The new IL-114-300 passenger aircraft can become a marine reconnaissance aircraft
The new Russian passenger plane IL-114-300 may be used to search for surface and underwater objects, RIA Novosti reports.
The "Plane of the XXI century" received a wing made of Russian composites
The passenger aircraft MS-21-300 ("Mainline aircraft of the XXI century 300") received a wing made of Russian composite materials, according to the United Aircraft Corporation (UAC). The corresponding video of the docking of the left wing console to the fuselage of the aircraft is published on YouTube.
The Defense Ministry will order 15 helicopters per year for Rostvertol
Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu noted that the military department needs not only new helicopters, but also high-quality repairs and modernization of vehicles in operation
Rostov helicopter production complex "Rostvertol "(part of the holding "Russian Helicopters") will receive an order from the Ministry of Defense for the construction of 15 helicopters per year. This was announced by the head of the military department Sergei Shoigu during a meeting with the staff of the enterprise.
In the US, they were surprised by the cheap F-35 for Switzerland
The fact that Switzerland will buy a fifth-generation F-35A Lightning fighter, since it promises "the highest performance at the lowest price" compared to Typhoon, Rafale and F/A — 18E/F Super Hornet aircraft, is surprising, writes John Vinable, a veteran of the US Air Force (Air Force), a researcher at the Heritage Foundation, in Breaking Defense.
The Indian Navy received the tenth aircraft of the P-8I "Neptune" BPA"
On July 13, Boeing announced the delivery of the 10th aircraft of the P-8I "Neptune" (the Indian version of the American P-8A "Poseidon") to the Indian Navy as part of the contract signed in 2016.
The Pakistani Navy has decided to purchase the first three Sea Sultan BPA aircraft
The Pakistan Navy has decided to convert the first three Embraer Lineage 1000E airliners into basic patrol aircraft, which will replace the outdated P-3C Orion.
The source announced the postponement of the Soyuz launch due to the unavailability of OneWeb satellites
The launch of the Soyuz-2.1 b carrier rocket from Baikonur with the British OneWeb communication satellites, scheduled for August 5, was postponed for at least a week due to the unavailability of the devices. This was announced on Wednesday, July 14, RIA Novosti reports, citing three sources in the rocket and space industry.
The Turkish army received a Turkish-made short-range air defense system
The first Turkish short-range anti-aircraft missile systems Hisar A+ entered the army in full configuration. According to Defense News, now the Roketsan company is preparing to start mass production of Hisar O+medium-range anti-aircraft missile systems. The military should receive them in 2024.
The Thai Navy will receive a short-range air defense system
The command of the Thai Navy has signed a contract with a national company for the supply of mobile short-range anti-aircraft missile systems.
Russia increases the number of "Daggers" - the Security Council
Russia is increasing the number of high-precision long-range weapons, including the Kinzhal hypersonic complexes, Deputy Secretary of the Security Council Mikhail Popov said.
The US has produced the first improved warhead for the Trident II D5 ballistic missile
The first improved nuclear warhead W88 for Trident II D5 ballistic missiles, designed to be launched from nuclear submarines, has rolled off the assembly line.
The US has changed the lock on nuclear warheads
The Pantex plant in Texas has released the first batch of upgraded W88 thermonuclear warheads-they are equipped with Trident II ballistic missiles on submarines. The updates affected the charge initiation system, conventional explosives, and a lightning rod connector was also added to the warhead.
Russian MLRS will receive a new guided missile
NPO "Splav" named after Ganichev (part of the Rostec Techmash concern) is developing a guided missile in a 122 mm caliber on an initiative basis, the general director of the enterprise Alexander Smirnov said in an interview with RIA Novosti.
Photos of a Chinese shark drone have appeared
New photos of a Chinese underwater unmanned scout made in the form of a shark have appeared on the Network. The bionic wireless drone is equipped with high-resolution cameras with automatic adjustment, it is able to dive 150 meters, independently bypass obstacles and return to the base.
Officers of the Central Military District were re-equipped with modern pistols " Grach"
The staff officers of the 2nd Guards Combined Arms Army of the Central Military District, stationed in Samara, were re-equipped with 9-mm Yarygin pistols (PJ) "Grach", which replaced the Makarov pistols (PM), adopted in 1951.
"Kids" will help to destroy the enemy at night
A batch of the latest night sights "Malysh" has entered service in the motorized rifle unit of the Amur Combined Arms Association of the Eastern Military District (VVO).
A protected radio network with a length of more than 500 km was deployed by the communications specialists of the Central Military District
Military signalmen of the combined arms association of the Central Military District stationed in Siberia, as part of the combat readiness check, with the help of the latest communication systems, provided covert control of troops at a distance of more than 500 km between the formations located in the Novosibirsk region and the Altai Territory.
The Infauna electronic warfare system, which has no analogues in the world, will arrive in Ussuriysk
The Infauna complex of electronic warfare (EW) of the combined-arms army of the Eastern Military District (VVO) in Primorye, which has no analogues in the world, will be presented by EW specialists to residents and guests of the city of Ussuriysk. The event will be held at the main demonstration site "Baranovsky" as part of the military-technical forum "Army-2021".
Research Institute "Voskhod" received 216 million rubles from the government for the project of transferring Bauman Moscow State Technical University to domestic software
Published on Monday by the decree of the government Research Institute "Voskhod" from the reserve fund allocated 216,445,9 thousand rubles of subsidies for the transfer of the Bauman Moscow State Technical University "for the use of domestic and (or) freely distributed software".
Rostec and its comrades want to create an "unreal" 12-nm RISC-V processor for 28 billion
Rostec intends to develop the first Russian processor of a new generation on the open RISC-V architecture for computers and servers.
