News of new developments in the military-industrial complex

A new generation high-speed anti-ship missile with an extended range is being developed in Russia. This was announced in an interview with TASS by the general director of the Tactical Missile Armament Corporation Boris Obnosov.

The new Russian missile defense system will enter service in the near future. This will increase the protection of the central industrial region of Russia from modern nuclear missile weapons.

Russia is developing universal miniature cruise missiles for ships and aircraft. At the same time, the reduction of the warhead and other elements of the weapon will not affect the decrease in combat power.

The Tactical Missile Armament Corporation is developing mini-missiles for aircraft and ships, which the carrier will be able to take significantly more than standard ones, said the company's CEO Viktor Obnosov.

Americans are experimenting with a new generation of aviation. On January 23, the press service of the AFWERX division of the US Air Force announced successful tests of the Heaviside aircraft developed by Kitty Hawk.

Specialists from the National Research Center "Kurchatov Institute" together with colleagues from the Institute of Synthetic Polymer Materials and the Institute of Organoelement Compounds of the Russian Academy of Sciences have developed a technology that improves the quality of rubber obtained from organosilicon rubber. It allowed not only to turn rubber into rubber, but also to significantly improve the mechanical properties of the resulting materials.

Satellites will be able to engage in remote sensing of the Earth, identify natural disasters, collect data on the movement of ships and aircraft

The Sputnix company and the laboratory of the MEPhI Institute have started assembling a satellite that will use the VERA plasma engine of their development. This was reported to TASS by the press service of Sitronics Group.

Daily Sabah: the upgraded HISAR O+ anti-aircraft system was handed over to the Turkish military

Turkish air defense units have received an upgraded HISAR O+ short-range anti-aircraft system. The new Turkish-designed air defense system can intercept targets at a range of up to 25 kilometers, Daily Sabah reports.

Deputy Minister of Defense of Russia: serial deliveries of Zircon missiles will begin in 2022

In Russia, the state tests of the hypersonic cruise missile of the sea-based "Zircon" are being completed. Serial deliveries of the rocket will begin in 2022. This was announced by the Deputy Minister of Defense of Russia Alexey Krivoruchko, reports TASS.

The AC-130 direct support aircraft will receive a new 105 mm caliber cannon

A group of American engineers has created a new cannon for a flying battery of direct support of the ground forces AC-130. Aircraft of the Air Force (Air Force) The United States will receive a new 105-millimeter howitzer, The Drive reports.

The rocket is already on the launch pad, specialists have started work on its preparation for launch

The Wenchang cosmodrome in the northeast of the Chinese province of Hainan in late February - early March is preparing for the launch of a new generation carrier rocket CZ-8 ("Changzheng-8"). This was reported on Friday by China Central Television.

The French army began to arm itself with new reconnaissance vehicles. January 21, portal opex360.com He reported that the first 20 units of the Jaguar EBRC 6×6 were delivered to the troops.

The US Department of Defense launched the GSSAP-5 and GSSAP-6 inspection satellites on an Atlas V rocket

The US Department of Defense launched a pair of Geosynchronous Space Situational Awareness Program (GSSAP) spacecraft into geosynchronous near-Earth orbit from the Cape Canaveral cosmodrome in Florida on an Atlas V rocket, capable of maneuvering in space and tracking the status of other satellites, writes The Drive.

The first high-quality photos of a copy of the American F-117 fighter-bomber installed in the Chinese city of Luoyang on the territory of a military factory have appeared on the Web. The explanation to the post says that satellite images of the Chinese F-117 have been known for a long time, but photos from a closer distance have not been published before.

The third stage of the cosmodrome will include a cheap, light and fast-built launch facility - Rogozin

During the construction of the third stage of the Vostochny cosmodrome, designed to launch Amur-LNG rockets, Roscosmos will abandon the construction of underground bunkers and build a cheaper and lighter launch complex, the head of the state corporation Dmitry Rogozin said.

This will lead to a boom in rocket engineering, said the CEO of the state corporation Roscosmos

Roscosmos is confident that hundreds, thousands of satellites will be built in the coming years, which will lead to a boom in rocket science. This opinion was expressed by the CEO of the state corporation Dmitry Rogozin.

Roscosmos is working on the possibility of launching light space rockets from railway platforms, the head of the state corporation Dmitry Rogozin said.

Children will also be able to take part in the creation of design concepts that will be able to get on the body of the Amur methane rocket being created in the future, said Alexander Bloshenko, Executive Director of Roscosmos for Advanced Programs and Science.

The first military drone has been created in Uzbekistan.

The technical characteristics of the device and the production capacity are not disclosed.

Everything that is known at the moment is in the review. Uzbekistan has mastered the production of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs).

This test was the first for this series of missiles this year

China has conducted the tenth successful test of the Tianxing-1 launch vehicle, which will become a prototype of the future space transport vehicle, according to a statement from the developer Space Transportation.