Russian engineers have created a prototype aircraft engine designed for the strategic bomber PAK DA.

In the future, the new engine can be used for advanced long-range and military transport aircraft

PJSC " UEC-Kuznetsov "(part of the United engine Corporation of the state Corporation "rostec") plans until 2022 to conduct research work on the development of a promising gas generator for the fifth-generation engine in the thrust class 18-24 TS. This was reported to journalists by the General designer of the company Pavel Chupin.

the engines are currently being tested

UEC-Kuznetsov (part Of the United engine Corporation of rostec state Corporation) will deliver the next batch of NK-32 engines of the second series for the upgraded Tu-160M strategic missile carriers to the customer within a month. This was reported to journalists by the Deputy General Director - managing Director of UEC-Kuznetsov Alexey Sobolev.

The NK-12MP engines will also be upgraded to the NK-12MPM level during major repairs, if there is an order from the Ministry of defense, said Pavel Chupin, General designer of UEC-Kuznetsov.

The Algerian air force is armed with Mi-24 Super Hind Mk.III helicopters, which are considered a rare modification of the famous Soviet "flying tank".

These rotorcraft are well mastered by the crews, and they are quite actively used in desert areas during exercises of various levels. So, a video appeared on the network, which shows an extremely low pass of such a "turntable", flying, moreover, at a fairly high speed.

A promising American fighter of the sixth generation, created under the Next-Generation Air Dominance (NGAD) program, is likely to receive a co-pilot, whose role will be played by AI.

With the development of electric aviation, aircraft with a shortened take-off can become a real alternative to aircraft with vertical take-off. The latter spend too much energy during takeoff and landing, thereby significantly limiting the "useful" range of their flight.

Naval Group on behalf of the command of the French Navy has started operating two unmanned aircraft systems S-100 "Kamkopter" company Schiebel as part of four unmanned aerial vehicles.

Chinese scientists have made a map of lunar craters, discovered AI

Chinese scientists have discovered more than 100 thousand new craters on the moon. They were helped to do this by artificial intelligence, which learned to search for almost invisible objects better than a human.

The design Bureau of mechanical engineering (part of the holding NPO "high-Precision complexes" of the state Corporation rostec) introduces additive technologies in production.

The number of long-range cruise missiles in the Russian Armed forces has increased 37-fold over the past eight years, according to data from the Russian defense Ministry, published in the departmental newspaper Krasnaya Zvezda on Wednesday.

Russia from 2012 to 2020 built more than 6.5 thousand new facilities of forces and means of nuclear deterrence, according to the materials of the Ministry of defense of the Russian Federation on the activities for this period.

According to the collection "Main results of the activities of the Armed forces of the Russian Federation in 2012-2020" prepared by the Ministry of defense, four Avangard missile systems will be on combat duty by the end of December.

Russia calls on the United States to use the time remaining until February 5 and extend the Treaty on measures for further reduction and limitation of strategic offensive arms (STCW) for the benefit of the two countries and the world, the Russian Embassy in the United States said in a statement on the occasion of the 10th anniversary of the ratification of the document by the us Senate.

The first self-driving cars of Sber Automotive Technologies went to the streets of Moscow for testing in the conditions of the winter metropolis: the drones will be tested by high humidity, negative temperature, poor visibility and heavy road conditions.

Contract manufacturer of mechatronics, robotics and medical equipment TEN fab (part of the Technospark group of companies of the investment network of the Fund for infrastructure and educational programs of the RUSNANO group) in December 2020 manufactured and delivered to Europe a series of 3D printers of the company Anisoprint.

The newspaper "Kommersant" under the headline "Now absolutely everything works on the buyer's side" published an interesting interview with the General Director of PJSC "United shipbuilding Corporation" (USC) Alexey Rakhmanov.

Two large amphibious ships under construction in Kaliningrad of the modernized project 11711 will receive a more advanced navigation system and new weapons, Russian Navy commander-in-chief Nikolai Evmenov told reporters.

The commander-in-chief of the Russian Navy, Nikolai Evmenov, arrived in Kaliningrad on Wednesday to receive the large landing ship (BDK) "Pyotr Morgunov" into the Navy, the Ministry of defense of the Russian Federation reports.

on December 26, the ship will join the Pacific fleet

Minesweeping ship "Yakov Balyaev" has completed a program of factory sea trials and state tests, during which the performance of all systems and mechanisms of the ship, their compliance with previously stated technical characteristics, was fully confirmed, the Pacific fleet (TOF) said on Wednesday.