News about the state and prospects of the defense industry
Australia is building up its missile arsenal
Australian fighters and ships will be armed with new missiles. September 23, portal navalpost.com He reported that the Australian government approved the purchase of Tomahawk, JASSM-ER and LRASM ammunition.
The ISS orbit was successfully adjusted on the eve of the arrival of the Soyuz MS-19 spacecraft
Its height decreased by 1.2 km
The orbit of the International Space Station (ISS) was lowered in connection with the upcoming arrival of the Soyuz MS-19 spacecraft with a movie crew on October 5 and further undocking for sending the Soyuz MS-18 spacecraft to Earth. This is stated in a message on the Roscosmos website.
Video: "Terminators" covered armored vehicles at exercises in Kazakhstan
The operational and strategic command and staff exercises "Otpantau-2021" held in Kazakhstan involved the existing modern types of weapons and military equipment.
According to the press center of the Ministry of Defense of the Republic of Kazakhstan, the troops have applied the experience of recent armed conflicts in practice, worked out new forms and methods of conducting combat operations.
The production of the first satellite of the Skif system has begun in Russia
The production of the first satellite of the new Russian space group "Skif" for providing broadband Internet access has begun. This is stated on September 24 on the channel of the satellite-building enterprise "Information satellite Systems" named after Reshetnev " in YouTube.
In the United States, they were concerned about lagging behind Russia in hypersonic
The United States is concerned about the progress of Russia and China in the field of hypersonic weapons. Secretary of the Air Force (Air Force) Frank Kendall expressed dissatisfaction with the pace of implementation of such programs and the lag of the United States from competitors. This is reported by Air Force Magazine.
The first fully commercial crew will go to the ISS in February 2022 - NASA
The launch of a spacecraft with the first fully commercial crew of Axiom Space as part of the Axiom-1 mission to the International Space Station (ISS) is scheduled for February 21, 2022, Kathy Leaders, head of the manned flight program of the National Aeronautics and Space Research Agency (NASA), said on Twitter on Friday.
Rogozin: the launch of Skif will allow the Russian Federation to create a full-fledged broadband Internet system
The Skif spacecraft are being developed within the framework of the Sphere program
The launch of the Skif spacecraft will allow creating a full-fledged broadband Internet access system in Russia in the future. This was announced on Friday on Twitter by the head of Roscosmos Dmitry Rogozin.
Russia will modernize three stations of the SPRN system until 2028
According to the modernization plan, first of all, noise immunity will be strengthened at the stations, as well as the energy supply system will be improved
Three radar stations of the Voronezh series, which are part of the missile attack warning System (SPRN), are planned to be upgraded by 2028. This was reported to TASS in the press service of the interstate joint-stock corporation (IAC) "Vimpel".
Russian cosmonauts will make a record number of spacewalks in 2022
Russian cosmonauts may set a record next year for the number of spacewalks. They will have to leave the International Space Station (ISS) nine times, according to the flight program available to RIA Novosti.
The second attempt of the Starliner to reach the ISS will be postponed to 2022
The Orbital Flight Test 2 (OFT-2) mission, which involves the second test attempt of the Starliner spacecraft without a crew to reach the International Space Station (ISS), is unlikely to take place this year, reports SpaceNews a statement by Katie Leaders, who recently headed the NASA Space Operations Directorate.
Rogozin praised Russia's launch of a competitor to Starlink and OneWeb
The launch of the first satellite of the Skif system will allow Russia to consolidate its orbital position. Thus, the general director of Roscosmos, Dmitry Rogozin, appreciated the importance of launching the Skif-D spacecraft on Twitter.
The dismissed employee revealed the problems of Virgin Galactic
The dismissed director of flight tests of Virgin Galactic, Mark Stuckey, revealed the company's problems. According to him, the pilot's error, and not a strong wind, led to the deviation from the original course of the Unity suborbital spacecraft, on board of which was the British billionaire Richard Branson, writes Parabolic Arc.
A new batch of British OneWeb satellites has been delivered to Russia for launch in October
A batch of 36 British OneWeb communication satellites has arrived in Russia, Roscosmos announced on Saturday. "A new batch of 36 OneWeb spacecraft has been delivered to Ignatievo Airport (Blagoveshchensk) by An-124-100 aircraft," the state corporation said, noting that they will be transported to the Vostochny cosmodrome during the day.
Russian ships have completed exercises in the Black Sea and are returning to their bases
About 20 ships of the Black Sea Fleet that participated in joint maneuvers of the Crimean and Novorossiysk Naval bases are returning to their places of deployment, said the official representative of the Black Sea Fleet Alexey Rulev.
The long way of "Arjuna" to the army
The Indian Army will arm itself with Arjun Mk-1A tanks. On September 24, the press service of the Ministry of Defense of India announced the signing of a contract with the Heavy Vehicles Factory (HVF) for the supply of 118 Arjun Mk-1A tanks.
A Russian warship has worked out a search for submarines in the Atlantic off the coast of Africa
The large anti-submarine ship (BOD) "Vice Admiral Kulakov" conducted exercises to search for submarines in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Africa, the press service of the Northern Fleet reported.
The United States has withdrawn 17 B-1B strategic bombers from the combat composition of the Air Force
The US Air Force has withdrawn 17 B-1B Lancer strategic bombers from combat due to wear and tear, the cost of repair and modernization, the global strike command reported.
In Russia, a supertrauler was launched
The ceremony of launching the fishing super trawler "Captain Martynov"was held in Russia. This ship is the fourth vessel of the ST-192 project. This is reported by the Telegram channel RIA Novosti.
Warships and coastal troops of the Northern Fleet conducted a live firing exercise of the Pantsir-S complex
The Northern Fleet conducted an interspecific exercise in the Laptev Sea with the participation of warships, the Pantsir and Bastion complexes, the press service of the SF reported.
The British began building a new type of frigates
In the next ten years, the British fleet will be replenished with five frigates of the Type 31 project. On September 24, the press service of the Royal Navy reported that the steel for the ship HMS Venturer was solemnly cut at the Rosyth shipyard of Babcock.
