News of new developments in the military-industrial complex

Czech company RETIA at the IDEX-2021 exhibition in Abu Dhabi demonstrated a multi-purpose three-axis radar ReGUARD, designed to detect and track ground and low-flying air targets.

In Japan, a ceremony was held to launch a Mogami-class frigate. In the future, the country intends to build several dozen such ships.

The Chinese military industry has created several types of portable anti-tank missile systems of the third generation, which are analogs of the American FGM-148 Javelin.

The most famous of them is the Red Arrow-12 ("Red Arrow-12"), which has been in mass production for 6 years. Last year, it was reported about the beginning of export deliveries - Algeria purchased the first batch.

Miniature drones will be little distinguishable from insects. On March 2, the press service of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) revealed a new development — a miniature flying robot with insect wings.

The development and introduction of three-dimensional printing is called the industrial revolution. Printed parts are lighter and stronger, raw materials are used without waste, there is no need to modify the finished products with a"file". Additive technologies are used for the manufacture of elements of turbojet and helicopter engines, combustion chambers. The state, prospects and development of additive technologies were discussed at an open table organized by the D. I. Mendeleev Russian State Technical University.

The Federal Aviation Administration of the United States until the end of 2021 will begin testing on-board collision warning systems with drones for passenger aircraft. According to Flightglobal, the systems will be tested at five international airports: Atlantic City in New Jersey, Columbus in Ohio, Huntsville in Alabama, and Seattle/Tacoma in Washington and Syracuse in New York.

The British company Rolls-Royce has completed ground tests of a prototype of the high-speed electric aircraft ionBird, being developed as part of the ACCEL research program. According to Flightglobal, the company's specialists are currently preparing the aircraft for the first flight, which should take place before the end of March 2021.

A multi-purpose unmanned complex "Molniya", the jets of which will be launched by a swarm from a carrier aircraft, is being developed in the interests of the Russian Aerospace Forces, a source in the military-industrial complex told RIA Novosti.

In Kerch, the formation of the hulls of the future universal landing ships "Ivan Rogov" and "Mitrofan Moskalenko"began. Work on domestic helicopter carriers is carried out taking into account the experience gained in the construction of ships of the Mistral type.

The Council of Chief Designers approved the schedule for the creation of the Soyuz-5 space rocket complex. This was announced on March 1 by the press service of the state corporation "Roscosmos".

Russian engineers are working on a promising UAV AR-10 "Argument", made on the basis of the training aircraft SR-10.

The payload capacity of the device will be about 100 tons, the Global Times newspaper notes

The Chinese National Space Administration (CNSA) plans to create a super-heavy launch vehicle for a manned mission to the moon in approximately 2030. This was reported on Monday by the Global Times newspaper.

The Gulf shipyard in Kerch (Crimea) has started building helicopter carriers, TASS reports, citing a source in the Russian military-industrial complex.

According to the company, the Neutron rocket will be able to lift all the satellites into orbit, the launch of which is planned until 2029

The American company Rocket Lab announced its intention to create a two-stage reusable rocket Neutron, which will be able to deliver about 8 tons of cargo to low-Earth orbit. This is stated in a press release published on the company's website on Monday.

The Shvabe holding company of the Rostec State Corporation has delivered to the customer a pilot set of equipment for a fiber-optic system for transmitting and converting optical signals (SPOS). Signal transmission equipment for controlling the subsea infrastructure of offshore oil and gas production is planned to be installed at the Russian production complex at the Yuzhno-Kirinskoye field on the shelf of Sakhalin Island. 

The American company SkyMule has shown tests of a drone that helps builders prepare rebar for pouring concrete. It independently flies over the laid rebar and binds the bars, saving workers ' time.

According to a source in the military-industrial complex, Russian engineers have begun to create a new-generation strategic missile system, which received the symbol "Cedar". Now its development is at the very early stage.

"Armata" will become a real headquarters on the battlefield. The Ministry of Defense is developing a system for using the latest T-14 tanks. It is planned to form separate regiments and battalions from them, as well as send them to already created military units. Thanks to the unique automated control system, commanders with the help of" Armata " will be able to control other combat vehicles in real time.

Russian combat aircraft can receive noise-resistant antenna arrays "Comet", said the head of the Main Department of Research Activities of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, Major General Andrey Goncharov.

The multi-purpose nuclear submarine of the project 885 (code "Ash") "Severodvinsk" this year will be the first of the Russian submarines to fire hypersonic missiles "Zircon", including from under water, a source in the military-industrial complex told RIA Novosti.