News of new developments in the military-industrial complex

Work on the creation of the first Russian humanoid robot that will go into outer space has begun at the head institute of Roscosmos TsNIIMash and the Rocket and Space Corporation Energia. This was reported on Saturday, March 27, by RIA Novosti with reference to the press service of Roscosmos.

The launch of the orbiter is scheduled for 2024

The lunar gamma - ray and neutron spectrometer (LGNS) for geological exploration of the Earth's natural satellite from orbit will be created and will be tested in 2022-2023. This was reported to TASS by the head of the Department of nuclear Planetology of the Institute of Space Research (ICI) RAS Igor Mitrofanov.

In the Center for Engineering and Technical Support of Rosgvardiya and in the training center "Novsky" ODON named after F. E. Dzerzhinsky, the department's specialists demonstrated the actions of the units in conditions close to combat, including the clearance of objects with the help of robotic means.

The Pentagon creates an unmanned fighter armed with air-to-air missiles

The US and NATO air forces have dominated the skies since the end of the cold War, but a new generation of Russian and Chinese fighter jets and air-to-air guided missiles is rapidly changing the rules of the game. To overcome the gap that has appeared in the United States, the LongShot program is being developed, which can completely change the course of air battles.

The Delta IV Heavy launch vehicle is scheduled to launch into orbit on April 26 with the secret NROL-82 satellite in the interests of the US National Office of Military Space Intelligence, the United Launch Alliance (ULA) has announced.

According to new information, the adaptation of the Russian spacecraft of the new generation to the Angara rocket has been shifted. Now it is planned to be completed at the end of August.

The new short-range combat system is able to overcome the defenses of neighboring states

After the missile tests conducted by the DPRK on Thursday, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova noted that the situation on the Korean Peninsula " has recently become more complicated due to the regular military maneuvers conducted by the United States and the Republic of Korea and the implementation of missile launches by the DPRK."

In the Network there was a video of the use of the Orion strike drone missile on the L-39 aircraft. The second part of Alexander Rogatkin's report "Winged Hunters", dedicated to domestic drones, was released on the channel "Russia-24".

Russian President Vladimir Putin has successfully tested his new "deadly" Zircon hypersonic missiles, which are capable of reaching targets in the United States in a matter of minutes. This is how the British tabloid Daily Express reacted to the tests that took place in the Arctic.

Robots are becoming more and more independent of humans. The American company Agility Robotics has shown the capabilities of its humanoid robot Digit, which last year went into mass production.

The European Space Agency (ESA) has presented a robot-caver DAEDALUS, which in the near future will be engaged in the study of lunar caves.

The Royal Navy of Great Britain has launched the Vixen research program, which can open the design of a deck-based unmanned aerial vehicle. According to Naval Technology, the military plans to use the promising device as an unmanned slave for fighters with a shortened take-off and vertical landing of the F-35B Lightning II, as well as in the role of a tanker.

Spending on artificial intelligence (AI) technologies in Europe in 2021 will reach $ 12 billion, and by 2024 their growth will be measured at a double-digit rate. This forecast was made in the research company International Data Corporation (IDC).

In total, since the first flight of the IL-76, about 1 thousand aircraft were produced in 22 modifications

New aircraft can be created in the future on the basis of the military transport IL-76, which made its first flight in 1971. This was stated by the first Deputy General Director of the United Aircraft Corporation (UAC), Managing Director of PJSC "IL" Sergey Yarkov.

The development of an ultralight rocket in Russia is dictated by the need to launch multi-satellite groups into Earth orbit and maintain them, said Sergey Zhukov, co-head of the working group of the National Technology Initiative Aeronet.

Recently, it became known that Russia may launch a new spaceplane in the foreseeable future. According to a source in the rocket and space industry, it will be unmanned.

The external rubber coating of submarines allows you to effectively suppress your own noise and external sonar signals

Cheboksary Production Association named after V. I. Chapaev (the company is part of the "Technodinamika" of the state Corporation "Rostec" ) in May will begin production of upgraded hydroacoustic coating for strategic nuclear submarines "Borey-A", Deputy General Director of the company for rubber production Sergey Sandalov told reporters.

The warship of the Northern Fleet "Admiral of the Fleet of the Soviet Union Gorshkov" carried out a training firing of a cruise missile in the Barents Sea. Military expert, captain of the 1st rank of the reserve Vasily Dandykin on the air of Sputnik radio assessed the results of the exercises.

According to the source, state tests will begin in the near future

Flight design tests (LKI) of the hypersonic missile "Zircon" from the surface carrier-the frigate "Admiral of the Fleet of the Soviet Union Gorshkov" of the Northern Fleet-have been successfully completed, and state tests will begin in the near future. This was reported to TASS by a source in the military-industrial complex.

The Norwegians and the Americans conducted the first launch of the latest anti-ship missile JSM from the fifth-generation fighter F-35.