News of new developments in the military-industrial complex
Cold plasma will allow to extract oxygen on Mars directly from the air
An international team of researchers has developed a new way to produce oxygen on the Red Planet using gases from the local atmosphere and cold plasma. The technology can play a crucial role in the development of human life support systems, since it allows you to get a lot of oxygen for breathing, the production of rocket fuel, fertilizers and building materials with minimal equipment weight.
Russia has a unique fighter jet: it will fly into orbit
At the Army – 2022 exhibition, Russia will present a new MiG capable of launching spacecraft
The new version of the MiG-31I is designed to launch small spacecraft into orbit, thanks to which the Russian Air Force will receive unique capabilities, writes MWM. The MiG-31 glider has no equal abroad in carrying capacity, size, speed and altitude.
"Unmanned HIMARS": The US is developing a high-power AML MLRS capable of operating offline
The Western press has published material on the prospective development of new AML MLRS based on HIMARS installations, which are capable of operating without a crew, and are also equipped with twelve missiles instead of six. Interestingly, the authors began the article, apparently, with the phrase mandatory for Western media: "HIMARS multipurpose rocket launchers demonstrate their high efficiency on the Ukrainian front."
Russia successfully presents its advanced weapons in real combat
Operation in Ukraine as a defense industry promotion
Arms manufacturers are using the fighting in Ukraine to advertise their products, Advance writes. So, the Americans present "Haimars" as a technique that "stopped the Russian army." And Putin notes that Russian weapons are years and decades ahead of competitors.
A robot based on the BMP-3 with a combat module "Tit" will be sent to the very inferno
This year, a robotic version of the BMP-3 was presented at the Army International Military-Technical Forum. According to the Rostec State Corporation, the modernization of the machine is being carried out at the Kurganmashzavod with the participation of the Signal Research Institute − both enterprises are part of the High-Precision Complexes holding.
The nuclear submarine "Arcturus" will be equipped with new weapons, the Rubin Design Bureau reported
Rubin Design Bureau: the Arcturus nuclear submarine will be reduced by 20 percent due to new weapons
The strategic nuclear submarine of the future fifth generation due to the improvement of missile weapons will have a smaller displacement by 20%, its provisional name is "Arcturus", the time of appearance is the second half of the XXI century, a representative of the Central Design Bureau (CCB) "Rubin" told RIA Novosti.
Self-propelled artillery gun 2S42 "Lotus" will be modified taking into account the experience of a special military operation in Ukraine
The newest 120-mm self-propelled artillery gun 2S42 "Lotus", being developed for airborne units, has completed the preliminary testing stage. Currently, the developers are eliminating the shortcomings identified during the testing of the gun.
Roselektronika has created antennas for high-speed Internet in airplanes
Roselectronics has created antennas for high-speed Internet in airplanes, trains and ships
Roselectronics Holding (part of Rostec) has developed domestic antennas for cars, trains, helicopters, airplanes and ships that will provide them with high-speed Internet anywhere in Russia, the systems will go to a series from 2023, the company told RIA Novosti on Tuesday.
The defense industry has challenged China's unmanned "consumer goods"
The very first day of the Army-2022 exhibition clearly showed that human participation in wars is gradually decreasing, the main combat load falls on robots. The forum presented the M-81 robot for land combat, an unmanned army truck, an unmanned helicopter, and most importantly – the latest combined-type drone. But for some reason, experts call cheap UAVs from China the main rivals of the drone.
The Army-2022 Forum opens in Patriot Park
The International Military-Technical Forum "Army-2022" opens on August 15 and will last until Sunday at the Patriot Convention and Exhibition Center, where about 1.5 enterprises of the defense industrial complex (MIC) of Russia will present more than 1,000 new models of military equipment. The Russian Defense Ministry plans to conclude contracts worth more than 522 billion rubles at the forum.
Vladimir Pimenov: promising Russian MLRS will become a robot
On the eve of the Army-2022 forum, Signal CEO Vladimir Pimenov told RIA Novosti correspondent Ivan Suraev in an interview about the company's novelties at the exhibition, promising projects and what robots are participating in a special military operation in Ukraine today.
The head of the USC expects to coordinate with the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation the schedule of work on fifth-generation submarines
The United Shipbuilding Corporation (USC) expects to agree with the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation on the final schedule of work on the creation of fifth-generation submarines, the head of the corporation Alexey Rakhmanov told Interfax.
Concern of East Kazakhstan Region "Almaz – Antey" at the forum "Army-2022"
JSC "Concern of East Kazakhstan Region "Almaz - Antey" takes part in the International Military-Technical Forum "Army-2022", which takes place from August 15 to 21 in Kubinka near Moscow on the basis of the Patriot Convention and Exhibition Center. The holding acts as the general partner of Army-2022 and presents full-scale samples of weapons and military equipment, radar equipment, as well as a number of civilian developments at the forum, the press service of the Concern reports.
A training complex based on a boat was presented at the Army-2022
A training simulator based on an unmanned boat was presented at Army-2022
A simulator based on an unmanned boat, an intelligent system for training gunners and other latest developments of Russian military universities are presented at the International Military-Technical Forum "Army-2022", which started on Monday in Kubinka near Moscow.
A new way of obtaining oxygen will help make life easier for astronauts
With the planning of long-term missions to the Moon and Mars, humanity is increasingly faced with the question of providing astronauts with oxygen for breathing. Currently, keeping people breathing on board space stations is a complex and expensive process, so more advanced technologies will be required for future travel in the cosmic abyss.
Rostec presents new generation ammunition at the Army-2022 Forum
Rostec State Corporation presents a new generation of ammunition at the International Military-Technical Forum "Army-2022". One of the key novelties is a shot for a small–sized jet flamethrower in thermobaric equipment.
Putin: Russian weapons are decades ahead of their foreign counterparts
Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke at the opening ceremony of the Army-2022 forum
At the opening ceremony of the Army-2022 forum in the Patriot Park near Moscow, Russian President Vladimir Putin noted the importance of the event for the development of international cooperation in the military sphere and the prospects for Russian weapons.
Plans to create a promising helicopter turboshaft engine PD-8V
The web resource "Zhukovsky News" in the material of Yuri Ponomarev "Change of horses at the ferry" reported that there have been changes in the program of remotorization of a heavy transport helicopter: instead of the PD-12V engine, it is planned to install a promising PD-8V turboshaft engine.
A new program for the creation of engines for the promising American fighter NGAD
The American magazine "Air Force Magazine" published a material by Greg Hadley "Beyond AETP for Engines to Power NGAD Fighter" ("The US Air Force creates engines for the NGAD fighter outside the AETP program"), that the US Air Force is implementing a new previously unknown Next Generation Adaptive Propulsion program to create promising engines for its promising new fighter generations of Next Generation Air Dominance (NGAD).
"Russian UAVs will receive a strike missile. It should have been done a long time ago"
General Leontiev told how the X-MD-E rocket will be used
Tactical Missile Armament Corporation (KTRV) announced the creation of a new multi-purpose homing missile X-MD-E. Among its features is the use not only from aircraft and naval carriers, but also from unmanned aerial vehicles. This is the first rocket designed specifically for combat drones. "Newspaper.Ru" understood the specifics of the work of X-MD-E.