News of new developments in the military-industrial complex
Scientists have developed robot worms
Scientists from Scotland have created robots based on the mechanics of the movement of tapeworms. The development of engineers from the University of Glasgow will be able to be used in prosthetics, rescue operations and industry, the Evening Standard newspaper reports.
Yandex will launch unmanned taxis
The company "Yandex" will launch unmanned taxis for passenger transportation in 2021. This is reported by RBC with reference to the corresponding draft government decree supplementing the law "On experimental legal regimes in the field of digital innovations".
Source: The Russian Aerospace Forces included the PPK-20 automatic rifle in the survival kit of military pilots
The Aerospace Forces of the Russian Federation have decided to include the PPK-20 submachine gun in the survival kit of military pilots - now this weapon will fit into the wearable emergency reserve (NAZ) of combat aircraft, a source in the aircraft industry told RIA Novosti.
Zelensky boasted about the creation of non-existent weapons in Ukraine
In recent years, Ukraine has started producing its own planes and helicopters again, President Vladimir Zelensky said during his speech at Stanford University. The broadcast was conducted on the Facebook page of the office of the Ukrainian leader.
The Russian Yak-40 aircraft will be able to get a hydrogen engine
The Russian Yak-40 passenger aircraft, previously presented at the MAKS-2021 aviation exhibition in an electric version, may also receive a hydrogen engine in the future. This was stated on Friday, September 3, the head of the Ministry of Industry and Trade of Russia Denis Manturov.
Russia will test combat robots in real conditions
For the first time, the Russian Defense Ministry will test combat robots of the Uran-9 family in real conditions. The robots will guard special objects and fight with the drones of a conditional enemy at the Zapad-2021 exercises. This is reported by Izvestia, citing a source in the Russian Defense Ministry.
Applications for the Checkmate fighter from foreign countries have not yet been received
The general director of the Rostec state Corporation, Sergey Chemezov, reported that the fighter is in demand on the world arms market
Applications for the purchase of the Russian Checkmate light tactical fighter from foreign countries have not yet been received, Dmitry Shugaev, director of the Federal Service for Military-Technical Cooperation (FSMTC), told reporters on Friday on the sidelines of the Eastern Economic Forum (WEF).
VKS crews will be armed with PPK-20 submachine guns
The compact automatic PPK-20 is included in the wearable emergency reserve (NAZ) of the crews of the Russian Aerospace Forces. It will be used by front-line aviation pilots, a source in the aircraft industry told RIA Novosti.
NASA has begun testing a flying taxi
NASA has started testing a flying taxi. In the near future, the device may become a new type of urban and intercity transport. The car has the function of vertical take-off and landing, the Izvestia TV channel reports. During the tests, the air taxi reached a speed of 322 km / h.
Russian ships will be equipped with hypersonic "Zircons" after the decision of the Ministry of Defense - the head of the USC
The new Russian hypersonic missiles "Zircon" will be installed on Russian ships after the relevant decision of the military, the head of the United Shipbuilding Corporation (USC) Alexey Rakhmanov said in an interview with Interfax on Friday.
USC handed over to the military several variants of the appearance of the nuclear destroyer "Leader", is waiting for a decision
Several variants of the appearance of the promising nuclear destroyer "Leader "have been sent to the Russian Defense Ministry, the decision is up to the military, Alexey Rakhmanov, General Director of the United Shipbuilding Corporation (USC), said in an interview with Interfax on Friday.
The Ministry of Industry and Trade does not exclude the involvement of foreign partners in the Checkmate creation project
The fighter was first presented in July at the MAKS-2021 International Air Show
Foreign investors from countries that have partnership relations with Russia can be attracted to the project of creating a Russian single-engine fighter Checkmate. This was stated by the head of the Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation Denis Manturov in an interview with RBC TV channel within the framework of the WEF.
The company Firefly Aerospace commented on the explosion of its Alpha launch vehicle
The company-developer of rocket and space technology Firefly Aerospace Inc., owned by Ukrainian businessman Maxim Polyakov, reported on September 3 that the flight of the Alpha rocket was interrupted according to security protocols.
The truck was dressed in armor and armed with a machine gun
The family of equipment based on the armored car K-4386 "Typhoon-airborne" (4X4), created in JSC "Remdiesel", continues to increase.
Artillery novelties for the Turkish Navy
The development of weapons for the national fleet continues in Turkey. On September 3, the Turkish state-owned company Makine Kimya Endüstri (MKE) presented a 76-mm naval artillery installation and a 20-mm anti-aircraft art complex at the IDEF-2021 weapons exhibition. As the portal notes navalnews.com if information about the creation of a gun for the Navy has already appeared in the press, then the new anti-aircraft art complex turned out to be a surprise for most specialists.
It became known at whose expense the Checkmate fighter will be developed
To finance the development of Checkmate, programs of the Ministry of Industry and Trade, as well as extra-budgetary funds of Rostec and the United Aircraft Corporation will be used. Foreign investment will not be a determining factor for the project.
Putin was shown a mock-up of a nuclear "Zeus"
The head of Roscosmos, Dmitry Rogozin, showed Russian President Vladimir Putin a mock-up of the Russian space nuclear tug Zeus at the Vostochny cosmodrome, from where it is planned to launch in 2030. This is reported by RIA Novosti.
Rogozin reported to Putin on the work on the creation of an interplanetary nuclear tug and the ship "Eagle"
Roscosmos expects to complete the project of creating a nuclear interplanetary tug by 2030, the head of the state corporation Dmitry Rogozin told Russian President Vladimir Putin at the Vostochny cosmodrome.
Russia and Japan have agreed to create an analogue of the American Hubble telescope
Roscosmos and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) have signed an agreement on the creation of the Spektr-UV ultraviolet space observatory. Mikhail Sachkov, Deputy Director of the Institute of Astronomy of the Russian Academy of Sciences, told RIA Novosti about this in an interview.
Source: equipment "Centurion" can get optical devices to blind the enemy
The Russian equipment of the soldier of the future "Sotnik" is planned to be equipped with optical devices for blinding the enemy at a long range, relevant studies are being conducted, a source in the military-industrial complex told RIA Novosti.
