News of new developments in the military-industrial complex

In Russia, the production of modifications of the heaviest helicopter will begin. A permit for serial production of the Mi-26T2B will be issued by the end of 2021. Andrey Boginsky, General Director of the Russian Helicopters holding of Rostec State Corporation, said this in an interview with TASS.

A promising combat helicopter will be able to fly without the participation of a pilot. The features of the Russian helicopter of the future were described by Andrey Boginsky, CEO of the Russian Helicopters holding company of the Rostec State Corporation, in an interview with TASS.

If the submarine is not ready for the launches of the Zircon in 2024, they will resume in the first half of 2025, the agency interlocutor noted

Flight design tests (LKI) of the hypersonic missile "Zircon" from an underwater carrier after two successful test launches will resume in 2024 on the Perm nuclear submarine of project 885M (code "Ash-M") of a modified design. This was reported to TASS by a source in the military-industrial complex.

In Russia, new images of a two-link armored personnel carrier DT-BTR for the Arctic were shown. His images were published in the newspaper Krasnaya Zvezda.

On November 21, the Ministry of Defense of India announced the ceremony of the adoption of the Indian Navy's lead destroyer URO (D66) Visakhapatnam, built under the Project-15B program, at the Mumbai Naval Base.

The test conducted on July 27 may indicate a breakthrough in hypersonic technologies made by China, says the American edition of The Drive.

The Pentagon's military was "caught off guard" in July when China conducted test launches of hypersonic weapons, as it used technologies unknown to the US. This became known to the Financial Times.

The Kronstadt company took part in a major foreign air show for the first time: as part of the Dubai Airshow 2021 in the UAE, representatives of the countries of the Persian Gulf and North Africa got acquainted with the company's products.

Tests of the Ansat-M helicopter should be completed in 2023, the general director of the Russian Helicopters holding (part of Rostec) said in an interview with RIA Novosti Andrey Boginsky.

As early as next year, American aviation may arm itself with a secret AIM-260 missile. November 22, portal thedrive.com He reported that the US Air Force is actively testing a munition developed under the Joint Advanced Tactical Missile program.

The American company Cleo Robotics has started selling a "donut" drone. November 22, portal dronedj.com he announced that the Dronut X1 is available to everyone who is willing to pay $9800 for it.

Russian wheeled vehicles on the unified combat platform "Boomerang" will receive parts printed on a 3D printer. The production of complex parts for promising armored personnel carriers has already been mastered. This was reported on Instagram by the Military-Industrial Company.

In 2024, Russia may conduct the first launches of the newest hypersonic missile "Zircon" from aboard the submarine "Perm". Earlier it became known that she will be a full-time carrier of the hypersonic complex.

The American startup Zeva Aero has built a prototype of a single-seat aero taxi Zero and is preparing to switch to manned flights on it within three to six months, New Atlas reports. It looks like a flying saucer, and is made according to the tailsitter scheme.

The US Space Forces have published photos of October tests of a promising tactical hypersonic missile PrSM firing at maximum range. According to Breaking Defense, it is not known exactly how much it flew — the military lost contact with the missile after 499.2 kilometers.

The T-14 tank is designed as the main tank of the Russian ground forces

State tests of the latest Russian T-14 tanks on the Armata platform are scheduled to be completed next year. This was announced by the acting head of the Main Armored Vehicle Directorate (GABTU) of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, Major General Alexander Shestakov.

The head of Roscosmos, Dmitry Rogozin, predicted the timing of the emergence of the Internet from space in Russia. He noted that the Sphere program will allow receiving it in 2024, TASS reports.

The ship's remotely controlled Narwhal combat module will allow you to fight drones. Japanese columnist Masashi Sato assessed the capabilities of Russian weapons in a Yahoo News Japan article.

The Israeli company Elbit Sistems has introduced a new military ground-based robotic complex (NRK) 6×6 Rook ("Rook"). According to the manufacturer, the NRK was developed jointly with Roboteam (Israel) and designed as a multifunctional platform. According to the company, the design of the product took into account the experience of working with the PROBOT 4×4 system.

Promising Russian attack helicopters will become optionally manned, that is, they will be able to be controlled by a pilot or operate without a pilot. The machines will also be connected to a common information field for interaction between various aircraft and ground control points.