News of new developments in the military-industrial complex

Your attention is invited to the final part of the article published by the British resource shephardmedia.com . In the final part, international approaches to solving the problem of interaction between manned and unmanned aircraft systems (MUM-T) will be analyzed.

Ports and harbors of the world play a crucial role in world trade. However, any man-made disaster, fire or explosion, a major oil spill can permanently shut down one of these ports. It is enough to recall the consequences of the explosions at the port of Beirut in Lebanon in August 2020.

American companies Lockheed Martin and Verizon have tested unmanned aerial vehicles with support for 5G networks and reconnaissance equipment. This is reported by Defense News.

It will help solve the problem of space debris

The VERA pulsed plasma engine, developed at the National Research Nuclear University (NRU) (Moscow Engineering Physics Institute, MEPhI), was tested for the first time during a real space flight and confirmed its operability. This was reported to TASS on Friday in Sitronics Group.

NASA has decided to postpone the launch of the Space Launch System (SLS) superheavy launch vehicle to the Moon with the Orion spacecraft as part of the Artemis 1 (Artemis-1) mission until November, to conduct additional checks of the rocket after Hurricane Ian.

The head of Tesla, Elon Musk, presented a prototype of a humanoid robot Optimus worth 20 thousand dollars. This is reported by Reuters.

On September 29, 2022, at an official ceremony at Beijing International Airport, the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) awarded a type certificate for the C919 medium-haul passenger aircraft developed by the Chinese state-owned civil aviation company Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China (COMAC). It became the first aircraft of this class created in China. The aircraft is certified in the basic version according to the airworthiness standards CCAR-25 CAAC, harmonized with the American standards FAR-25.

Izvestia assessed the level of development of underwater drone engineering in the West

The reason for the explosions that stopped both "Nord Streams" for an indefinite period is not clear, nor is it clear which state is behind it. In the light of the still completely unclear situation with obvious damage to gas pipelines, it is interesting to assess the underwater unmanned potential of foreign countries.

The Pentagon is striving to create weapons that even the most modern means of air defense are powerless against. The other day, the American military-industrial concern Raytheon received a contract worth almost a billion dollars for the development and testing of a hypersonic air-launched cruise missile HACM. It is expected that the promising ammunition will enter service with the Air Force in 2027. About the HACM project and other hypersonic developments in the USA — in the material of RIA Novosti.

Alexander Inozemtsev, Deputy General Director of JSC "UEC" for the management of the Perm Motors RPC, Managing Director - General Designer of JSC "UEC-Aviadvigatel", told on the sidelines of the International Military-Technical Forum "Army-2022" about the prospects for the production and modernization of the PD-14 engine, the required number of PS-90A, about the progress of development the PD-35 engine and about the possibilities opening up for designers after its appearance.

The US Navy is focused on improving its unmanned vehicles capable of working underwater and solving a wide range of tasks. So, the Navy declares the need for at least five large robotic underwater vehicles that could perform numerous functions underwater.

China can create a sixth-generation fighter based on the Su-35. This is with reference to the speech of US Air Force General Mark Kelly tells The Drive.

Ukraine has become a testing ground for Western weapons systems, military technologies, and tactics. Officials of the Kiev regime do not hesitate to say this directly. In particular, Deputy Defense Minister Vladimir Gavrilov, speaking at a conference of the American national defense industry in Texas, called on the White House to continue to supply the latest equipment and equipment to test it all in combat. The Americans do this with the British. About what kind of weapons the West is testing in the former Soviet Republic — in the RIA Novosti material.

Will Russia be able to implement the plan for a future aircraft carrier based on the Su-57 with an electromagnetic catapult?

Recently, Russia presented a mock-up of a warship carrying a modified Su-57 with an electromagnetic catapult, writes the user Sohu. The new version of the fighter would allow her to strengthen the fleet with minimal costs. But there is one thing, the author notes.

China has conducted another test of a new DF-5C intercontinental ballistic missile with a maximum range of 12-15 thousand kilometers. This is reported by Chinese military blogs on the Chinese social network Weibo.

It is obvious that in the near future, human drivers will be replaced by autonomous control systems equipped with artificial intelligence. A good example is the AXL unmanned dump truck from the Swedish company Scania.

The use of the DART probe is a variant of the so-called soft power, noted astronomer Leonid Elenin

The methods of changing the orbit of asteroids dangerous to the Earth, which NASA plans to work out on September 26, may not have an effect for objects that are too close to our planet - several months or even years before the moment of collision with it. This opinion was expressed to TASS on Friday by astronomer Leonid Elenin, a researcher at the Keldysh Institute of Applied Mathematics of the Russian Academy of Sciences.

Learn about the capabilities of two missiles. Russia boasts of "Sarmat", and Ukraine is waiting for the supply of American ATACMS

After Vladimir Putin announced partial mobilization in Russia, Ukraine is negotiating with America on the supply of long-range missiles, Al Jazeera reports. Since 2014, the United States has been developing projectiles capable of reaching anywhere in the world in 30 minutes. However, Sarmat will devalue all American projects.

The West is testing a lot of new military technologies in Ukraine

The United States has turned Ukraine into a testing ground, military media resource Vox writes. So far, the role of new American military technologies on the battlefield is very limited. Even the vaunted HIMARS did not make a cardinal change in the conflict.

Armored vehicles "Chekan" are currently much less well-known than other equipment of a similar purpose of Russian production.