News of new developments in the military-industrial complex

For the first time, Russia will present the Orion-E export drone in a strike version, Dmitry Shugaev, director of the Federal Service for Military-Technical Cooperation (FSVTS), told RIA Novosti in an interview.

The Kronstadt company is ready to provide flying platforms for testing technologies and technical solutions for integrating unmanned aircraft systems into a single airspace.

To create an engine, a state decision and funding are required, said Mikhail Remizov, Deputy General Director of the United Engine Corporation for Strategy

The United Engine Corporation (part of Rostec) is initiating research work on a sixth-generation engine for combat aviation.

About 3.7 billion rubles were allocated for the creation of the Russian ultraviolet space telescope "Spectrum-UV" in the period up to 2025. The device will become an analogue of the American Hubble telescope. This is reported by RIA Novosti with reference to the data of the public procurement website.

Rostec State Corporation has published a photo of the aircraft on Facebook, which will be the main premiere of the MAKS-2021 aerospace Salon. In the footage, the aircraft is covered with a black cover, and the caption reads "Wanna see me naked?" (literally, "Do you want to see me naked?" - approx. The tapes.ru)

The deputy General Director of the UEC, Mikhail Remizov, said that in the unmanned sphere, it is necessary to strive to maximize the use of existing engines and their adaptations

Modern and promising Russian aircraft engines, which are already used, for example, on Yak-130 or Il-112B aircraft, have a good potential for use on military drones.

The Almaz-Antey Aerospace Defense Concern will show for the first time at the MAKS-2021 Aerospace Salon an upgraded Wolf-18 drone designed to intercept and destroy mini-drones, the company's press service reported on Friday.

The light floating tank "Octopus-SDM1" was tested in the Black Sea.

This is the first stage of testing the machine in marine conditions, the Rostec state Corporation reported. The tank confirmed the possibility of transportation by large landing ships, as well as its own high water-carrying qualities.

In early July, as part of the development work (R & D) on the modernization of the Uragan MLRS, VOLATAVTO OJSC (Republic of Belarus) successfully completed preliminary tests of the 9P140MB combat vehicle.

The ZALA Aero company (part of Kalashnikov )will present the ZALA 421-16E5G unmanned aerial system at the MAKS-2021 International Aerospace Salon, the press service of the concern reported.

The light floating tank "Octopus-SDM1" has successfully passed the first stage of testing in the Black Sea. On the air of Sputnik radio, a military expert, retired Colonel Viktor Litovkin, told about the car.

The National Nuclear Safety Administration of the US Department of Energy announced the first upgraded W88 thermonuclear warhead designed for UGM-133A Trident II (D5) ballistic missiles launched from nuclear submarines, The Drive reports.

A Chinese reusable suborbital spacecraft has made its first flight, Xinhua reports. According to the agency, the product landed at the Alashan-Yutsi airfield (Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region) after the flight. The launch and landing of the ship took place on July 16. It is noted that the flight "was completely successful".

The United States is unlikely to narrow the gap in the field of hypersonic weapons with Russia and China in the coming years, which may lead to potential risks for the former in the future, writes the American magazine The National Interest, citing a report prepared by the Congressional Research Service.

A warship with the outlines of the British destroyer Defender is shown as the first "target" of the new Russian fighter. The presentation of a promising aircraft with a single engine will take place at the MAKS-2021 international Air Show.

The US military is afraid of the development of hypersonic weapons technologies in Russia and China and insists on increasing funding for the development of a new class of weapons. This is reported by the National Interest.

According to the publication, the US Deputy Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering, Michael Griffin, speaking with a report to Congress, spoke about the potential risk in "harsh terms".

The new single-engine fighter of the fifth generation, which Russia can show at the International Aviation and Space Salon of 2021 (MAKS-21), may face competition from Turkish and South Korean combat aircraft on the foreign market, says The Drive.

In the second half of August, flight and design tests of the "Zircon" from the nuclear submarine "Severodvinsk" will begin, a source told TASS in the military-industrial complex

State tests of the latest hypersonic missile "Zircon" from a surface carrier will begin in August 2021. This was reported to TASS by a source in the military-industrial complex.

During the tests, the American Integrated Air and Missile Defense Battle Command System (IBCS), a military control system that provides interaction with other elements of anti-missile and air defense (ABM and air defense), successfully shot down two targets that simulate enemy cruise missiles, Breaking Defense reports.

Today, the world's leading armies rely mainly on complex combat robots equipped with modern strike systems – which, however, does not prevent American Marines from experimenting with tiny controlled drones capable of delivering and dropping small explosive devices on the heads of the enemy.