News of new developments in the military-industrial complex

The Israeli company SpearUAV announced that in October 2022 it will present a new barrage ammunition (BB) at the annual meeting and exhibition of the Association of the United States Army (AUSA, Association of the United States Army). Viper ("Viper") is a solution for a quadcopter that can be used both as a BB and as a multi—purpose drone (UAV).

The holding company "Roselektronika" of the Rostec State Corporation has started research on the method of molecular layering for the synthesis of a new generation of composites.

There are deposits of water ice or "water" rocks

Scientists have found out that the most interesting landing point for the first expedition under the Artemios lunar program is the Leibniz-Beta plateau, where there are deposits of water ice or "water" rocks. The Russian probe Luna-27 may land in the same region, Maria Dyachkova, a researcher at the Space Research Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences (Moscow), said on Tuesday at the XIII Moscow Symposium on the Study of the Solar System.

The new generation of Russian armored vehicles "Kurganets-25" is distinguished by advanced protection and versatility, according to Zhongguo Junwang. Thanks to the unusual design, the BMP adapts to any conditions. According to the authors of the article, Russia has surpassed the United States in the field of military research. Kurganets-25 is a living proof.

Andrey Baranov, Deputy Director General for Foreign Economic Activity and Military-Technical cooperation, told Sergey Safronov, the head of the specialized editorial office of RIA Novosti, in an interview with the Deputy Director General of JSC "Central Design Bureau "Rubin" for foreign economic activity and military-technical cooperation, about the plans of the Design Bureau, the projects of which submarines and drones are being developed, and how work is going on to create an anaerobic power plant for non-nuclear submarines.

MWM: the appearance of the T-14 Armata will limit the capabilities of the Ukrainian army

The T-14 Armata is a Russian tank that no rival can handle, writes MWM. Probably, soon he will be involved in a special operation. The appearance of "Armata" will affect the morale of not only Russians, but also Ukrainians, the author of the article is sure.

The US military department intends to implement a five-year program to combat climate change worth almost $ 7 billion, to be more precise - $ 6.8 billion. Three quarters of the budget will be spent on improving the resilience to climate change of army installations with the help of micro grids and electrification of vehicles. The analytical publication Breaking Defense, with reference to the Pentagon's plan published the day before, told about some details of the implementation of the environmental protection program.

In April 2021, the first full-fledged test was finally conducted at the Annaya test site [AMRAAM-ER missile defense system] <...> It was recognized as successful and reported that they had received valuable data that would be used to improve the algorithms of the rocket software. Then Raytheon Missiles & Defense announced that they were planning new tests on Annaya in the second quarter. But neither they nor KDA shared any more news.

General Dynamics Land Systems (GDELS, a division of General Dynamics Corporation) has officially presented the concept of a promising AbramsX main tank, which is an evolution of the American M1 Abrams tank. A video with a prototype demonstrator of the AbramsX tank has been published.GDELS itself stated that the AbramsX should become a "bridge" from the Abrams tanks of the latest modifications of the M1A2 SEP v.3 and SEP v.4 to a promising tank.

Dehumidification of tanks for launch vehicles in the Russian space industry continues to be a very costly and time-consuming procedure. For example, draining one tank at the Polet enterprise takes more than a dozen hours with non-stop gas supply. At the same time, the main time costs are directly related to the opening of leaks.

The Czech Republic, Germany, Spain, France, Italy and Poland have been selected as sites for hosting the first European quantum computers, she said The European Commission on Tuesday.

The timing of the development of Legionnaire equipment will be tripled and completed by the end of 2023

The creation of equipment for a soldier of the future new generation "Legionnaire" will be accelerated – research work on the project will be reduced from the originally envisaged two to three years to one year, a source in the Russian defense industry told RIA Novosti.

The US Navy has signed a contract for the supply of a new generation of sonar buoys with the Ultra Group company.

French avionics in the cockpit of an import-substituted aircraft will be replaced by Russian widescreen displays

The United Aircraft Corporation (UAC) has published information about the avionics of the new SSJ-New regional aircraft, which is now being created by its subsidiary Irkut Corporation.

Development of barrage ammunition in Israel and Turkey

Barrage ammunition has become one of the dynamically developing trends in unmanned vehicles, which has already formed a separate class of corresponding systems. The main idea underlying the barrage ammunition is the creation of relatively inexpensive unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) capable of conducting not only reconnaissance and surveillance, but also hitting detected targets with the help of a warhead integrated into the design.

Al Jazeera: the Belgorod submarine will ensure the dominance of the Russian Navy in the Arctic

The "Mother of submarines" is the name of the world's largest nuclear submarine K—329 Belgorod, writes Al Jazeera. It is capable of wiping entire cities off the face of the earth in just a few minutes. Vladimir Putin personally oversees the adoption and tasks of this deadly weapon.

The Iranian Space Agency, together with the Aerospace Industry Organization of the Ministry of Defense of the country, conducted a test launch of the interorbital tugboat "Saman". This is reported by the IRNA agency.

The American company General Atomics (GA) is developing a hybrid engine for the promising stealth drone MQ-Next. This is reported by Breaking Defense.

The military conflict in Ukraine has shown the enormous importance and high efficiency of the use of unmanned aerial vehicles of various purposes and classes in modern warfare. At the same time, it became obvious that it is quite difficult and very expensive to shoot down drones, especially small ones, with existing air defense systems. It seems that the solution to the problem of destroying small drones was found in the American defense company Grumman Corporation.

The Ministry of Defense of South Korea has spread information that the DPRK is going to test intercontinental liquid-fuel submarine-launched ballistic missiles in the near future.