News of new developments in the military-industrial complex

The Military Academy of Strategic Missile Forces named after Peter the Great has begun training cadets for the operation of the new Sarmat intercontinental ballistic missile, which is due to enter service in 2022.

On August 15, 2021, at the Turkish naval shipyard in Istanbul (Istanbul Naval Shipyard), in addition to the launching ceremony of the first corvette of the Turkish MILGEM project (Ada type) being built for the Pakistani Navy, in the presence of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the ceremony of the first steel cutting and the start of construction for the Turkish Navy of the lead patrol ship of the new type Akhisar was also held.

As part of the scientific and business program of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation "Army-2021", the Main Command of the Ground Forces plans to hold an open round table on the development of military equipment for military personnel.

Russia plans to create a robotic air defense system based on the Uran-9 shock RTC, RIA Novosti reports, citing a source in the defense industry.

Scientific achievements of military educational organizations subordinate to the Commander-in-Chief of the Ground Forces will be presented at the Army-2021 MIFTF.

The concern will also present at the forum devices that provide the ability to control a helicopter using instruments

The concern" Radio-Electronic Technologists "(KRET) of the Rostec State Corporation will present for the first time at the Army-2021 forum a new navigation system for START 1a light helicopters. This was reported to journalists on Monday in the press service of KRET.

From August 22 to 26, the congress "Strategic Leadership in the Digital Age and Artificial Intelligence Technologies" will be held as part of the scientific and business program of the MVTF "Army-2021".

Built for the Italian Navy, the universal landing ship Trieste went to sea for the first time to pass factory sea trials. It will be transferred to the fleet in 2022.

Foxconn has predicted that in four years every fifth car sold in the world will be electric. This is reported by the publication Digitimes.

Rostec is ready to consider the possibility of helping Turkey in the development of a fifth-generation fighter with the appropriate request from Ankara, the general director of the state corporation Sergey Chemezov said in an interview with the Anadolu news agency.

Specialists of the observatory of the Astronomical Scientific Center (ANC), located in the Karachay-Cherkess Republic, will be involved in the creation of scientific equipment for the new Russian orbital station, the head of Roscosmos Dmitry Rogozin said.

Skunk Works-the authors of many advanced American military developments-are switching to new technologies. August 15, portal thedrive.com He reported that the Lockheed Martin Corporation has opened a new plant for its secret division.

The specialists of the ANC will also work on the creation of scientific space monitoring equipment, which will be installed at the Russian Orbital Service Station

Roscosmos plans to involve specialists of the Astronomical Research Center (ANC) in the creation of space monitoring equipment and the creation of a Lunar scientific base. This was announced by the general director of the state corporation Dmitry Rogozin.

The Brazilian company Embraer has shown the concept of a turboprop passenger aircraft with engines in the tail section. This configuration should make it less noisy. According to Flightglobal, the Embraer turboprop aircraft can replace the aging ERJ and CRJ200.

The Brazilian company Embraer has started flight tests of the electric agricultural aircraft EMB-203 Ipanema. During the first flights, specialists checked the controllability of the aircraft, the temperature control system and operational safety.

Russia is currently the world's leading country in the field of hypersonic weapons and missile defense systems (ABM), the head of the Strategic Command (STRATCOM)said US Armed Forces Admiral Charles Richard.

In September 1999, American researchers discovered a near-Earth asteroid with a diameter of just over 500 m and a mass of 85.5 million tons, which orbits the Sun in an elliptical orbit for 1.2 years. The asteroid was named Bennu after a bird from Egyptian mythology.

In August 2007, Russian scientists and the military used a deep-water descent vehicle "Klavesin-1R" to study the Lomonosov Ridge in the Arctic Ocean, on the basis of which an autonomous uninhabited underwater vehicle "Klavesin-2R-PM" was subsequently developed, Zvezda recalls.

On August 11, at the 174th training ground of the Air Force and Air Defense Forces of the Republic of Belarus, a demonstration of the combat capabilities of prototypes of unmanned strike aircraft complexes (UBAC) of national production was held for the senior staff of the State Secretariat of the Security Council, the Ministry of Defense and the State Military Industry.

The newest Russian military transport aircraft will be shown to the public for the first time at the Army-2021 forum

The newest Russian military transport aircraft Il-112B has arrived in Zhukovsky and at the end of August will be demonstrated for the first time to the guests of the Army-2021 forum, which will be held in Kubinka. This was reported on Friday in the press service of the United Aircraft Corporation (UAC, as part of the Rostec state Corporation).