News about the state and prospects of the defense industry

The crews of Su-25SM attack aircraft of the joint Russian military base in Kyrgyzstan will be involved in the Russian-Uzbek exercise, which will be held from July 30 to August 10 in the Surkhandarya region of the republic, the press service of the Central Military District (CVO) reported on Thursday.

In the new images, you can see the flights of officially decommissioned F-117 strike aircraft in all its glory. Now the machines play the role of" aggressors", imitating enemy aircraft.

Defender, which violated the borders of Russia near the Crimea in June, was the only one operating among the five Type 45 destroyers that are in service with the Royal Navy (Navy) of the United Kingdom, Defense News reports, referring to the statement of the British Minister for Defense Procurement Jeremy Queen.

It was attended by more than 50 warships, submarines, ships, about 50 aircraft of the naval aviation of the Navy, more than 4 thousand military personnel

The dress rehearsal of the 5th Main Naval Parade was held on Thursday in the waters of the Neva River (St. Petersburg), the Gulf of Finland and Kronstadt, a TASS correspondent reports.

The aerobatic group "Strizhi" begins the transition to the latest MiG-35 fighters, the first aircraft will be delivered to it in 2021, the commander of the group, Colonel Sergei Osyaykin, told RIA Novosti.

The enterprises of the United Shipbuilding Corporation handed over 11 warships to the customer last year, said the head of the USC Alexey Rakhmanov at a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin.

This makes even more mysterious the results of measurements of the Curiosity rover, which in the summer of 2019 detected methane emissions in the Gale crater

TASS, July 22. The ExoMars-TGO space probe did not find even minimal traces of methane, phosphine and other substances in the Martian atmosphere that can indicate the presence of Earth-type life. The European Space Agency (ESA) writes about this on its website.

As part of the operational-strategic exercise "Zaslon-2021", a field hospital of the special purpose medical detachment of the National Guard of the Russian Federation has been deployed on the territory of the Bogorodsky district of the Nizhny Novgorod Region.

The Ministry of Emergency Situations of Russia and the Kazan Helicopter Plant signed a contract for the supply of nine helicopters. The agreement was signed today within the framework of the XV International Aviation and Space Salon "MAKS-2021".

Roscosmos specialists have not yet been able to launch the main engines of the Nauka module (MLM) for orbit correction, which was planned to be carried out today, the cause of the failure is not exactly clear, a source in the rocket and space industry told N + 1.

A special exercise on the exchange of information and the practical implementation of a set of measures to identify and assess the radiation, chemical and biological (RCB) situation has begun in the Strategic Missile Forces (Strategic Missile Forces).

London may completely abandon the operation of Ajax armored vehicles of the new generation

The Ministry of Defense of the United Kingdom may completely abandon the operation of Ajax armored vehicles of the new generation, produced by a subsidiary of the American company General Dynamics. This was announced on Tuesday by the deputy head of the Defense Department of the United Kingdom, Jeremy Queen, who is responsible for military procurement issues.

The Defense Ministry plans to build several more such stations on the territory of the country, said Lieutenant General Andrey Demin, commander of the 1st Army of Air and Missile Defense (special purpose).

The new-generation S-500 Prometheus anti-aircraft missile systems will enter service with the army, which provides anti-aircraft and anti-missile defense (air defense-missile defense) of Moscow, Lieutenant General Andrey Demin, commander of the 1st Army of special-purpose Air Defense-Missile Defense, said in an interview with the Russian Defense Ministry newspaper Krasnaya Zvezda, published on Wednesday, July 21.

First of all, the astronauts will have to unload about a ton of equipment delivered on the module

Roscosmos cosmonauts Oleg Novitsky and Pyotr Dubrov will open the hatches to the multi-purpose laboratory module (MLM) "Science" a few hours after its docking with the International Space Station (ISS). This was reported to TASS in the Rocket and Space Corporation Energia.

A unique characteristic of the product is its payload coefficient - the "Drill" has the largest in comparison with other ammunition, said the executive director of the concern Alexander Kochkin

As reported by the rocket and Space Corporation Energia, tests of tanks in which metal chips were previously detected were completed successfully

The multi-purpose laboratory module (MLM) "Science" at the Baikonur Cosmodrome passed more than 700 different tests. This was reported to TASS in the rocket and space Corporation Energia (part of Roscosmos).

Last year, it was 40 years since the adoption of the OTR-23 "Oka" missile system, also known by the NATO designation SS-23 Spider - "Spider", into service with the Soviet Army.

The documents for its adoption are currently being agreed

The Russian assault aviation will receive the Armored Truck missile, as expected, after 2023. Currently, the documents for its adoption are being approved, Alexander Kochkin, executive director of the Techmash concern of the Rostec state Corporation, said in an interview with TASS at the MAKS-2021 air show.

Sudan has created its own version of the Grad multiple launch rocket system. The lightweight version, designated Taka-2, is mounted on the platform of the Unimog all-terrain vehicle.