Shvabe has patented a new coating for space optics
A patent for an invention for a new electrically conductive coating that can withstand thermal effects up to 250 degrees Celsius was obtained by engineers of the Shvabe holding company from Kazan.
German "Cougars" will be digitized
German Puma BMP will become the most high-tech in the world. June 29, portal defenseworld.net he reported that the Bundeswehr had ordered Rheinmetall to modernize the first batch of these machines.
Delivery of the German Armed Forces BBM "Boxer" has been completed"
ARTEC GmbH, a joint venture of Krauss-Maffei Wegmann (KMW) and Rheinmetall, announced the transfer to the customer of the last of the Boxer BBM ordered for the German Armed Forces with an 8x8 wheel formula.
The batch of BTR-82A entered service with the newly formed motorized rifle regiment of the Southern Military District in Ingushetia
More than 10 BTR-82A entered service with the newly formed motorized rifle regiment of the 58th Combined Arms Army of the Southern Military District in Ingushetia.
The Belarusian armored car "Kaiman" received a module with a 30-mm gun
At the 10th International Exhibition of Weapons and Military Equipment MILEX-2021, held last week in Minsk, several modifications of the Kaiman armored vehicles created at the 140th repair plant were presented.
The first test launch of the Osina-RV or Sirena-M intercontinental ballistic missile ?
As the TASS news agency reported on June 28, 2021, the successful launch of the latest intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) developed by the Moscow Institute of Thermal Engineering (MIT, part of the Roscosmos State Corporation) took place from the 1st State Test Cosmodrome (Plesetsk) of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation.
In Israel, a video was shown with the destruction of a Russian missile boat
One of the largest Israeli manufacturers in the field of the military-industrial complex, the company Rafael Advanced Defense Systems has introduced an autonomous high-precision missile system of the 5th generation of the long-range Sea Breaker.
Anti-aircraft gunners of the Russian military base in Tajikistan have received the latest MANPADS " Willow"
The air defense units of the Russian military base in Tajikistan received 20 modern man-portable air defense missile systems (MANPADS) "Verba".
When and alone in the field is a warrior
In the Kaliningrad Region, the Borisoglebsk-1 electronic warfare system was successfully used against drones.
Virgin Orbit conducted the first operational launch of the LauncherOne rocket
Virgin Orbit launched the LauncherOne rocket. Seven spacecraft were put into orbit for different operators.
Nature (UK): the first video and audio recordings from the Chinese rover intrigued scientists
The Chinese rover "Zhuzhong" transmitted to Earth audio and video materials that interested scientists. Among them are a dangerous landing on the surface of the planet, selfies of the rover and sounds with which researchers hope to study the nature of the wind on Mars.
The Pentagon was recommended to prepare for military operations on the moon
The laboratory of the US Air Force has published a report "Primer on Near-lunar Space", which contains recommendations to the US space forces on preparing for a situation in which the Moon and the outer space around it will act as a war zone. This became known on Tuesday, June 29.
The Soyuz-2.1 a rocket put the Progress MS-17 spacecraft into orbit
The Soyuz-2.1 a rocket successfully coped with the task of launching the Progress MS-17 spacecraft with cargo for the International Space Station (ISS) into near-Earth orbit. This was announced on Wednesday, June 30, by the press service of Roscosmos.
Bell Company supplied Bell-505 helicopters to the Armed Forces of Jamaica
The Jamaican Armed Forces have received six Bell-505 "Jet Ranger X" helicopters manufactured by Bell Textron Inc., purchased as part of the helicopter fleet modernization plan.
The Albanian Armed Forces intend to purchase a UAV manufactured by the Turkish Baykar Defense
The Armed Forces of Albania intend to purchase unmanned aerial vehicles manufactured by the Turkish company Baykar Defense in the amount of 8.2 million euros.
An armed C295 transport took to the air
The European aircraft manufacturer Airbus has started flight tests of an armed version of the C295 transport vehicle. According to Aviacionline, the aircraft carries eight laser-guided missiles and two aerial bombs.
In the US, they told about the "punching a hole" in the Russian F-35B ship
The fifth-generation fighter of the shortened take-off and vertical landing F-35B Lightning II, which flew next to Russian ships in the Mediterranean Sea, in particular, the Admiral Makarov patrol frigate of project 11356R, is not armed with anti-ship missiles, says the American magazine Forbes.
Switzerland will buy 36 F-35A fighters from the United States
The Swiss Federal Council has decided to purchase fifth-generation Lockheed Martin F-35A Lightning II fighters from the United States, Defense News reports.
The inability of the United States to produce the F-22 is explained
Currently, the United States cannot produce fifth-generation F-22 Raptor fighters, since the corresponding production facilities and supply chains are involved for F-35 Lightning II aircraft, explained Alex Hollings, a veteran of the United States Marine Corps, in the Sandboxx blog.
Turkish helicopters of the future will fly on Ukrainian engines
The Turkish competitor of the Apache will receive a Ukrainian power plant. On June 29, the press service of Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI) announced the signing of a contract with the Zaporozhye plant "Motor Sich".
