News about the state and prospects of the defense industry

Google has agreed with SpaceX to use the Starlink satellite Internet. This is reported by The Verge. Elon Musk's company will provide access to satellite Internet for corporate customers of the Google Cloud service.

On May 13, 2021, JSC "Ural Plant of Transport Engineering" (JSC "Uraltransmash", part of JSC "Research and Production Corporation "Uralvagonzavod") reported that as part of the state defense order, it delivered the first batch of 152-mm self-propelled howitzers 2S3M "Acacia" to the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation after major repairs.

The latest anti-aircraft artillery complex ZAK-57 "Derivation-AIR DEFENSE", armed with an automatic gun of 57-mm caliber, successfully hit unmanned aerial vehicles of various types during tests, the press service of the Uralvagonzavod Research and Production Corporation (UVZ, part of Rostec) told RIA Novosti.

The weight of the fairing was reduced by almost two tons, Rostec reported

The weight of the head fairing of the upgraded Proton-M launch vehicle decreased by almost two tons due to the use of innovative developments of the Romashin ONPP Technologiya (part of the Rostec State Corporation). This was told to TASS in the press service of Rostec.

Roscosmos CEO Dmitry Rogozin on Twitter congratulated China on the first successful soft landing on Mars in the history of this country.

Military personnel of the combined arms association of the Eastern Military District (VVO), stationed in the Republic of Buryatia, perform control shooting exercises on a unique interactive laser shooting range "Rubin-110". This shooting range is installed in the headquarters of the combined arms association.

The large anti-submarine ship "Admiral Panteleev" performed artillery firing in the waters of the Peter the Great Bay, the press service of the Pacific Fleet reported on Saturday.

The Russian military conducted a training exercise of the anti-sabotage forces and Means Unit (PDSS) in the Crimean naval base, the Black Sea Fleet said on Saturday.

China has landed the Tianwen-1 spacecraft on the Red Planet. This is the first time a Chinese spacecraft has landed on another planet.

The new Chinese ballistic missile JL-3 Type 094 submarines can have a range of 10 to 14 thousand kilometers and surpass the existing American and Russian counterparts, writes TASS columnist Dmitry Litovkin, commenting on the report of the newspaper The South China Morning Post.

The large sea tanker of the Pacific Fleet (TOF) "Boris Butoma" has entered the port of Cam Ranh (Vietnam), the navy said on Saturday.

Satellites lost

The launch of the Rocket Lab's Electron rocket from the Mahia Peninsula in New Zealand on Saturday ended in failure. Experts were unable to carry out the planned launch of two satellites into orbit.

Modern armored personnel carriers BTR-82A and BTR-82AM with improved combat and driving characteristics will enter service with the Ground Forces. This was announced on Saturday, May 15, by the Department of Information and Mass Communications of the Russian Defense Ministry.

Off the coast of the Kaliningrad Region, the Baltic Fleet's naval minesweeping group conducted exercises.

The naval minesweeper Alexander Obukhov, the base minesweeper Leonid Sobolev, and the raid minesweeper Leonid Perepech took part in the maneuvers. The crews were ordered to defuse the mines placed by the imaginary enemy.

The Falcon 9 heavy launch vehicle on Sunday, Moscow time, successfully launched another batch of 52 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.

According to the plan, the space truck will be sent to orbit next week

The launch vehicle "Changzheng-7" with the Chinese orbital truck "Tianzhou-2" was delivered on Sunday to the launch pad in Wenchang on the island of Hainan. This was reported by the Office of the Manned Space Flight Program of the People's Republic of China on its page on the social network WeChat.

Specialists of the Ministry of Defense will go on an expedition to find places for hydroaerodromes. This was stated in an interview with the Zvezda TV channel by Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu.

"A large expedition is now being planned," he said. "We are identifying hydroaerodromes all over the north, then Kamchatka and our entire eastern coast, where Be-200 aircraft can land."

It is no secret that the" service life " of modern military technologies is limited to a few years, after which they are replaced by new ones, and this creates enormous problems when upgrading existing equipment and weapons.

At the Kapustin Yar test site, the modernization of the measuring complex for testing various types of weapons has been completed, the Russian Defense Ministry said.

The exercises will be attended by about 1.5 thousand military personnel, including pilots from Japan and South Korea, who will arrive to exchange tactical and technical experience, the press service of the Pacific Air Force reported.