News of new developments in the military-industrial complex

The US Navy is expanding the Tomahawk missile family. November 3, portal navalnews.com He reported that the command of the US Navy has signed a contract with Raytheon Missiles & Defense for the small-scale production of Maritime Strike Tomahawk Block Va missiles.

Participation in the scientific work of the SIRIUS-21 experiment will allow the European Space Agency (ESA) to prepare its astronaut for a flight to the Moon, head of the ESA representative office in Russia Rene Pichel told Interfax.

The use of drones increases the survivability of personnel, said Major General Alexei Belousov

Starting this year, Russian military intelligence officers will begin receiving the latest communication systems for real-time coordination on the battlefield. This was announced in an interview with the newspaper "Krasnaya Zvezda" by the head of intelligence - Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Ground Forces for Intelligence, Major General Alexei Belousov.

The nearest date of dispatch from the point of view of ballistic requirements is May 25, said Igor Mitrofanov, Head of the Department of Nuclear Planetology at the Space Research Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences

The final decision on the timing of the launch of the first mission to the Earth's natural satellite Luna-25 in the history of modern Russia will be made in March-April 2022. This was reported to TASS by the head of the Department of Nuclear Planetology of the Institute of Space Research (ICI) RAS Igor Mitrofanov.

Scientists of the Russian Federal Nuclear Center — the All-Russian Research Institute of Technical Physics (RFNC-VNIITF, Snezhinsk, Chelyabinsk region) are creating a new munition designed to more effectively combat small-sized drones and aerial bombs, follows from a document posted on the Rospatent website.

Currently, in the interests of the Ground Forces, the development of promising heavy and medium-class robotic complexes is underway.

Delivery of the first samples to the troops is scheduled for 2022

Development work (R&D) on the creation of a helicopter-type reconnaissance and strike drone under the code "Termite" will be completed by the end of 2021. This was reported to RT by the head of the special design bureau of the Strela Research and Production Enterprise (NPP) (part of the Kronstadt company). Boris Trunov.

The wheeled road vehicle (KDM), developed specifically for the engineering units of the Strategic Missile Forces, will replace five samples of engineering equipment designed for the preparation and maintenance of combat patrol routes and field positions of mobile ground missile systems.

"Making the impossible possible," - under this slogan, the American company Northrop Grumman has released a new video about promising military developments. On November 2, a video was published on the company's official YouTube channel, which shows yet-to-be-announced planes and drones.

The Russian reconnaissance and strike unmanned helicopter complex "Termit" will be equipped with software algorithms with elements of artificial intelligence. The neural network will allow the drone to engage in "free hunting".

At the Russian-Serbian exercises "Slavic Shield-2021", an aerial target — a helicopter simulator (VM-V) was used. Unmanned helicopters developed by Technodinamika Holding of Rostec State Corporation simulated an air raid by a simulated enemy. This is reported by TASS with reference to the press service of the holding.

Chinese military blogs reported on successful ground tests of electromagnetic catapults created for the third aircraft carrier of the People's Republic of China.

On November 3, Xavier Rofe, a columnist for the French edition of Atlantico, spoke about the latest electronic warfare systems (EW), thanks to which Russia will be able to disable the equipment of the North Atlantic Alliance.

The tests confirmed the unique characteristics of the Peresvet laser installation and the Dagger and Avangard complexes, Vladimir Putin said at a meeting with the leadership of the Ministry of Defense and defense industry enterprises.

Russia has a high level of military security. This result was achieved thanks to the development of weapons, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on November 3.

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday, November 3, stressed the importance of creating new hypersonic weapons systems, high-power lasers and new robotic military complexes for the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation.

The manufacturing technology of ultralight carbon fiber blades was developed by the Intersectoral Engineering Center "Composites of Russia" of the Bauman Moscow State Technical University. A two-bladed screw created using this technology has a number of advantages over traditional metal screws: at times less weight, greater durability, high wear resistance and attractive appearance.

Engaged in the implementation of large-scale projects in the field of nuclear technology, General Atomics (San Diego, California) has created a giant magnet for the largest thermonuclear reactor in history – ITER, which will begin operation in 2023 in the south of France.

A team of researchers at the University of Southampton (UK) is developing a technology for a five-dimensional (5D) optical storage device, the capabilities of which were first demonstrated eight years ago.

The US Navy plans to equip the Zumwalt destroyers with hypersonic glider missiles. According to Naval News, they will replace 155-millimeter guns that have never fired. The first "Zumwalt" will begin to be refitted in fiscal year 2024.