News of the automotive industry

The new armored car "Athlete" has successfully passed state tests. After the relevant documents are processed, it will be mass-produced for the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation. This was announced by the general director of the "Military-Industrial Company" Alexander Krasovitsky.

The state of the head of Tesla (SPB: TSLA) Inc. Elon Musk increased by $33.8 billion on Monday, after the company published data on record deliveries of electric vehicles in 2021.

Automated intelligence, control and communication complexes "Kestrel" have been received in Belarus in service with the 56th separate communications regiment. The latest radio equipment is placed on the platform of UAZ SUVs.

In 2022, the equipment of the radiation, chemical and biological protection units of the tank Army of the Western Military District will undergo a deep modernization, the press service of the ZVO reports.

NAMI Research Institute showed a prototype of an unmanned LADA Vesta. The drone is already able to independently build a route to the specified point and move along it, assessing the trajectories of other road users. It is tested at the landfill and in urban conditions.

The network published a photo showing the body of a railway locomotive, which was put on a car chassis or car wheels.

This project in the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation was conceived in 1999. At the same time, the work concerning such "crossing" was carried out in 2002-2003. The project with drawings was developed by scientists and engineers of the Bauman Moscow State Technical University.

JSC "GOZ" (St. Petersburg) has registered in Rospatent an industrial model of an electric vehicle of the SUV class, as well as seven more industrial samples of the nodal elements of the interior and exterior of the electric vehicle, the press service of the Almaz-Antey concern of East Kazakhstan Region, which includes the enterprise, reports.

Military personnel of the VVO tank unit stationed in the Republic of Buryatia are mastering new two-link tracked floating snowmobiles of high cross-country GAZ-3344-20 "Aleut".

The Lithuanian Ministry of National Defense announced on December 17 that in November 2021, the Defense Materiel Agency (DMA) under the Lithuanian Ministry of Defense signed a contract for the purchase of 356 vehicles from the Dutch Armed Forces.

The upgraded Tiger-M armored vehicles were used in the tactical and special training of the commandos of the 49th Combined Arms Army of the Southern Military District.

Hyundai has introduced the MobED robot, a four—wheel platform with independent suspension that allows it to keep its balance even on inclined and uneven surfaces. The use of MobED can be very diverse. For example, in the video, he carries a champagne tower and a stroller with a baby, and also works with a tripod.

For the first time, a photo of a mock-up of a Russian 82-mm advanced self-propelled mortar based on a protected K-63968 Typhoon-K vehicle has appeared. The first photo was published by the telegram channel "Militarist".

For the organization of unmanned transportation on the route Moscow - St. Petersburg, which should start in 2024, the Russian Post would like to receive 1,336 billion rubles of state subsidies.

Special vehicles of the mine clearance group (SAGR) will be delivered by the end of the year to the engineering and sapper unit of the Eastern Military District (VVO), stationed in Buryatia, as part of the state defense order, the press service of the district reported on Monday.

The engineering division of the combined arms army of the VVO, according to the plan for providing engineering equipment, will receive a heavy mechanized bridge TMM-3M2.

The Polish army will soon receive 300 used wheeled armored vehicles from the United States with enhanced mine protection. This was stated on Twitter by the country's Defense Minister Mariusz Blaszczak.

State tests of the upgraded multiple launch rocket system "Hurricane" have begun in Belarus at the Osipovichi test site. The MLRS received a new automotive platform: instead of the ZIL-135LM, the launcher for 220-mm rocket projectiles is placed on the MAZ-6317.

The Russian wheeled armored vehicle with enhanced mine protection "Typhoon-K" is recognized by foreign military experts as one of the best in its class.

Rostec State Corporation has prepared the Gibka-S anti-aircraft missile system (SAM) for serial production. In the publication of the information and consulting agency Defense Express, the complex was compared with the Polish Poprad air defense system.

The British company Engineered Arts has reached impressive heights in the field of robotics, to demonstrate which it has released a video with a new Ameca robot. The android machine differs in two aspects. Firstly, she has very realistic movements, including facial expressions. Secondly, Ameca is a good actress and has already managed to impress observers with her performance.