The United Arab Emirates have decided to launch the Falcon Eye 2 optical reconnaissance satellite, reports Vedomosti newspaper. The newspaper refers to undisclosed managers of space manufacturing enterprises. Soyuz-ST was chosen as a launcher. According to the newspaper, “The confirmation letter dated November, 26 was received by Roscosmos from Stephane Israel, the CEO of Arianespace,…
Rokot rocket with Gonets-M telecoms satellites to blast off from Plesetsk on December 26
The launch of the Rokot carrier rocket with three Gonets-M telecommunications satellites has been scheduled for December 26, First Deputy Director General of Gonetsk Satellite System company Oleg Khimochko told. «The launch has been tentatively scheduled for December 26,» he said. According to the official, the satellites were taken to the Plesetsk space launch center…
Russian hi-tech firm in talks with other countries on delivery of rocket engines
Russia’s Energomash Research and Production Association is in talks with foreign countries on the deliveries of engines for carrier rockets they want to create, Energomash CEO Igor Arbuzov told TASS on Monday. «We are holding negotiations with a whole number of countries, which are launching their space programs and are interested in creating…
Russia proposes an end to end solution for anti UAS protection to the counties of the MENA region
Russia is proposing the countries of the Middle-East and North Africa region to significantly enforce its air defense system (AD). Protection against ballistic missile attacks can be assured by S-400 ADMS. Simultaneously Russia is proposing to build the multi-layered system for defense against small-sized UAVs that could pose threat to the vital installations. The AD…
Eastern MD combined arms formation finishes preparation for Laros 2019 the first-ever joint Russian- Laotian exercise
Eastern MD combined arms formation, stationed in Zabaykalsky Krai, finished preparation for the Laros 2019 first-ever joint Russian-Laotian exercise.During preparation military personnel practiced conducting search operations, performed live-fire drill from the T-72B3 armament at minimum and maximum shooting ranges. Commanders improved skills in planning the use of tank units, developing non-standard tactical solutions for conducting…
Environment-friendly rocket engine may be developed in Russia by 2024
Russia’s Research Institute of Machine Building in Nizhnyaya Salda, the Sverdlovsk Region, will create the first sample of rocket engine using an environment-friendly propellant by 2024, the CEO of the research and industrial association NPO Energomash, Igor Arbuzov, told TASS in an interview. «The institute in Nizhnyaya Salda was contracted to develop engines using environment-friendly…
Roscosmos to discuss sending Hungarian astronaut to ISS
Director General of Roscosmos Dmitry Rogozin will discuss with Budapest the possibilities of training and sending a Hungarian astronaut to the International Space Station (ISS) in December, the press service of the Russian state space corporation told TASS on Friday. They specified that the potential space flight by a Hungarian astronaut first surfaced at bilateral talks…
JSC Rosoboronexport supplied the president of Venezuela with a full-scale simulator of the Su-30МK2 aircraft
On November 27, 2019, the President of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela Nicolas Maduro opened ceremony of demonstration at the airbase named after lieutenant Luis del Valle Garcia of the air force of Venezuela in the city of Barcelona of a full-scale simulator of the Su-30МK2 aircraft delivered and mounted by the JSC Sukhoi Company…
Latest radar ready to go on combat alert in Russian Arctic
The third Rezonans-N radar capable of spotting hypersonic missiles flying at a speed of 20 times the speed of sound and stealth aircraft is ready to assume combat duty on Russia’s Novaya Zemlya Arctic Archipelago, Rezonans Research Center CEO Ivan Nazarenko told on Thursday. By now, the Russian military has received four Rezonans-N radar stations while…
India pays Russia $1.2 billion in technology transfer fees for T-90S tanks
India has awarded a $3.12 billion contract for local production of 464 T-90S main battle tanks after paying a technology transfer fee to Russia. The contract was signed with little fanfare earlier this month. The deal stipulates that Russian original equipment manufacturer UralVagonZavod and arms export agency Rosoboronexport will be paid $1.2 billion for technology…











