News of new developments in the military-industrial complex

The Turkish daily Sabah newspaper reported on the successful testing on November 6 of the Bayraktar TB2 UAV equipped with the CATS (Common Aperture Targeting System) developed by ASELSAN EO/IR.

The organization "Spaceport Japan" (Spaceport Japan) presented the concept of the future grandiose multifunctional center for space tourism. A structure the size of a small city is planned to be placed in Tokyo Bay. The idea is extremely ambitious – by 2050, the turnover in this industry will be more than a trillion dollars, and the Japanese intend to dominate it.

The Russian company IVA Technologies, part of the high-Tech group, has completed the development of a new completely original microprocessor architecture, and it has demonstrated impressive results in international tests. The appearance of chips based on it is expected in early 2021.

As reported by Air Force Magazine in John A. Tirpak's" After KC-46, USAF Looks Ahead to "Bridge Tanker", the commander of the Air transport command (Air Mobility Command) of the US air force, General Jacqueline D. Van Ovost said that at the end of 2020, the command plans to officially launch a tender for new refueling aircraft for the US air force under the KC-Y program to finally replace the fleet of Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker and McDonnell Douglas KC-10 Extender refueling aircraft.

Technologists and design engineers Of the Central research Institute of precision engineering (TSNIITOCHMASH) of the rostec state Corporation are working to increase the share of non-metallic products in small arms.

the Expert commented on the rumors about replacing the "Armata" with a tank with an ETH

A fundamentally new generation of Russian tanks, which, in particular, can replace the T-14 "Armata" vehicles, will receive an electrothermochemical gun (ETH), media reports, citing confidential sources in the military-industrial complex. Military observer " Newspaper.EN " Mikhail Khodarenok dealt with the details of this innovation.

In the Gulf of Finland, two radio-controlled catamarans "Kadet-M", created for the Kronstadt sea cadet military corps (St. Petersburg), were tested, Zvezda reports. The corresponding video is available on YouTube.

A team of scientists from the NTI Quantum communications Center at nust MISIS is developing the world's first prototype of an infrared photon video detector - a camera so powerful that it can "see" the movement of single particles of such radiation.

On October 4, the press service of PJSC United aircraft Corporation announced the first flight of the Tu-160M aircraft with new NK-32-02 engines.

By 2030, Roscosmos will launch about 600 satellites of the Sphere system, which is "analogous" to the Western projects Starlink and OneWeb, the official magazine of the Russian space Corporation promises.

As reported on November 3, 2020, PJSC "United aircraft Corporation" (PJSC "UAC"), at the airfield of the Kazan aviation plant (KAZ) named after S. p. Gorbunov - a branch of PJSC" Tupolev "(part of PJSC" UAC " of rostec state Corporation), the first flight of a deep-moderated Tu-160M bomber with new serial engines NK-32-02 took place. The plane was piloted by a crew under the supervision of Henri Accidence. The flight took place at an altitude of 6000 meters and lasted 2 hours and 20 minutes.

Russia is going to introduce about 50 new models of military equipment to the world market in the next 5-7 years, including armored vehicles based on the Armata tank, the press service of Rosoboronexport reported on Monday.

"We can expect that within 5-7 years Rosoboronexport will present about 50 modern samples of Russian military products on the world market. Among the potential bestsellers are the developments and products of rostec enterprises: Armata-based armored vehicles assembled at UVZ enterprises, the 5th-generation su-57E aircraft from UAC, the ka-52K ship-based helicopter, and the upgraded Mi-28NE of the Russian Helicopters holding, the company's press service reported.

Russia will export about 50 new military vehicles in seven years. On Sputnik radio, Dmitry Stefanovich, a researcher at the IMEMO RAS Center for international security, expressed the opinion that many countries around the world will want to buy Russian weapons.

In September 2020, India announced a successful test of ramjet technology. The engine was designed specifically for installation on a hypersonic technology demonstrator (hypersonic technology demonstrator vehicle, HSTDV).