News of new developments in the military-industrial complex

The American company Boom Supersonic installed engines on the demonstrator of the supersonic passenger aircraft XB-1 and began testing them. It tests all three power plants at idle in turn and simultaneously, and also checks them in different operating modes.

The Israeli company Smart Shooter has introduced the Smash Dragon system for drones. According to Israel Defense, it allows you to arm the devices with machine guns, sniper rifles, grenade launchers and other high-precision weapons.

A special commission based on the results of state tests of the newest hypersonic cruise missile 3M22 "Zircon" from a surface carrier recommended that it be adopted by ships of the Russian Navy. On Thursday, January 14, TASS was informed by a source close to the Russian Defense Ministry.

Kurganmashzavod continues to implement the state armament program until 2027

State tests of the Octopus-SDM1 light floating tank for the Airborne Forces will be completed in the first quarter of 2022. This was reported to journalists on Friday in the Rostec state Corporation.

The concept of the DDG(X) combat destroyer was presented in the USA. It will be a new generation ship armed with hypersonic missiles and lasers. It is assumed that they will be ten times more powerful than current missiles and laser installations.

The armed conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh has shown how effective drones can be in modern warfare. Meanwhile, Russia took up this topic many years ago - long before Karabakh and even Syria. As a result, well-armed Russian drones pose a serious threat to military installations, air defense systems and even heavy armored vehicles, writes Forbes.

ISS: the first Glonass-K2 satellite is planned to be launched in May

The first Glonass-K2 spacecraft of the Russian Global Navigation Satellite System (GLONASS) is scheduled to be launched in May. The timing of the launch of a new generation spacecraft was named by the Information Satellite Systems company (ISS, part of Roscosmos) in a video posted on YouTube.

Employees of the Zagorsk Optical and Mechanical Plant (ZOMZ) became participants in the corporate program "Breakthrough", within which they developed projects for an unmanned aerial vehicle and a universal writing device, the press service of the Shvabe holding, which includes the enterprise, reports.

On Friday, the press service of Technodinamika Holding (part of Rostec State Corporation) announced that the new Cadet-100 parachute system had been handed over for state testing.

It is known that this system was created to replace the D-10 parachute, which has been used in the Russian Army as the main one for more than two decades.

Created by the "Military-Industrial Company" armored car "MIC-Ural" has been tested in parts of the Rosgvardiya. As reported on the MIC's Instagram page, the armored vehicle, also known as the MIC-59095S, has confirmed its tactical and technical characteristics and is ready to be accepted for supply to units of the Federal Service of the National Guard Troops.

American fifth-generation F-22 Raptor fighters want to be equipped with infrared search and tracking sensors. This will give the aircraft fundamentally new capabilities in the fight against other fifth-generation fighters.

The National Interest called the new-built Tu-160M a temporary variant

On January 12, the first new-built Tu-160M strategic missile carrier made its debut flight. In the United States, the resumption of production of missile carriers was assessed. The aircraft, developed during the Cold War, may become a temporary option before the start of production of a promising long-range aviation Complex (PAK-DA), writes The National Interest.

However, the Rocket and Space Center noted that due to the remoteness of the satellite's orbit from the Moon, stereoscopic imaging of the lunar surface is not possible

The Aist-2T satellite, which, paired with a second such device, will create a 3D model of the Earth, will be able to shoot, including the Moon. This was reported to TASS by the press service of the Progress Rocket and Space Center (RCC) (part of Roscosmos).

In the DPRK, the launch of two missiles on Friday was carried out by a railway-based missile regiment from railway platforms, the Korean Central Telegraph Agency (KCNA) reported on Saturday.

Analyst Dura: the Russian armed forces have a choice among unmanned helicopters

Analyst Maximilian Dura assessed Russia's capabilities in the field of unmanned attack helicopters. The expert's column was published by the Polish edition of Defence24.

Military expert Konstantin Sivkov on the air of "Solovyov live" called three components of deterrence of the threat emanating from the West.

The US ground Forces will receive a Stryker combat vehicle from Raytheon Corporation this year, equipped with a laser capable of dealing with a variety of threats. Its capacity will be 50 kilowatts. Previously, such weapons found their use on ships of the American Navy.

In the near future, the Pentagon will have technology at its disposal, with the help of which only one operator will be able to control a swarm of 130 drones.

Researchers from Ajou University, South Korea, have created a mechanical automated "hand" with such high precision of movements that it can take, lift and hold chicken eggs without damage, cut paper with scissors, and use tweezers to take and place microchips and other tiny electronic components on the surface of the printed circuit board.

The European Space Agency has completed a critical review of the new PLATO space Observatory project. It is expected that it will be launched into space in 2026 and in 4 years of operation will observe more than 200 thousand stars, exploring the properties of exoplanets around them, according to the agency's website.