News of new developments in the military-industrial complex

Russian specialists have started the final stage of firing tests of the new self-propelled missile system "Kornet-D1" on the chassis of the BMD-4M combat vehicle. It is designed for Airborne troops.

The British Fleet will not be left without anti-ship missiles. February 20, portal air-cosmos.com He reported that France and the United Kingdom signed an agreement with MBDA to begin work on a future anti-ship (FMAN) and cruise missile (FMC).

Novikombank, the main bank of Rostec State Corporation, is a financial partner of the program for the creation of a new generation passenger aircraft MS-21. The organization lends a number of enterprises of the State Corporation - participants in cooperation on the implementation of the project.

The holding company "Roselectronics" of Rostec State Corporation will carry out work on the design of the infrastructure of the liquefied natural gas transshipment complex in the port of Murmansk. One of the key facilities will be an automated radio engineering post of the vessel traffic control system, which will ensure the safety of navigation in the waters of the port in the Bay of Ur.

The US Navy has announced the initial operational readiness of the CMV-22B transport tiltrotor. This means that the device was recognized as fully suitable for combat missions. CMV-22B has already completed its first mission, and it was successful.

The European project HUUVER showed tests of its crawler robot with propellers. He rode down a slide of rocks, descended a grassy slope and took off.

The US Navy has published photos of a large underwater robot Snakehead, which was launched in February. According to The Drive, the military previously said that Snakehead would be the largest uninhabited vehicle to launch from submarines. First, he will do intelligence and data collection.

Humanity will soon have the opportunity to change the properties of the body for a limited period with the help of genetic or cellular engineering, said Alexander Bloshenko, Executive Director of Roscosmos for Advanced Programs and Science.

It will use GLONASS navigation when jamming signals

An interference-resistant antenna for the control, navigation and communication equipment of the combat equipment kit will allow the Russian army to access GLONASS signals even in conditions of electronic suppression. Ashot Oganesyan, Deputy Director of the Moscow branch of JSC VNIIR-Progress, told TASS about this during the Navigation-2021 conference.

The Russian military used a new version of the Lancet-3 kamikaze drones against militants in Syria

The Russian military used an upgraded version of the Lancet-3 kamikaze drones on the positions of terrorists in Syria. This is reported by RIA Novosti with reference to a military-diplomatic source.

The Ukrainian Research Institute of IS VVT has completed tests of the complex with Barrier-V missiles for the Mi-8MSB-V

Tests of the Ukrainian complex with Barrier-B missiles for helicopters have been completed. Specialists of the State Research Institute for Testing and Certification of Weapons and Military Equipment (GNII IS VVT) performed more than 30 missile launches. This is reported by Defense Express with reference to the press service of the Institute.

Tu-22M3 with "Daggers" will become a problem for NATO in the Mediterranean.

The publication Military Watch reacted to the transfer of Tu-22M3 bombers and MiG-31K fighters with "Daggers" to Syria.

The Kalashnikov Group of Companies has started selling a new traumatic pistol based on the Makarov pistol by the Defender of the Fatherland Day, Kalashnikov told reporters.

Military expert Alexey Leonkov on Friday, February 18, in an interview with Izvestia, told about the features and advantages of the upgraded version of the Lancet-3 UAV.

A new version of the Lancet-3 barrage ammunition was used on the territory of the Syrian Arab Republic. It was equipped with one large X-shaped wing and an X-shaped tailplane.

The Drive: the baptism of the unmanned spy submarine Snakehead took place in the USA

A secret unmanned underwater vehicle (UAV) of large displacement Snakehead ("Snakehead") can be launched from a Virginia-type nuclear submarine for reconnaissance tasks or control of certain areas of the sea, says the American edition of The Drive.

Expert Leonkov named the features of the Lancet-3 barrage ammunition

The Russian Lancet-3 barrage munition, which was tested in Syria, will allow strikes against previously unknown targets. The features of the kamikaze drone were named by military expert Alexey Leonkov in an interview with Izvestia.

They provide for the simulation of the power effect of the RD-171MV oxygen-kerosene rocket engine on the tank design during firing bench tests

The Progress Rocket and Space Center (RCC) has sent a fuel tank (tank "G") of the first-stage bench unit of the promising Soyuz-5 launch vehicle for testing to TsNIIMash. This is stated in the message of Roscosmos, distributed on Friday.

According to Alexander Bloshenko, Executive Director for Advanced Programs and Science, this is an interesting task, but for this you need to have the results of experiments on additive technologies

Roscosmos will try to recycle space debris on board the promising Russian Orbital Service Station (ROSS). This was reported to TASS by the executive director of Roscosmos for Advanced Programs and Science, Alexander Bloshenko.

Chinese spacecraft Chang'e-5 took a long retrograde lunar orbit

The Chinese spacecraft Chang'e-5 took a long retrograde circumlunar orbit earlier than the Orion spacecraft of the American Artemis 1 mission turned out to be, SpaceNews writes.