News about the state and prospects of the defense industry

This year's largest exercise of the Polish Army "Dragon-21" will be held on June 2-18 almost throughout the country, in land, air, sea and cybernetic space.

In the Amur region, the first military echelon of the 573rd separate railway mechanization battalion of the 48th separate railway brigade arrived at the Dugda station of the Far Eastern Railway, which departed from the Strela station from the Omsk Region.

The training of surface ships and boats of the Black Sea Fleet during the winter training period took place in conditions of intensive counteraction to NATO ships operating in the Black Sea, Commander of the Southern Military District Alexander Dvornikov said in an interview with the newspaper "Military Bulletin of the South of Russia".

The new medium-range anti-aircraft missile system S-350 "Vityaz" has entered service in the Southern Military District, said in an interview with the newspaper "Military Bulletin of the South of Russia" Commander of the district Alexander Dvornikov.

The first place is occupied by the United States, their market share is 62%, according to the Military Helicopters handbook, released by the British publishing group Shephard Media

Russia ranks second after the United States in the global list of manufacturers of combat helicopters. This is stated in the reference book Military Helicopters ("Military helicopters"), released by the British publishing group Shephard Media and available to TASS.

More than 80 units of weapons and military equipment have been received by the troops of the Central Military District (CVO) since the beginning of this year.

According to the French company Naval Group, on May 10 at the shipyard in Concarneau (Brittany), the ceremony of launching the third of the four ordered by the Argentine Navy patrol ship of the coastal zone OPV (Offshore Patrol Vessel) – (53) "Storni" (Storni) took place.

Military personnel of the formations and military units of the VVO stationed in the Trans-Baikal Territory will improve their professional skills at the modernized landfill facilities during the summer training period.

A new anti-sabotage boat (PRDK) "Grachonok"has arrived in the connection of ships protecting the water area of the Troops and forces in the North-East of Russia.

Turkish company Baykar Defense has published the first concept image of the TB-3 Bayraktar drone on the deck of the aircraft carrier landing ship Anadolu.

The exercise on the detection of explosive objects with the counselors of the mine-search service dogs was held in the combined-arms army of the Eastern Military District (VVO) in Primorye.

The fighters of the People's Militia of the self-proclaimed LPR reanimated the existing single copy of the vehicle for providing crossings (MOP) "Holder".

She took part in the parade dedicated to the 76th anniversary of the Victory in the Great Patriotic War.

The station will be "raised" to 350 meters to create the necessary ballistic conditions for the next manned launch

The next correction of the orbit of the International Space Station (ISS) in preparation for the launch of the Soyuz MS-19 transport manned spacecraft will take place on May 20. This is stated in the message of Roscosmos, distributed on Wednesday.

The ZSU-23-4 anti-aircraft self-propelled gun, despite its venerable age, is still in service with the armies of more than three dozen countries.

For example, they are armed with air defense units of the Angolan ground forces. There are about 50 pieces in total.

In the Chinese social network Weibo, the first photo of a new type of submarine appeared. The ship is ready to be launched in Wuhan. Presumably, this is the head sample of the upgraded Type-039C Yuan project.

Roscosmos plans to launch 16 launch vehicles from the Baikonur and Vostochny cosmodromes by July 2022. This was reported on Wednesday, May 12, "RIA Novosti", referring to the data of the public procurement website.

Five AGM-158 Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile cruise missiles were suspended from the F-15E Strike Eagle fighter mounts. This is one of the most modern complexes of this type in the arsenal of the US Air Force.

The Israeli "Iron Dome" is effective when it comes to countering the Palestinian semi-military missiles of the "Qassam" type, the Soviet Grad missiles available to the radicals, as well as mortar or artillery shells. Alexander Mikhailov, director of the Bureau of Military-Political Analysis, told Izvestia about this on May 12, commenting on rocket attacks on Israel from the Gaza Strip.

Its launch is scheduled for July 15

The multifunctional laboratory module Nauka, which is scheduled to launch to the ISS in the summer of 2021, has successfully passed vacuum tests. This is stated in the message of Roscosmos, distributed on Wednesday.

The frigate of the Northern Fleet "Admiral Gorshkov" makes the transition from Murmansk to Severodvinsk to participate in the final stages of testing a promising missile weapon, the press service of the fleet reported on Wednesday.