News of new developments in the military-industrial complex

The rifle is being created for the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation as part of the Reaper development work

State tests of the latest Chukavin sniper rifle (SHF), developed in the Russian Federation by the Kalashnikov Group of companies (part of the Rostec State Corporation) to replace the Dragunov sniper rifle (SVD), are planned to be completed by the end of this year.

"Buttercup-N" can be mounted on a helmet or an armored shield. The station was first presented at the international forum "Army-2021"

The visual-optical interference station "Buttercup-N" that blinds the enemy, which can be attached to a helmet or an armored shield, is ready for trial operation. This was told to TASS at the Army-2021 forum by the general director of the Vega Concern (part of the Rostec Roselectronics holding) Vyacheslav Mikheev.

The new scheme of operation of the Kronstadt drones will allow you to see the incipient fire, fix and localize it

The Kronstadt company is engaged in the creation of a line of unmanned helicopters with a take-off weight from 350 kg to 1.5 tons. This was announced by the general director of Kronstadt, Sergey Bogatikov, during the demonstration of a 450 kg take-off helicopter to Deputy Prime Minister Borisov at the Army-2021 forum.

One fired grenade creates a curtain of 100 square meters at a distance of 70 to 100 meters from the protected object

The latest small-sized complex for protecting boats from high-precision weapons was created by Novosibirsk scientists at the Institute of Applied Physics. The development of JSC "IPF" was presented for the first time at the International Military-Technical Forum "Army-2021".

With a shot weight of 280 grams, the grenade during dynamic tests penetrated through homogeneous armor with a thickness of 120 mm or a concrete block with a thickness of 400 mm

The latest cumulative fragmentation grenade VKO-25 for grenade launchers, created by Novosibirsk scientists from the Institute of Applied Physics, can radically change the tactics of close combat; this grenade, first presented at the International Military-Technical Forum "Army-2021", actually leaves no chance for the survival of enemy soldiers.

At the seventh International Military-Technical Forum "Army-2021" held in Kubinka from August 22 to 28, 2021, JSC "Tactical Missile Armament Corporation" (KTRV) presented two new samples of air-to - surface guided aircraft weapons-X-MD and X-50 missiles.

It is planned to complete them before the ice break on the White Sea with the implementation of several launches

Flight tests of the hypersonic missile "Zircon" from the underwater carrier-the nuclear submarine "Severodvinsk" - are scheduled to begin in September of this year. This was reported to TASS by a source in the military-industrial complex.

$420 million has already been spent on the program

A number of members of the House of Representatives of the US Congress expressed dissatisfaction with the fact that the US space agency delayed the creation of new spacesuits that should be used for flights to the Moon and Mars. This was reported on Monday by the UPI news agency, in an interview with which the chairman of the House Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics, Don Bayer, said that he intends to hold hearings in order to get explanations from the leadership of NASA.

One device will stand on the Progress, the second-on the ISS, and the communication procedure will be worked out between them

The creation of a prototype of equipment for space laser communication is planned to be completed at the Russian Federal Nuclear Center - the All-Russian Research Institute of Experimental Physics (RFNC-VNIIEF, Sarov, Nizhny Novgorod Region, part of the Rosatom state Corporation) by 2024. This was reported on Monday by the newspaper "Strana Rosatom".

Rybinsk Shipyard (part of the Kalashnikov Group of companies of the Rostec State Corporation) has presented the first DS-RIB assault boat for special forces in Russia. It was presented at the Army-2021 forum, TASS reports.

The new-generation S-500 air defense system is being mass-produced, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Yuri Borisov told Interfax.

The Swedish company SSAB has supplied Volvo with the first batch of a new type of automotive steel – "green". The term is still unofficial, this material is also called "environmentally friendly steel", because when creating it, combustible fossils and the energy produced with their help are not used. There are also no emissions into the atmosphere during the production of eco-steel, which is very beneficial for both SSAB and Volvo. The first pledged to switch to carbon-free production by 2045, the second-by 2050.

Given the pace of development of the Russian fifth-generation fighter Su-57, a light tactical aircraft (LTS), known as Checkmate ("Checkmate") and the Su-75, it is unlikely that it will reach mass production before 2035, says Konstantin Sivkov, Deputy President of the Russian Academy of Missile and Artillery Sciences (RARAN) for information policy, Doctor of Military Sciences, in the Military-Industrial Courier.

At the IDEF-2021 exhibition held in Istanbul, the Turkish company FNSS presented a new version of the Shadow Rider modular ground-based remotely controlled vehicle (DUM).

For the first time, the STAD-100 mobile nitrogen mining station will be presented at the forum

The industry will present about a thousand developments made in the interests of the Strategic Missile Forces (RVSN) at the International Military-Technical Forum "Army-2021", which opens on August 22.

The Sosna short-range anti-aircraft missile system continues to demonstrate its versatility. At the seventh International Military-Technical Forum "Army-2021", a version on the chassis of the four-axle domestic armored personnel carrier BTR-82A was presented for the first time.

The ministry noted that artificial intelligence technologies are used to improve the efficiency of solving the tasks of the Russian army

Russia has every opportunity to take one of the leading places in the world in the field of artificial intelligence (AI), it is necessary to ensure the security of the country, First Deputy Defense Minister of the Russian Federation Ruslan Tsalikov said on Monday.

The head of the Ministry of Industry and Trade Denis Manturov hopes that in the future it will be possible to use hydrogen fuel cells in the field of aviation

The Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation expects to switch to active operation of Aurus cars by the end of 2023, and in 2024 to start supplying hydrogen-fueled cars and buses to the market. This was announced on Monday by the head of the ministry Denis Manturov in an interview with the Zvezda TV channel within the framework of the Army-2021 forum.

At the seventh International Military-Technical Forum "Army-2021", the Kronshtadt company presented the high-speed strike unmanned vehicle "Thunder".

Heavy flamethrower systems "Pinocchio" and "Solntsepek" have been used by our army for several decades. The successor of these legendary machines should be the Tosochka flamethrower system. Although it is currently at the stage of field tests, it has already managed to prove itself in all its glory at the strategic exercises "Caucasus-2020".