News about the state and prospects of the defense industry

As reported by JSC "United Shipbuilding Corporation" (USC), on March 26, 2021, in Shlisselburg, at LLC "Nevsky Shipbuilding and Ship Repair Plant" (part of the "United Shipbuilding Corporation"), a laying ceremony was held for the Russian Navy of the medium sea tanker project 23130 "Vasily Nikitin" (factory number 902).

On March 25, 2021, in Astrakhan, at the shipyard of the Astrakhan Ship Repair Plant branch of JSC "Zvezdochka Ship Repair Center "(part of the United Shipbuilding Corporation - USC), a solemn ceremony was held for the laying of the rescue and towing vessel of project 22870 "Mikhail Chekov" (factory number 021), which is being built by order of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation.

Russian Ural-63704-0010 "Tornado-U" was first seen on the territory of the Syrian Arab Republic. The military all-terrain vehicle was presented at the International Military-Technical Forum "Army-2015" and became one of the main innovations of the exhibition. His show aroused considerable interest among domestic and foreign specialists.

The Delta IV Heavy launch vehicle is scheduled to launch into orbit on April 26 with the secret NROL-82 satellite in the interests of the US National Office of Military Space Intelligence, the United Launch Alliance (ULA) has announced.

Russian cosmonaut Sergey Kud-Sverchkov photographed from space the container ship Ever Given, which previously ran aground and blocked the Suez Canal. He posted a photo from the International Space Station (ISS) on his Twitter page.

Mi-24 attack helicopters conducted rocket and artillery fire in the Baltic Sea, the press service of the Baltic Fleet (BF) reported.

Military drones "Orlan-10" will monitor the fire situation on the territory of the Kursk, Voronezh and Belgorod regions, the press service of the Western Military District reported.

Military personnel of the Leningrad Air Force and Air Defense Association will conduct live firing at the Ashuluk training ground in the Astrakhan Region, the Russian Defense Ministry said.

Spending on artificial intelligence (AI) technologies in Europe in 2021 will reach $ 12 billion, and by 2024 their growth will be measured at a double-digit rate. This forecast was made in the research company International Data Corporation (IDC).

Major Sergey Nakazny noted that the main task of the training was the moral training of the pilots, as well as practicing accurate aiming and launching

Pilots of the Russian Knights aerobatic team conducted combat firing on Su-35S for the first time during scheduled flights together with the crews of the Strizhi aerobatic team. This was reported to journalists by the flight commander of the Russian Knights aerobatics group, Major Sergei Nakazny.

Eight upgraded BMP-2M infantry fighting vehicles entered service with motorized rifle units of the Guards Tank Division of the Central Military District, stationed in the Chelyabinsk region.

An American F-35B fighter jet accidentally shot itself with an artillery piece. A US Marine Corps F-35B short takeoff and landing fighter fired a 25 mm cannon at itself. The incident occurred in Arizona on March 12, 2021, but it became known only recently.

In total, since the first flight of the IL-76, about 1 thousand aircraft were produced in 22 modifications

New aircraft can be created in the future on the basis of the military transport IL-76, which made its first flight in 1971. This was stated by the first Deputy General Director of the United Aircraft Corporation (UAC), Managing Director of PJSC "IL" Sergey Yarkov.

The two-link tracked floating snow-and-mud vehicles of high cross-country capability GAZ-3344-20 "Aleut" were put into service with the motorized rifle unit of the VVO, stationed in the Trans-Baikal Territory.

The development of an ultralight rocket in Russia is dictated by the need to launch multi-satellite groups into Earth orbit and maintain them, said Sergey Zhukov, co-head of the working group of the National Technology Initiative Aeronet.

The Soyuz-2.1 b rocket launched from the Vostochny cosmodrome at 05: 47 Moscow time. The launch of the vehicles by the upper stage took almost 4 hours

All 36 British OneWeb satellites launched from the Vostochny cosmodrome on a Soyuz-2.1 b rocket have been successfully launched into their calculated orbits using the Fregat upper stage. This was reported to TASS by the Director General of Roscosmos Dmitry Rogozin on Thursday.

[b]Moreover, the number of launches may increase due to the fact that commercial customers are increasing the production of devices and additional applications may appear, the head of Roscosmos said.]

At least six launches from the Vostochny cosmodrome are planned to be made in 2021. When new orders appear, this number can be increased, Dmitry Rogozin, General Director of the state corporation Roscosmos, told reporters on Thursday.

As reported in the company Arianespace, by the end of 2022, they expect to complete the deployment of a group of satellites in orbit

The next launch of the Soyuz rocket with OneWeb satellites from the Vostochny cosmodrome will take place on April 25. This was announced on Thursday by the CEO of the French company Arianespace, Stefan Israel.

The crews of the Ka-52, Mi-28 Night Hunter, Mi-24 reconnaissance and attack helicopters, as well as the multi-purpose Mi-8, fired at ground targets from automatic aircraft guns and launched unguided aircraft missiles. The launches took place near St. Petersburg.

The first issue of the magazine "Arms Export" for 2021 published an interview with Rear Admiral Jihat Yayji-Chief of Staff of the Naval Forces of the Republic of Turkey in 2017-2020. We present to your attention the full text of the conversation.