The American company Arcflash Labs has opened a pre-order for the world's first manual electromagnetic gun GR-1 ANVIL. It can accelerate a ferromagnetic projectile with a diameter of 10-12 centimeters to a speed of 60 meters per second - this is comparable to a powerful air rifle.

An air defense robot is planned to be created on the basis of the Uran-9 strike robotic complex, which is entering service with the Russian army, a source in the military-industrial complex told RIA Novosti.

According to Ukrainian media, during his speech at the International Defense Investment Forum held in Kiev on August 12,2021, the chairman of the Board of Directors of the Kiev CJSC "Scientific and Production Association "Praktika" and concurrently the chairman of the Board of the League of Defense Enterprises of Ukraine Oleg Vysotsky said, informing about the company's plans to participate in the defense exhibition in Saudi Arabia, that: "Praktika has implemented two export contracts this year, including with them (Saudi Arabia)."

Battalion exercises with 6 thousand servicemen are beginning on the territory of 10 regions of the Western Military District, the press service of the ZVO reported.

On Friday, the press service of the Western Military District informed that the motorized rifle brigade stationed in the Leningrad Region received 10 upgraded infantry fighting vehicles BMP-2M with a combat module "Berezhok". It is reported that by the end of the year, 30 more units of such equipment should be transferred to the service of the ZVO troops.

A batch of command and staff vehicles of a new generation entered the service of the tank army of the ZVO.The Guards Tank Army of the Western Military District (ZVO) received five unified command and staff vehicles (UKSHM) R-149MA1, which increased the combat capabilities of communication units.

Japanese journalists and users were delighted with the modernized domestic T-90M "Breakthrough" tank. Excellent cross-country ability, increased safety of the crew and the relative lightness of the design-all this attracted the attention of the authors.

At the Mulino training ground, military personnel of the separate engineer-sapper regiment of the 6th Combined Arms Army of the ZVO used the Uran-6 robotic complex for the first time.

VR system thoroughly reproduces workflows, the specifics of the special tools and even the nature of materials

The technodinamika holding (part of state Corporation rostec) has developed an intelligent simulator, training manufacture and repair of ammunition for reactive systems of volley fire (MLRS) "Grad" in virtual reality (VR). This was reported to journalists on Friday in the press service of Rostec.

Russia is currently the world's leading country in the field of hypersonic weapons and missile defense systems (ABM), the head of the Strategic Command (STRATCOM)said US Armed Forces Admiral Charles Richard.

As the Deputy Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation Alexey Krivoruchko said on August 10, 2021 in a speech at the Single Day of Acceptance of Military Products, by the end of this year the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation will receive a new brigade set of the Iskander-M operational and tactical missile system, which will be delivered "ahead of schedule".

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The US Defense Ministry announced the signing by the command for the conclusion of contracts of the US Army with Lockheed Martin Corporation of an agreement for the supply of ATACMS OTR for the national armed forces, as well as for the Armed Forces of Taiwan within the framework of the "Foreign Military Sales"program.

The over-the-horizon radar station "Mineral-U" is almost ready, Defense Express reports. The Ukrainian information and consulting agency showed the corresponding video on Twitter.

The IDEF-2021 exhibition will be held on August 17-20

The Sula radar station, designed to monitor space objects, as well as the S-400 anti-aircraft missile system, the Viking anti-aircraft missile system and other air defense systems will be presented by Almaz-Antey Concern at the IDEF-2021 International Defense Exhibition, which will be held in Istanbul from August 17 to 20. This was reported on Friday in the press service of the concern.

The satellite will receive and transmit signals of an automatic identification system for tracking the movement of ships and monitoring activities at sea

Vietnam has delivered its NanoDragon satellite to Japan for an upcoming launch into low-Earth orbit. This was reported on Friday by the newspaper "Nyan Zan" with reference to the National Space Center (NCC) at the Vietnamese Academy of Science and Technology.

According to the representative of the space agency Joel Montalbano, the launch of a new generation of spacecraft from Boeing should not be expected until mid-autumn. Earlier it became known about serious technical problems that the device encountered.

The problems that caused the postponement of the launch of the Starliner spacecraft to the International Space Station (ISS) are probably caused by corrosion of the valves caused by the leakage of the oxidizer, a representative of the Boeing company said during a briefing.

According to the head of Roscosmos, the Keldysh Center is ready to send its specialists to the United States in case of an appeal from the American side

The Director General of Roscosmos, Dmitry Rogozin, confirmed his readiness to send Russian specialists to the United States to help American colleagues with solving the problems of the American Starliner ship.

The corporation postponed the launch indefinitely

The Boeing Corporation has postponed indefinitely the launch of the CST-100 Starliner spacecraft to the International Space Station (ISS). As the company explained on Friday, the decision was made in connection with the need to return the ship to the factory to fix problems in the operation of the engines.