Titanium instead of plastic: Russian scientists ' 3D printer
Specialists from Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University have created a 3D printer that prints products made of titanium.
South Korea's promising universal amphibious assault ship becomes an aircraft carrier
According to South Korean media, on February 22, 2021, the South Korean Ministry of National Defense and the Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA) held the 133rd meeting of the Joint Committee on Defense Procurement Programs (Banju Committee), which approved the program for the creation and construction of the first light aircraft carrier under the designation CVX for the South Korean Navy in the period 2022-2033.
At the shipyard ADSB launched in the UAE developed by speed boats
ADSB launched the 16-meter and 12-meter high-speed patrol boats (FPB), which were designed and built in the UAE, during the NAVDEX 2021 exhibition, which is held simultaneously with the International Defense Exhibition IDEX-2021.
Footage of the combat use of the Russian reconnaissance and strike UAV " Orion"
In "Vesti Nedeli" showed an interesting report about various Russian UAVs, with 5m30c there they talk about the Orion reconnaissance and strike UAV coming into service with the Russian Aerospace Forces.
Kalashnikov expects to complete state tests of the KUB kamikaze drone this year"
State tests of the KUB-UAV drone are planned to be completed this year, and its export version is being developed, said Dmitry Tarasov, General Director of the Kalashnikov Concern.
The UAE has pre-ordered 100 Russian light helicopters and 100 drones for the Manturov police
Pre-order for 200 light VRT500 helicopters and drones VRT300 designed for the police of the United Arab Emirates, the head of Minpromtorg Denis Manturov.
Joint actions of Mi-17 and Apache helicopters were shown on video
India's Russian-made Mi-17 multirole helicopters and the US-purchased AH-64E Apache Guardian attack helicopters are regularly engaged for joint missions.
At the recent exercises, the armed rotorcraft covered those that performed the landing. An episode of their joint use was shown on the video.
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.
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.
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.
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 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.
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.
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.
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.
Chinese automaker Geely to launch commercial satellites in 2021
Chinese automaker Geely Holdings Group will launch commercial satellites this year, the company said.
"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).
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 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.
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.























