News of new developments in the military-industrial complex

A team of researchers and engineers from the Canadian company Xanadu Quantum Technologies Inc., working together with specialists from the American National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), has developed an architecture for a programmable and scalable photonic quantum chip that can perform one of a number of available quantum algorithms.

[b]Earlier, The Washington Post reported that the plans of China and Russia for a lunar research station are a sign of the creation of an alliance between Moscow and Beijing against the West.]

The plans of Russia and China to cooperate on the creation of a lunar science station are not directed against the West, they are open to the participation of other countries. This was announced by the Director General of Roscosmos Dmitry Rogozin.

Developed as part of the Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft (FARA) project, the helicopter for the US Army will receive a 20-millimeter cannon capable of" killing "lightly armored systems, in particular, the Russian-made Pantsir-S1 anti-aircraft missile and gun system (ZRPK), writes the American magazine Popular Mechanics.

A British online publication published an image of a three-dimensional model of the latest Russian submarine "Belgorod".

British Resource navylookout.com A specialist in naval subjects, created a computer model of the Russian submarine "Belgorod" project 09852-the future carrier of the underwater vehicle "Poseidon".

Ukraine has armed itself with the first Neptune missile system. On March 15, the press service of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine reported that the prototype of the RK-360MC "Neptune" was officially transferred to the Ukrainian Navy.

On March 13, 2021, the Telegram channel of Russian military journalist Alexander Sladkov published photos of several 5.45-mm Kalashnikov AK-12 assault rifles with detected defects - a crack in the front part of the forearm, chrome paint on the bolt frame rod, the absence of a pencil case and other details.

The State Corporation "Rostec" has handed over the first Tu-160M missile carrier with new NK-32 engines of the 02 series for preliminary tests. They will be held at the flight test and finishing base of PJSC "Tupolev" in Zhukovsky, near Moscow. This was reported by almost all news agencies. Behind the lines of the news was an interesting and very revealing story of the mid-1990s.

The British company Reaction Engines has tested the cooler and gas generator of the promising hypersonic hybrid rocket engine SABRE. This, as reported by Defense News, said the president of the company Adam Diesel. According to him, full-size prototypes of these systems were tested, and their tests were carried out separately and were recognized as successful.

The US Air Force has released a request for information on technologies and systems that will create a "smart" electronic warfare system for F-15 Eagle fighters, including the latest modification of the F-15EX Advanced Eagle. According to Flightglobal, the new system will automatically recognize enemy radars and communication devices and select methods to suppress them.

The construction of 44 support vessels continues under 18 state contracts concluded with shipbuilding enterprises, the Navy reported

The contract for development work on the development of the oil garbage collector was signed in 2020 in the Russian Federation. This was announced by the head of the auxiliary fleet of the Transport support Department of the Russian Defense Ministry, Captain I rank Sergey Epifanov.

The European Space Agency (ESA) has ordered 12 second-generation navigation satellites. With their help, the European satellite system "Galileo" (Galileo) will be strengthened. The satellites are planned to be put into orbit from 2024 and strengthen the 28 satellites already there. Airbus Defence and Space and Thales Alenia Space have received an order for six satellites. The first generation of satellites was mainly supplied by OHB, which this time did not work out.

Israeli mines will fly at the behest. On March 14, the Associated Press news agency reported that the IDF has completed acceptance tests of "smart" Iron Sting artillery mines.

The best of the 39 options, scientists recognized a single-stage module on liquid oxygen and liquid hydrogen

TASS, March 15. Scientists from Russia and the United States have chosen the best version of the module for delivering astronauts from the orbiting lunar station to the surface of the Earth's satellite and back. An article describing their work was published by the scientific journal Acta Astronautica, the press service of the Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology writes briefly about this.

Lockheed Martin announced a recently signed contract to supply the US Army with a basic set of Modular Active Protection System MAPS (Modular Active Protection System) to equip the BBM.

The British magazine Navy Lookout showed a possible image of the Russian nuclear submarine K-329 "Belgorod" project 09852 with the nuclear deep-water station (AGS) AS-31 "Losharik" project 10831.

Russian engineers have tested a model of a promising SHFDMS airliner, which is being developed jointly with China. The first flight of the car can make in the new decade.

The Chinese company Tencent has introduced a hybrid four-legged robot with wheels. He can not only walk on four legs, but also ride on four or two wheels: In the latter case, it behaves like a humanoid robot, standing upright and grabbing objects with both feet.

The crews of the Su-25SM3 attack aircraft of the aviation regiment of the Southern Military District, based in Stavropol, during the planned flight and tactical training, attacked the air defense facilities of the simulated enemy at night as part of a flight and a squadron.

According to the Internet portal Yahoo News Japan, these unmanned self-exploding aircraft have a number of advantages. In particular, they are able to stay in the air for a long time, move at high speed to the target unnoticed by the enemy, and strike from above.

Russian promising drone "Thunder" will get guided drones. Yesterday, March 11, the TASS news agency reported that the strike unmanned aerial vehicle "Thunder" will be able to control a swarm of ten strike drones "Lightning".