News of new developments in the military-industrial complex

On August 22, 2022, BAE Systems Corporation announced that it had won the US Army tender for the Cold Weather All-Terrain Vehicle (CATV) program and received a corresponding contract worth $278,183 million for the supply of 110 Arctic two-link articulated tracked floating all-terrain vehicles to the US Army (with an option for 53 more), developed and manufactured by the Swedish branch BAE Systems (BAE Systems Hägglunds). The contract also includes logistics and service support and is valid until August 2029.

As reported, on August 12, 2022, the first prototype of a promising AW249 combat helicopter created in the interests of the Italian armed forces (experimental military number CSX82069) made its first flight at Leonardo Helicopters (a division of the Italian company Leonardo) in Vergata (Italy).

Harbour Air has announced the successful testing of a modified De Havilland Beaver seaplane on a commercial flight. The plane took off from the waters of the Canadian Fraser River and landed in the waters of Vancouver Island. The flight with a range of 72 km took 24 minutes and at its end there was "a lot of charge left in the batteries of the aircraft," the company's press service reported.

On August 19, 2022, the US Air Force issued framework contracts worth $ 975 million each to five leading American aerospace companies for the development on a competitive basis of promising engines under the Next Generation Adaptive Propulsion (NGAP) program for the promising Next Generation American fighter Next Generation Air Dominance (NGAD).

The US Navy's Arleigh Burke-class destroyer Preble has received a High-Energy Laser weapon with Integrated Optical Dazzler and Surveillance system (HELIOS) designed to monitor and blind the enemy. This is with reference to the Lockheed Martin Corporation, The Drive edition reports.

As reported by JSC United Shipbuilding Corporation (USC), on August 24, 2022, Admiralty Shipyards JSC, which is part of it, handed over to the Federal Service of Russia for Hydrometeorology and Environmental Monitoring (Roshydromet) a scientific expedition vessel, the ice-resistant self-propelled platform "North Pole" of project 00903 (factory number 02404).

Unified protection systems against high-precision weapons, including new aerosol ammunition, are already being delivered to the troops. This was reported by the press service of Tsniitochmash, which is the developer of the protection.

The Pentagon has funded over 30 Ukrainian biolabs

As part of the implementation of the American military biological program in Ukraine, components of biological weapons were being developed, strains of dangerous microorganisms were being collected and exported to the United States, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said at a meeting of defense ministers of the SCO member states on Wednesday.

India has tested a new short-range anti-aircraft guided missile VL-SRSAM, designed for ship-based anti-aircraft systems. According to the Indian Defense Research and Development Organization (DRDO), the tests were successful.

In a few days, according to the plan, the Artemis-1 mission should start, within the framework of which several hundred colonies of terrestrial yeast will be sent on a journey through the Solar System. At the time of launch, all of them will be in a live and active state, and the purpose of the experiment will be to check how long they can live. The BioSentinel project has a horizon of 18 months, but can be extended if necessary.

The growth of military and political tensions in the Asia-Pacific region implies the need to strengthen Japan's military potential. The Polish edition of Defence24 writes about this.

According to the head of Roscosmos, it will be serviced by a new generation of spacecraft

The Russian Orbital Station (ROS) will be able to be "eternal" thanks to replaceable modules. This was stated on Monday by the head of Roscosmos, Yuri Borisov, during a visit to the Cosmonaut Training Center, his words are quoted in the message of the state corporation.

How have the combat capabilities of the missile system changed

The main carrier of hypersonic "Daggers" will be a modification of the MiG-31 combat aircraft, which received the index I. This version of the interceptor is equipped for the first time with unique digital complexes — an electric control system and on-board computers.

The device is designed to work as a slave in an advanced attacking echelon in cooperation with manned aircraft

The Kronstadt company has started work on a state contract for the development of a draft design of a multi-purpose high-speed unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) "Thunder", first presented in 2020. This was reported to TASS in the press service of the enterprise at the last forum "Army-2022".

The complex was supplied, including JSC "Hammer-Weapon"

The Central Research Institute of Precision Engineering (Tsniitochmash, part of the Rostec Kalashnikov Concern) has begun deliveries of a smart acoustic target "Indicator" for testing new samples of small arms and sniper complexes. This was reported to TASS at the last forum "Army-2022" in the press service of Tsniitochmash.

The agreement is planned to be signed with the manufacturer of this military equipment - AeroVironment company

The US Ground Forces are expected to sign a contract within the next 30 days for the development of 10 Switchblade 600 barrage ammunition for the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU), intended primarily for the destruction of armored vehicles. This was reported on Monday by the weekly Defense News .

Founded by immigrants from Ukraine, Highland Systems (UK, UAE) positions itself as "a company engaged in research, development and project management, and specializing in the development and implementation of the latest technologies." Among its recent developments are armored vehicles, a marine trimaran and the unusual diesel-electric submarine Kronos, which deserves special attention.

Rostec State Corporation's Roselectronics Holding has developed a modernized automated communication line monitoring station OPK-32D2M. It detects radio emission sources in the range from 1.5 to 30 MHz in real time at a distance of up to 2500 km.

On behalf of the US Army, the Boeing division and the Finnish-Norwegian company Nammo jointly developed and tested an artillery shell with a ramjet engine (RAMJET) for long-range shooting. According to Nammo representatives, during toasts at the Andøya training ground in Norway, a Ramjet 155 projectile was fired from a cannon, and its RAMJET successfully ignited. In flight, the projectile demonstrated stability and good controllability of the combustion process of the engine.gorenje

On August 20, the results of the six-day work of the scientific and business program of the International Military-Technical Forum "Army-2022" were summed up at the Patriot Convention and Exhibition Center.