News of new developments in the military-industrial complex

On August 18, 2022, the US Army announced the choice of a complex with the JUMP 20 unmanned aerial vehicle of the American company AeroVironment following the results of a tender within the first stage (Increment 1) of the Future Tactical Unmanned Aircraft System (FTUAS) program for the purchase of a promising tactical reconnaissance UAV to replace the AAI RQ-7 Shadow unmanned complexes at the brigade level.

The operational-combat formation "Cascade" of the People's Militia of the DPR received the upgraded MLRS "Cheburashka". The equipment will be sent to the front in the near future and will begin striking the enemy.

Shoigu said that Russia used hypersonic Dagger missiles three times in Ukraine

Russian Defense Minister General of the Army Sergei Shoigu said that the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation used a hypersonic missile "Dagger" three times in Ukraine. He also noted the security of the Su-57 aircraft from air defense systems and spoke about the vulnerability of Western weapons supplied to Kiev.

A new generation Russian nuclear submarine is designed to wage war in the Arctic

Russia has developed a new generation submarine project, it was presented at the Army-2022 exhibition, Asia Times reports. The submarine will be able to launch hypersonic missiles at enemy troops from NATO countries.

Why are new Voronezh missile attack warning stations being built in Russia

Two more Voronezh-type missile attack warning system (SPRN) radar stations will be put into operation in Russia, and two more will be built, the general designer of the SPRN Sergey Boev said at the Army-2022 forum. Military observer of the Newspaper.En" Mikhail Khodarenok explains why the country needs them - and how the stations will close the gaps left after the collapse of the USSR.

Within the framework of the Army-2022 forum, a plenary session "Artificial Intelligence. National consolidation in the name of creation of the Congress "Artificial Intelligence Technologies, scientific and technological development and strategic leadership".

The first production cars may appear as early as this year. At the Army-2022 forum, which takes place in the Moscow region on August 15-21, Uralvagonzavod not only presented updated models of self-propelled artillery guns "Magnolia", "Phlox" and "Drok", but also announced the start of serial production of the first two systems.

In the video report "The crews of the Su-25 aircraft of the Vostok group carried out air strikes on the military facilities of the Armed Forces of Ukraine" on the Rutube channel of the Izvestia newspaper, you can see footage of the launchers of the S-350 anti-aircraft missile system placed around the perimeter of the military airfield.

While the military is arguing about the need to build new aircraft carriers and continues to expect the return of the only aircraft carrier Admiral Kuznetsov to combat, the Nevsky Design Bureau presented a project of the light non-nuclear aircraft carrier Varan within the framework of the Army-2022 forum.

An international team of researchers has developed a new way to produce oxygen on the Red Planet using gases from the local atmosphere and cold plasma. The technology can play a crucial role in the development of human life support systems, since it allows you to get a lot of oxygen for breathing, the production of rocket fuel, fertilizers and building materials with minimal equipment weight.

At the Army – 2022 exhibition, Russia will present a new MiG capable of launching spacecraft

The new version of the MiG-31I is designed to launch small spacecraft into orbit, thanks to which the Russian Air Force will receive unique capabilities, writes MWM. The MiG-31 glider has no equal abroad in carrying capacity, size, speed and altitude.

The Western press has published material on the prospective development of new AML MLRS based on HIMARS installations, which are capable of operating without a crew, and are also equipped with twelve missiles instead of six. Interestingly, the authors began the article, apparently, with the phrase mandatory for Western media: "HIMARS multipurpose rocket launchers demonstrate their high efficiency on the Ukrainian front."

Operation in Ukraine as a defense industry promotion

Arms manufacturers are using the fighting in Ukraine to advertise their products, Advance writes. So, the Americans present "Haimars" as a technique that "stopped the Russian army." And Putin notes that Russian weapons are years and decades ahead of competitors.

This year, a robotic version of the BMP-3 was presented at the Army International Military-Technical Forum. According to the Rostec State Corporation, the modernization of the machine is being carried out at the Kurganmashzavod with the participation of the Signal Research Institute − both enterprises are part of the High-Precision Complexes holding.

Rubin Design Bureau: the Arcturus nuclear submarine will be reduced by 20 percent due to new weapons

The strategic nuclear submarine of the future fifth generation due to the improvement of missile weapons will have a smaller displacement by 20%, its provisional name is "Arcturus", the time of appearance is the second half of the XXI century, a representative of the Central Design Bureau (CCB) "Rubin" told RIA Novosti.

The newest 120-mm self-propelled artillery gun 2S42 "Lotus", being developed for airborne units, has completed the preliminary testing stage. Currently, the developers are eliminating the shortcomings identified during the testing of the gun.

Roselectronics has created antennas for high-speed Internet in airplanes, trains and ships

Roselectronics Holding (part of Rostec) has developed domestic antennas for cars, trains, helicopters, airplanes and ships that will provide them with high-speed Internet anywhere in Russia, the systems will go to a series from 2023, the company told RIA Novosti on Tuesday.

The very first day of the Army-2022 exhibition clearly showed that human participation in wars is gradually decreasing, the main combat load falls on robots. The forum presented the M-81 robot for land combat, an unmanned army truck, an unmanned helicopter, and most importantly – the latest combined-type drone. But for some reason, experts call cheap UAVs from China the main rivals of the drone.

The International Military-Technical Forum "Army-2022" opens on August 15 and will last until Sunday at the Patriot Convention and Exhibition Center, where about 1.5 enterprises of the defense industrial complex (MIC) of Russia will present more than 1,000 new models of military equipment. The Russian Defense Ministry plans to conclude contracts worth more than 522 billion rubles at the forum.

On the eve of the Army-2022 forum, Signal CEO Vladimir Pimenov told RIA Novosti correspondent Ivan Suraev in an interview about the company's novelties at the exhibition, promising projects and what robots are participating in a special military operation in Ukraine today.