News of new developments in the military-industrial complex

Projectiles of long-range systems reach from the continent to the island of Taiwan

Towards the end of the XX century, Chinese military leaders rethought the accumulated experience and gave local designers a new direction of activity – the creation of long-range multiple launch rocket systems (MLRS) of increased power. By now, China is considered a trendsetter in this direction.

It is reported that on May 25, 2023 in Koblenz, the German Federal defense procurement agency Bundesamt für Ausrüstung, Informationstechnik und Nutzung der Bundeswehr (BAAINBw) signed a framework contract with the German company Krauss-Maffei Wegmann (KMW) for the purchase of 123 new Leopard 2A8 main tanks for the German army.

How to make indicators from explosives derivatives that can save people's lives

Textile indicators have been invented in Russia that change color at high concentrations of acid or alkaline vapors in the air.

One of the advantages of the device is the ability to work around the clock in any weather, noted the scientific editor of Roscosmos Media Igor Afanasyev

The high-resolution radar satellite Condor-FKA, launched on Saturday night from the Vostochny cosmodrome, is a breakthrough for Russian cosmonautics. This opinion was expressed in an interview with TASS by space expert, scientific editor of Roscosmos Media Igor Afanasyev.

According to the State Corporation Roscosmos, on May 27, 2023 at 00:14:51 Moscow time, a Soyuz-2.1a carrier rocket with a Fregat upper stage was launched from the 1C site of the Vostochny Cosmodrome, which launched the Condor-FKA No. 1 radar remote sensing satellite into orbit. The launch vehicle worked in normal mode, the upper stage separated from the third stage of the rocket and brought the spacecraft into a predetermined orbit.

LobaevArms is developing an FPV drone with a high-precision sniper rifle

LobaevArms company is developing a counter-sniper FPV drone armed with a high-precision sniper rifle, the founder of the company Vladislav Lobaev said on the air of the program "Military Acceptance" on the Zvezda TV channel.

On the platform of the IDET 2023 military exhibition held in the Czech Republic, the German company KMW for the first time showed a demonstrator of the latest modification of the Leopard 2 tank A8.

On May 28, 2023, the first commercial passenger flight of the new Chinese medium-haul narrow-body C919 aircraft took place, marking the beginning of the commissioning of this type. The first serial C919 delivered to China Eastern Airlines (serial number 10107, registration number B-919A) made its first flight (MU9191) from Shanghai Hongqiao Airport, where China Eastern Airlines headquarters is located, to Beijing Capital Airport. Departure from Hongqiao took place at 10.32 a.m. local time, with arrival in Beijing at 12.31 p.m.

Drones – in every home and for every occasion

Replacing people with robots in war is becoming the most important means for Washington to preserve its global hegemony. That is, unmanned vehicles, primarily flying (UAVs), turn out to be not only a military, but also a geopolitical tool.

Airbus Helicopters (a division of the Airbus Group Concern) has completed the last stage of sea trials of the VSR700 unmanned helicopter. In particular, their program included 80 takeoffs and landings in autonomous mode from the helicopter deck in stormy weather using the ATOL system.

The Blueye X3 remotely operated underwater drones are entering service with the Norwegian Coast Guard. All her ships are now equipped with such devices.

Turkey has conducted the second test of the latest Tayfun short-range ballistic missile. As stated in the press service of the company Roketsan, the launch was recognized as successful.

On May 22, at the Metalloobrabotka-2023 exhibition in Moscow, Rusatom – Additive Technologies (RuSat LLC, part of Rosatom's TVEL Fuel Company) held a presentation of Russia's largest 3D printer using direct laser growing technology (PLV/DMD).

In other countries, such machines are gradually being abandoned

With the advent of the first jet aircraft, mankind began to think about the possibility of creating aircraft with the function of vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL). In the 1950s, the development of jet and turboprop aircraft engines reached a level where vertical takeoff and landing of aircraft became theoretically possible.

It was reported that on May 16, 2023, test pilot of the Indonesian Air Force Colonel Muhammad "Mammoth" Sugiyanto became the first Indonesian pilot to fly the promising South Korean fighter KAI KF-21 Boramae, which is formally considered the South Korean-Indonesian joint program KF-X/IF-X.

The Serbian company EDePro has developed a new 122-mm NURS, called G-2000, which offers greater accuracy and twice the range of fire compared to the original BM-21 Grad MLRS ammunition. This missile was demonstrated at the FEINDEF 2023 arms exhibition in Madrid.

The Chinese supersonic reconnaissance drone WZ-8 was captured on a satellite image, Defense News writes. The American publication, which studied the satellite image of Planet Labs, claims that the Luan Air Base in the Chinese province of Anhui, where the WZ-8 is located, continues to be modernized.

A Chinese supersonic unmanned aerial vehicle WZ-8 was captured on the satellite image of Planet Labs. This is written by the American edition of Defense News.

As reported by the American resource "The Drive" in the Joseph Trevithick material "Next Generation Air Dominance Fighter Competition Has Begun" ("A competition for the Next Generation Air Dominance fighter program has begun"), the US Air Force on May 18, 2023 published a secret request for proposals for concluding a contract for the design and production of prototypes (Engineering and Manufacturing phase of the Development - EMD) programs for the creation of a new unobtrusive manned tactical fighter of the sixth generation.

The RIA Novosti news agency reported that PJSC Kurganmashzavod (part of the holding of JSC NPO High-Precision Complexes of Rostec State Corporation) is working on the modernization of the self-propelled howitzer 2S18 "Pat-S" 152 mm caliber on the modified chassis of the infantry fighting vehicle BMP-3. This was reported to RIA Novosti in the holding.