News of new developments in the military-industrial complex

Robotics Engineer at NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (Southern California) Ethan Shaler proposed to study the subglacial oceans on the Europa and Enceladus satellites with the help of a swarm of tiny robots. According to the idea of the specialist, the robots will be inside a probe tunneling into the icy crust of the satellite, and then will be released into the water when the "mother ship" reaches the ocean. This is reported in a press release on the official website of the laboratory.

The project of the universal landing ship (UDC) of the second generation under the designation 076 was developed by specialists of the Scientific Research Organization of Marine Design and Planning (NIO 708) of the Chinese Shipbuilding Industrial Corporation in the interests of the PLA Navy. According to open sources, this ship will have a length of 290 m, a width of about 65 m and a draft of about 10 m. Due to the increased draft, this ship is not designed for coastal amphibious operations.

The Akhmat armored car, which was developed taking into account the experience of special operations in Ukraine, was created in Russia, the first to show interest in it was the head of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov, RIA Novosti reports, citing an informed source.

The current situation in cosmonautics resonates in an interesting way with what happened half a century ago, when humanity achieved the incredible — stepped on the moon. The participants of the new space race are not so motivated, and the stakes are lower, but it's still interesting to watch this almost friendly competition.

Source: "Pantsir-SM" with a double supply of missiles will enter the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation this year

At the forum "Engineers of the Future" in Tula, a presentation of a new version of the Russian anti-aircraft complex "Pantsir-SM" was held. It is distinguished from previous modifications by an increased number of missiles. "Newspaper.Ru" understood the features of the new version of the "Shell".

The German command widely advertises its newest Puma BMP, which is designed to replace the Marder. Its technological refinement is still underway, including based on the results of operation in the military. In particular, it is in service with the 33rd Mechanized battalion, which has become an exemplary unit of the Bundeswehr due to the transition to a new materiel.

Turkey continues to actively develop unmanned aircraft, at the same time developing domestic ammunition for it and integrating them into the weapons systems of attack drones. The latest Akinci strike drone has received another novelty.

How is the hypersonic weapons program developing in the United States and is it worth waiting for the appearance of real-world missiles there

The next tests of American hypersonic weapons ended in complete failure. On Friday, June 29, it became known that during testing, a promising ultra-high-speed CPS rocket had problems with the launch of the second stage. As a result, the tests ended in an accident.

The director of the M.V. Khrunichev Center Alexey Brewhenko told about the work on the "Angara-A5"

At the second stage of the preliminary design of the Amur space rocket complex, which includes the Angara launch vehicles, a rocket-dynamic landing method of the first and second stages was considered, which, after testing, could land on a special landing pad, Gazeta reported.Ru" General Director of M.V. Khrunichev State Scientific Research Center Alexey Brewhenko. He also spoke about the work on the Angara-A5 flight rocket for the Vostochny cosmodrome and its full-size copy.

Concern Uralvagonzavod of Rostec State Corporation has created the country's first fast-charging electric filling station for electric cars. Its capacity is 150 kW – stations with such characteristics have not been produced in Russia before. The unique development will be presented at the X International Industrial Forum "Innoprom", which will be held from July 4 to 7, 2022 in Yekaterinburg.

Tula designers from the Instrument Design Bureau named after Shipunov developed a new modification of the Pantsir-SM anti-aircraft missile system with increased ammunition. The new complex received the prefix "TBM" (transport and combat vehicle).

On June 28, 2022, it was reported that the US Army, during the competitive process, selected a proposal submitted by General Dynamics Land Systems (GDLS, as part of General Dynamics Corporation) for a tracked combat vehicle ("light tank") with cannon armament under the Mobile Protected Firepower (MPF) program, and issued General Dynamics Land Systems a contract for the amount of 320.325 million dollars for the production of the first small-scale batch (Low-Rate Initial Production - LRIP) of 26 MPF machines by October 24, 2024.

To create hypersonic missiles, the United States needs to solve the problem with the engines, it will take several years. The deadline for the possible appearance of hypersonic weapons at the Pentagon in a conversation with Lenta.ru" was named by Oleg Glazunov, an expert of the Association of Military Political Scientists, associate professor of the Department of Political Science and Sociology of Plekhanov Russian University of Economics.

NASA has allowed to continue work on the SWIM project, in which a swarm of small floating micro-robots can be sent to Europe. It is expected that when they reach the satellite's subsurface ocean with the help of an ice-melting cryobot, they will measure its properties and also look for biomarkers, according to the website of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory.

On June 13, 2022, the German Rheinmetall arms concern presented the KF51 Panther main battle tank (Panther) at the Eurosatory in Paris. As reported, the design of the machine is based on the concept of "Leopard 2". At the same time, the model is designed to establish new standards of defeat, protection, intelligence capabilities, networking and mobility.

The Tula Shipunov Instrument Design Bureau showed at the Engineers of the Future forum a detailed model of a new version of the Pantsir-SM air defense system with increased ammunition to 24 missiles.

The Israeli company Camero-Tech presented at the Eurosatury 2022 exhibition a new device from its "See Through Walls" series called Xaver 1000. The principle of operation is classified, the purpose is to study the situation behind obstacles through which a person does not see. The technology is aimed at the military and is designed for reconnaissance and search and rescue missions.

Specialists of the Siberian Research Institute of Aviation (SibNIA) conducted flight tests of a flying laboratory with a hybrid power plant of a transport unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) of ultrashort takeoff and landing, created within the framework of the Partizan project. This is reported on the organization's website.

The US Air Force has completed the first stage of equipping F-16 Fighting Falcon fighters with the latest radar stations with an active phased array antenna (AFAR). The new radar was received by fighters from the US National Guard.

The Royal Air Force (RAF) of Britain has abandoned the promising guided unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) Mosquito. The drone could fly in 2023, writes the UK Defense Journal.