News of new developments in the military-industrial complex

The Norwegian autonomous electric cargo ship "Yara Birkelan" will make the first flight between the two cities by the end of the year. According to CNN, there will be no crew on board. The vessel's movement will be monitored by three ground-based data control centers.

The private space company Astroscale has successfully conducted the first test of the technology of magnetic capture of near-Earth satellites as part of the ELSA-d mission. It is expected that this will help to create a device for capturing and data from orbit of spent near-Earth satellites, according to the company's website.

"At the output of the "medium-haul MS-21 and "Baikal" to replace the "cornhusker" An-2

Russia is implementing a large program to create aircraft for domestic aviation, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said.

The head of the United Aircraft Corporation, Yuri Slyusar, called the start date of regular flights of the newest civil aircraft MS-21 ("Mainline aircraft of the XXI century"). This is reported in the story of the TV channel "Russia 1".

The range of destruction of unmanned aerial vehicles by the anti-aircraft missile and cannon complex "Pantsir" has been increased by 30%, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said.

The Mi-28NM "Night Hunter" attack helicopter can be armed with the latest unguided S-13B missile. The S-13 combines the capabilities of several unguided 122 mm caliber missiles. The new missile has a switch of the initiation unit for instantaneous detonation of the warhead and two decelerations: small and large.

To use the rocket on various types of carriers: airplanes, helicopters, its registration is required, a complex of special flight tests for each machine.

The signing of the first contract for the supply of hypersonic missiles "Zircon" to the Russian armed forces so worried some American journalists that they called it bad news. The article with the corresponding title was prepared for The National Interest by columnist Mark Episkopos.

Exoskeletons will be a necessary attribute in the combat equipment of the future. This was announced on Friday, August 27, by the general director of the Kalashnikov Group of companies, Vladimir Lepin.

The newest Russian T-14 Armata tank is being upgraded, it will be equipped with artificial intelligence. This was announced on August 27 by the general director of the Uralvagonzavod concern, Alexander Potapov.

Its prototype, which successfully passed the tests, was demonstrated to the Minister of Defense as part of the "Army-2021"

The Kalashnikov Group of Companies (GC) has started developing a promising small arms complex capable of managing data on the enemy's location and increasing the situational awareness of a serviceman. This was reported to TASS during the International Military-Technical Forum "Army-2021" in Kalashnikov.

The latest underwater unmanned complex for destroying mines was presented to the Navy command at the Army-2021 forum, the project manager of the Sredne-Nevsky Shipbuilding Plant (SNSZ)told RIA Novosti Maxim Umansky.

For many years, the GAZ-66, nicknamed "Shishigs", were one of the most popular cars in the Soviet, and then the Russian army. They were also widely used in the armed forces of various foreign countries, where they still serve.

The Americans are expanding their capabilities to defeat enemy radars and communication centers. August 26, portal janes.com He reported that the US Navy has ordered the production of two installation batches of AGM-88G missiles.

During the international military-technical forum "Army-2021", the concern "Marine Underwater Weapons-Hydropribor" presented an underwater drone designed to explore the seabed, TASS reports.

The Office of Advanced Research Projects of the US Department of Defense plans to create a new vehicle based on the Soviet ekranoplan "Lun", nicknamed "sea monster". This is reported on August 27 by Popular Mechanics.

Vladimir Koshlakov, General Director of the Keldysh Research Center, which is part of Roscosmos, told about the tests of the latest technology for the disposal of especially dangerous municipal waste and industrial waste using plasma torches. His words are quoted by TASS.

The planning aerial bomb "Drill" will be highly accurate, which will completely exclude its hitting peaceful objects. This was announced on the sidelines of the Army-2021 forum by the executive director of NPK Techmash (part of the Technodinamika holding of the Rostec State Corporation) Alexander Kochkin.

Specialists of the Military Space Academy named after Mozhaisk has developed a new algorithm for the operation of neural networks for drones, which allows identifying and tracking targets with high accuracy, the academy told reporters.

The Variola remote-controlled underwater drone created at the State Maritime University of St. Petersburg will be able to protect the ships of the Russian Navy (Navy) that are parked in foreign ports, RIA Novosti reports, referring to the representative of the developer Alexey Blinkov.