News of new developments in the military-industrial complex

Specialists of the IDC analytical company expect that the revenues of suppliers of solutions in the field of artificial intelligence (AI), including software, equipment and services, will grow by 19.6% in 2022 compared to 2020.

The Russian Defense Ministry has published the first pictures of the Tu-22M3 bomber with the X-32 missile

The Russian Ministry of Defense has published the first images of long-range Tu-22M3 bombers with new weapons. The planes in the image are equipped with a new X-32 missile, the Telegram channel bmpd reports.

Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Zaluzhny stated the need to create new air defense and missile defense systems

The Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU), Lieutenant General Valery Zaluzhny, addressed Ukrainian scientists. He listed the weapons that the military needs. This is reported by Defense Express.

The new drones are characterized by optimal speed for monitoring, as well as the ability to hover

Helicopter-type unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), such as the latest BAS-200, have a significantly higher power-to-weight ratio than multicopters, and unlike aircraft-type UAVs, the optimal speed for monitoring.

Despite the fact that the fight against enemy fighters is not the primary task of the Russian S-500 "Prometheus" anti-aircraft system, this complex is able to seriously reduce the effectiveness of the opponents' combat aircraft due to the range, a powerful set of sensors and integration with other air defense systems, writes MilitaryWatch Magazine.

The Astra Group of Companies (GC) has signed a partnership agreement with the ASONIKA Research Institute (SRI), which is engaged in modeling radio electronics, the press service of the Astra Group reported.

In Poland, at one of the ranges of the air Force at the end of last year, tests of a towed system for countering unmanned aerial vehicles of mini- and micro-class were carried out.

It is reported that this remotely controlled installation is armed with a 12.7 mm multi-barrel WKLM machine gun, has sighting daytime television and night thermal imaging cameras, as well as a radar station that allows detecting miniature drones at a distance of up to 3,500 meters.

NPO Energomash has carried out work to reduce the cost of RD-191 engines for Angara rockets

Roscosmos is working to reduce the cost of RD-191 engines and their modifications for Angara family rockets, the state corporation says.

A unified version of the Russian Ansat can be created before the end of the year. Among other things, they want to provide it with a glass cabin, air conditioning and additional tanks.

The Israeli company Elbit Systems has developed a hybrid version of the Skylark 3 reconnaissance drone and is going to present it during the Singapore airshow. The flight duration of this device will be three times longer than that of the basic version.

19FortyFive allowed unpunished flight of the SR-72 hypersonic drone over Russia

Developed by the world's largest military-industrial corporation Lockheed Martin, the SR-72 hypersonic drone will be able to fly over areas of Europe or Asia with impunity, collecting the necessary intelligence information, writes 19FortyFive columnist Steve Balestrieri.

The medium-range anti-aircraft missile system (SAM) with a Belarusian-made missile is in Belarus at the final stage of testing.

The Russian robotic complex "Marker" was tested as a near-hand air defense system for the destruction of small unmanned aerial vehicles, as well as kamikaze drones. "Marker" detected drones in automatic mode and hit them at short distances.

The upgraded light tank "Octopus" received a unique fire control system

The self-propelled anti-tank gun "Octopus-SDM1", which is considered a light tank, received a unique fire control system. The commander of the floating machine will be able to remotely aim the gun at the target. Sergey Kotelevsky, the head of the Kurganmashzavod R&D department, told about this on the air of the Military Acceptance program on the Zvezda TV channel.

The holding company "Roselectronics" of Rostec State Corporation has started developing a new generation of radio communications. The first prototype of a radio station has already been created, capable of exchanging data at a speed of up to 100 MB per second and simultaneously receiving up to 256 channels.

The Avangard combat unit is capable of flying in dense layers of the atmosphere at a hypersonic speed of up to Mach 27, maneuvering along the course and altitude and overcoming any missile defense

The second regiment of intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs) UR-100N UTTH with hypersonic combat equipment "Avangard" will take up combat duty as part of the Yasnensky compound of Strategic Missile Forces (RVSN) until the end of 2022. This was reported to TASS by a source close to the military department.

The creator of the American aerospace company SpaceX has expressed confidence in conducting the first orbital flight of the superheavy Starship launch vehicle, which will be used in the landing of a man on the Moon, this year.

According to experts, the launch of one Falcon 9 launch vehicle costs SpaceX about $50 million

Delivery of 150 tons of cargo to low Earth orbit with the commissioning and full use of the Starship spacecraft of the American company SpaceX in three years may become cheaper than $ 10 million.

Expert Litovkin admitted that the ship "Guardian" will receive hypersonic missiles "Zircon"

The Russian submerging patrol ship "Sentinel", being developed by the Central Design Bureau of Marine Technology (CCB MT) "Rubin", can receive hypersonic missiles "Zircon", the editor-in-chief of the "Independent Military Review" Dmitry Litovkin told TASS.

A new Chinese diesel-electric submarine was caught on video. And now experts, studying the new frames, think to which class she belongs.