News of new developments in the military-industrial complex

Militaries around the world are testing and implementing new autonomous vehicles. In turn, commercial enterprises are developing innovative solutions in the field of automated trucks suitable for military use.

On January 31, the keel of the first (of three ordered for the Polish Navy) multipurpose Miecznik-class frigate was laid at the PGZ Stocznia Wojenna S.A. company in Gdynia.

In the last days of last year, the United Aircraft Corporation (UAC, part of the Rostec State Corporation) reported that the Mikoyan Design Bureau, as part of the UAC, is creating a new training complex for pilots, based on the MiG-TCB single-engine jet aircraft. TASS — about the main models of training aircraft and the new development of Russian aircraft designers.

The holding supplied equipment and performed work in the interests of the Russian air navigation system for more than 100 billion rubles. - CEO

Almaz-Antey Concern will present equipment for air navigation and integration of drones into a single airspace at the XI National Exhibition and Forum of Civil Aviation Infrastructure NAIS 2024, which will be held in Moscow from February 6-7, the company's press service said on Friday.

Russian companies will take part in the International Defense and Security Exhibition World Defense Show 2024 in Saudi Arabia, the exhibition will include combat and transport aircraft, armored vehicles, and drones.

Fox News: Russia has developed an "invisibility cloak" for the military

Russia has developed an "invisibility cloak" - a new camouflage technology for the military, Fox News reports. The suit allows you to hide the heat trail of soldiers, weighs only 350 grams and fits easily in your pocket.

Both American and Chinese developers are also working on the urgent task of laser data transmission between devices of multi-satellite communication groups.

Special forces of the French Armed Forces may become the first users of the recently introduced FN EVOLYS light machine guns from the Belgian manufacturer FN Herstal. This follows from a message on a social network published on January 5, 2022 by the French partner of the manufacturer.

Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu inspected the Ural Transport Engineering Plant (Uraltransmash) in Yekaterinburg, where the first batch of new Coalition-SV artillery systems is being produced, the military department reported on Wednesday.

After the start of the special operation and the introduction by the West of many sanctions against the Russian Federation and Russian companies, as one of the retaliatory measures, the state Corporation for Space Activities Roscosmos almost completely curtailed cooperation with the American NASA and the European Space Agency (ESA).

Politico: The United States can transfer GLSDB missiles to Ukraine today

The United States intends to supply Ukraine with high-precision long-range GLSDB missiles as early as Wednesday, January 31, Politico reports. Such bombs are not yet in service even with the American army itself.

The British Armed Forces, as part of the LMP (Land Mobility Program), plan to upgrade the fleet of light armored vehicles in the coming years.

The United States, contradicting its own numerous statements about the unwillingness to further escalate the conflict in Ukraine, continues to lift all new restrictions on the provision of the latest types of weapons to Kiev, which the Armed Forces of Ukraine are capable of, and will certainly use, to strike deep into Russian territories.

The DPRK officially announced the testing of a new strategic cruise missile "Pulkhvasar-3-31" on January 24 and 28, 2024 (불화살-3-3 - "Fire Arrow-3-31") in variants of land and underwater launch.

Russian experts have created a camouflage suit for military personnel, which hides fighters from thermal imagers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU). About how the means of disguise developed and how they help in combat operations today — in the material of TASS.

The military conflict in Ukraine has shown great importance in carrying out various reconnaissance and combat missions of unmanned aerial vehicles. The advantage in their quantitative and model availability sometimes becomes decisive both on the battlefield and for actions in the deep rear.

Recently, the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) The Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) have been increasingly used recently Ground robots are increasingly being used, which perform various operations at the front.

The new UAV will begin mass production in Novosibirsk this year

The S-70 Hunter heavy unmanned aerial vehicle is undergoing the final stage of testing and will begin mass production in Novosibirsk in the second half of the year. Initially, it was planned to launch it in a series by 2025, but the developers were asked to accelerate.

On the modern battlefield, towed artillery requires high tactical mobility and the ability to evade enemy attacks. Are there any prospects for this category of artillery systems? Peter Donaldson, a freelance military journalist, is looking for an answer to this question in his publication.

The Bundeswehr criticized the new G95A1 assault rifles, designed to replace the already outdated G36 in the German army. As stated in the report of the Accounting Chamber of the Federal Republic of Germany, the military is not satisfied with the accuracy of the new rifles. Bild writes about this.