News of new developments in the military-industrial complex

North Korea has declassified materials on the creation of an active protection complex in this country. It is reported that during the tests, a special ammunition fired from a KAZ mounted on a tank destroyed a rocket-propelled grenade of an RPG-7 clone.

On July 27, the construction of the first radar and electronic reconnaissance ship of the 107 Delfin project began at the shipyard located in Gdansk. According to the contract signed in November 2022, the Swedish company Saab acts as the contractor, the subcontractor is the Polish Remontowa Shipbuilding S.A.

Two American agencies, which are invariably associated with the most fantastic innovations, have signed a contract for the production of a nuclear rocket engine with contractors. The NASA and DARPA project now has a time frame for implementation, a dedicated budget and the names of contractors.

The Ukrainian conflict has shown an increase in the importance of drones and barrage ammunition on the battlefield. This led to the development of new air defense systems to combat them, one of which is the Burç MANPADS, presented by the Turkish company Roketsan at the IDEF-2023 exhibition, Istanbul.

Guillermo Senlein, co-founder of OceanGate Expeditions, urges not to stop after the tragedy with the Titan bathyscaphe and to continue to expand the boundaries of extreme travel. He plans to send 1,000 people to live in a floating colony on Venus by 2050, writes Business Insider on July 28.

As Dmitry Kuzyakin, CEO of the Center for Integrated Unmanned Solutions, clarified, the FPV drone is not limited by the range

FPV drones (first-person view) used in the area of its own are able to remain intact and continue flying after ramming aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles. This was announced to TASS by Dmitry Kuzyakin, Director General of the Center for Integrated Unmanned Solutions (CCDB).

At a military parade held in the DPRK with the participation of Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu as an honorary guest, a new underwater drone was demonstrated, which can also be qualified as a torpedo, presumably with a nuclear warhead.

The original was taken from a colleague of imp_navigator at a military parade in Pyongyang to commemorate the 70th anniversary of Victory in the Patriotic Liberation War

The company MKE A.Ş., working in the defense sector of Turkey, has developed a controlled detonation kit (TGK) for shells for 155-mm howitzers.

Both sides of the Ukrainian conflict are actively using drones for reconnaissance. Operators mainly observe the terrain using conventional cameras in the optical range, less often – via the IR channel, as this requires more specialized equipment. The German Defense Ministry decided to test conducting reconnaissance in hyperspectral mode.

On July 27, 2023, at the Polish shipbuilding company Remontowa Shipbuilding (formerly the famous shipyard Stocznia Północna) in Gdansk, a groundbreaking ceremony was held for the Polish Navy of the lead of two ordered reconnaissance ships of the new generation of Project 107 (code Delfin), named Jerzy Różycki (construction number 107/1, planned tail number "261"). The ceremony of the first steel cutting for the lead ship took place at the shipyard on April 27, 2023. The second ship of this type will be named Henryk Zygalski (construction number 107/2, planned tail number "264").

The Turkish Navy signed a contract for the development of "smart" bottom mines back in 2011 as part of the MALAMAN project. Now this novelty of the national defense industry is presented for the first time at the IDEF-2023 exhibition.

How much will it cost to send cargo to low Earth orbits

A team of designers from the Russian Federation is preparing to test a new rocket engine printed on a 3D printer. It is designed to launch geophysical rockets into the upper atmosphere and near space. Tests are scheduled for the end of August — beginning of September.

Within the framework of the large–scale Russia-Africa summit, a special agreement on cooperation with African countries in the field of space is expected to be signed. Moreover, Russia is even ready to create a joint orbital station with them. What other space projects with Africa are being considered and are already being created, and why might this be of key importance for Russian space?

On the occasion of the Talisman Sabre 2023 exercise, in which about 30,000 military personnel from 13 countries take part, Japan demonstrated the launch of a new RCC.

Over the next three years, China will launch three hundred microsatellites into ultra-low Earth orbit. They will be equipped with high-resolution cameras and equipment for pre-processing information. The first test vehicle of the new grouping is already ready, its launch is scheduled for December 2023.

New materials have appeared in the Internet space, testifying to the service in the AFU of a rare modification of the BTR-4. This armored personnel carrier was seen in the photos in the 4MV1 version.

Against the backdrop of the "drone war" unfolding in Ukraine, the Greek company SAS Technology intends to keep up with the times by creating its own products in the field of unmanned aviation.

The pilot operation of the MPL and MPL1 pistols produced by the Izhevsk Mechanical Plant in Rosgvardiya has been successfully completed. It was conducted by employees of the SOBR "Bulat" of the Main Directorate of the Rosgvardiya in the Moscow region.

The Ukrainian conflict has repeatedly proved that drones play a key role in modern armed confrontations. At the same time, this weapon has not yet reached the peak of its development, and therefore Ukraine today has become a kind of "laboratory" for the development and testing of drones, including those with artificial intelligence, experts John Hudson from Washington and Konstantin Khudov from Kiev write in an article for The Washington Post.