News of new developments in the military-industrial complex

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

The engineering troops of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue to develop weapons that meet modern requirements.

Rostec has developed a device that allows aircraft to navigate in conditions of poor visibility, the press service of the state corporation reported.

According to the Taiwanese resource Taiwan News, the launch of the first national non-nuclear submarine and the delivery of heavy torpedoes from the United States for it will probably be implemented earlier than originally planned.

Russia has developed a new radar system-a simulator of false targets, which is intended for use as beacons in air navigation and hidden identification of "friend-foe". The model was first presented at the MAKS-2021 air show.

In China, an anti - tank missile was photographed at the exercises-an analog of the American Javelin anti-tank missile. HJ-12 has already been adopted by the People's Liberation Army of China.

According to an informed TASS source in the military-industrial complex, a two-seat version of the Su-57 will be used to control the Hunter UAV. A similar concept is now being implemented in the West.

The US army tested a Coyote drone against a swarm of ten drones. Coyote neutralized the swarm with "non-kinetic means". According to The Drive, this is usually the name of signal suppression systems or microwave emitters.

The Southern Marine Scientific and Technical Laboratory of Guangdong Province has started the construction of an autonomous research vessel. It should be a floating base that coordinates drones in the air, on the water and under water. According to the Central Television of China, the ship is planned to be put into operation next year.

Flight tests of a hybrid power plant with a superconducting electric motor have begun. It was installed on a flying laboratory based on the Yak-40. According to N + 1 Central Institute of Aviation Engine Engineering named after Baranov, the first flight of an experimental aircraft with a hybrid installation took place on June 17. In July, he took to the air again at the MAKS-2021 air show.

The Russian Aircraft Corporation (RSK) MiG has begun developing a carrier-based fighter of the 5th generation, which will be made using stealth technology, and plans to create a prototype of the aircraft in the next few years, a source in the defense industry complex told RIA Novosti.

Baykar Defense has published the concept of the MIUS jet drone, designed to equip the first Turkish aircraft carrier Anadolu.

The Turkish company Baykar Makina on July 20 on its Twitter page for the first time demonstrated a render image of the conceptual design of the MIUS (UCAV) combat unmanned aerial vehicle.

The creation of a military control aircraft in the event of a nuclear war began in Voronezh on the basis of a wide-body Il-96-400M, in total, the troops will receive two such air command posts, RIA Novosti reports, citing a source in the defense industry.