News of new developments in the military-industrial complex

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.

Specialists of the US Army never stop working on the creation of small arms of the next generation. This is confirmed by a contract worth $ 2.7 billion with Vortex Optics for the supply of new NGSW-FC computerized sights to the Army, capable of predicting the trajectory of a bullet even before a shot is fired. The novelty is supposed to be installed on a new NGSW-AR rifle (Next-Generation Squad Weapons-Automatic Rifle), which is due to enter service this year.

In many countries, robotic systems controlled by surgeons are increasingly being used to perform laparoscopic (with small incisions) operations. However, scientists from Johns Hopkins University (USA) have developed a Smart Tissue Autonomous Robot (STAR), a surgical robot capable of operating on patients completely independently.

Defense Express: The Navy has created a layered defense system with the Neptune complex

The Naval Forces of Ukraine (VMSU) conducted a number of exercises to prepare for the repulse of the landing forces of the Russian Navy. During the maneuvers, the coastal missile system "Neptune" was used. This is reported by Defense Express.

KTRV has prepared for the serial production of mini-satellites of its own production

The Tactical Missile Armament Corporation (KTRV) has advanced in the process of preparing for the release of mini-satellites of its own production. Vadim Khromov, Deputy General Director of the enterprise for Corporate Construction and Investments, said this in an interview with TASS.

The Baikal light multipurpose aircraft took to the skies for the first time. The car is considered as a replacement for the famous Soviet An-2, nicknamed "cornhusker".

Specialists of the Military University of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation have invented a new way to combat a swarm of small-sized drones - spraying a field of fragments over a protected object from a quadcopter, follows from a document published on the website of Rospatent.

The component base has already been determined, said Vadim Khromov, Deputy General Director of the Tactical Missile Armament Corporation for Corporate Construction and Investment

The Tactical Missile Armament Corporation (KTRV) is ready to launch the Condor-FKA-M satellite created by JSC MIC NPO Mashinostroeniya (part of KTRV) into mass production.

Deliveries to the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation of Boa pistols developed by Tsniitochmash of Rostec State Corporation in a special configuration with a silencer are scheduled to begin in 2023.

The new Russian strike unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) "Sirius" will perform its first flight in May this year. On January 27, Sergey Bogatikov, CEO of the Kronstadt developer company, reported this to Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu during an inspection of the first specialized plant for the production of large-sized UAVs built in Dubna.

In Ulan-Ude (Buryatia), exercises of units of the Eastern Military District were held at a specialized training ground of a tank compound.

In Ulan-Ude, exercises of units of the Eastern Military District took place at a specialized training ground of a tank compound, reports OTR. They involved tracked floating all-terrain vehicles "Aleut".

Combined arms deliveries of 9x21-mm pistols began in 2021

The latest "Boa" pistols in a special configuration with a silencer will begin to enter the Russian Armed Forces in 2023. The first pistols in the combined arms configuration have already been received by the troops, the press service of the Rostec State Corporation told TASS.

Basically, the parties reached a consensus, said Wu Yanhua, deputy head of the Chinese National Space Administration

An intergovernmental agreement between Russia and China on cooperation in the creation of a lunar station may be signed before the end of the year. This was announced at a press conference on Friday by the deputy head of the Chinese National Space Administration (CNSA) At Yanhua.

The first flight of the Helios-RLD radar patrol UAV, produced at the facilities of Kronstadt JSC in Dubna, is scheduled for 2024.

The Russian Armed Forces will begin mass-producing Sirius attack drones in 2023. The first flight of the unmanned aerial vehicle is expected in May this year.

CEO of Kronstadt Bogatikov: the Sirius attack UAV will make its first flight in May

In the spring, a new Sirius attack drone will make its first flight in Russia. The Kronstadt Company is preparing flight samples of an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). This was reported to Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu by the General director of Kronstadt, Sergei Bogatikov, RIA Novosti reports.

All engine tests were successful

NPO Energomash last year transferred the first RD-171MV engine to the Progress Rocket and Space Center for testing. This was announced by the CEO of NPO Energomash Igor Arbuzov.

Vietnam has tested a self-propelled anti-ship missile launcher of its own design, made on the chassis of the KAMAZ all-terrain vehicle.

At the same time, apparently, the version of the Russian anti-ship missile "Uran-E" produced by the local defense industry, which has the designation VCM-01, was used.

The Energomash Research and Production Association handed over the RD-171MV engine to the Progress rocket and space center last year: there it is waiting for bench tests as part of the first stage of the Soyuz-5 launch vehicle.

Space Micro will develop a terminal for transmitting data from the F-35 to the satellite

Air Force (Air Force) The United States has entrusted Space Micro with the development of a terminal that allows data to be transmitted from a maneuvering fighter like the F-35 Lightning II to a geostationary satellite at a speed of about 10 gigabits per second, writes the American edition of The Drive.