News of new developments in the military-industrial complex

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.

The newest A-100 Premier long-range radar surveillance and guidance aircraft will significantly expand the capabilities of the Russian Aerospace Forces. The flying radar built in Taganrog has already tested radio equipment in flight.

Rostec has developed a glass with double light transmittance for the A-100 "Premier" aircraft

The Russian long-range radar detection and control aircraft (AWACS) has received a unique protective glass. The special composition made it possible to almost double the light transmittance. This is reported by TASS with reference to the press service of Rostec.

The IX National Exhibition and Forum of Civil Aviation Infrastructure National Airport Infrastructure Show (NAIS-2022), held in Moscow on February 9 and 10, 2022, presented the first flight prototype of the LMS-901 Baikal light multipurpose aircraft developed by Baikal-Engineering LLC (a subsidiary of Ural Civil Aviation Plant JSC), which made its first flight on January 30, 2022.

Specialists of the Obukhov plant have developed a foundry alloy, which was named "Nevsky" and has already been successfully used in production, the press service of the Almaz-Antey concern of East Kazakhstan Region, which includes the enterprise, reports.

The Russian robotic complex "Marker" has been successfully tested as a near-hand air defense system, which will be able to effectively destroy small unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), including kamikaze drones, Yevgeny Dudorov, executive director of the Marker developer enterprise - NGO Android Technology, told RIA Novosti.

In February of this year, an unknown Chinese diesel-electric submarine got into the lenses of observers. According to the China Times information portal, most experts agree that this is a small submarine intended for export.

The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has unveiled a new missile called the Heybar Shekan with a range of 1,450 kilometers.

The presentation ceremony of the Heybar-Shekan rocket took place in the presence of the Chief of Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces, Major General Mohammad Bagheri and the Commander of the IRGC Aerospace Forces, Brigadier General Amir Ali Hajizadeh.