News of new developments in the military-industrial complex

The command of the French Armed Forces announced the testing of a 40-mm automatic grenade launcher manufactured by Heckler und Koch with the use of air-detonating grenades to neutralize micro - and mini-unmanned aerial vehicles.

The 3K space measurement complex monitors low-orbit space objects, performing automatic detection, tracking and measurement of coordinate and non-coordinate information.

The official announcement of the rifle with smart functions took place at the Army-2021 forum. The concern's message says that the MP-155 Ultima received an on-board personal computer based on Android, which was radically redesigned by specialists.

JSC " UEC-Klimov "for the first time presented at the International Military-Technical Forum" Army-2021 " a model of a hybrid power plant (GSU) for marine applications, the press service of the United Engine Corporation, which includes the enterprise, reports.

The use of new ammunition of the heavy flamethrower system TOS-2 was first shown on video. On the footage from the test site, you could see the preparation of equipment for combat operations and evaluate the power of its shots.

The Quimbaya X-003 UAV, designed and manufactured by the Colombian CIAC (Corporacion de la Industria Aeronautica de Colombia), has successfully passed the final stage of flight tests and is now ready for sale to customers both in Colombia and abroad.

The Sosna short-range anti-aircraft missile system continues to demonstrate its versatility. At the seventh International Military-Technical Forum "Army-2021", a version on the chassis of the four-axle domestic armored personnel carrier BTR-82A was presented for the first time.

The ministry noted that artificial intelligence technologies are used to improve the efficiency of solving the tasks of the Russian army

Russia has every opportunity to take one of the leading places in the world in the field of artificial intelligence (AI), it is necessary to ensure the security of the country, First Deputy Defense Minister of the Russian Federation Ruslan Tsalikov said on Monday.

The head of the Ministry of Industry and Trade Denis Manturov hopes that in the future it will be possible to use hydrogen fuel cells in the field of aviation

The Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation expects to switch to active operation of Aurus cars by the end of 2023, and in 2024 to start supplying hydrogen-fueled cars and buses to the market. This was announced on Monday by the head of the ministry Denis Manturov in an interview with the Zvezda TV channel within the framework of the Army-2021 forum.

The Swedish company SSAB has supplied Volvo with the first batch of a new type of automotive steel – "green". The term is still unofficial, this material is also called "environmentally friendly steel", because when creating it, combustible fossils and the energy produced with their help are not used. There are also no emissions into the atmosphere during the production of eco-steel, which is very beneficial for both SSAB and Volvo. The first pledged to switch to carbon-free production by 2045, the second-by 2050.

$420 million has already been spent on the program

A number of members of the House of Representatives of the US Congress expressed dissatisfaction with the fact that the US space agency delayed the creation of new spacesuits that should be used for flights to the Moon and Mars. This was reported on Monday by the UPI news agency, in an interview with which the chairman of the House Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics, Don Bayer, said that he intends to hold hearings in order to get explanations from the leadership of NASA.

One device will stand on the Progress, the second-on the ISS, and the communication procedure will be worked out between them

The creation of a prototype of equipment for space laser communication is planned to be completed at the Russian Federal Nuclear Center - the All-Russian Research Institute of Experimental Physics (RFNC-VNIIEF, Sarov, Nizhny Novgorod Region, part of the Rosatom state Corporation) by 2024. This was reported on Monday by the newspaper "Strana Rosatom".

Rybinsk Shipyard (part of the Kalashnikov Group of companies of the Rostec State Corporation) has presented the first DS-RIB assault boat for special forces in Russia. It was presented at the Army-2021 forum, TASS reports.

The new-generation S-500 air defense system is being mass-produced, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Yuri Borisov told Interfax.

Given the pace of development of the Russian fifth-generation fighter Su-57, a light tactical aircraft (LTS), known as Checkmate ("Checkmate") and the Su-75, it is unlikely that it will reach mass production before 2035, says Konstantin Sivkov, Deputy President of the Russian Academy of Missile and Artillery Sciences (RARAN) for information policy, Doctor of Military Sciences, in the Military-Industrial Courier.

At the IDEF-2021 exhibition held in Istanbul, the Turkish company FNSS presented a new version of the Shadow Rider modular ground-based remotely controlled vehicle (DUM).

For the first time, the STAD-100 mobile nitrogen mining station will be presented at the forum

The industry will present about a thousand developments made in the interests of the Strategic Missile Forces (RVSN) at the International Military-Technical Forum "Army-2021", which opens on August 22.

On August 18, the Office of Advanced Research Projects of the US Department of Defense (DARPA) published a request to search for technologies for the development of a new unit that will focus on the creation of seaplanes and ekranoplanes. This is reported by the Defense Blog portal.

The Japanese Space Agency announced the first successful activation of a new design engine using ring detonation waves in space.

The company Tesla Inc announced the appearance in 2022 of a prototype model of a humanoid robot Tesla Bot of its own design. This was reported on Friday, August 20, by CNBC.