrial complex can be created in Russia. This was stated on Monday by Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Yuri Borisov at the Army-2021 forum.

According to the general director of Roscosmos Dmitry Rogozin, it will connect the airport with the cosmodrome

A light metro is planned to be built at the Vostochny cosmodrome to connect it with the airport, which will be built in 2023. This was announced by the Director General of Roscosmos Dmitry Rogozin at the International Military-Technical Forum "Army-2021".

The US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has suspended until November 2021 the execution of a contract for the development of a human landing system on the lunar surface, the main contractor of which is the American private aerospace company SpaceX, the specialized website SpaceNews reports.

Chinese taikonauts went into outer space from the Tianhe module at the Chinese Tiangong space station under construction to perform work, the broadcast is conducted by the Chinese Global Television Network.

In Russia, there are projects for the global development of the bottom of the world ocean with the help of robots, says TASS columnist Dmitry Litovkin.

A modernized Soviet tank was noticed during a rehearsal of a military parade in Kiev. This is reported by the blog andrey-bt. The T-64BM2 tank differs from the base model with a new engine. The Ministry of Defense of Ukraine has ordered twelve modernized vehicles.

Technodinamika Holding will provide forum visitors with the opportunity to be in the Arctic and repeat the record jump of Russian paratroopers from the stratosphere with a Stayer parachute

Thanks to VR glasses from the Technodinamika holding of Rostec State Corporation, visitors to the Army-2021 forum will be able to repeat the record jump of Russian paratroopers from the stratosphere with a Stayer parachute in virtual reality. This was told to journalists on Friday in the press service of Technodinamika.

Engineering units of the Southern Military District (SE) will work out new techniques and methods of performing engineering support tasks, including those developed on the basis of Syrian combat experience, during special exercises.

Norwegian anti-ship missiles have found a new use for American Marines. August 19, portal marinecorpstimes.com He reported that the US Marine Corps hit the first target during tests of the new NMESIS missile system.