News of new developments in the military-industrial complex

The US Air Force is checking its "new thing". February 1, portal defensenews.com He reported that the F-15EX Eagle II fighter had passed the first fire tests by launching an air-to-air missile.

The Washington-based company Radian Aerospace has announced the beginning of the development of a reusable spacecraft capable of taking off and landing like a conventional aircraft. The project budget is $27.5 million.

The American company Northrop Grumman has signed a contract with the Pentagon's Defense Advanced Research Agency (DARPA) to develop a prototype virtual assistant for Black Hawk helicopter pilots. It will be integrated into their augmented reality helmets.

The old man AN-2 will not wait for a replacement soon

The domestic aviation industry has another resounding victory: the LMS-901 Baikal light multipurpose aircraft, presented with pomp at the MAKS-2021 air show, made its first flight. This was announced by the Minister of Industry and Trade Denis Manturov. Everything seems to be fine, another budget tranche is closed – the money has been allocated, the plane has flown, everyone is happy. But there is no sense for the Russian small aircraft from the new victory.

Yuri Baluyevsky clarified that the prototype was tested at the landfill in Plesetsk

The former chief of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces, Army General Yuri Baluyevsky, said on Monday that a prototype of hypersonic weapons was tested in Russia back in 2004.

A new version of the Russian Orion reconnaissance and strike unmanned aerial vehicle, equipped with satellite communications, will perform its first flights in February-March, the Kronstadt drone developer company told RIA Novosti.

The Americans will control the coastal waters with the help of surface robots. On January 31, the press service of the US Navy Central Command (NAVCENT) announced the beginning of successful operation of the Saildrone Explorer autonomous vehicle.

A new version of the Russian reconnaissance and strike unmanned aerial vehicle Orion will make its first flight in the first quarter of this year. The drone is equipped with satellite communication.

The world's most powerful 12.7 mm SHAK-12 submachine gun was shown on video. The melee weapon created for assault squads is capable of piercing not only bulletproof vests, but also brickwork.

The video, prepared by Rosoboronexport, demonstrates the capabilities of the SHAK-12, whose name stands for assault assault rifle complex.

Next year, the airborne and amphibious assault divisions of the Russian Army will begin to receive mobile air defense systems "Birdman". This is reported in the material by I. Borovkov "Air defense for "winged infantry", published in the February issue of the magazine of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation "Army Collection".

Europe's first quantum supercomputer with more than 5,000 qubits has been launched at the Julich Research Center in Germany. Representatives of the center said that this is an important milestone in the development of quantum computers in Europe.

Tests of the electric refueling model of the Angara-A5M launch vehicle, which was named Angara-NJ, will be conducted at the Vostochny cosmodrome in 2023.

NASA assumes that the International Space Station will be de-orbited in 2031. By that time, the Americans and their partners can put into operation the Lunar Lunar Gateway.

The Turkish company Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI) announced on its Twitter page about the new record for flight duration set by the medium-altitude UAV of the long flight duration (MALE) "Anka".

Specialists of the Tactical Missile Armament (KTRV) are working on a device that will take space debris out of orbit. Earlier it became known that the S. A. Lavochkin NGO proposed an inflatable module for these tasks.

The main feature of the new parachute system is a lightweight and compact backpack

The new Magic sports parachute has received permission for mass production in Russia. This was reported to journalists on Monday in the press service of the Rostec state Corporation.

General Director of the Rybinsk Shipyard Antonov: The Russian Navy is interested in the Haska-10 vessel

The Russian Navy has become interested in the Haska-10 hovercraft. The development of the Kalashnikov group of companies allows you to perform tasks in the conditions of the Far North. This was announced by the general director of the shipbuilding enterprise "Rybinsk Shipyard" (part of the Kalashnikov group of companies) Sergey Antonov, reports TASS.

The device is currently being tested at the RSC at the twin stand of the Zvezda service module

A hyperspectrometer that will allow remote sensing of the Earth as part of the Hurricane experiment will soon be installed on the Russian segment of the International Space Station (ISS). This is stated in the message of the Rocket and Space Corporation (RSC) Energia (part of Roscosmos), distributed on Monday.

Shvabe Holding of Rostec State Corporation has developed a monocular, a portable device for remote monitoring.

Thermal imagers of various types have been actively used in various branches of the leading armies of the world for a long time. Therefore, the developers of targets and all kinds of false targets are trying to make their products at landfills look like real when using such sights and surveillance devices.