News of new developments in the military-industrial complex

We are talking about quadrocopters, aircraft-type drones, internal combustion engines for heavy drones, as well as solar panels for the aviation and space industries

Developments of unmanned aerial vehicles made by enterprises of the Krasnodar Territory are presented at the stand of the region within the framework of the International Military-Technical Forum "Army" taking place in the Moscow region. This was reported by the press service of the regional administration.

The International Military-Technical Forum "Army-2023" began its work on August 14. New combat vehicles from different parts of the world are presented at the site, the heads of all Russian defense enterprises and associations exchange experience. What program awaits the participants in 2023 and what will be discussed on the sidelines of the forum — read the Izvestia material.

JSC "Concern of East Kazakhstan Region "Almaz - Antey" takes part in the International Military-Technical Forum "Army-2023", which takes place in Kubinka near Moscow on the basis of the Patriot Convention and Exhibition Center. The Concern acts as the general partner of the forum and presents full-scale samples, models, models of weapons and military equipment, as well as civilian products, the press service of the Concern reports.

Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin announced an increased emphasis on the production of the latest Su-57 combat aircraft. Following this, retired Aviation General Vladimir Popov announced that by the end of 2024, 60 Su-57s will be delivered to the VKS. According to him, these vehicles should provide two regiments and, consequently, only four squadrons.

Artificial intelligence (AI) managed to pilot the XQ-58A Valkyrie combat drone in the sky over Florida for three hours. This was preceded by several million hours of training on flight simulators and flights on the X-62 VISTA, which used the same algorithms. The results of this experiment by the US military proved that AI can perform important tactical tasks in the air autonomously.

Barrage ammunition from the Middle East

Today, barrage ammunition has become one of the dynamically developing areas in unmanned vehicles, which has already formed a separate class of corresponding systems.

Alan Lushnikov, President of Kalashnikov Concern JSC, spoke about the new capabilities of the UAV, the modernization of the AK—12 and the beginning of serial deliveries of the microwave sniper rifle

Serial deliveries of the upgraded Kalashnikov AK-12 assault rifle and the new microwave sniper rifle to the troops will begin this year, Alan Lushnikov, President of Kalashnikov Concern JSC, said in an interview with Izvestia.

The Research Institute of Steel has tested one of its products designed to protect the personnel of the Russian Armed Forces. Russian developers have tested the Aegis anti-splinter blanket.

Already at the beginning of the special operation, it became clear that unmanned aerial vehicles play a full-fledged role in it, and many Russian developers began to produce various copters, combat FPV drones (first-person view). The Oko Design Bureau, created in 2022 by IT specialists Andrey Ivanov and Vadim Zhernov, decided from the very beginning to turn society's idea of drones around. Why the Hi-82 drone shocks with its appearance and what tasks it can perform — in the TASS material.

Tactical Missile Armament Corporation (KTRV, a member of the MORO Soyuzmash of Russia) will take part in the IX International Military-Technical Forum "Army-2023". The delegation will be headed by CEO Boris Obnosov.

The technologies that made it possible to develop hypersonic weapons have launched a new round of rivalry between the world's largest powers, such as China, Russia and the United States. At the same time, Beijing and Moscow, unlike Washington, have achieved tangible results in this area today.

Russian air defense systems are the best in the world, and the S-400 and S-500 have no analogues at all – and foreign analysts recognize this, writes MWM. However, compact low-speed drones pose a new challenge, and Moscow is already developing new radars to combat them.

The Western defense industry has been trying for years to create robotic vehicles designed to transport goods. So, in 2014, during the RIMPAC exercises, the US Marine Corps tested a product from Boston Dynamics on four "paws" when transferring a match over rough terrain.

After the start of the special operation, the Armed Forces of Ukraine began to actively use marine drones to carry out attacks on Russian ships and infrastructure. As noted in the publication Covert Shores, after a number of experiments, shock BPA began to be created on a standard base, which is represented by jet skis of the Kawasaki STX family.

On August 9, 2023, the official laying ceremony for the Spanish Navy of the lead frigate F 111 Bonifaz in a series of five ships of the new project F-110 took place at the enterprise of the Spanish shipbuilding association Navantia in El Ferrol. The ceremony of the first steel cutting for the ship took place on April 6, 2022.

The Turkish company Roketsan made the first test launch of a launch vehicle from a new launch pad, recently built together with the entire test center in the town of Igneada on the Black Sea coast in the European part of the country. From here, it is planned to launch its own satellites into space from 2024.

On the eve of the exhibition, the interim Director General of the Institute Anton Semenyako gave an interview to RIA Novosti correspondent Ivan Suraev.

Samara enterprise ODK-Kuznetsov (part of the United Engine Corporation of Rostec State Corporation) and Samara State Technical University summed up the results of the second admission campaign to recruit applicants for the targeted training program "Engineering Start" for the training of process engineers in the field of engine building.

The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation plans to conclude contracts totaling more than 433 billion rubles at the International Military-Technical Forum "Army-2023", which will be held on August 14-20 at the Patriot Exhibition Center.

In the American Sterling Heights, after a break, a running model of a promising next-generation AbramsX main battle tank was shown.