News of new developments in the military-industrial complex

Rosoboronexport JSC (part of Rostec Group) will organize a large-scale exposition of the country's leading defense enterprises in the Russian pavilion at the world's largest defense exhibition IDEX 2023, which will be held in Abu Dhabi (UAE) from February 20 to 24.

According to the head of Petrozavodsk Valery Lyubarsky, tests of a prototype of the Orion-25 ekranoplane developed by the Moscow company "Ekranoplanostroitelnoe Association "EO "Orion" and built in Petrozavodsk at the Petrozavodsk Engineering Plant "Avangard" LLC (former shipbuilding plant) have begun on Lake Onega in Petrozavodsk Bay.

Moscow offered Delhi the technology of a new tank for further joint development

At the Aero India 2023 aviation exhibition, which opened on February 13 in Bangalore, its organizer, the Ministry of Defense of India, received an interesting offer. Through the mouth of Vladimir Drozhzhov, Deputy Director of the Federal Service for Military-Technical Cooperation (FSMTC) of Russia, our country expressed its readiness to share the technologies of the Armata family of next-generation armored vehicles in order to use them for the joint development of the main battle tank (MBT) for the Indian national army.

The hull workshop of the country's largest defense company BAE Systems has been granted permission to build the first Type 26 frigate of the British Navy in Govan County, located in the south-west of the city of Glasgow in Scotland. Work in this direction is expected to begin in 2024.

The new generation KF51 Panther tank of the German Rheinmetall concern is unlikely to be in Ukraine.

According to "RG: Russian weapons", the stated deadlines of 15-18 months are completely unrealistic, since so far there is no such combat vehicle, in fact, and what they are showing us is just a running model.

The US Air Force Command is trying to find out information about the remote control of a large drone that flew next to a fighter jet. This was stated by the chief of staff of the American Air Force, Charles Brown.

The Americans, despite all their economic opportunities, are still trying to catch up with China and Russia in the development of hypersonic weapons.

Russia has begun testing a new unmanned tiltrotor with a smart wing. This was reported in the press service of the National Technical Initiative (NTI) Project Support Fund. According to the developers' plans, the aircraft will take off and land vertically, being also equipped with an autopilot.

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Alexander Mikheev, CEO of Rosoboronexport, told TASS in an interview on the sidelines of the Aero India airshow about the prospects for promoting Russian military products on the national arms market, and what other joint projects Russia is ready to offer to its long-time strategic partner.

The American military-industrial company Northrop Grumman managed to exchange data between a reconnaissance UAV and a fighter acting as an enemy.

Blue Origin has created two new departments within the framework of the Blue Alchemist project, one of which is engaged in the project of the orbital station, and the second is devoted to economic activities on the Moon. NASA has already received a commercial offer from them for the use of some technologies for processing lunar regolith in the Artemis mission. It is reported that operating solar panels, electrical wiring and protective materials for lunar structures have already been successfully created from an exact imitation of regolith.

Today, Russia's special military operation in Ukraine has already proved the high efficiency of the use of unmanned aerial systems (UAVs). It is worth noting that drones are classified into the following types: reconnaissance (can be used, in particular, to adjust fire on the battlefield), shock (for strikes on ground targets), reconnaissance-strike, bomber, multi-purpose, fighter (for the destruction of air targets), broadcast and others.

On the occasion of the next anniversary of the 1979 Islamic Revolution, various events are taking place in Iran. Among other things, an exhibition of achievements of the Aerospace Forces of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps is being held in Isfahan.

The corporation explained that they continue to improve corrected aerial bombs, torpedo and mine weapons, coastal missile systems

The Tactical Missile Armament Corporation (KTRV) continues to work on improving adjustable aerial bombs, torpedo and mine weapons, coastal missile systems, as well as port protection equipment and coastal infrastructure elements. This was reported to TASS in KTRV during the international exhibition Aero India 2023.

The Aviation Industry Corporation of China ( Aviation Industry Corporation of China, AVIC) on January 31, 2023, published a video recording of the concept of a tailless fighter. According to Chinese sources, it is connected with the country's efforts to develop a sixth-generation fighter. China and the United States are currently in competition for the world's first and most powerful sixth-generation fighter jets. Moreover, senior US Air Force officials have repeatedly warned that China may be the first to adopt such an aircraft.

After the first successes, an international team of scientists will work to expand the volume of hydrogen production from seawater by using a larger electrolyzer. If everything goes well, the engineers' immediate plans are to use hydrogen production for fuel cells and ammonia synthesis in commercial processes.

MWM: "Leopards 2" will not be well in Ukraine from new Russian anti-tank shells

Russian tanks participating in the SVO are being re-equipped with new shells that are capable of piercing armor 800-830 mm thick at a distance of two kilometers, writes MWM. This indicates that Russia is preparing for the imminent appearance of Western combat vehicles in Ukraine.

The Russian Federation has created a new line of guided and unguided ammunition of 122 mm caliber for multiple launch rocket systems (MLRS) 9K51M "Tornado-G". This was reported by the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation.

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Vladimir ROS, Deputy General Designer of RSC Energia, Chief Designer, told TASS in an interview about the timing of the station's deployment and inclination, its protection from space debris and crew rescue means. Kozhevnikov.

The Kalashnikov Concern initiated the round table "Priority measures in the field of development of unmanned aircraft systems in the light of the execution of the instructions of the President of the Russian Federation".