News about the state and prospects of the defense industry

As reported by the web resource ATO.RU JSC "Ural Civil Aviation Plant" (UZGA) has assembled the first Diamond DA42 aircraft for a full production cycle. This was stated on July 2, 2021 by Evgeny Sergeev, director of the Aircraft division of this plant. For the first time, the company independently produced composite parts of the fuselage of this aircraft on machines supplied by the developer of the machine - the Austrian company Diamond Aircraft.

The Falcon 9 launch vehicle on Wednesday successfully put 88 satellites into orbit, including four vehicles in the interests of the US military department, the developer company SpaceX said.

Usually, when they talk about modern Russian self-propelled anti-tank complexes, they usually recall the ATGM "Chrysanthemum". However, there is another combat vehicle in the Russian army, unfortunately, less well-known, also made on the basis of the BMP-3, and it is also designed to destroy armored vehicles.

China should accelerate the modernization of national defense and turn the PLA into a world-class army. This, as RIA Novosti reports, was stated by the President of the People's Republic of China, General Secretary of the CPC Central Committee Xi Jinping.

On June 30, a large hydrographic boat of the 19920 project was solemnly laid down at the Okskaya Shipyard in Navashino (Nizhny Novgorod Region) for the hydrographic service of the Russian Navy.

Representatives of the United Engine Corporation (UEC) and Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University (SPbPU) discussed the plan for the introduction of production and digital technologies in industrial projects.

Large landing ships (BDK) "Orsk" and "Saratov" performed exercises to destroy mock-ups of floating sea mines in the Black Sea, protecting the Crimea. This is reported by Interfax with reference to the Russian Black Sea Fleet.

Joint maneuvers of ships and long-range aviation of Russia in the eastern part of the Mediterranean Sea attracted the attention of foreign military personnel. The actions of the missile cruiser "Moscow" were monitored from neutral waters by an F-35B fighter from the British aircraft carrier Queen Elizabeth, which did not prevent the Russian military from fulfilling its tasks.

Verkhneturinsky Machine-Building Plant (VTMZ) of the Techmash concern has opened a new mechanical workshop for the production of shell casings for field and tank artillery.

In 1990, the Swedish Navy adopted a new landing boat CB90. The Combat Boat 90 Half, also known as the Stridsbåt 90 H, can carry 18 landing troops in a small-arms-protected hull and reach a speed of 40 knots (74 km/h).

This is necessary so that the telescope can resume observations

TASS, July 1. NASA engineers are preparing to turn on the backup units of the on-board computer of the Hubble orbital observatory, some of the components of which failed in mid-June. The NASA Space Flight Center writes about this on its website. Goddard.

As the company clarified, such indicators are associated with the start of regular operation of Crew Dragon

The share of the Rocket and Space Corporation (RSC) Energia, which produces manned Soyuz spacecraft, for the delivery and return to orbit of the crews of the International Space Station (ISS) in 2020 fell to 66%. This is stated in the company's annual report.

The station's location in orbit from 60 to 80 degrees north latitude will provide increased opportunities for viewing the entire territory of Russia

The Rocket and Space Corporation (RSC) Energia has considered four different options for creating a Russian orbital service station (ROSS). This is stated in the company's annual report for 2020.

Two large amphibious assault ships (BDK) of the Northern Fleet are currently performing tasks in the Black Sea, the navy said on Thursday.

Within the framework of the state defense order, 25 special vehicles were delivered to the units of the engineering troops of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation for the SAGR mine clearance groups. The vehicles were delivered to the engineering units of the military districts, the Northern Fleet and the units of the Russian Aerospace Forces.

According to the scientist, Russia will be able to launch the Millimetron space observatory only in the mid-2030s. Among the tasks of the device is the study of the global structure of the Universe.

On June 28, the company Austal Limited announced the transfer of a new coastal zone combat ship of the Independence class, LCS-28 "Savannah", by its unit Austal USA to the command of the US Navy, which took place at the enterprise in Mobile (Alabama).

An American expert in the field of strategic weapons noticed signs of the construction of a grandiose positioning area for intercontinental ballistic missile launchers on satellite images of the desert in northern China.

The removal of the devices by the upper stage will take about four hours

The Soyuz-2.1 b carrier rocket with the Fregat upper stage and 36 British OneWeb communication satellites launched from the Vostochny cosmodrome.

Two years ago, it became known about the creation of the KF-1 tank in Iraq, known as Al-Kafeel and also had the unofficial nickname "Super T-55".

However, judging by the released video footage, the Chinese Type 69, acquired back in the 80s, during the war with neighboring Iran, was taken as the basis for it. This car had a lot in common with the "fifty-fifth", but was not a complete clone of it. For example, it had a new sighting system with a laser rangefinder.