News of new developments in the military-industrial complex

The American company GE Aviation has completed testing of the first prototype of the promising XA100 adaptive aircraft jet engine, which has been under development since 2007 by order of the US Air Force. According to Flightglobal, bench tests of the power plant have been conducted since December 2020. During the tests, the power plant demonstrated characteristics that correspond to the mathematical forecasts obtained at the design stage.

The "Moscow Institute of Heat Engineering" reported that work on the reconstruction of the monorail section is already being completed, where they will demonstrate the layout

The model of the magnetic cushion train will be demonstrated for the first time by the Moscow Institute of Thermal Engineering Corporation (MIT, which is the developer of the Yars complex, part of Roscosmos) in August. This was reported to TASS in MIT on the occasion of the 75th anniversary of the enterprise.

Specialists of the Military Academy of Logistics (VA MTO, St. Petersburg) named after General of the Army Khrulev came up with a project of a unique transport-loading robot based on one of the most massive tractors in the Russian army MT-LB (also known as "Motoliga"), follows from a document published on the website of Rospatent.

The innovative foam plastic "Akrimid" is used in the production of space, aviation and land equipment, the state corporation specified

Innovative foam plastic "Akrimid", used in the production of space, aviation and land equipment, began to be mass-produced in Russia. It replaced imported materials, the press service of the state corporation Rostec told TASS.

The frigate of the Northern Fleet "Admiral of the Fleet of the Soviet Union Gorshkov" after participating in the celebration of Victory Day in Murmansk left for Severodvinsk.

The space nuclear tug "Zeus" with a megawatt-class power plant can be used in the Russian air defense system (air defense), RIA Novosti reports, citing materials from the Keldysh Research Center.

Chinese jet engines have reached the level when they began to be installed on single-engine fighters. May 11 portal defensenews.com He reported that the first production Chengdu J-10 fighters with locally produced engines entered service with the PLA Air Force.

Shvabe Holding (part of Rostec) has developed a Segment Gamma detector that can detect explosives and dangerous chemicals in five seconds, the press service of the state corporation reported.

An Indonesian consortium led by the state-owned company PT Pindad in Banyuwangi (East Java) announced the launch of a prototype fire support boat / "tank-armored boat" X18 (Tank Boat).

American engineers reported that for the first time they managed to develop an engine with an oblique detonation wave, which is able to accelerate the aircraft to Mach 17, or about 20 thousand km / h. This is written by New Atlas.

At the military parade in Tula on May 9, the BMD-2M with a single combat compartment "Bereg"was first demonstrated.

From the original versions, they differ in the installation of a new, more massive-looking sight with a laser rangefinder, a thermal imaging channel and an automatic target tracking system.

The company Regent (Boston, USA) received pre-orders in the amount of 465 million dollars from those wishing to purchase high-speed electric ekranoplanes "Seaglider", capable of flying over the water surface at a speed of about 300 km / h for a range of almost 600 km.

One of the oldest German concerns-manufacturers of military equipment Rheinmetall (founded in 1889-ed. TechCult.ru) introduced a new version of the NH – NH3 tactical military truck.

Turkish company Baykar Defense has published the first concept image of the TB-3 Bayraktar drone on the deck of the aircraft carrier landing ship Anadolu.

Shvabe Holding presented devices for civil defense and security at the exhibition "Integrated Security-2021", which opened in Kubinka, near Moscow.

JSC "Bryansk Automobile Plant" presented a fire truck to fight fire at airports, RIA Novosti reports.

Already this year, the Russian Armed Forces may receive a new aerial bomb. On May 11, the Interfax news agency reported that the Drill munition had successfully completed tests.

In the Chinese social network Weibo, the first photo of a new type of submarine appeared. The ship is ready to be launched in Wuhan. Presumably, this is the head sample of the upgraded Type-039C Yuan project.

Tokyo wants to get a launch vehicle with a returnable stage by 2030. It may be similar to the famous Falcon 9 from SpaceX.

The frigate of the Northern Fleet "Admiral Gorshkov" makes the transition from Murmansk to Severodvinsk to participate in the final stages of testing a promising missile weapon, the press service of the fleet reported on Wednesday.