News of new developments in the military-industrial complex

Australians are learning to fight robots. On November 24, the press service of BAE Systems Australia announced the delivery of twenty M113 AS4 robotic infantry fighting vehicles to the Australian Ministry of Defense.

The new academic year, which starts in the Armed Forces on December 1, the marines of the Pacific Fleet will begin, among other things, with the development of a modern small-sized robotic intelligence system 1K144 "Sectarian". The first batch of such equipment was received by a Marine unit stationed in Primorye.

The progress of modernization works was checked by the Deputy Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation Alexey Krivoruchko

An upgraded version of the MiG-31 interceptor fighter with an electric control system is undergoing state tests in the Russian Federation. This was reported by the Deputy Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation Alexey Krivoruchko representatives of the aircraft factory "Sokol".

State tests of an armored personnel carrier and an infantry fighting vehicle based on the Boomerang platform are scheduled to begin in the spring of 2022, the head of the 154th military representation, Lieutenant Colonel Yuri Chikin, told reporters at the Arzamas Machine-Building Plant.

Scientists of Perm National Research Polytechnic University have come up with a technology that allows to reduce the noise level produced by airplanes. The results of the study are published in the journal Akustika.

The Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) checked the combat readiness of multiple rocket launchers "Alder". The corresponding video is published on YouTube.

A probe will be launched to one of them

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) will launch on Wednesday the DART probe (Double Asteroid Redirection Test - "Experiment to change the orbit of a double asteroid"), which is designed to test the first of its kind protection of the Earth from potentially dangerous space objects.

The new S-550 anti-aircraft missile system (SAM) based on the S-500 Prometheus air defense system will provide anti-missile and anti-space defense of strategic objects of Russia together with its predecessor. This is reported by TASS with reference to a source close to the Russian military department.

In Russia, work is being completed on the creation of a two-link tracked lightly armored snowmobile armored personnel carrier DT-BTR. This is reported in the material of Yuri Avdeev, published in the newspaper of the Ministry of Defense of Russia "Red Star".

The United States has begun testing a smart bomb on the fifth-generation fighter-bomber F-35 Lightning II. The aircraft will receive a guided precision bomb GBU-53/B StormBreaker. This is reported by Defense Blog with reference to Raytheon.

The Falcon 9 launch vehicle launched in California (USA) with the kamikaze space probe DRAT, which will crash into an asteroid to test the technology of protecting the Earth from collisions with space objects. NASA is broadcasting live on November 24.

In the first half of next year, Rocket Lab will try to return the Electron carrier stage using a helicopter. Previously, the company successfully landed it in the ocean several times.

The S-500 and S-550 anti-aircraft missile systems will become the platform of the new air defense system. They will jointly provide anti-missile and anti-space defense of Russia's strategic facilities.

This will avoid dumping waste into the sea and the formation of space debris

The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) is working to create self-destructing rockets and satellites that will not pollute the environment or the Earth's orbit. This was reported to journalists by the head of ISRO Kailasavadivu Sivan.

The holding company "Roselectronics" (part of Rostec) presented at the international telecommunications summit in Moscow a new version of a secure laptop that allows you to safely store secret information, the company said.

The commander of the Italian Air Force predicted the merger of the FCAS (Future Combat Air System) and Tempest programs aimed at developing sixth-generation fighters.

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.