News of new developments in the military-industrial complex
The Checkmate fighter will be assembled at the aircraft factory in Komsomolsk-on-Amur
Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin visited the enterprise on July 28
The new Checkmate fifth-generation single-engine fighter will be assembled at the Gagarin Komsomolsk-on-Amur Aircraft Factory (KnAAZ), which is a branch of PJSC Sukhoi Company, said Yuri Slyusar, General Director of the United Aircraft Corporation.
Rostec creates the PD-8 engine using machine vision technology
UEC Production Director Valery Teplov noted that digital technologies will reduce the engine production time by half
The United Engine Corporation (UEC, as part of the Rostec State Corporation) is introducing computer vision technologies. This was reported to TASS by the director of production of the corporation Valery Teplov.
The Americans presented the concept of an intermediate carrier of air — to-air missiles
General Atomics has shown what a potentially revolutionary UAV carrier of air — to-air missiles can look like. Such devices will be launched from the carrier aircraft.
The exit of the Tesla truck was disrupted
The release of the Tesla Semi truck will be delayed until 2022. This is reported by the publication Business Insider. The failure of the start of production of an electric truck is associated with problems with the supply chain and limited availability of battery cells.
13 developer countries are interested in buying Russian Orion attack drones
The CIS countries, the Middle East, Southeast Asia and Africa have expressed a desire to purchase Russian Orion reconnaissance and strike drones during MAKS-2021, the press service of the Kronstadt developer company reported.
Not like in the movies: Russian pilots modeled the battle of the Su-75 and F-35
The Russian pilots told who will win in the battle between the Chekmat (Su-75) and the F-35.
I asked the pilots to conduct an imaginary battle between the promising light fighter Chekmat (Su-75) and the American F-35 KP.Ru.
Sukhoi fighters will be assembled in augmented reality
The Gagarin Aviation Plant in Komsomolsk-on-Amur has started working on a pilot project for assembling and painting aircraft and conducting technical control using Augmented reality (AR) technologies.
Voice control will be developed for the Su-57
Military pilots will be able to control the Su-57 multifunctional fifth-generation fighter with the help of eyes and speech. Special programs are being developed for this purpose.
The Russian Federation has created a system for checking content for prohibited information
Russia has developed a system that will allow you to check the content for the presence of prohibited information. The system is designed for the media, politicians and bloggers. It will help to avoid administrative and criminal liability for information published before the ban. The project was presented at the intensive "Archipelago 2121".
Modern technologies allow you to turn any CNC machine into a hybrid 3D printer
Hybrid production systems allow you to simultaneously increase the shape using laser spraying, and remove excess by the traditional milling process. As a result, in one process, you can first create a rough blank, characteristic of additive manufacturing,and then bring it to perfection by processing parts on a CNC machine.
The two-legged robot Cassie walked five kilometers on a single charge
The two-legged robot Cassie managed to walk five kilometers on a single battery charge, said American engineers from the University of Oregon and the company Agility Robotics. When walking around the stadium, he spent a little less than 44 minutes and never fell, and when driving around the university campus, he overcame this distance in 53 minutes, in the process he fell twice, because of which the engineers had to return him to normal mode.
The Reaper strike drone will pick up a small jet drone in flight
The American company General Atomics has shown how the MQ-9A Reaper attack drone will pick up a small Sparrowhawk jet in flight. This will help him with a cable with an orange sphere at the end, which Sparrowhawk will cling to with flaps.
Russia has begun to build a new generation" Doomsday plane"
The construction of the first "Doomsday aircraft" of a new type has begun in Voronezh. The car is created on the basis of the Il-96-400M. In the foreseeable future, such aircraft will replace the Il-80 air command posts.
Bezos offered NASA $2 billion in exchange for participation in the lunar program
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos in an open letter addressed the leadership of NASA with a proposal to allocate $2 billion to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration in exchange for the participation of his space company Blue Origin in the preparation of missions to the Moon.
Tests of the Il-112B military transport aircraft are on schedule
According to the chief designer of PJSC "Il" Sergey Ganin, the IL-112B became the first Russian military transport aircraft of this class, equipped with a tail ramp
Tests of the latest Russian military transport aircraft Il-112B are on schedule. This was announced to TASS by the chief designer of PJSC Il (part of the United Aircraft Corporation of the Rostec State Corporation) Sergey Ganin.
The chief designer believes that the Il-112B can update the fleet of military transport aircraft
As noted by Sergey Ganin, the test program is currently underway, the aircraft confirms the design characteristics laid down in the design of the machine
The newest Il-112B military transport aircraft will be able to update the fleet of Russian light military transport aircraft, which is dominated by An-26 aircraft. This was told to TASS by the chief designer of PJSC Il (part of the United Aircraft Corporation of the Rostec State Corporation) Sergey Ganin.
Japan has successfully tested a rocket with a new engine
The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) announced on Tuesday, July 27, a successful test of the S-520 meteorological rocket with a new engine of its own design.
Secure video conferencing will be provided by Russian software products
Compatibility of VideoMost software with Astra Linux Special Edition OS has been confirmed
Compatibility tests of the domestic videoconferencing product VideoMost with the special-purpose operating system Astra Linux Special Edition have been completed, the press service of the Astra Linux group of companies reports.
In the engineering troops, work continues on the creation of a heavy-class RTK
The engineering troops of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue to develop weapons that meet modern requirements.
Rostec has developed a device for orientation in fog and dust storms
Rostec has developed a device that allows aircraft to navigate in conditions of poor visibility, the press service of the state corporation reported.