News of new developments in the military-industrial complex

Military historian Dmitry Boltenkov — about how the modern fleet is switching to underwater drones

The Navy receives nuclear submarines of the fourth generation. They are represented by projects of submarines with ballistic missiles on board the 955 and 955A "Borey" family and attack boats with a variety of missile and torpedo weapons of the 885 and 885M "Ash" family.

With this publication we open a new topical topic of modern military research. Your attention is invited to an article recently published by the British resource shephardmedia.com . In his work "How faithful wingmen can improve the actions of next-generation fighters", the author, Gordon Arthur, consistently analyzes the state of affairs and the prospects for the implementation of the idea of joint combat use of manned aircraft and UAVs. [In the text, notes IVi are taken in square brackets]

Iran showed a new Karrar tank during the visit of the Supreme Judge of Iran Gholam-Hossein Mohseni-Eje to the exhibition of achievements of the Iranian army. The photos were posted in the local press.

In 2023, Russian developers plan to begin conceptual development and definition of the appearance of combat equipment of the new, conditionally fourth generation for soldiers of the future. Research work, during which the details and composition of the latest equipment will be determined, will be carried out by specialists of the Central Research Institute of Precision Engineering (Tsniitochmash), part of the Kalashnikov Concern. This decision was made in the Russian Ministry of Defense.

The American B-2 Spirit strategic bomber successfully launched the AGM-158B Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile-Extended Range (JASSM-ER) for the first time, which was previously stated to be capable of "reaching" Siberia. This is with reference to the company Northrop Grumman reports the publication The Drive.

China continues to develop its space program, actively building new launch vehicles and testing new spacecraft, including a reusable rocket plane. According to the Chinese Research Institute of Rocket Technology (CALT), the new rocket plane made a second suborbital flight.

A little more than a month ago, US Deputy Secretary of Defense Gabe Camarillo stated that gaps in the arsenal of electronic warfare equipment of the US Armed Forces make him lose sleep. Now he expressed hope that this problem will be solved soon.

The newest RCB reconnaissance vehicle, the RHM-9, has been adopted by the Russian army. The complex created on the basis of the KamAZ-63969 Typhoon armored car significantly surpasses the RCB reconnaissance vehicles of previous generations already in service.

Radar MMS stated that the company's electric helicopters are more autonomous than quadrocopters

Electric drones of the Radar MMC Research and Production Enterprise are able to stay in the air 3-4 times longer than devices with a similar battery and payload capacity, due to the fact that they are helicopters, not quadrocopters, Ivan Antsev, executive director of the enterprise, told RIA Novosti during the Army-2022 forum last week.

They will be built with updated air defense and anti-submarine protection systems

Frigates — carriers of hypersonic missiles "Zircon" will be improved. The ninth and 10th ships of project 22350, which will be laid this year, will receive a new radar system, air defense equipment, and protection against submarines will be finalized.

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.