News of new developments in the military-industrial complex

The Chinese company TCab Tech from Shanghai has announced the start of flight tests of a prototype (although it has not received a skin) of a promising electric-powered E20 device, on which the adopted technological solutions will be tested.

How new technology for low-orbit groupings will help to provide the Internet to the whole Earth

Russian designers are developing a propulsion system for satellites designed to operate in low orbits. At an altitude of about 200 km, there are still remnants of the atmosphere that causes resistance, so the spacecraft engine must work continuously.

Source: the Russian Federation has developed a 23 mm caliber ammunition with controlled detonation

Russia has developed a 23 mm caliber ammunition with controlled detonation, a source in the military-industrial complex said at the Army–2023 forum.

In Russia, a new unmanned boat has been developed to perform various tasks, the vessel is based on a platform of the type "Vizir". This was announced by the managing director of KMZ Holding (Kingisepp Machine-Building Plant) Mikhail Danilenko at the Army-2023 forum.

On August 16, the PGZ Stocznia Wojenna enterprise in Gdynia hosted the cutting ceremony of the first steel for the construction of a lead frigate for the Polish Navy as part of the MIECZNIK program.

The Chinese edition of the South China Morning Post reported on a breakthrough in the development of laser technologies – the creation of a new cooling system for a combat laser. According to journalists, it is so effective that it allows you to emit a laser beam "indefinitely for a long time."

Foreign customers are interested in Russian developments in the field of UAVs and electronic warfare

A feature of the current forum "Army-2023", which distinguishes it from the previous ones, was the large number of unmanned aerial vehicles and electronic warfare (EW) equipment presented. The number of manufacturers demonstrating their developments in this direction has increased significantly.

At the Army-2023 forum, Almaz-Antey showed an improved PRP-5 artillery reconnaissance complex. This modern tracked armored vehicle debuted in 2022 during the Victory Day Parade in Tula, where it is produced.

The newest Israeli submarine INS Drakon was launched in Kiel, Germany, where it is being built by order of the fleet. The submarine belongs to the Dolphin-2 project, two representatives of which already serve in the Navy, but seriously differs from their predecessors.

The Russian defense industry presented a number of promising novelties at the Army-2023 forum

Within the framework of the current International Military-Technical Forum "Army-2023", the Russian military-industrial complex once again presented all its current developments in the field of weapons, military and special equipment. About novelties and promising models of weapons - in the material of the military observer "Gazeta.Ru" by Mikhail Khodarenka.

At the forum, it will be possible to see equipment created taking into account the experience of a special military operation

The International Military-Technical Forum "Army-2023" this year will be held from August 14 to 20 on the territory of the Patriot Convention and Exhibition Center, as well as at the Alabino training ground and Kubinka airfield.

The Argus drone for the protection of underwater pipelines will be shown for the first time at Army-2023

Russia has developed the latest Argus marine drone to protect infrastructure and locate dangerous objects near underwater pipelines, the press service of the Central Design Bureau of MT Rubin told RIA Novosti on Monday.

In the period from August 14 to August 20, JSC "Tactical Missile Armament Corporation" (KTRV, a member of the MORO "Soyuzmash of Russia") takes part in the IX International Military-Technical Forum "Army-2023". The delegation is headed by General Director Boris Obnosov. In addition to the traditional exposition, an additional stand in Pavilion "B" with the latest civil and dual-use samples was deployed for the first time in the demo center of the Corporation.

The network has footage of the use of a robot "nurse" by the armed forces of Ukraine. This four-wheeled platform is designed to independently evacuate the wounded from the battlefield. To do this, she drives up to the wounded man, hooks him with a carbine or something similar on ammunition and begins to provide evacuation assistance.

An extensive scientific and business program (NDP) of the MVTF "Army-2023" on topical issues of the development of the Armed Forces, the Defense Industry of the Russian Federation and international military-technical cooperation, taking into account modern conditions, was opened at the Patriot Exhibition Center.

The head of the Main Department of Innovative Development (GUIR) of the Russian Defense Ministry, Major General Alexander Osadchuk, at a briefing for journalists announced the summary results of the first day of the work of the MVTF "Army-2023".

Twice as many foreign companies participate in the event as a year ago

Russia is open to equal military-technical cooperation with all countries that defend their interests.

Russia presented a prototype of the new ZAK-23E mobile complex at the Army-2023 exhibition forum. The short-range self-propelled anti-aircraft artillery system, developed jointly by Tulamashzavod and STC Elins, was created on the basis of the BTR-82A and armed with two 23-mm ZU-23-2 guns.

How the holding's enterprises will improve drones to counter electronic warfare, how armored ambulances are being created for field conditions and what prospects laser training complexes for shooters have — Vadim Kalyugin, General Director of Shvabe, told TASS about all this in an interview on the sidelines of the forum.

The information was confirmed that the first flight of the promising Sirius attack drone took place. This drone is being developed within the framework of the ROC "Pacer-RU".