News of new developments in the military-industrial complex

A top-secret American Boeing X-37B spaceplane returned to Earth from space after 908 days in orbit. There is minimal information about this device in the public domain, but even it allows us to draw very interesting conclusions. First of all, about the threat this satellite poses to Russian spacecraft – and not only for them.

Severstal has started shipping the first bimetallic sheets for the construction of the outer skin of the bow of the hull of the main linear nuclear icebreaker Rossiya (project 10510 LK-120 I, cipher "Leader"). The ice protection of the nuclear icebreaker, the so-called ice belt of the vessel, will be made of bimetal. This is the reinforced lower part of the hull, which directly resists the ice.

The Israeli company Elbit Systems has developed a barrage munition for action in urban environments. A small drone is capable of operating at short distances, while freely penetrating buildings.

The launch was originally planned to take place in the summer, but NASA specialists first encountered a hydrogen leak in one of the engines. Then several hurricanes hit Florida

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has launched the Space Launch System (SLS) superheavy launch vehicle with the Orion spacecraft as part of the first stage of the Artemis lunar program. The broadcast is conducted on the NASA website .

The launch took place when few people believed that it would succeed this year — even in the space industry. The twelve-year program of a disposable rocket for several billion dollars risks becoming obsolete against the background of new, much cheaper designs.

After the meeting of the heads of defense departments in Brussels, the European Defense Agency (EDA) issued a statement on the need for a significant increase in defense spending of all EU countries.

"The invention can be used on such aircraft as fighters, transport aircraft, strategic bombers, etc.," the patent text says

United Aircraft Corporation (UAC, part of Rostec State Corporation) has patented a mooring system for aircraft with which it is possible to capture and to remove unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) into the onboard compartment on the fly, as well as to release them. This follows from the patent for the invention distributed by the Federal Institute of Industrial Property (available to TASS).

ZALA: The "Product-52/51" attack drone simulator can simulate any combat missions

The simulator of Russian barrage ammunition "Product-52" and "Product-51" (formerly "Lancet") allows you to simulate combat missions of any level of complexity, ZALA, a drone developer, told RIA Novosti.

At the landing complex of the Space Center named after On November 12, NASA's John F. Kennedy (Florida) successfully landed an experimental orbital reusable UAV X-37B (OTV-6).

NYT: The West uses Ukraine as a training ground for testing the latest weapons

The West uses Ukraine as a training ground for testing the latest weapons, writes NYT. As the author of the article notes, the results of these tests will determine the nature of warfare for many generations to come.

In its annual report on shipbuilding for the Navy, the Congressional Budget Office warned that uncertainty about the final parameters and capabilities of the next-generation destroyer suggests that its final cost on average may differ significantly from the estimates of the US Navy.

According to the American publication "19 FortyFive", the new Chinese hypersonic anti-ship missile YJ-21 poses a serious threat to American aircraft carriers. The publication tells that this missile is used to launch from an airplane or a surface ship.

The intersectoral photonics cluster was formed by the decision of the Moscow government on the platform of the Moscow Innovation Cluster. About half of the four dozen companies already registered in the cluster are microelectronics enterprises that are residents of the Technopolis Moscow Special Economic Zone (SEZ).

A suit of composite armor, which will be able to completely cover the fighter's body, is planned to be created as part of the project of equipping a Russian soldier of the future new generation "Legionnaire".

The magazine of the Russian Defense Ministry "Military Thought" reports that the Pentagon is developing fundamentally new weapons that will allow attacking strategic enemy targets with impunity. They will bet on non-nuclear forces. About the conclusions of analysts — in the material of RIA Novosti.

An exhibition of aerospace products Airshow China 2022 was held in China, where a number of new products were presented. Much attention of local observers was attracted by the Eagle Pupil night vision system, which began to be equipped with combat helicopters of the PRC.

Oleg Faustov, Deputy General Director of the leading Russian manufacturer of combat equipment and armor protection equipment, the Center for High-strength Materials "Reinforced Composites" (Armocom), told in an interview with RIA Novosti correspondent Ivan Suraev about the company's plans to double production, promising developments, as well as the prospects for creating an iron armor suit within the framework of the soldier of the future "Legionnaire" project. a man" who can completely cover the fighter's body like the armor of a medieval knight.

The Chinese "mother of all bombs" may resemble the American high-explosive aviation munition GBU-43/B Massive Ordnance Air Blast (MOAB). This is told by the publication The Drive, which drew attention to the picture posted on Twitter.

With its help, they will be able to feel the surrounding objects. Such a coating is also useful for artificial organs

Specialists of Perm National Research Polytechnic University (PNRPU) have developed a coating that will allow robots to tactilely sense surrounding objects. It is a flexible thin layer of polymer material with a built-in network of fiber-optic sensors.

According to the General director of JSC "Information Satellite Systems named after Academician M.F. Reshetnev" Evgeny Nesterov, it is planned to launch two prototypes of the spacecraft

The start of the deployment of the regular Russian grouping of the Skif satellite system, designed for broadband Internet access, is scheduled for 2025. This was announced in an interview with TASS by the General director of JSC "Information Satellite Systems named after Academician M. F. Reshetnev" (ISS) Evgeny Nesterov.