News about the state and prospects of the defense industry

Sweden is updating its submarine fleet. On August 27, the press service of Saab announced the signing of a contract with the Swedish Ministry of Defense for the construction of two modernized A26 Blekinge submarines.

All Starlink satellite Internet system spacecraft launched since September of this year will be equipped with laser terminals, SpaceNews reports a statement by SpaceX President Gwynne Shotwell.

The Russian military department will make a decision on the new appearance of the Airborne Troops at the end of this year, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said.

The Tu-214ON aircraft, created specifically for performing observation flights under the Open Skies Treaty, will be redesigned. This was announced by the Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation, Army General Sergei Shoigu, after visiting the Kazan Aviation Plant.

Russia may launch the Luna-25 spacecraft on May 25 next year. Previously, they wanted to hold the launch in October 2021.

The Krasnoyarsk company" Information Satellite Systems " named after Reshetnev (ISS) is ready to become one of the key manufacturers of spacecraft under the Sphere program, which provides for the creation of a global satellite constellation, Roscosmos reported.

Units of the anti-aircraft missile forces of the Russian Federation have arrived in Grodno to form a joint training center for the Air Force (Air Force) and air defense forces (air defense) with Belarus.

320 foreign military personnel took part in the forum

More than 1.7 million people attended the international forum "Army-2021", 320 representatives of foreign military departments from 117 countries took part in it. This was reported on Saturday in the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation.

In recent days, the Japanese military has reported two flights of the Chinese TW328/TB-001 UAV from Tengden Technology, first in the East China Sea, and then in the East China Sea and the Pacific Ocean. And for the second time, together with the Y-9JZ radio intelligence aircraft and the Y-8Q base patrol aircraft of the People's Liberation Army Navy of China.

The military-technical forum "Army-2021" in the Moscow region has completed its work, it was attended by more than 1.7 million people. This was reported on Saturday, August 28, on the website of the Russian Ministry of Defense.

Vladimir Koshlakov, General Director of the Keldysh Research Center, which is part of Roscosmos, told about the tests of the latest technology for the disposal of especially dangerous municipal waste and industrial waste using plasma torches. His words are quoted by TASS.

Ten meteorological satellites are planned to be launched in Russia by 2027. This became known from the joint report of Roscosmos and Roshydromet, presented at the meeting of the coordination group on meteorological satellites CGMS.

The test launch of the Astra launch vehicle did not go according to plan. The rocket deviated slightly and shifted to the side, without gaining altitude from the launch field. The device in a few seconds rushed up. After 2.5 minutes of flight, the engines shut down.

According to the corporation, about 10 aircraft will extinguish fires all year round

The United Aircraft Corporation (UAC, part of the Rostec state Corporation) plans to start creating Be-200 amphibious aircraft in 2021, which will be included in the squadron for extinguishing fires. This was announced by the first Deputy General Director of the UAC Sergey Yarkov.

The last of the American stealth destroyers of the Zumwalt type went to sea for the first time. On August 28, the Associated Press reported that the ship Lyndon B. Johnson left the Bath Iron Works shipyard (Maine) and headed for the Atlantic Ocean to undergo sea trials.

The American company SpaceX has successfully launched a Falcon 9 launch vehicle, the first stage of the ship landed on a floating drone platform in the Atlantic Ocean. This is reported in the Twitter account of SpaceX.

"At the output of the "medium-haul MS-21 and "Baikal" to replace the "cornhusker" An-2

Russia is implementing a large program to create aircraft for domestic aviation, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said.

A sharp increase in the number of patients with coronavirus has put space launches in the United States at risk. This is written by Bloomberg.

The head of Roscosmos, Dmitry Rogozin, said that there are no facts of the existence of humanoid aliens, but various forms of life can exist in the Universe.

The head of the United Aircraft Corporation, Yuri Slyusar, called the start date of regular flights of the newest civil aircraft MS-21 ("Mainline aircraft of the XXI century"). This is reported in the story of the TV channel "Russia 1".