News of new developments in the military-industrial complex
Did the long-awaited Su-57M fly? What is behind the news about the trials of the improved version
MWM: Su-57 will receive Saturn-30 engines with next-generation capabilities
Recently, the upgraded Su-57 made its first flight, writes MWM. It is assumed that there is a possibility of installing a second-stage engine on a fighter. And the new Saturn-30 engine will provide it with unsurpassed flight performance in 2025.
The US Army is considering options for updating its small arms
The Kiev nationalist regime, which regularly receives NATO weapons for shelling Russian regions, has focused on drones, artillery, tactical armored vehicles and other platforms and systems. However, small arms still play a very big role in combat. As part of the military sponsorship of Ukrainian militants, the US army is secretly in the process of evaluating and deploying a number of new small arms and related technologies.
DARPA will test an uninhabited ship in 2024
According to relevant foreign publications, the Agency for Advanced Research Projects of the US Department of Defense (DARPA) in August 2022 announced plans to begin testing the first crewless ship (No Manning Required Ship, NOMARS) at the end of 2024.
The manufacturer of the Turkish MBT Altay is again experiencing problems with engines for the first batch of tanks
The Turkish Altay main battle tank has again encountered difficulties, the delivery of the first production tanks may not take place due to the lack of engines and transmission. This is reported by the American edition of Defense News, citing a source.
Starlink antennas for moving vehicles
According to the SpaceNews web resource, on October 25, 2022, Elon Musk's SpaceX company began accepting pre-orders for a flat-panel antenna for the terminals of the Starlink system, which will allow ground vehicles to use the Starlink broadband service while driving.
Russia has developed a new modification of the anti-drone gun with the ability to suppress American UAVs
A new modification of the anti-drone gun has been developed by specialists of the company "Laboratory PPSH" (countering industrial espionage). The new electronic warfare system, called the LPD-802, was developed on the basis of the LPD-801 anti-drone rifle used by our troops in the SVO zone.
In China, they said that the PRC space station is open to everyone
It will promote universal development, Beijing noted
The Chinese Space Station is open for cooperation with all countries, its task is to promote universal socio-economic development. This was stated on Tuesday by Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian.
In the South Korean Navy, it was decided to pay increased attention to increasing the percentage of unmanned vehicles
Last week, the Republic of Korea announced a large-scale modernization of its Navy, providing for the replacement of one of the three fleets by the naval command of unmanned ships. Modernization also refers to the reform of the Marine Corps of the Republic of Korea on the American model. It will become an independent structure from the Navy.
NASA estimated the chances of SpaceX to send Starship into orbit in 2022
After SpaceX became a full participant in the competition to create a lunar landing module (HLS) for the Artemis program, the pace of Starship development slowed down radically. The reason for everything is increased safety requirements: the explosions familiar to engineers from Elon Musk's team (that is, I'm sorry, unplanned lightning disassembly of prototypes) began to cause an order of magnitude more questions from NASA.
Marine "Shell"
This November marks the tenth anniversary of the commissioning of one of the most successful developments of the Tula Instrument Design Bureau in recent years − the anti-aircraft missile and cannon complex "Pantsir-C". The system is supplied to Russian troops and abroad, and is constantly being upgraded.
A prototype of the B-18 infantry fighting vehicle with the Epoch combat module
A video from Kurgan was distributed with a prototype of a B-18 infantry fighting vehicle manufactured by Kurgan Machine-Building Plant JSC, which is a modified BMP-2 chassis with enhanced protection, equipped with a developed by the Design Bureau of Instrument Engineering named after. Academician A. G. Shipunov" (KBP, Tula) with the TKB-973 Epoch (32B01) unmanned combat module.
Special operation to test Russia's new sniper rifle
On the battlefields in Ukraine, weapons are being tested right now, which should replace the legendary Soviet SVD sniper rifle. We are talking about the new microwave-54 rifles (Chukavin sniper rifle). The fighters who had dealings with the new weapon told the newspaper VZGLYAD about its features and differences.
NASA is testing a lunar mobile home for future astronauts
In the dusty desert of Arizona, an unusual vehicle is riding – an inhabited rover for a future lunar mission. It was developed at NASA specifically for the Artemis program, which assumes that astronauts will make long hikes and set up camps away from the main lunar base. To do this, they need something more than just a trolley with a motor, so in the end, engineers designed a full-fledged mobile home for trips on the Moon.
The "space" eight-axle all-terrain vehicle "Shaman" was estimated at 15.5 million rubles
At the famous Avito site, an ad was noticed in which an eight—wheeled all-terrain vehicle with the name "Shaman" is offered for purchase for 15.5 million rubles - Roscosmos teams meet returning cosmonauts on a similar transport.
Will the war become deserted in 10 years
Israel demonstrates new tactics of using robots and drones
Israel is confidently among the top five countries in the world in terms of the number of innovations and high-tech developments. There are about 4-5 thousand startups based in the country, today this number is second only to Silicon Valley in the USA. At the same time, Israeli developments were ahead of American ones in a number of indicators, including in the military-industrial sphere.
Nuclear shield: The Pentagon has revealed its plans for the development of nuclear weapons
Why is the US abandoning several strategic weapons systems at once
The updated US National Defense Strategy, published on October 27, lists the country's main opponents and allies for the first time in five years.
BAE Systems presented the project of the multipurpose frigate Adaptable Strike Frigate
At the Euronaval 2022 international naval exhibition held from October 18 to 21, 2022 in Le Bourget (Paris, France), BAE Systems Corporation presented a new project of the Adaptable Strike Frigate multipurpose frigate, primarily proposed by the British Navy as a candidate for a promising British Type 32 frigate.
The German Navy frigate Sachsen successfully struck a UAV with a laser weapon during tests
The German Navy used a laser weapon demonstrator to destroy unmanned aerial vehicles. The Sachsen frigate attacked unmanned aerial vehicles at short and ultra-short range in the Baltic Sea, near the Putlos test site.
In Ukraine, a new SHARK reconnaissance drone was introduced to adjust the fire
With the beginning of the Russian special operation, the Ukrainian defense industry, unfortunately, continues to function. In particular, Ukraine has introduced a new SHARK reconnaissance drone designed to adjust fire, including American multiple rocket launchers HIMARS.
The fight against American satellites over Ukraine requires difficult decisions
The Russian Foreign Ministry warned about the possibility of a strike on US satellites that are involved in the conflict in Ukraine. At the same time, Moscow offers the United States and other countries of the world to agree on the demilitarization of outer space, but on a reciprocal basis. What kind of satellite systems are we talking about? And why can such a step on the part of Russia have not only positive, but also negative consequences?
