News about the state and prospects of the defense industry

The trip of Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu to the Northern Fleet has begun. Military expert Vasily Dandykin told Sputnik radio about the tasks facing this fleet at the moment.

The Northern Fleet is capable of effectively countering the existing challenges and threats to Russia in the Arctic, Russian Defense Minister General of the Army Sergei Shoigu said.

Coastal warships of the Freedom ("Freedom") and Independence ("Independence") types») The US Navy is proving too expensive, writes Defense News.

At the Nalal Group shipyard in Cherbourg, the operation of docking the bow of the decommissioned nuclear submarine Saphir with the aft compartments of the same type of submarine Perle, which was severely damaged during a fire at the shipyard, began.

The state armament program for 2024-2033 will receive funding in the amount of at least 21-22 trillion rubles, first Deputy Chairman of the Board of the Military-Industrial Commission Andrey Yelchaninov said.

First Deputy Chairman of the Board of the Military-Industrial Complex Andrey Yelchaninov stressed that in the near future it will be possible to control several drones from the cockpit of the Su-57

Deliveries to the troops of the heavy unmanned strike complex "Hunter" are planned to begin in 2024. This was announced by the first deputy chairman of the board of the Military-Industrial Commission (MIC) Andrey Yelchaninov.

Calculations of missile systems of the Baltic Fleet conducted a training on deployment in a given area on the sea coast.

Five Il-38 anti-submarine aircraft of the Pacific Fleet worked out the destruction of submarines of the imaginary enemy, which managed to get close to the coast of Kamchatka, the Russian Defense Ministry reported.

The coastal troops of the Caspian Flotilla (CFl) with the coastal missile system (DBK) "Bal" in Dagestan "destroyed" the landing ships of the simulated enemy as part of a control check for the winter training period, the Russian Defense Ministry reported on Monday, April 12.

Military personnel of the electronic warfare (EW) units of the combined arms association of the Central Military District (CVO) during the exercises in the Kemerovo region disrupted the navigation of attack drones of the conditional enemy. This was announced on Monday, April 12, according to the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation.

As a result, Russia will receive a backup launcher, and Kazakhstan and the United Arab Emirates will be able to launch spacecraft into orbit

Kazakhstan, Russia and the United Arab Emirates plan to conduct at least four commercial launches from the first launch pad of the Baikonur cosmodrome ("Gagarin Launch") annually. This was reported to TASS on Monday by the press service of the Ministry of Digital Development, Innovation and Aerospace Industry of Kazakhstan.

A new batch of 20 Uran-9 attack robots will soon be transferred to JSC 766 Production and Technological Equipment Management (UPTK) to the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation.

Russian Defense Minister General of the Army Sergei Shoigu on April 9, during an inspection of the state defense order of JSC "766 Department of Production and Technological Equipment" (UPTK) in the Moscow region, instructed to increase radiation protection for Russian military robots.

As cosmonaut Sergei Ryazansky noted, in order to understand whether Russia needs its own space station in the event of the closure of the ISS, it is necessary to understand its ultimate task

Private space companies can create a new space station. This opinion was expressed in an interview with TASS by Russian cosmonaut and scientist Sergei Ryazansky.

A new Russian multi-purpose Mi-38 helicopter has arrived at the Arkhangelsk Vaskovo airport. It will be tested in conditions of natural icing.

Russian Su-34 fighter-bombers have received new suspended universal reconnaissance systems. As a result, the strike capabilities of the "4++" generation aircraft have significantly increased, and it is now possible to conduct combat operations in a single information space.

The Military Transport Aviation Command conducted a research flight-tactical exercise on the basis of one of the VTA aviation regiments stationed in the Southern Military District as part of a control check following the results of the winter training period.

Roscosmos spends about 3 billion rubles a year on the maintenance of the Vostochny cosmodrome, Maxim Ovchinnikov, the first Deputy General Director of the state corporation for Economics and Finance, said in an interview with Interfax.

In honor of the 60th anniversary of the first human flight into space, the Russian Defense Ministry published a short video from the Academy of the Strategic Missile Forces, where more than 30 samples of space technology are collected in a special audience.

The US Department of Defense in 2022 will receive no more opportunities than in the current year. April 11, portal defensenews.com He said that the budget request of US President Joseph Biden for the 2022 fiscal year indicated $753 billion to finance national security.