"Rusnano" seems to be the end: the state-owned company is on the verge of default, the site is bent
On November 19, 2021, it became known that the state-owned company was on the verge of default. So, a message about a meeting with creditors and large bondholders appeared on the company's website.
The contract for the supply of AK-203 to India can be signed before the end of the year
During the preparation of the contract, "Russian and Indian specialists carried out a lot of preparatory work," the press service of the Kalashnikov Group of companies indicated
The contract for the supply of AK-203 submachine guns to the Ministry of Defense of India may be signed before the end of this year. This was reported to TASS on Tuesday in the press service of the Kalashnikov Group of Companies (GC).
The K9 self-propelled gun will displace American and Soviet guns in the Egyptian army
The production of South Korean K9 Thunder self-propelled artillery units will be organized in Egypt. The agreement on this is planned to be signed at the International Defense Industry Exhibition EDEX-2021, which will begin its work in Cairo on November 29.
There are no specific details about the deal yet, but it is expected that these combat vehicles will replace some of the outdated artillery systems.
"Abrams" in the first person
"Silver lions" in sandy coloring: from Germany to Estonia in the place of the commander of the main battle tank of the US Army
This video, taken from the commander's workplace at the training grounds in Germany and Estonia, shows the work of the crew of the tank of the currently main modification M1A2 SEP V2, belonging to the 1st battalion "Silver Lions" of the 68th armored Regiment. The crew practices landing in a tank, charging and firing from a gun and a machine gun, maneuvering, as well as using smoke grenades to set up a curtain during retreat.
An improved version of the M-80 BMP was shown in Serbia
During the exercises of the Serbian army held last week, the country's President Aleksandar Vucic was shown the latest military equipment and weapons.
According to the country's defense ministry, we are talking about more than sixty samples that are planned to equip parts of the ground forces.
The legendary Soviet T-62 will turn into the BMPT-62
The operation of several thousand T-55 and T-62 tanks continues in the world. Somewhere they are planned to be replaced with more modern combat vehicles, somewhere they are being upgraded and left in service, and somewhere they are being converted into equipment of a completely different purpose.
The Arctic DT-APC is shown
In Russia, new images of a two-link armored personnel carrier DT-BTR for the Arctic were shown. His images were published in the newspaper Krasnaya Zvezda.
Details for Russian "Boomerangs" will be printed on a 3D printer
Russian wheeled vehicles on the unified combat platform "Boomerang" will receive parts printed on a 3D printer. The production of complex parts for promising armored personnel carriers has already been mastered. This was reported on Instagram by the Military-Industrial Company.
"Object 167T": what was the world's first tank with a gas turbine engine
In the 50s and 60s, the militarily leading powers were actively engaged in the creation of gas turbine engines for armored vehicles. Work in this direction was also carried out in Nizhny Tagil, in the design bureau of the famous Uralvagonzavod.
Source: tests of the Zircon missile from the submarine will resume in 2024 at the Perm nuclear submarine
If the submarine is not ready for the launches of the Zircon in 2024, they will resume in the first half of 2025, the agency interlocutor noted
Flight design tests (LKI) of the hypersonic missile "Zircon" from an underwater carrier after two successful test launches will resume in 2024 on the Perm nuclear submarine of project 885M (code "Ash-M") of a modified design. This was reported to TASS by a source in the military-industrial complex.
The timing of the first launches of the "Zircon" from the board of a regular underwater carrier has been announced
In 2024, Russia may conduct the first launches of the newest hypersonic missile "Zircon" from aboard the submarine "Perm". Earlier it became known that she will be a full-time carrier of the hypersonic complex.
It became known about the Pentagon "caught off guard" because of the launch of Chinese missiles
The Pentagon's military was "caught off guard" in July when China conducted test launches of hypersonic weapons, as it used technologies unknown to the US. This became known to the Financial Times.
In the USA, they told about China's breakthrough in hypersonic technologies
The test conducted on July 27 may indicate a breakthrough in hypersonic technologies made by China, says the American edition of The Drive.
China has tested a wind tunnel with a flow rate of up to Mach 8
China Aircraft Corporation (AVIC) has completed calibration tests of the FL-64 wind tunnel. Now it is officially possible to test hypersonic developments in it. FL-64 allows you to simulate flights at speeds from four to eight Mach at an altitude of up to 48 kilometers at temperatures up to 626.8 degrees Celsius.
The US is preparing to arm itself with a secret missile
As early as next year, American aviation may arm itself with a secret AIM-260 missile. November 22, portal thedrive.com He reported that the US Air Force is actively testing a munition developed under the Joint Advanced Tactical Missile program.
The Americans showed the PrSM tests at the maximum distance
The US Space Forces have published photos of October tests of a promising tactical hypersonic missile PrSM firing at maximum range. According to Breaking Defense, it is not known exactly how much it flew — the military lost contact with the missile after 499.2 kilometers.
Putin has submitted to the Duma an agreement with Tajikistan on the creation of a joint air defense system
Russian President Vladimir Putin has submitted to the State Duma for ratification an agreement with Tajikistan on the creation of a joint regional air defense system of the two countries.
NASA assessed the risk of asteroids colliding with the Earth
Deputy head of NASA Thomas Zurbuchen said that none of the asteroids known to specialists in the next 100 years threatens to collide with the Earth.
China has launched the second sounding satellite from the Gaofen-3 series into orbit
China has successfully put an Earth sensing satellite into orbit. The Gaofen-3 device is designed to monitor the sea and land, the Izvestia TV channel reports. The radar scans the Earth's surface in 12 modes. From orbit, images with a resolution of 1 m can be obtained. With this technology, the clarity of the shooting is not affected by weather conditions and illumination. The satellite became the second device from the Gaofen-3 series, the first was launched in 2016.
Launch of James Webb Space Telescope postponed to December 22 - NASA
The launch of the James Webb space telescope is postponed from December 18 to December 22 due to an incident in the vertical assembly workshop during the preparation of the device for launch, NASA reported.