News about the state and prospects of the defense industry
Russia's new manned spacecraft will be able to fly around the Moon for up to six months
The new Russian manned spacecraft "Eagle" will be able to fly around the Earth for about a year and around the Moon for up to six months, according to the materials of Roscosmos, posted on the state procurement website.
Russian border guards have increased the intensity of service in the Arctic
The intensity of the service of Russian border guards in the Arctic has increased against the background of increased economic activity of the Russian Federation in this region, they have the strength and means to continue to respond in a timely manner to possible changes in the situation, First Deputy Director - head of the Border Service of the FSB of the Russian Federation, Army General Vladimir Kulishov, told RIA Novosti in an interview.
At the exercise "West-2021" will work out the fight against conditional saboteurs
Border guards during the upcoming command and staff exercise "West-2021" will work out the tasks of countering attempts by saboteurs and terrorists to get into the country from outside, First Deputy Director-head of the Border Service of the FSB of the Russian Federation, Army General Vladimir Kulishov, told RIA Novosti in an interview.
The US military wanted an analogue of the Russian amphibious Be-200
The US Special Operations Command said they needed an amphibious aircraft. It must have the characteristics of the Russian seaplane Be-200ChS, which is produced at the aircraft factory in Taganrog.
Production of Soviet B-10 recoilless guns continues in Vietnam
In Vietnam, the production of Soviet B-10 recoilless guns continues. They are manufactured at the Z125 defense enterprise and have the local designation DKZ82.
The USSR supplied these weapons of destruction to a friendly country when it repelled American aggression. In parallel, deliveries from China were also carried out. Their clones were designated Type 65.
The military expert spoke about the features of the heavy robot "Assault"
In Russia, they began to create the first prototypes of the heavy shock robotic complex "Shturm", designed for combat in the city. On the air of Sputnik radio, retired Colonel Viktor Litovkin noted the capabilities of the combat vehicle.
Drones are a good target for machine guns and MANPADS
During the all-Army competition for field training among the units of the military air defense named after Colonel General B. I. Dukhov, anti-aircraft gunners jointly hit high-speed air targets.
Upgraded with the help of Russia T-72 showed at the exercises in Algeria
At the exercises in Algeria, the T-72s, modernized with the help of Russia, were demonstrated.
Currently, the army of this North African state, along with modern T-90SA, continues to operate more than 300 combat vehicles of this model. They have proven themselves as simple and reliable tanks.
Mass media: Iran plans to launch several satellites of its own production
According to the IRNA agency, first of all, we are talking about launching satellites into low-Earth orbit of the Earth - from 160 to 2 thousand km
The Iranian authorities are working on several satellites of domestic production, five of which are planned to be launched in the near future. This was reported on Friday by the IRNA news agency.
Russia will be able to send space tourists into orbit at the end of 2023 - Glavkosmos"
Glavkosmos plans to offer flight seats on the Soyuz spacecraft for space tourists by the end of 2023, the head of the company Dmitry Loskutov said.
The next launch of the Soyuz from Vostochny is scheduled for July 1
The head of Roscosmos, Dmitry Rogozin, previously announced plans to launch one Soyuz rocket from Vostochny in May, June and July.]
The Soyuz launch vehicle will next be launched from the Vostochny cosmodrome on July 1. This was announced on Saturday by the General Director of the Rocket and Space Center (RCC) "Progress" Dmitry Baranov.
All 36 OneWeb satellites successfully launched into orbit
This is the seventh launch of OneWeb satellites and the fourth fully commercial launch from the Eastern
All British OneWeb communications satellites launched from the Vostochny cosmodrome on a Soyuz-2.1 b carrier rocket have successfully separated from the Fregat upper stage. This is stated in the message of Roscosmos, distributed on Saturday.
The test base of the Fregat upper stages will be re-equipped by the end of 2022
The re-equipment is carried out in order to organize workplaces for conducting electrical tests of all modifications of the units
Technical re-equipment of the Fregat upper stage test base (RBF) will be completed by the end of 2022. This was reported to TASS in the press service of the NGO named after S. A. Lavochkin.
Russia has set a record for the number of accident-free space launches in a row
The successful launch of the Soyuz launch vehicle with 36 British OneWeb communications satellites from the Vostochny cosmodrome on May 29 was the 59th consecutive accident-free Russian space launch, according to calculations by RIA Novosti.
The Mi-28NM helicopter will receive a strike power comparable to bombers
The latest Russian combat helicopter Mi-28NM will be able to carry up to four long-range cruise missiles, its strike capabilities will be comparable to front-line bombers. On May 29, a source in the aircraft industry told RIA Novosti.
The military told how Russian armored vehicles proved themselves in Syria
Russian armored vehicles from the fleet of the Hmeimim air base have shown their reliability and efficiency in the extremely hot climate of Syria. This was told to the media representatives by military motorists on the day of their professional holiday, which is celebrated in Russia on May 29, TASS reports.
The future of the ISS will be discussed at the GLEX forum in St. Petersburg
On June 16, a session of the Global Interaction Forum will be held, which will be dedicated to the International Space Station
The prospects for manned space flights and the future of the International Space Station (ISS) will be discussed at the Global Space Exploration Conference GLEX in St. Petersburg. This was reported by TASS Deputy Director of Roscosmos for International Cooperation Sergey Savelyev.
Russian warship approached Hawaii
A reconnaissance ship of the Russian Navy approached the Hawaiian Islands (USA). This was stated by the official representative of the American Pacific Fleet, Captain John Gay, reports "Interfax" with reference to the Naval Institute of the United States.
The newest small sea tanker "Vice-Admiral Ferries" will be accepted as a part of the Russian Navy"
On May 29, the Russian Navy will accept the small sea tanker "Vice-Admiral Ferries", built at the Nizhny Novgorod enterprise "Volga" under the project 03182, the Department of Information and Mass Communications of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation reported.
SpaceX has launched a new group of Starlink Internet satellites into orbit, bringing the grouping to 1,735 vehicles
The Falcon 9 heavy launch vehicle on Wednesday successfully launched another batch of 60 mini-satellites into low-Earth orbit, designed to continue the deployment of the global Internet coverage of the Starlink system, the developer company SpaceX said.