News about the state and prospects of the defense industry

the Plant will be presented at the forum, T-90MS and BMPT-72

"Uralvagonzavod" ("Uralvagonzavod" in the group of "Uralvagonzavod" is included in "rostec") at the International military-technical forum "Army-2021" will present the BMPT-72 and T-90MS. Both cars demonstrate the modernization potential of the plant's equipment, the press service of the concern told TASS.

According to the Philippine Defense Resource Mintfo.com, The Philippine Ministry of Defense has signed a contract worth $ 15.937 million with the South Korean company LIG Nex1 as part of a project to purchase torpedoes for frigates in service.

The helicopter-drone Ingenuity ("Ingenuity"), which arrived on Mars together with the Perseverance rover ("Perseverance"), made the 12th successful autonomous flight on the Red Planet, the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory reported.

The prototype of the latest Russian military transport aircraft Il-112B, which crashed in Kubinka near Moscow, has already had engine problems several times before. This was reported on Tuesday, August 17, by the Telegram channel WarGonzo, citing a source in the United Aircraft Corporation (UAC).

For 90 Martian days, the device collected 10 GB of environmental data

The Chinese rover "Zhuzhong" made a journey of 889 meters on the surface of Mars in three months. This was reported on Tuesday by the Central Television of China.

The military from Russia has prepared equipment for training for the Suvorov Onslaught competition. This is reported by the Department of Information and Mass Communications of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation. During the comprehensive inspection, much attention was paid to checking the condition of fire control systems, engines, chassis, etc.

The Pacific Fleet of the Russian Federation is preparing to arm itself with a new diesel-electric submarine. Yesterday, August 16, the press service of JSC "Admiralty Shipyards" reported that the state tests of the submarine "Magadan"have begun.

The launch of the spacecraft is planned from the site of the John F. Kennedy Space Center in Florida

The launch of the American SpaceX Dragon cargo ship with payloads for the International Space Station (ISS) is scheduled for August 28. This was announced on Tuesday by the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).

Two Russian Tu-95MS strategic missile carriers performed a planned flight over the neutral waters of the Sea of Japan. The Russian Defense Ministry reported that the duration of their raid was about nine hours. On the route, long-range aircraft were accompanied by Su-35S fighters of the Air Force and Air Defense Association of the Eastern Military District.

The ambitious project of creating a global mobile satellite communication system "Ether "has been excluded from the national program"Digital Economy". The project implementation costs were estimated at 299 billion rubles. At the same time, 30 billion rubles from extra-budgetary sources should have already been allocated for the design of this system.

The modernization of a section of the state highway that will connect a number of military bases between Texas and Georgia was included in the US infrastructure bill for $ 1 trillion. This legislative act was adopted by the country's Senate in early August and provides for the extension of the highway to connect 12 military bases located in the states of Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and Georgia.

According to the data provided, two new Russian corvettes of projects 20380 and 20385 will be laid at once in August. They will serve in the Pacific Ocean.

The first launch of the Eagle without astronauts on board is scheduled for December 15, 2023

Roscosmos plans to assess the economic efficiency of transport and technical support (TTO) of the International Space Station (ISS) and the promising Russian Orbital Station (ROS) with Soyuz MS and promising Eagles, according to the public procurement portal.

The initial price of the application was 67.6 million rubles

Roscosmos plans to conduct a technical and economic assessment of the creation and operation of the Russian segment of the International Space Station (ISS) until 2025. This is stated in the documents posted on the public procurement portal.

Arrival to the Pacific Fleet is expected in November

The carrier of Kalibr-NK cruise missiles, the Gremyashchy missile corvette of Project 20385, makes an inter-fleet transition from the Baltic to the Pacific Fleet (TOF) The Russian Navy. This was reported to TASS by a source in the military-industrial complex.

The state corporation previously announced plans to put telescopes on the lunar base to monitor dangerous asteroids and comets

Roscosmos plans to use the Astronomical Research Center (ANC) to create equipment that will be installed on the Lunar Scientific Base to monitor the asteroid-comet danger. This was reported to TASS by a source in the rocket and space industry.

They will pass through the Mediterranean Sea and the Suez Canal

Diesel-electric submarines "Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky "and" Volkhov " of the project 636.3 of the Pacific Fleet (TOF) will begin an inter-fleet transition from the Baltic to the place of permanent basing in the coming days. This was reported to TASS by a source in the military-industrial complex.

The units of the PGRK RVSN are fully equipped with unique simulators for training mechanics-drivers of autonomous launchers of the Yars mobile missile system.

On August 15, the launch ceremony of the lead corvette of the Ada class (MILGEM), intended for the Pakistani Navy, took place at the Istanbul Naval Shipyard in Istanbul.

Military Watch Magazine spoke about the advantages of the Soviet S-200 system.

Military Wait magazine published an article "Why NATO hated the S-200 - the longest-range air defense system of the Cold War".