News about the state and prospects of the defense industry

Two experimental zones should appear in May

Russia will start testing joint flights of planes and drones. In Tomsk and in the Tver Region, two experimental territories should appear in May, where different types of aircraft will be able to move. They will be bred in the space of a special system.

Russian and Cuban scientists are considering the possibility of restoring the Havana Radio Astronomy Station. This is reported by RIA Novosti.

The ship will deliver 600 kg of refueling fuel, 420 liters of drinking water and about 1.4 tons of various equipment and materials to the ISS.]

The preparation of the TsNIIMash Mission Control Center near Moscow (part of Roscosmos) for the launch of the Progress MS-16 cargo ship into orbit has been completed. This is stated in the message of the state corporation, distributed on Sunday.

The holding company "Roselektronika" of the State Corporation Rostec with the support of the Industrial Development Fund (FRF, under the management of VEB.Russia) will launch in 2022 the serial production of digital noise-protected stations of tropospheric communication for civil purposes "Groza".

Tests of the missile attack warning system in the Russian Federation have been completed

The Russian military and designers have finished testing the missile attack warning system. This system is designed to obtain data on enemy missile launches. In addition, the SRPN allows you to determine where the missiles were launched from and collects information about objects in space.

During the Red Flag war games at Nellis Air Force Base in Nevada, three B-1B Lancer, B-2 Spirit and B-52 Stratofortress strategic bombers of the Air Force (Air Force) The US flew together. The corresponding video on YouTube was posted by photojournalist Michael Killian.

The Syrian government forces have again begun to use long-range versions of the Kornet anti-tank missile systems against the enemy.

The robotic complex was first presented at the "Innovation Day" of the Ministry of Defense in 2015

The Russian robotic complex "Udar" will be able to move independently on the battlefield, as well as interact with drones. This was reported to TASS by the industrial director of the arms complex of the Rostec State Corporation Bekhan Ozdoev.

Pilots of attack helicopters of the Southern Military District used the method developed in Syria when destroying a column of "enemy" in the Stavropol Territory, the head of the press service of the district, Colonel Vadim Astafyev, told reporters on Thursday.

To launch the Europa Clipper mission, the US Space Agency decided to use a commercial rocket. Previously, the promising Space Launch System was considered as a carrier.

The end of the 2010s was marked by an explosive growth of orbital groups of different countries. And it's not just about Elon Musk's Starlink — the same China brings out three dozen satellites a year. And the more equipment there is in the near-Earth space, the more acute the problem of garbage becomes. And the ESA decided to once again remind everyone about this extremely important topic.

It was created by HP and NASA specialists

The SBC-2 supercomputer, created by Hewlett-Packard and NASA engineers, will be sent into space aboard the NG-15 spacecraft next Saturday. This was announced by the chief developer of the computer, Mark Fernandez, at an online briefing for journalists.

In the United States, the process of transferring the new hypersonic weapons to the first division of the Ground Forces has started. In combat, however, it can be fully used in at least a few years.

The Ivanovo 98th Guards Amphibious Division conducted the first large-scale exercises this year. They involved soldiers and officers of two regiments of the Airborne Forces from Kostroma. And the fighting was played out in three regions of the Center of Russia - Ivanovo, Kostroma and Yaroslavl.

Found a means of total suppression of the enemy in the Far North

The Tornado-G complex-the upgraded Grad multiple launch rocket system-will be able to operate in hard-to-reach areas of the North.

If there is life lurking somewhere on the Red Planet, it is only under the surface at a depth of more than one and a half meters, says Oleg Korablev, scientific director of the Russian part of the project, head of the Department of Physics of Planets and small bodies of the Solar System of the ICI RAS.

Scientists of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Russia will create for the first time a mobile complex for work in the zone of radiation pollution, as well as a special "field camp" for conducting search operations at low Arctic temperatures. All this is in the plans of the research activities of the Ministry of Emergency Situations for the next couple of years.

The large amphibious assault ship (BDK) of Project 11711 "Pyotr Morgunov", which entered the Northern Fleet, will be sent to the Arctic routes. It is planned to make it the most important element of providing the military group on the islands and the coast, as well as along the Northern Sea Route. The design of the unique BDK allows it to land marines from the sea and air, unload equipment and cargo directly on the shore.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, speaking at a press conference on February 9, 2021 in Ankara at the ceremony of proclaiming the ten-year National Space Program of Turkey (Milli Uzay Programi) and the opening of the Turkish Space Agency (TUA), announced the ambitious Turkish space plans. "The national space program will put our country in the top league in the global space race," Erdogan said.

As reported by the Japanese media, on the morning of February 8, off the coast of the Japanese island of Shikoku at Cape Asizuri (Koch Prefecture), a large non-nuclear submarine SS 501 Soryu (the lead in the series, in service since 2009) Naval Self-Defense Forces of Japan, when surfacing at periscope depth, collided with a commercial bulk carrier Ocean Artemis (deadweight 94 thousand dwt, length 229 meters, built in 2011) under the Hong Kong flag.