News of new developments in the military-industrial complex

The Pentagon reported that the reason for the failure of the hypersonic glider tests in Alaska was a malfunction of the accelerator. - The failed accelerator is not part of the hypersonic program, - DefenceNews quotes the words of the representative of the US military department Timothy Gorman. The accident occurred shortly after the launch vehicle took off from the Pacific Cosmodrome on Kodiak Island.

Scientists at the University of Surrey (UK) reproduced the reactions occurring during a supernova outbreak in laboratory conditions using an accelerated beam of radioactive isotopes. For the first time, they measured the cross-section of the p-process, a thermonuclear reaction that occurs at the moment of the explosion of a massive star. The article was published in the journal Physical Review Letters.

The Russian fifth-generation fighter Su-57 was compared with American aircraft. Expert Alexey Leonkov noted that the Su-57 is ahead of competitors in terms of weapons systems and rates of robotization. Also, the radar station and electronic warfare systems of the Russian machine are better than the solutions used in the F-22 and F-35.

The first unpiloted test flight of the Space Launch System (SLS) launch vehicle and the Orion spacecraft to the Moon orbit under the Artemis program is scheduled for February 2022, its head, NASA representative Mike Sarafin, said during a teleconference dedicated to the Artemis-1 mission.

The Russian heavy attack drone "Hunter", which is the wingman of the fifth-generation Su-57 fighter, poses a "big problem" for NATO and, in particular, the United States. This is told by the American publication 19FortyFive.

A huge set of neural networks was developed and trained for technical vision systems, which were subsequently optimized to build a dynamic semantic model of the scene in real time.

It will allow the creators of drones to reduce the development time of serial samples of equipment by 24 months

A platform for creating auxiliary power plants for drones may appear in Russia by 2024, the press service of the Aeronet National Technology Initiative told TASS. The corresponding development is already underway, and by 2026 the technical solution will bring revenue of 50 million rubles. The platform is being developed by the "Turbomachine Problem Laboratory".

The American company Blue Origin, which is a competitor to SpaceX, is considering participating in a competition of the US Department of Defense, which provides for the possibility of using spacecraft instead of aircraft to deliver military cargo around the planet, SpaceNews reports.

NASA has set the nearest launch date for the superheavy Space Launch System (SLS) rocket with the Orion spacecraft to the Moon on February 12, 2022, Spaceflight Now reports.

The Russian unmanned aerial vehicle S-70 "Hunter" will become one of the most advanced aerial combat vehicles after commissioning. Ex-US Army officer Brent Eastwood writes about this in an article for 19fortyfive.

The American aerospace company SpaceX has conducted fire tests of a Raptor rocket engine designed to operate in the vacuum of space, ArsTechnica reports.

The Defence24 portal published an article by journalist Maximilian Dura, which talks about the alleged superiority of Polish weapons over Russian. At the same time, the author acknowledged that Warsaw uses Moscow's best practices in the development of portable anti-aircraft missile systems (MANPADS).

The robot will identify violators of various types: people without appropriate access to the spaceport, ground vehicles, unmanned aerial vehicles

The Marker robotic platform, tested earlier at the Vostochny cosmodrome, will be able to fight off intruder drones with the help of electronic pulses, kamikaze drones and capture nets. This was reported to TASS in the press service of the NGO "Android Technology".

Chinese military researchers have created and tested a robotic device that places a small amount of explosives into the nozzle of a satellite engine and detonates it at the right time. According to the South China Morning Post, it can stay inside the satellite for a long time and disconnect from it if necessary.

The first mass-produced Taiwanese advanced flight training jet T-5 took to the skies for the first time at Chin Chuan Kang Air Base. According to the island's Central News Agency, he was accompanied by a prototype during the flight. By 2026, Taiwan's military is going to receive 66 such aircraft.

The US Army for the first time used ground robots as conditional opponents. According to The Drive, robots blocked the way to helicopter pads, blocked roads and performed other tasks. They were armed with M240 machine guns and Javelin anti-tank missiles.

China has the opportunity to quietly disable enemy satellites. October 23, portal scmp.com He reported that Hunan Defense Polytechnic Institute has developed a new type of space weapon.

Turkey managed to negotiate with South Korea on the supply of tank engines. October 23, portal armyrecognition.com He announced that Altay tanks will receive Doosan Infracore DV27K powerplants with a capacity of 1500 hp.

As the TASS news agency reported on October 19, 2021, a new missile of the Bal coastal missile complex developed and manufactured by Tactical Missile Armament Corporation (KTRV) JSC will allow hitting targets at a range of over 500 km. The new capabilities of the complex have made it comparable in range and ground firing capability to the Bastion missile defense system using the Onyx supersonic missile, a source in the defense industry complex said.

The President of the United States Joe Biden was concerned about the testing of hypersonic weapons by the People's Republic of China (PRC). This became known on Wednesday, October 20.