News of new developments in the military-industrial complex

The South Korean company Korea Aerospace Industries Co. (KAI) said on Sunday that it intends to develop its own transport and multi-purpose aircraft for the needs of the army, the Yonhap news agency reported.

A joint development between NASA and ESA, the Solar Orbiter spacecraft, launched in February last year, made its first approach to the star. According to the mission program, it will approach the sun every six months.

As early as this year, the US army can arm itself with robot mules. March 31, portal janes.com He reported that General Dynamics Land Systems has announced the completion of deliveries of prototype MUTT machines.

The Defense Research and Development Organization of the Ministry of Defense of India (DRDO) has successfully tested for the first time a new version of the improved light torpedo "Shyena" (Shyena), adapted for use on board the IL-38SD maritime patrol aircraft of the Indian Navy.

The Voronezh Aircraft Factory is capable of producing up to 12 IL-112 light transport aircraft per year.

This was stated in PJSC "Il". According to the United Aircraft Corporation, the second flight of the aircraft took place on March 30, 2021, and its duration was about 30 minutes. The tests were considered successful.

Serial deliveries of the Magister air defense control system will begin this year. This was announced on Wednesday, March 31, by the press service of the state Corporation "Rostec".

VNII "Signal" proposed to modernize the artillery from obsolete guns

In Russia, it was proposed to create a "smart" artillery from obsolete guns. For this purpose, the Signal Research Institute plans to develop a set of unified equipment that will provide automatic data entry for firing on towed guns. In turn, this will allow them to upgrade to the level of highly effective artillery systems. Military observer " of the Newspaper.En " Mikhail Khodarenok dealt with the company's initiatives.

Scientists of Tomsk Polytechnic University (TPU) have created a technology for producing a complex composite that can be used to protect the electronics of space satellites. This was told to RIA "Tomsk" by Professor of TPU Oleg Khasanov.

In March, the specialists of the Ship Repair Center "Zvezdochka" in Severodvinsk completed the unloading of the core of the nuclear reactor of the burned-out nuclear deep-water station (AGS) AS-31 "Losharik" project 10831, TASS reports, citing a source close to the Russian Defense Ministry.

The leadership of the Pentagon is hatching plans to create flying aircraft carriers-special transport aircraft, on board of which thousands of inexpensive combat drones-"gremlins"will be placed. The development of the project is entrusted to the research unit of the Pentagon DARPA.

The American company General Dynamics Land Systems in April 2021 will deliver to the US Army several wheeled transport ground robots MUTT, which will pass the final tests. According to Jane's, it is planned to start small-scale production of new robots by September of this year, and at the end of the year, the US military may adopt MUTT.

Research and Production Association (NPO) "Energomash" has completed a three-month cycle of eight fire tests of the first finishing liquid rocket power unit RD-171MV, known as the "tsar-engine". This is reported by Roscosmos.

The fifth submarine of the Yasen-M project will be the first to receive the latest missile system

The newest hypersonic cruise missile "Zircon" was identified as a carrier submarine. The first production submarine with these munitions in the arsenal will be the Perm. All subsequent cruisers of the Yasen-M project will also be equipped with these complexes. The new weapon will allow submarines to deliver high-precision strikes both on enemy ships and on ground targets, experts say.

The Zenit 3-12x50 sight and other optical devices of the Shvabe holding company of the Rostec State Corporation will be tested during the expedition to Novaya Zemlya, the press service of the holding company reports.

This number will meet the needs of the Ministry of Defense in military transport aircraft of this type, said the Deputy General Director of the United Aircraft Corporation, which is part of Rostec.

The Turkish publication called sensational footage of maneuvers at the Morskoy training ground in the Crimea, which demonstrated how the Russian Orion-E attack drone hit the L-39 plane. Haber7 journalists even saw the Turkish equivalent in the ammunition carried by the UAV.

The Americans are making more and more military equipment unmanned. On March 29, Lockheed Martin on its official YouTube channel published a video of tests of the optional S-70 Black Hawk helicopter.

As reported by PJSC "United Aircraft Corporation" (PJSC "UAC"), on March 30, 2021, the program of flight tests of the first flight model of the IL-112B light military transport aircraft, built under a contract with the Russian Ministry of Defense, continued. The flight was carried out at the airfield of the Voronezh Aircraft Manufacturing enterprise PJSC VASO (part of PJSC UAC of the Rostec State Corporation).

The main trump card of the Russian strategic forces is the Burevestnik nuclear installation. This opinion of Chinese experts is cited by the military news portal "Zhongguo Junwang".

Today, the next flight tests of the prototype of the reusable Starship spacecraft took place. They proved to be a failure on several points at once. And if the problems during the online broadcast from Boca Chica can be forgiven, then the fourth consecutive loss of an aircraft is depressing.