News of new developments in the military-industrial complex

According to the entrepreneur, the existing rules of the US Federal Aviation Administration can become a serious obstacle to the development of the Red Planet by humans. Recall that the next tests of the prototype of the Starship space system are due to take place soon.

It is assumed that the transport will be able to be used to refuel the sealed modules of the future Lunar Gateway space station and transport cargo in low Earth orbit

The European Space Agency (ESA) and Thales Alenia Space have signed a contract to develop a transport to deliver cargo from low Earth orbit to the Moon. According to a statement released by Thales on Friday, the contract value will be €4.5 billion.

In the program of the Georgian TV channel Business Media Georgia, dedicated to the prospects of the development of the enterprise "T-31" (Tbilisi Aviation Plant), a new reconnaissance and strike unmanned aerial vehicle "project T-31"is being developed by this enterprise since 2019.

[b]The previous tests of the engines took place on January 16, when they worked simultaneously for about a minute, although it was expected that this would last about eight minutes.]

Specialists of the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) intend to conduct new fire tests of the Space Launch System (SLS) launch vehicle engines at the end of February, the previous ones were completed ahead of schedule. This is stated in a statement published on Friday on the website of the space agency.

Igor Arbuzov, General Director of NPO Energomash, noted that the volume of work in 2021 is 20-25% higher than in the previous year

NPO Energomash (part of Roscosmos) will deliver the RD-171MV engine to Samara in 2021 for testing as part of the rocket stage. This was announced by the general director of the company Igor Arbuzov.

The Drive rated the first electric torpedo created in Russia since the Cold War

The attention of The Drive portal was attracted by the news that an electric torpedo successfully passed state tests in Russia. This was recently announced by the General Director of the corporation "Tactical Missile Weapons" Boris Obnosov.

The now well-known Turkish company Baykar Defense (part of the Baykar group) announced the creation of a light reconnaissance unmanned aerial vehicle Bayraktar DIHA (Dikey Iniş Kalkışlı Insansız Hava Aracı) with vertical takeoff and landing. In a video distributed on January 18, 2021 by the company's head Seljuk Bayraktar, two samples of the Bayraktar DIHA device were visible in the company's workshop, but it is unclear whether their flight tests have begun.

The Russian remote mine clearance vehicle "Foliage", created for the Strategic Missile Forces (RVSN), will be equipped with a more powerful microwave gun during the modernization, which will increase the range of mine detonation, the state corporation"Rostec" told RIA Novosti.

The US Army has announced the preparation of an upgraded M1A2 SEPv3 Abrams tank for artillery tests at the Fort Hood test site in Texas. The new version is heavier than the previous ones, which casts doubt on its use-especially in Europe.

The Chinese fighter-bomber of the new generation may be similar to the Russian Su-34. Images of the alleged appearance of a promising winged machine from the Middle Kingdom appeared on the Network.

It is still difficult to say how much the published concept corresponds to what will happen in reality. However, China has long mastered the production of its own clones of Russian Su-27 and Su-33 fighters, so it is possible that a combat aircraft will be created on their basis with the placement of the crew as on the "thirty-fourth".

The research and testing complex of NPO Energomash reported that the tests that took place in January were completed in full and passed in the normal mode

The RD-171MV and RD-191 rocket engines for the Soyuz and Angara carriers have successfully passed fire tests. This was reported on Thursday in the press service of the NGO "Energomash".

The Shvabe holding of the Rostec State Corporation has implemented the first stage of creating an intelligent transport system (ITS) in Saratov.

Modernization of the Russian strategic missile defense system has been completed

Hundreds of billions of operations per second, an updated radar control station, and a new missile. In Russia, the modernization of the missile defense system of the Central Industrial District has been completed.

Sergei Sobyanin launched the construction of the Moscow State University's Vorobyovy Gory innovation cluster, the Moscow Mayor's Office reported. Previously, investments in this project were estimated at 20 billion rubles.

A team of scientists from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology has developed a new type of Kevlar-based molecules that can self-assemble into long strands. Their thickness is only one nanometer, while the length and area can vary depending on the tasks set. The first experiments showed that these thinnest threads are incredibly strong, and therefore have a wide range of potential applications.

Specialists of the US Army have completed tests of promising unified assault bridge-laying JAB, the development of which was carried out since the beginning of the 2010s. According to Defense News, the tests of the bridge-laying machines were completed at the end of 2020. Based on the results of the inspections, it is planned to make improvements to the design of cars and bridge structures. In 2022, the US Army expects to receive the first JAB bridge pavers.

Experts of the US Army during tests of the upgraded version of the CH-47F Chinook Block II heavy transport helicopter found increased vibration of the rotor blades. According to Defense News, with reference to the test report, the vibrations were detected in several modes: parking on the ground with the engines running and the propellers rotating, hovering and flying in a straight line.

The Grom-E guided missile and bomb armament system is based on the X-38ME modular multi-purpose guided missile, equipped with various homing head (homing head) variants. Boris Obnosov, General Director of the Tactical Missile Armament Corporation (KTRV), revealed details about the advanced weapons that the Hunter heavy strike drone, which is the wingman of the fifth-generation Su-57 fighter, was testing.

It is conducted by the NGO "Android Technology" - the developer of the robot "Fedora" that flew into space

The NGO " Android Technology "(the developer of the robot "Fedor" that flew into space) has started manufacturing a robot of the project "Teledroid" to perform work in outer space. This was reported to TASS in the press service of the organization.

On January 22, 2021, the 82nd Infantry Regiment "Torino" (82° Reggimento Fanteria "Torino") of the mechanized brigade" Pinerolo "(Brigata meccanizzata" Pinerolo") of the Italian Army, stationed in Barletta, demonstrated for the first time the first light armored vehicles of the Italian army, the LMV 2.