News of new developments in the military-industrial complex

Irkut Corporation rolled out the first prototype MS-21-310 passenger aircraft with Russian-designed PD-14 engines. According to the rostec state Corporation, on November 6, 2020, the aircraft was transferred from the final Assembly shop to the flight test division of the Irkutsk aviation plant.

New development of TSNIITOCHMASH will teach marksmanship

The development of a new automated target complex of employees of the Research center (SIC) for testing and experimental research of weapons, military and special equipment (a structural division of TSNIITOCHMASH) is a feat of the very functionality of this division. After all, one of its main tasks is to conduct large – scale tests of small arms and demonstrate them to potential domestic and foreign customers.

The Kalashnikov concern has introduced a new TR3 carbine for the 366 TKM hunting cartridge, based on the AK-12 and AK-15 assault rifles.

The radio engineering regiment of the air force and air defense Association of the Central military district (CVO), stationed in the Novosibirsk region, received a new low-altitude radar detection system "Podlet". This is reported by the Ministry of defense of the Russian Federation.

Bladebug and ORE Catapult have tested a robot to inspect wind turbine blades at an offshore wind farm on the coast of Scotland. It moves along the surface of the blade using six legs with vacuum suction cups and broadcasts video from the camera.

Specialists Of the Central Aerohydrodynamic Institute named after Zhukovsky tested a model of a motor nacelle with a natural laminar flow. According to the Institute, the nacelle is being developed for the promising dual-circuit turbofan engine PD-35. The checks were considered successful.

Engineers have developed an underwater navigation beacon that does not require power supply. It is based on a transponder that responds to sonar signals, and at the same time is powered by the energy of its sound waves.

The load capacity of the new Il-76MD-90 military transport aircraft has been increased from 48 to 60 tons. At the same time, the flight range increased by 18 percent, and fuel consumption was reduced by 12-15 percent.

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.