News of new developments in the military-industrial complex

Representatives of the Danish company Ørsted reported on the generation of the first batch of electricity at the Hornsea 2 wind farm. It should take over the status of the largest and most powerful facility of this type in the world from its predecessor, the Hornsea 1 power plant. But this is only the middle of the road – two more segments of the energy complex, Hornsea 3 and Hornsea 4, are already under construction.

NAMI Research Institute showed a prototype of an unmanned LADA Vesta. The drone is already able to independently build a route to the specified point and move along it, assessing the trajectories of other road users. It is tested at the landfill and in urban conditions.

Russian energy company Rosseti has received the first batch of Rostec industrial exoskeletons. She will test the devices at work on grounding overhead power lines and when clearing vegetation in glades.

An image of a new hypersonic air-launched missile was posted on the Network. There are no technical details about the complex.

The Russian military is developing methodological manuals for the preparation of calculations of the new Sarmat intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), which they plan to start putting on combat duty next year, as well as the Sirena-M command missile.

A completely new system has no analogues, it is capable of hitting spacecraft, intercontinental ballistic missile warheads, hypersonic targets at altitudes of several tens of thousands of kilometers.

State tests of the Octopus-SDM1 light floating tank will be completed in early 2022, Bekhan Ozdoev, industrial director of the Rostec armament complex, told RIA Novosti in an interview.

State tests of the light floating tank "Octopus-SDM1" will be completed in early 2022

State tests of the light floating tank "Octopus-SDM1" are coming to an end. This is reported by RIA Novosti with reference to the industrial director of the Rostec arms complex, Bekhan Ozdoev.

This will expand the scope of drones, said the holding's CEO Igor Nasenkov

Specialists of the Technodinamika holding of Rostec State Corporation are upgrading unmanned helicopter simulator targets (VM-V) for shock use and solving aerial reconnaissance tasks. This was announced by the general director of the holding Igor Nasenkov.

Unique unmanned helicopter simulator targets were used for the tests

The Orion strike drone destroyed autonomous target helicopters manufactured by Technodinamika Holding of Rostec State Corporation during testing of the latest ammunition. This was reported to journalists on Wednesday by the press service of the holding.

After a series of delays, production of new armored personnel carriers began in Spain. December 28, portal janes.com He reported that General Dynamics has announced the start of serial assembly of Dragón machines.

Unmanned target helicopters of the Technodinamika holding of Rostec State Corporation took part in testing the latest ammunition for drones.

The use of the new weapon was practiced by the Orion strike drone. According to the exercise scenario, the helicopter should break through to a military airfield, and Orion, in the absence of other air defense means, should detect and destroy it.

NASASpaceFlight.com: the Russian upper stage "Perseus" did not turn on the engine

The third launch of the Russian heavy Angara-A5 rocket with a Perseus upper stage and a 2.4-ton payload mock-up did not pass completely normally, the American portal reports NASASpaceFlight.com .

Sabah Newspaper: Turkey is developing systems that will replace the S-400 and Patriot

Turkey will present new developments in the framework of air defense systems (air defense) projects in 2022. Promising complexes will be able to replace the Russian S-400 Triumph and the American Patriot. This is reported by RIA Novosti with reference to the Sabah newspaper.

Rostec is considering the possibility of creating a new wheeled tank based on the Octopus-SDM1 light tracked tank, which will be in demand in Africa and the Middle East, Bekhan Ozdoev, industrial director of the armament complex of the state corporation, told RIA Novosti in an interview.

At the beginning of 2022, tests of the light floating tank "Octopus-SDM1" will be completed. The preparation of production for the serial production of armored vehicles has already begun.

According to a TASS source close to the Russian Defense Ministry, state tests of the new S-550 anti-aircraft missile system have been completed. The complex went on combat duty.

Russian VM-V helicopter simulator targets have high flight characteristics and therefore have become aerial sparring partners for Orion drones.

Scientists from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology are developing a new means of transportation for the exploration of the Moon, and in the future, large asteroids. One day humanity will land on them, for the purpose of extracting useful resources or studying, and then the question of moving on the surface of such cosmic bodies will arise. American engineers propose to use the gift of space itself – the abundance of static electricity there.

RIA Novosti: the S-500 Prometheus anti-aircraft missile system has been tested in the Arctic

The next tests of the S-500 Prometheus anti-aircraft missile system have been conducted in the Arctic. This is reported by RIA Novosti with reference to a source.