News of new developments in the military-industrial complex

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

The autonomous 100-kilometer march of the Russian Marker platform has attracted the close attention of foreign military analysts.

The vehicle, created as a means of supporting infantry and reconnaissance of the terrain, covered 40 kilometers off-road and 60 kilometers on dirt roads in 5 hours and 41 minutes. The neural network independently built a three-dimensional map of the area and chose a route.

Apple has accepted two former Mercedes employees as part of the development of a project to create its first electric car. This is reported by MacRumors.

Tesla will not have time to release an electric Cybertruck pickup truck until 2022. This is reported by the publication Electrek.According to a source familiar with the situation, Tesla "reluctantly" admitted that the Cybertruck electric pickup would not be able to be released on time. Now the head of the company, Elon Musk, said that the start of mass production of the pickup truck is postponed until 2023.

The launch of superheavy-class Angara missiles is planned to begin in 2026. This was announced by the head of Roscosmos Dmitry Rogozin in an interview with the Zvezda TV channel.

In the image from space of Maxar Technologies, demonstrating the oceanographic research vessel "Akademik Alexandrov" of the 20183 project in Severodvinsk (Arkhangelsk region), you can see a product that resembles a Russian torpedo of the apocalypse - a nuclear underwater drone "Poseidon" 2M39, writes the American edition of USNI News.

Flight tests of the new Russian intercontinental missile " Sarmat "will start in the near future, the head of Roscosmos Dmitry Rogozin said on Saturday, September 4.

Russia wants to replace the search and reconnaissance helicopters on its ships with longer-range unmanned aerial vehicles.

This week, such a statement was made by the Russian Foundation for Advanced Research (which is an analogue of the Office of Advanced Research and Development of the US Department of Defense). 

The Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences will test the protection of astronauts from radiation in interplanetary flights on the Science module of the International Space Station (ISS) in 2023, Igor Mitrofanov, head of the Department of Nuclear Planetology of the Institute of Space Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, told RIA Novosti on September 5.

According to the Polish resource "MILMAG", at the 29th military-industrial exhibition MSPO-2021, which opens on September 7, 2021 in the Polish city of Kielce, the Polish company Huta Stalowa Wola SA (HSW, part of the state association Polska Grupa Zbrojeniowa SA, PGZ) will present for the first time a prototype of its MRAP class armored vehicle with a 4x4 wheel formula.

The decision on the future of the rocket will be made by Roscosmos

The Progress Rocket and Space Center (RCC) sent a report on the Soyuz-6 launch vehicle to the Energia Rocket and Space Corporation in the summer. This was reported to TASS in the press service of the RCC.

The Chinese military has begun to receive the latest third-generation anti-tank missile system. Such weapons were received, in particular, by units of one of the combined arms brigades of the 78th Army Group (army) Northern Combat Command of the PLA. Photos from the training ground, where the development of this advanced weapon is underway, appeared on the Network.

Now the drone can be controlled via a radio channel at a distance of 250 km, said Sergey Bogatikov, General Director of Kronstadt JSC

The radius of application of the Orion-E unmanned vehicle will be significantly increased after it is equipped with satellite communications. This was reported to TASS by the general director of JSC "Kronstadt" Sergey Bogatikov.

China is working on a helicopter similar to the American Ingenuity. It may become part of one of the Chinese missions to explore the Red Planet.

Thanks to satellite communications, specialists will increase the radius of application of the Orion-E unmanned vehicle. Now the radio channel allows you to use it at a distance of up to 250 kilometers.

Preparatory work on the Russian-Chinese wide-body long-haul aircraft CR929 has been completed, the production of the first copy has started. This is reported by RIA Novosti with reference to the publication "Jiefang Zhibao".