News of new developments in the military-industrial complex

The Kalashnikov Group of companies published footage of flight tests of guided missiles "Whirlwind". 22 launches from the Ka-52 Alligator helicopter took place at the Russian Defense Ministry training ground.

A video from the training of a special purpose unit of the People's Liberation Army of China appeared on the Network.

The company SberAutoTech, part of the Sber ecosystem, has presented a prototype of an autonomous electric transport FLIP, which can become a prototype for the taxi of the future, the company said in a statement received by the editorial office of <url>.

An optical system with an enlarged relative aperture has been patented, which, with high image quality, has a shorter optical system length and a simplified design, the press service of the Shvabe holding company said on Thursday.

"Kalashnikov" boasted of its improved missiles. On May 26, the press service of the company announced the successful completion of flight tests of guided missiles "Vortex".

Tests of the IL-112B light transport aircraft are being completed, and two aircraft will be delivered by the end of 2021. This was stated on May 27 by Russian President Vladimir Putin at a meeting with the leadership of the Ministry of Defense and representatives of the military-industrial complex (MIC).

Russian President Vladimir Putin has said that the armed forces should receive sufficiently high-precision long-range weapons.

Analysis of military conflicts shows that the use of cruise missiles is playing a growing role. This was announced on May 27 by Russian President Vladimir Putin.

According to the Ministry of Energy, Industry and Communications of the Stavropol Territory, a prototype of a small-sized armored car was developed and created by JSC "YUTEK", located in the city of Mikhailovsk (Stavropol Territory). Judging by the inscription on the front, the car has a highly politically correct name "Mercenary".

In the Moscow region, on the basis of the Patriot Park, Russian sappers showed how the latest means of engineering weapons work and how to train specialists in humanitarian demining. The participants of the 4th International Conference on Mine Clearance looked at what protective equipment Russian sappers use, how they search for mines and explosive objects, as well as what tools are used in mine clearance and clearing the area.

The Russian concern "Kalashnikov" published in" VKontakte " a video of tests of secret weapons. "If anything, this is a spoiler for a big release. Who can guess what we are announcing? " the video caption reads.

Tests of the Russian experimental robotic platform "Marker", designed for full-scale testing of technologies and basic elements of ground-based robotics, were shown on video. The corresponding video on YouTube is published by the Foundation for Advanced Research (FPI).

Russia has successfully tested the modified aircraft guided missiles "Whirlwind", the press service of "Kalashnikov" reported. Earlier, the group of companies published on its page "VKontakte" a teaser of weapons tests, which was replicated in the media as a "new secret".

The AGM-88G Advanced Anti-Radiation Guided Missile-Extended Range (AARGM-ER) missile, designed to destroy enemy air defense systems, in particular, the Russian S-400 Triumph, was renamed Advanced Reactive Strike (AReS), the editor of Aviation Week & Space Technology magazine Steve Trimble said on Twitter.

NtechLab, one of the world leaders in the field of biometric technologies and a technology partner of the State Corporation Rostec, won the Face Recognition Vendor Test (FRVT) competition of the National Institute of Standards and Technology of the US Department of Commerce (NIST).

For the first time in Russian history, the United Engine Corporation Rostec designed the VK-1600V helicopter engine only using 3D modeling. All design documentation of the power plant demonstrator created at UEC-Klimov has been released in electronic form.

The module confirmed the claimed characteristics for detecting both small-sized aircraft and helicopters, and mini-unmanned aerial vehicles

The Russian military has successfully tested an economical radar module that can detect planes and drones the size of a sheet of A4 paper, said Colonel Viktor Pigarev, Deputy Chief of the Air Defense and Aviation Forces of the Western Military District, in an interview with the Krasnaya Zvezda newspaper.

The next stages of the project are planned to be completed during 2021-2022

Tula "Instrument Design Bureau" (KBP, part of the NGO "High-Precision Complexes" of the state Corporation "Rostec") and the operators of the scientific company of the Military Innovation Technopolis "Era" are working on the modernization of radar systems developed by KBP to increase their ability to detect low-visibility targets, including anti-ship missiles, unmanned aerial vehicles, as well as ground and underwater robotics. This was reported to TASS by the press service of "High-precision complexes".

The Russian company "Sukhoi" has initiated work on the creation of a tactical single-engine fighter of the 5th generation, which will be built with the use of stealth technologies and the use of developments on the Su-57, a source in the aircraft industry told RIA Novosti.

A tracked version of the PRP-5 mobile reconnaissance point has been created for the Russian Army. If earlier we saw the version on the chassis of the BTR-82 armored personnel carrier, now the platform was the BMP-3 infantry fighting vehicle, which has proven itself over many years of operation. "Troika" is already quite well known in the military, it has excellent mobility, can swim through water obstacles.