News of new developments in the military-industrial complex

The development of water supply systems for the complex on the surface of the Moon and the interplanetary space station can begin in 2022.

The resident of the special economic zone of the capital "Special Design and Technological Bureau of Applied Robotics" ("SKTB PR") has delivered a batch of eight mobile robotic complexes MRK-15 for the Russian law enforcement agencies, designed to neutralize explosive objects, said the head of the Department of Investment and Industrial Policy of Moscow Alexander Prokhorov.

Japanese startup ispace will deliver the first lunar rover of the Arab world to the moon, using its Hakuto-R lander. Thus, in 2022, the list of countries that managed to land their spacecraft on the Moon can be replenished with two at once, according to the website Space.com.

A universal complex of guided and unguided weapons is being developed in the Russian Federation for several types of attack unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), including the "Outpost" drones, a source in the military-industrial complex told RIA Novosti.

The launch of the MS-21 aircraft on the market is "slowing down" due to sanctions, the work on import substitution has not yet been completed, Deputy Prime Minister Yuri Borisov said.

Israel intends to actively develop laser weapons. Yesterday, April 13, the press service of the company Elbit Systems on its official YouTube channel showed the concept of laser drones to combat missiles.

Turkey has successfully tested air — to-air missiles, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on his Twitter page on April 14.

This is two years earlier than originally planned

TASS, April 14. The United Arab Emirates (UAE) will launch its own lunar exploration program in 2022, rather than in 2024, as originally planned. This was reported on Wednesday by the Emirati newspaper The National.

According to the Russian Defense Ministry, the first unit equipped with combat robots will be formed in the Russian army in the near future. According to the head of the General Staff of the Ground Forces V. Tonkoshurov, we are talking about five "Uran-9" robocomplexes developed by specialists of 766 UPTK (Nakhabino, Moscow region). In total, the unit will receive two dozen combat vehicles.

The Slovenian company Pipistrel, commissioned by the largest Chinese courier company SF Express, will finalize its electric cargo drone Nuuva. According to eVTOL, as a result of further development, the device will be able to perform stable flights at an altitude of 6 thousand meters in airplane mode and 2.5 thousand meters in vertical take-off and landing modes.

The Russian leadership has approved the decision to create an independent Russian space station, the Moskovsky Komsomolets newspaper reported.

The work must be completed by November 15, 2025

Roscosmos plans to spend 1.88 billion rubles on development work (R & D) to create a complex of landing areas and primary maintenance of the return vehicle of the manned transport ship "Eagle", follows from the materials posted on the portal of public procurement.

The prototype of the navigation system, an alternative to GPS, is going to be found in the US Navy. In the future, the development is planned to be integrated into the arsenal of hypersonic weapons and used in the fleet.

On April 13, 2021, at the shipyard of the Taiwan Shipbuilding Corporation CSBC in Kaohsiung, in the presence of the President of the Republic of China (Taiwan) Tsai Ing-wen held a solemn ceremony of launching the main landing helicopter ship-dock "Yushan" (tail number 1401), which is being built for the Taiwanese Navy under the Hong Yun program.

As the developers reported, during the tests, the pistols exceeded the reliability requirements four times

One of the first domestic pistols, specially developed in accordance with the requests of athletes engaged in practical shooting, has passed the final test stage. This was reported on Tuesday in the state corporation "Rostec".

The duration of the flight of the IL-114 exceeds eight hours, said the first deputy chairman of the Board of the Military-Industrial Commission of the Russian Federation Andrey Yelchaninov

The latest domestic turboprop transport aircraft Il-114-300 interested the Russian military. This was announced on Tuesday in an interview with Rossiyskaya Gazeta by the first deputy chairman of the board of the Military-Industrial Commission (MIC) of the Russian Federation, Andrey Yelchaninov.

First Deputy Chairman of the Board of the Military-Industrial Complex Andrey Yelchaninov stressed that in the near future it will be possible to control several drones from the cockpit of the Su-57

Deliveries to the troops of the heavy unmanned strike complex "Hunter" are planned to begin in 2024. This was announced by the first deputy chairman of the board of the Military-Industrial Commission (MIC) Andrey Yelchaninov.

The Rubin Design Bureau has developed the first Russian export-oriented submerged patrol ship, the Sentinel. It can be used as a guard ship, as well as as a rescue or research vessel. The ship will be exported under the BOSS brand.

NPO Mashinostroyeniya, commissioned by Roscosmos, is developing the Condor-FKA-M satellite. This was announced by the chief designer of the enterprise in the direction of spacecraft Alexey Rabochy, according to the corporate publication "Tribune".

Russian Defense Minister General of the Army Sergei Shoigu on April 9, during an inspection of the state defense order of JSC "766 Department of Production and Technological Equipment" (UPTK) in the Moscow region, instructed to increase radiation protection for Russian military robots.