News of new developments in the military-industrial complex

On February 24, 2022, the Airbus group and the European Procurement Organization for Joint Cooperation in the field of armaments (Organization Conjointe de Coopération en matière d'Armement - OCCAR) at the Airbus enterprise in Manching (Germany) signed a joint contract for the development of a European advanced reconnaissance and strike unmanned aerial vehicle of long duration flight Eurodrone.

NASA said that they will not have time to land on the moon until 2026

The Inspector General of NASA criticized the American lunar program. Speaking to US lawmakers, he said that the Artemis program required several billion dollars more than planned, and people will not be on the surface of the Moon until 2026.

In the fall of 2022, flight tests of the latest Russian hybrid engine for UAVs and light manned aircraft will begin. Kirill Balyasny, a design engineer at the Moscow Aviation Institute, said this in an interview with RT.

On February 25, a panel discussion on the peculiarities of intellectual property rights management in the field of artificial intelligence technologies was held in the hall of the Patriot Convention Center.

According to the plan for the supply of the main samples of weapons and military equipment, two new mobile radars "Casta" with improved characteristics have entered service with the units of the radio technical troops of the Central Military District stationed in Siberia.

The first detailed video of the tests of the hypersonic anti-ship missile "Zircon" appeared on the Network. TV journalists went to sea on the frigate of the Northern Fleet "Admiral Gorshkov" to witness the launch of two cruise missiles at once: "Caliber" and "Zircon".

Kazan enterprise patented optics with increased reflection

Specialists of the Kazan NGO "State Institute of Applied Optics" (NPO HYPO), which is part of the Shvabe holding of Rostec State Corporation, have patented a new solution to increase the reflection coefficient of an optical mirror in all operating spectral ranges. The technology can be applied in laser technology, according to a message on the state corporation's website.

The Croatian company DOK-ING presented an innovative multi-purpose remotely controlled Komodo machine at the 5th UMEX-2022 Unmanned systems Exhibition in Abu Dhabi.

Having suffered serious losses in military equipment, Ukrainian formations are forced to use crude armored vehicles that have not passed full-fledged tests.

For example, in Kharkiv, during one of the armed provocations, a Kevlar-E infantry fighting vehicle was seen, which is, in fact, a mock-up model made for demonstrations at various weapons exhibitions.

Roscosmos will focus the resources released due to the curtailment of cooperation with Europe and the United States on the creation of defense systems, said the head of the state corporation Dmitry Rogozin.

Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin signed a decree that expands the list of types of scientific research and development (R&D), the costs of which can be taken into account to reduce tax payments, the government website reported on Monday.

Swiss Airline plans to start using synthetic jet fuel created with the help of concentrated solar energy for the first time in the world. It creates exactly as much carbon dioxide as it takes to produce it. This is reported by the manufacturer of solar fuel Synhelion.

The commander of the frigate Admiral of the Fleet of the Soviet Union Gorshkov, Captain of the first rank Igor Krokhmal, reported that the appearance of a hypersonic missile is one of the secret parameters

The surface-launched hypersonic missile Zircon has a flight range of up to 1,500 km. This was reported by the commander of the frigate Admiral of the Fleet of the Soviet Union Gorshkov, Captain of the first rank Igor Krokhmal in a report for the TV program "Vesti Nedelya" on the channel "Russia-1".

North Korea said on Monday it had conducted an "important test" to develop a "reconnaissance satellite," KCNA reported.

The prototype of the Kevlar-E BMP was decided to be used in combat operations. In all likelihood, this machine exists in a single copy.

The portfolio of intellectual property objects of the holding's enterprises reached almost 2.6 thousand units by the end of 2021.

The Chinese company DeepRobotics demonstrated the capabilities of the four-legged robot Jueying X20 to carry cargo. Engineers gradually increased the weight and showed that it can go even when it has a load of 85 kilograms.

19FortyFive: 500 Chinese J-20 fighters will challenge the US Air Force

China's fifth-generation J-20 fighter jets, carrier-launched missiles, hypersonic weapons and anti-aircraft systems are a powerful and deadly combination of capabilities that can challenge the Air Force (Air Force) The US is in a potential conflict over Taiwan, writes 19FortyFive.

Saab has introduced a new 5G Deployet communication system

Saab has introduced a new 5G Deployet secure communications system for the military. The development was presented at the Unmanned Systems Exhibition & Conference 2022 (UMEX) in Abu Dhabi. This is reported by Army Recognition.

The upgraded QW-12 man-portable air defense missile system (MANPADS), designed to intercept helicopters, airplanes and cruise missiles, has been tested with live firing in China.