News of new developments in the military-industrial complex
The first serial Akıncı drone took to the sky
Turkey has mastered the production of heavy drones. Yesterday, May 20, portal savunmasanayist.com he reported that the first serial Akıncı drone produced by Baykar Defense company successfully flew.
Shoigu compared the "Peresvet" complexes with laser swords from " Star Wars"
The Russian Defense Minister in the framework of the marathon "New Knowledge" compared the latest Russian laser combat systems "Peresvet" with lightsabers, which are shown in the fantastic space saga "Star Wars".
China has tested a heavy-duty 20-barrel cannon
The Chinese have tested a 20-barrel rotating gun that can be used to protect the ships of the Chinese Navy.
Shoigu announced the mass production of combat robots with artificial intelligence
Russia has launched mass production of combat robots with artificial intelligence, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said.
Rostec has started testing models of a new high-precision rocket "Monolith"."
The research and production concern "Techmash "(part of Rostec) has begun testing models of the latest high-precision aviation rocket" Monolith " caliber 122-mm, said RIA Novosti Executive Director of the company Alexander Kochkin.
Draft amphibious version of the MC-130J aircraft
As reported by the magazine "Jane's Defense Weekly", speaking on May 19, 2021 at the virtual conference of industry in the interests of Special Operations Forces of the United States (Special Operations Forces Industry Conference - SOFIC-2021), the executive director of aircraft programs of the Command of Special Operations Forces of the United States (USSOCOM), Colonel Ken Kubler, said that the possibility of creating an amphibious version of the Lockheed Martin MC-130J Commando II (based on the C-130J Super Hercules), adapted for landing on water and taking off from water (MC-130 Amphibious Capability - MAC concept).
Roscosmos will use virtual reality when creating equipment
In particular, different legal entities, companies and teams of remotely distributed designers will be able to work with the same 3D model of the product
The virtual reality complex being created at Roscosmos will be used for the production of equipment by remote designers. This was reported to TASS by the director of the Department of digital development of Roscosmos Konstantin Shadrin.
SmartHELI unmanned aerial systems at HeliRussia 2021
At the next international helicopter industry exhibition HeliRussia 2021, which takes place from May 20 to 22, 2021 in Moscow, among other things, joint projects of the companies "Aviation Auxiliary Systems" ("ABC") and "Aeromax" on the development of unmanned aerial systems under the SmartHELI brand are presented.
Roscosmos: orbital stations will be built on the same principle as a nuclear tug
[b]Executive Director of the Corporation for Advanced Programs and Science Alexander Bloshenko said that the tug will fly on ion engines, and not on chemical fuel.]
The executive director of Roscosmos for advanced programs and Science, Alexander Bloshenko, suggested at the forum "New Knowledge" that future orbital stations will be built on the same principle as the transport and energy module "Zeus" (nuclear tug).
The Russian Federation has solved all the problems for creating hypersonic weapons, the United States - at the stage of development work-the concern of East Kazakhstan Region "Almaz-Antey"
Russian specialists were able to solve all the difficulties in creating hypersonic weapons, including materials that are at the stage of development work( R & D), said the General director of the concern of East Kazakhstan Region "Almaz-Antey" Jan Novikov
The project of the lunar program using the hydrogen "Angara" will be presented to the government in June-Roscosmos
In June, Roscosmos will present a draft lunar program using the Angara-A5V rocket instead of the superheavy Yenisei, and the decision on the specific configuration will be made by the country's leadership, Alexander Bloshenko, executive director of the state Corporation for Science, told Interfax.
The Sphere program was submitted to the government for consideration
For 2021, Roscosmos has planned six priority works, in particular three research works
The program for the creation of a multi-satellite group "Sphere" has been submitted to the Government for consideration. This was reported to journalists at the educational marathon "New Knowledge" by the executive director of Roscosmos for advanced programs and science Alexander Bloshenko.
Roscosmos ' daughter to create Spacecraft simulator for Cosmonaut Training Center
[b]As reported in the state corporation, the simulator should be universal for both the existing Soyuz spacecraft and the promising Eagle.]
The simulator of the manned spacecraft will be created on the basis of a virtual reality complex created by the industry IT integrator of Roscosmos "RK-tsifra". This was announced by the director of the Digital Development Department of the state corporation Konstantin Shadrin.
The equivalent of the Su-57 of the US Air Force will receive a" very large " missile
The F-15EX Eagle II fighter of the US Air Force, considered an analogue of the Russian Su-57, is likely to receive a new "very long" range air-to-air missile, reports The Drive.
The US will develop the " Artemis Agreements"
Washington hopes to expand the number of participants in the agreement on the norms of behavior in space and on the development of the Moon, said the head of NASA Bill Nelson.]
The United States authorities will continue to promote the agreements proposed by the previous administration on standards of conduct in space and on the exploration of the Moon, called the "Artemis Agreements", and hope to expand the number of their participants.
The source called the timing of the start of state tests of "Zircon" with " Admiral Gorshkov»
The state tests of the hypersonic missile "Zircon" from the frigate "Admiral Gorshkov" will be held in June this year. This was announced on Thursday, May 20, TASS reports, citing sources in the military-industrial complex.
Rostec will begin flight testing of the VK-650V engine for light helicopters in 2023
Serial production of the engines is planned to begin in 2024
Flight tests of the VK-650V engine, designed to replace the French powerplants on the Ka-226T and Ansat light helicopters, are scheduled to begin in 2023. This was announced by TASS on Thursday in the framework of the international exhibition HeliRussia 2021, the general designer of UEC-Klimov (part of the United Engine Corporation Rostec) Vsevolod Eliseev.
Battlemechs fill the sky
Aviation Week magazine predicts an explosive rise in the popularity of attack drones. In their new report 2021 Military Fleet & MRO Forecast, analysts of the publication compared the popularity of existing drones, indicating that in the future their number will only increase.
Rostec will present the VK-1600V demonstrator engine for the Ka-62 helicopter at the MAKS-2021 salon
United Engine Corporation will begin bench testing of the VK-1600V demonstrator engine in the second half of the year
The United Engine Corporation (UEC) of Rostec will present the VK-1600V demonstrator engine for the Ka-62 helicopter in July at the MAKS-2021 International Aerospace Salon. This was announced by TASS on Thursday at the HeliRussia 2021 exhibition by the general designer of UEC-Klimov (part of UEC) Vsevolod Eliseev.
New version of the Boxer armored personnel carrier
It is reported that the German consortium ARTEC (now unites the companies Rheinmetall Defense and Krauss-Maffei Wegmann/KMW, now KNDS) presented a variant of the GTK Boxer (8x8) wheeled armored personnel carrier created for an unnamed "Middle Eastern customer", equipped with a new remote-controlled combat module Protector RT60 of the Norwegian Kongsberg group.
