"Dita", sister of "Dana" and " Zuzana»
The Czechoslovak development of the ShKh vz. 77 Dana continues to transform into new versions of the ACS. On February 22, the Excalibur Army company introduced a new modification of the self-propelled artillery system called Dita.
Russian artillery will receive systems with elements of artificial intelligence
This will significantly reduce the time of fire control and eliminate operator errors
An automated guidance fire control system (ASU) for barrel artillery and multiple launch rocket systems (MLRS) is being developed in Russia. This was reported to TASS at the international arms exhibition IDEX-2021 by the press service of the holding company " High-precision Complexes "(part of the state Corporation"Rostec").
Serial deliveries of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation of new T-90M "Breakthrough" tanks have begun"
The Uralvagonzavod Concern (UVZ, Rostec) has started serial deliveries of new T-90M Proryv tanks to the Russian Defense Ministry, the UVZ press service told Interfax.
The future of the Russian unmanned T-14 Armata is revealed»
The Russian T-14 Armata tank "will not be mass-produced in an unmanned version and is rather used for testing the relevant technologies." The corresponding future of the combat vehicle was revealed to Izvestia by the industrial director of the Rostec weapons complex, Bekhan Ozdoev.
The Russian army will receive more than 800 tanks and other armored vehicles this year
A batch of new T-90M "Proryv"tanks is expected to arrive
The Russian army this year will be reinforced with more than 800 units of new and modernized armored vehicles - tanks, infantry fighting vehicles (IFVs) and armored personnel carriers (APCs), the Russian Defense Ministry said on Monday.
State tests of "smart" ammunition for "Terminators" will start in April
State tests of 30-millimeter ammunition with remote detonation for combat vehicles supporting Terminator tanks will start in April 2021, the general director of the company developing these shells, NPO Pribor (part of the Techmash concern), told RIA Novosti.") Yuri Nabokov.
Hypersonic remaking: How new systems are changing the global arms market
Buyers are already making demands about the ability to resist them
The hypersonic revolution has begun in the world. According to Izvestia sources familiar with the situation on the arms market, foreign buyers are already demanding that many Russian systems be able to resist hypersonic weapons (GZO).
Russia and Jordan localize the production of the missile complex "Kornet-e»
Rosoboronexport (ROE) and the Jordanian company Jadara have agreed to open a licensed production of anti-tank guided missiles from the Kornet-E complex in Jordan. The official representative of the Russian organization told reporters about this during the defense exhibition IDEX-2021.
The enemy and the Gremlin: a new hypersonic missile will be tested in 2023
The hypersonic aircraft missile, code-named "Gremlin", will take off in two years: tests are scheduled for 2023. In some documents, the product is called GZUR-hypersonic guided missile. In terms of its dimensions, the Gremlin will be smaller than the previously adopted X-47M2 Dagger.
The loss of the American Tomahawk in Syria was linked to the Russian " Diabazol»
The 36 Tomahawk cruise missiles that did not reach the Al-Shayrat base in Homs (Syria) on April 7, 2017, could have been " destroyed "by Russian electronic warfare (EW) means, writes the Military-Industrial Courier.
"The musket" on drones
Rosoboronexport (part of Rostec) will present a new integrated system for countering unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) at the IDEX 2021 International Defense Exhibition in the United Arab Emirates (UAE).
Chinese automaker Geely to launch commercial satellites in 2021
Chinese automaker Geely Holdings Group will launch commercial satellites this year, the company said.
Mold spores were able to survive a flight to Mars
Spores of black mold and some bacteria can survive the takeoff of a spacecraft and a trip to Mars, astrobiologists have found. As a result, such spores become dangerous for astronauts, according to a study published in the journal Frontiers in Microbiology.
A promising US-Ukrainian rocket was again chosen to launch a research vehicle
Firefly Aerospace, owned by Ukrainian entrepreneur Maxim Polyakov, is to launch the Orbital Test Bed (OTB) 2 research spacecraft from General Atomics in 2022.
A Russian private company plans to launch more than 10 satellites into orbit in 2021
The launch operator will be Glavkosmos Launch Services
The company "Sputnix" (a resident of Skolkovo) expects to send more than 10 small spacecraft during two rocket launches from Baikonur. This was reported to TASS in the press service of the organization.
The American Cygnus delivered to the ISS, among other things, fresh fruits and vegetables, as well as several varieties of cheese
The US cargo spacecraft Cygnus, which successfully docked to the International Space Station (ISS) on Monday, brought fresh vegetables and fruits, as well as cheese, to the crew members, the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) said.
Sino-Saudi heavy unmanned aerial vehicle
According to Chinese military blogs on the social network Weibo, the Saudi King Abdulaziz Center for Science and Technology (KACST) presented at the IDEX-2021 defense exhibition in the UAE a large three-engine reconnaissance and strike UAV Al EQAB-1, which was developed jointly with the Chinese company Tengoen Technology.
The engines of the A320 liner were proposed to be replaced with a ring electric fan
The French company Conseil & Technique has presented a project to convert an Airbus A319 or A320 turbofan passenger aircraft into an electric airliner. According to Aviation Week, the project provides for the replacement of two aircraft engines located under the wing, one ring electric fan in the tail section.
Lockheed Martin begins Testing Secret Speed Racer Aircraft
According to the publication Aviation Week, the division of Lockheed Martin, responsible for secret development-Skunk Works, will soon begin testing a new classified aircraft called Speed Racer, the very existence of which is shrouded in a dense veil of secrecy.
Heavy Killer
The US Air Force buys an analog of the Su-57. It will become the most armed fighter in the world
In February, the fourth-generation American fighter jet, the Boeing F-15EX Advanced Eagle, took off for the first time. The plane was in the sky over Lambert International Airport in St. Louis (Missouri) for an hour and a half.