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During the MAKS 2021 International Aviation and Space Salon, Rostec signed contracts worth over 230 billion rubles ($3.1 billion) and negotiated the supply of 161 aircraft, including 77 planes, the state-run firm announced on Friday. The Rostec state corporation's entities have agreed to deliver 161 planes, TASS reported. Customers will...
The Kremlin views testing Russia's Internet (Runet) to verify it can function when unplugged from the global network to be a critical precaution, given that the country must be prepared for everything in the age of sanctions, according to Russian Presidential Spokesman Dmitry Peskov on Thursday. "We are aware of...
Rostec stated on Thursday that the United Engine Corporation (a subsidiary of the state-owned Rostec) has begun work on creating hydrogen-powered aircraft engines and ground-based power units. "At the International Aerospace Show, the United Engine Corporation inside Rostec announced that it is launching a program to build aircraft and...
Russia-based unmanned aerial vehicle producer Zala Aero unveiled it's latest drone ZALA VTOL, a vertical take-off and landing UAV, at the MAKS 2021 air show, TASS reports citing the company statement at the aviation show. The ZALA VTOL is a hybrid drone that combines the characteristics of an airplane and...
In light of disclosures that Israeli-made Pegasus anti-terrorism malware was used to monitor politicians, journalists, and activists throughout the world, the Kremlin sees no need to take further security precautions. Russian nationals do not appear to be included in a leak of over 50,000 phone numbers from 45 countries, according...
The US government has not yet granted Orbital Sciences LLC authorization to acquire Russian-made RD-181M rocket engines, according to Vladimir Ustimenko, spokesman for Russia's State Space Corporation Roscosmos. "Unfortunately, mistakes do occur. So, there was an error in yesterday's report, which said that Roscosmos had been granted permission to export...
The Moscow City Property Department has automated the receipt and processing of applications that come through the mos.ru service. According to Moscow's Department of Information Technologies, with these new services, it takes only a few seconds between receiving requests from residents and delivering them to the correct department. The new services are...
Holders of Mir credit cards, which are handled by Russia's National Payment Card System (NSPK), will be able to activate Apple Pay beginning July 20, according to Vedomosti, citing executives from the payment system and Jennifer Bailey, Vice President of Apple Pay. The Mir payment system, launched in 2014, is...
Rosoboronexport, Russia's national weapons exporter, is in negotiations with five nations about buying the Su-57 fifth-generation multirole fighter, according to the company's CEO Alexander Mikheyev, who spoke at the MAKS-2021 air show on Tuesday. The Su-57 has sparked a lot of interest, especially because a government contract has been signed for...
The Almaz-Antey military manufacturer's ROSC-1 system for detecting and countering drones will be tested shortly at Samara Airport in the Volga region, Almaz-Antey Deputy CEO Dmitry Savitsky told TASS on Monday. "The civilian version of the ROSC-1 system now has extra capabilities for dealing with birds. It will soon be...