News of new developments in the military-industrial complex

According to the American resource "Breaking Defense" in the Teresa Hitchens material "Newest sats launched by DoD include jammer-evading, classified payloads" ("The latest satellites launched by the US Department of Defense include a secret payload to avoid interference"), on July 2, 2022, Virgin Orbit's LauncherOne air launch vehicle It has placed seven small experimental military satellites with promising secret payloads into low-Earth orbit as part of the US Department of Defense space testing program.

The ice-resistant platform "North Pole" has completed all tests and has already begun preparations for the launch of the first flight, which is planned for the very beginning of autumn. Alexander Makarov, Director of the Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute (AANI), told about the plans.

Dmitry Litovkin — about what is known and what can be assumed about the missile system being developed for the Russian Navy

The Russian military-industrial complex continues to surprise with new developments. As it became known to TASS sources, a new Serpentine missile system with a hypersonic striking element is being developed in the country.

The Russian Army will receive new complexes of automated fire control of military air defense (air defense) "Magister-SV" in 2023. The complex was developed by specialists of NPP "Rubin" (part of the holding "Roselectronics"). This was reported in the press service of the holding, reports TASS.

The ex-commander of the Airborne Forces, General Georgy Shpak, called the advantages of the combat robot "Arbalet-DM"

During the special operation in Ukraine, the Russian army and Rosgvardiya use a robotic machine-gun combat module with remote control "Arbalet-DM". This system is installed on Tiger-M armored vehicles, but can also be used on other vehicles. "Newspaper.Ru" together with experts, I understood the specifics of the work of the "machine gun robot".

The Israeli company Air began full-fledged tests of its One flying machine in June, and to date they have all been successful. The tests will continue, but it is already clear that the designers' idea was completely successful — the technique turned out to be reliable and interesting. It is possible that Air One will become the first mass-scale personal flying vehicle by 2024.

The agency plans to recover more than 500 million rubles for non-compliance with the conditions for the development and production of microchips for satellites

The Kommersant newspaper found in the file of arbitration cases that on June 30, the Ministry of Industry and Trade filed a lawsuit for 512 million rubles against the Russian microelectronics design center of JSC SPC Elvis.

In May, Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said that the revived Moskvich plant would produce electric cars in the future. Plans to launch domestic production of electric cars were announced by KAMAZ, Kaliningrad Avtotor, and Lipetsk Motorinvest.

Russian Navy gets Putin's super submarine

This Russian submarine is the largest submarine built in the last 30 years, and its power is enough to "destroy entire cities," writes the Daily Mail. Tabloid readers are in a panic. "Russia will wipe everyone into ashes," one of them is sure.

A ballistic missile "Serpentine" with hypersonic combat equipment is being developed for the Russian Navy (Navy). This was reported by TASS on July 12, citing sources close to the military department and the defense industry complex.

The Shanghai Academy of Space Technologies reported on the beginning of a previously undeclared experiment. On the recently launched Changzheng-2D rocket, Chinese engineers placed a test device for accelerated data from the orbit of space debris — a kind of braking parachute, or sail.

A promising development of the Serbian military-industrial complex, the modular MLRS "Tamnava", can begin to be massively used in its own army in the event of an export contract with Greece. According to the Serbian newspaper Vercheniye Novosti, referring to the portal of the Balkan Security Network, Athens has shown interest in purchasing installations for its army.

Rear Admiral Sviridov told how the new hypersonic missile "Serpentine" will work

Russia is developing a ballistic missile "Serpentine" with hypersonic combat equipment in the interests of the Navy. She will become the new "killer of aircraft carriers," a source told TASS. "Newspaper.Ru" figured out what the features of the new rocket are.

During the tests of the first stage of the superheavy Starship rocket, an explosion occurred under its engine block. The rocket did not collapse, but the launch pad, apparently, received minor damage, so the tests were stopped.

The recent experience of military operations has once again demonstrated that the thaw can seriously complicate the actions of military units. Ordinary dirt roads and fields become almost impassable in spring and autumn.

The availability of high-quality and up-to-date data from Earth remote sensing satellites is growing every year. Companies such as Capella Space and Maxar Technologies have been offering unprecedented cheap high-resolution radar and optical images of the Earth's surface for several years in a row. This allows civilian analysts to observe military installations around the world and find interesting artifacts.

In the near future, China is expected to test a promising military aircraft, which, as ex-governor of Shaanxi Province Ge Heping said at a meeting with the staff of the CFTE flight test center in Xi'an, will have "decisive strategic and even historical significance" for the country. The Chinese edition of the Global Times reported on the preparation of the above-mentioned event the day before.

The future flagship of one of the fleets of the Indian Navy, the aircraft carrier INS Vikrant, has completed the next stage of sea trials, already the fourth in a row. This is reported by the Indian press with reference to the command of the Indian Navy.

Even before the conflict in Ukraine, the US Armed Forces considered high-precision long-range shooting as one of the main priorities during the modernization of their weapons.

Dmitry Litovkin, Editor-in—chief of the TASS magazine "Military-Technical Cooperation" - about what is known about the new BS-329 nuclear submarine

The largest and most secret ship of the Navy (Navy) of the Russian Federation - the BS—329 Belgorod nuclear submarine - has started performing combat missions. The ceremony of handing over the submarine took place on July 8 at the largest shipbuilding enterprise in Russia — PO Sevmash (part of the United Shipbuilding Corporation) in Severodvinsk.