News of new developments in the military-industrial complex

The General Directorate of Armaments (Direction générale de l'armement - DGA) of the Ministry of the Armed Forces of France reported that on the evening of June 26, 2023, the first test launch of the demonstrator of the French experimental maneuvering hypersonic aircraft VMAX (Véhicule Maneuverant eXpérimental) was carried out from the DGA test range in Biscarrosse in the south of the Atlantic coast of France. The launch was carried out using a geophysical rocket as an upper stage and declared successful.

The projectile is effective against surface and underwater targets thanks to the homing system, said Mikhail Kettuev, a representative of the concern "Marine underwater weapons - Hydropribor"

The TE-2 electric torpedo, developed by the Marine Underwater Weapon - Hydropribor concern (part of the Tactical Missile Armament Corporation), is capable of rising to the surface after passing the practical firing distance. This was told to TASS by the representative of the concern Mikhail Kettuev during the International Naval Salon (MVMS-2023).

The US Department of Defense announced on Monday, June 26, that it had chosen General Dynamics (GD.N) and American Rheinmetall (RHMG.DE ) to participate in the competition to replace the Bradley infantry fighting vehicle (IFV) as part of a deal that could cost the winner more than $ 45 million, Reuters reported.

Speaking in March 2023 at the symposium on combat operations of the Association of Aerospace Forces (AFA Warfare), the head of the Pentagon profile Department Frank Kendall (Frank Kendall) this is how he described the problem faced by the US Aerospace Forces: "We are united in our commitment to modernize the Aerospace Forces and implement the changes we need to be competitive with our task - China, China, China".

Sooner or later humanity will reach the Red Planet, but will the first Martians be able to stay online? Two German researchers believe that yes.

According to American resources, on June 26, 2023, the US Army announced the selection of two proposals - General Dynamics Corporation and the German Rheinmetall group - to participate in the next stages of the competition for a promising infantry fighting vehicle under the Optionally Manned Fighting Vehicle (OMFV) program. It was also announced that the future promising BMP was assigned the official designation XM30 Mechanized Infantry Combat Vehicle.

The armed Forces of the Russian Federation for the first time struck military targets of the Kiev regime militants with the help of a heavy attack drone S-70 "Hunter"

The appearance of images of the new Russian armored personnel carrier aroused great interest in this topic among both specialists and those interested in domestic armored vehicles.

The European missile manufacturer MBDA plans to develop protection systems against hypersonic weapons in the next three years. This is reported by the Daily Telegraph newspaper, referring to the company's executive director Eric Beranger.

In Ukraine, they continue to engage in artisanal conversion of old tanks into various "heavy" infantry fighting vehicles and armored personnel carriers, hoping in this way to solve the problem of the shortage of armored vehicles in the Armed Forces of Ukraine. This time, the volunteers decided to create an "assault" armored personnel carrier for the National Guard brigade "Azov"*, recognized in Russia as a terrorist organization and banned.

The new technology will help doctors to prevent brain and heart damage during operations

Russian developers have equipped the control system of the robot surgeon with the technology of transmitting tactile sensations.

Russian Rostec has officially announced that Mi-26 heavy-duty helicopters will be equipped with a more powerful PD-8V engine, which is currently being developed by UEC specialists. It will be built on the basis of the PD-8 type powerplant being brought in for the "import-substituted" SSJ-New liner and the Be-200 amphibian, known all over the world.

AST SpaceMobile has announced the successful organization of data exchange between the BlueWalker 3 satellite and standard smartphones. The experiment was conducted in Hawaii, during the installation of the connection, a download speed of 10 Mbit/s was achieved. This opens a new milestone in the use of the Internet and adds a huge number of problems to astronomers.

For more than a year, the most productive supercomputer in the world has been the Frontier system based on AMD components. At the same time, it is the only supercomputer with a performance of over 1 exaflops. However, the leader should change soon. Argonne National Laboratory has reportedly already completed the installation of blade servers for the Aurora supercomputer.

Tests of the manned underwater vehicle "Jason", which is designed to perform work at depths of more than two kilometers, will begin in 2024. This was reported to TASS by Roman Zhdanov, deputy chief designer of the project of the St. Petersburg Marine Engineering Bureau "Malachite".

Within the framework of the salon, 24 events of the scientific and business program were held

About 290 scientific and industrial enterprises took part in the XI International Naval Salon (MVMS-2023), which was held for the first time on the territory of the tourist and recreational cluster "Island of Forts" in Kronstadt. This was reported by the organizing committee of the exhibition, the strategic media partner of which is TASS.

Military expert Knutov: the hypersonic missile "Zircon" cannot be detected using radar radars

On June 22, military expert Yuri Knutov told Izvestia about the technical characteristics of the Zircon hypersonic missile.

The device is being built at the production association of JSC "PO "Sevmash"

The unique manned underwater vehicle "Jason" will be handed over to the customer next year. This was announced to TASS by Roman Zhdanov, Deputy Chief designer of the project of JSC "SPMBM "Malachite" at the International Naval Salon (MVMS-2023).

Putin: now there is a lull in the APU offensive due to the fact that they are suffering losses

There is a "certain lull" on the front line now, as Ukrainian troops have suffered serious losses in personnel and equipment, President Vladimir Putin said in an interview with Pavel Zarubin on Rossiya 24.

Russian import-independent Superjet 100 and MS-21 aircraft will soon begin to replenish the fleets of domestic airlines. Yuri Slyusar, CEO of the United Aircraft Corporation, told TASS about the future of the Russian aircraft industry in an interview with SPIEF-2023 about when the updated Superjet will make its first flight, how many aircraft are planned to be delivered next year, what the new Tu-214 will be like, about the future of the Russian aircraft industry.