News of new developments in the military-industrial complex

Speaking about the state of military training aviation, the head of the department, Sergei Shoigu, noted that the presence of qualitatively trained graduate pilots allows us to effectively use the potential of aviation complexes.

The assembly of the drive unit box for the VK-1600V advanced helicopter engine demonstrator, which will be presented for the first time at MAKS-2021, has been completed at the Salyut production complex of UEC JSC.

The Australian Ministry of Defense has announced the initial operational readiness of Hawkei light armored vehicles. They should replace the Australian Army Land Rover SUVs with a four-by-four wheel formula. It is assumed that the Hawkei will reach full operational readiness by 2023.

The publication by the United Aircraft Corporation (UAC) on Twitter of an image with a soaring chess knight may indicate the creation of a new aircraft by Russia, which will be shown at the International Aviation and Space Salon 2021 (MAKS-21), explains The Drive.

Sergei Shoigu discussed on Tuesday with his generals the production of Tu-160M strategic missile carriers and the testing of training aircraft for VKS universities. The Minister recalled that there is a plan for the supply of engines for the Tu-160M.

The X-56B unmanned aerial vehicle, which is able to suppress flutter, crashed during tests. According to the NASA Armstrong Flight Research Center, it was damaged in flight as a result of an anomaly, but no details were reported. No one was injured in the accident, but the drone was destroyed.

The project is based on an effective and promising technology of gas ionization in vacuum using porous membranes

The Mozhaisky Military Space Academy and Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University have developed an ion electric motor that can be used for deep space exploration in the future.

At the MVTF "Army-2021" within the framework of the thematic section "Military education – advanced technologies and digital transformation", specialists of the Military Academy of the Strategic Missile Forces named after Peter the Great will present to the general public a mock-up of a "smart audience" with interactive visualization tools.

During flight tests held at the Flight Training and Testing Center in the Chorlu district in the Tekirdag province in northwestern Turkey, the Akinci reconnaissance and strike UAV set a new national record, the head of the Turkish Defense Industry Directorate Ismail Demir said.

Baykar Technologies Corporation has published a video of a long-range test flight of the Acinci drone with a combat load. The drone spent more than 13 hours in the air with a mass-dimensional mock-up of a 1.3-ton NEB penetrating bomb suspended under the fuselage.

The possible use by Russia and China of drones and weapons systems based on artificial intelligence is of concern to the Pentagon. Columnist Chris Osborne writes about this in his article for The National Interest.

The new Russian fifth-generation engine for surface ships is a big event for the Russian Navy. It will be another evidence that the Russian industry is increasing its capacity and accumulating knowledge.

The American company Saildrone has announced plans for an "attack on a hurricane" – a flotilla of marine drones will be sent to meet a dangerous weather phenomenon to study it in extremely close conditions. Most likely, these will be machines from the Saildrone Surveyor series, which recently performed their first mission in an exemplary manner. A sea-going sailing vessel without a crew made the journey from San Francisco to Hawaii and made a map of the seabed on the way.

The Croatian company DOK-ING has introduced an armored ground robot Komodo. It is designed for radiation, chemical and biological exploration and can operate at high temperatures, complete smoke and lack of oxygen. At the same time, Komodo is also suitable for ordinary engineering work.

More than a decade ago, the Chinese military tested an underwater drone capable of independently finding and attacking submarines. According to the South China Morning Post newspaper, now the details of the tests have been partially declassified. They were published by Professor Liang Golong and his colleagues from Harbin Engineering University in the journal of the educational institution.

NASA has issued a contract to Northrop Grumman Corporation involving the construction of the HALO module for the new Gateway lunar orbital station. It is considered as an element of the ambitious Artemis program.

The United States has tested the warhead of the AGM-183A ARRW (Air-Launched Rapid Response Weapon) hypersonic complex. Earlier tests of the system failed.

The unmanned version of the Armata tank has successfully passed test tests, Vladimir Artyakov, First Deputy General Director of Rostec, said on Friday.

The Hunter UAV continues testing, it will have a large combat radius, Vladimir Artyakov, first Deputy General Director of Rostec, said on Friday.

The new C-13B aircraft rocket, combining the capabilities of two previously developed products at once - C-13T and C-13OF, will be shown for the first time at the MAKS-2021 air show, Gleb Varenitsa, general director of the rocket manufacturer, the Novosibirsk Artificial Fiber Plant (NZIV), said in an interview with RIA Novosti.