News of new developments in the military-industrial complex

This year, an underwater drone and the latest rocket will reach the finish line

In 2021, at least two promising domestic weapons systems will reach the finish line — the beginning of testing.

Mass production of biofuels for aviation is less cost-effective compared to the production of aviation kerosene from oil. Therefore, without the introduction of a carbon tax, it is not able to compete with traditional jet fuel, said Jay D. Kiesling, professor of chemical engineering and bioengineering at the University of California, Berkeley, deputy director of the Biological Sciences Laboratory at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, chief Executive Officer of the Joint Institute for Bioenergy, in an interview with Global Energy.

The British multi-purpose nuclear submarine HMS Talent of the Trafalgar type was equipped with new sensors. Presumably, we are talking about an analog of the Russian wake trace detection system, or SOKS.

The maximum range of its launch for some types of targets reaches 200 km

State joint tests of a promising export long - range air-to-air missile RVV-BD were conducted in Russia, according to the corporate newspaper Vimpel of the State Design Bureau Vimpel (specializing in the development of air - to-air missiles, part of the Tactical Missile Armament Corporation, KTRV).

[b]Russia plans to launch more than 600 communication and remote sensing satellites, President Vladimir Putin said earlier.]

FSUE "Space Communications" and JSC "Gazprom Space Systems" plan to invest more than 140 billion rubles in the "Sphere" program. This was announced by the Deputy General Director for Development and operation of communication Systems of FSUE "Space Communications" Evgeny Buidinov and Deputy General Director for Business Development of JSC "Gazprom Space Systems" Igor Kot.

For the Russian army, a multi-purpose unarmored SUV based on the Strela car will be developed. This was reported to TASS by the general director of the "Military-Industrial Company" (MIC) Alexander Krasovitsky.

"Rosoboronexport" in the next 5-7 years will bring to foreign markets about 50 new models of weapons and special equipment, including the latest complex "Derivation-air defense", as well as an air-independent power plant (VNEU) for submarines, the press service of the company told RIA Novosti.

Engineers of the Shvabe holding company of the Rostec State Corporation have updated the software of the thermal imagers produced, as a result of which the temperature measurement algorithm has become significantly more efficient.

Russia will start selling T-14 Armata tanks, RIA Novosti reports, referring to Rosoboronexport. According to the company, the tank"has an advertising passport". "In the near future, you will see its foreign debut," the ministry said.

The Defense Research and Development Organization (DRDO) of the Ministry of Defense of India has published a list of weapons approved for export.

NASA specialists have begun the assembly stage of the automatic interplanetary station Psyche, which will go into space next summer, according to the website of the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory. The spacecraft will study the unusual metallic asteroid Psyche, which scientists believe may be the core of a protoplanet.

At the international aerospace exhibition Aero India-2021, held in Bangalore, a mock-up of the TEDBF twin-engine carrier-based fighter is presented for the first time.

Earlier it was reported that it will be created on the basis of the already produced Tejas fighter ("Diamond"), however, judging by the photos, the Indian designers decided to thoroughly rework the original. For example, the front horizontal tail is installed, and measures are taken to reduce radar visibility.

Short-range air defense to be upgraded

The Tor-M2 anti-aircraft missile system will become interspecific, learn to swim and see targets twice as well. According to Fanil Ziyatdinov, General Director of the Kupol IEMZ (part of the Almaz-Antey Concern of the East Kazakhstan Region), work on the marine – ship – version of the short-range system is already underway.

The Indian industrial association Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) presented a full-size model of an unmanned slave. It must interact primarily with the HAL Tejas fighter.

Physicists from the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology and colleagues from the Moscow State Pedagogical University and the University of Manchester have created a highly sensitive terahertz radiation detector based on the tunnel effect in graphene.

As reported by the TASS news agency on February 2, 2021, the 9T260 transport and loading vehicle of the new 57-mm self-propelled anti-aircraft artillery complex 1K150 "Derivation-AIR DEFENSE" is capable of charging the combat vehicle of the complex at the forefront of the battlefield. This was reported to TASS in the press service of JSC "Research and Production Corporation "Uralvagonzavod "(UVZ, part of the state Corporation"Rostec").

The acoustic non-contact target complex, which increases the effectiveness of shooting training and the accuracy of fire correction, was created by the Techmash concern. It has no analogues in Russia.

With the help of laser treatment by the Russian scientists together with our European colleagues have produced a highly sensitive photon detectors. The technology is based on the control of the properties of carbon nanotubes.

A group of students of the Department of Metal Science and Strength Physics of NUST MISIS has started testing a new high-strength aluminum for 3D printing. It is expected that the technology developed by them will find application in aviation and mechanical engineering, as well as in other industries.

The Israeli company Rafael has upgraded the active protection system of the Trophy armored vehicles. According to Jane's, the upgraded version of the Trophy received an electron-optical all-round view system, which is designed to improve the protection of tanks from certain types of shells and missiles.