News of new developments in the military-industrial complex

The Baikal-GVD neutrino telescope, the largest in the Northern Hemisphere, will be launched on March 13. This was reported on Saturday in the press service of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation.

Roomy, high-speed, modern-in the shipbuilding industry, some characteristics of the universal landing ships of the project 23900 were revealed. Two pennants have already been laid on the slipways of the Kerch plant "Bay". Previously, ships of this class were not built in Russia. Thanks to them, the fleet will receive unique opportunities for expeditionary operations.

The TCG Anadolu ship can become a carrier of attack drones. March 12, portal defensenews.com He reported that Baykar is developing a new version of the Bayraktar TB2 drone with the possibility of being based on a failed aircraft carrier.

As reported by the American publication "The Drive", the Command of Naval Systems (Naval Sea Systems Command-NAVSEA) of the US Navy on March 10, 2021, published on the US federal public procurement website a contract request for the purchase of 120 sets of small Blackwing 10C unmanned aerial vehicles designed to be launched from submarines of the US Navy from the US company AeroVironment as the sole supplier for two years.

The US Air Force and Northrop Grumman have released the first images of the new B-21 Raider bomber. The photos were taken in combination with artistic renderings against the background of the hangars of Ellsworth Air Force Bases (South Dakota), Whiteman (Missouri) and Dice (Texas).

Thanks to the achievements of modern technologies, our clothes are gradually becoming more functional. This is confirmed by the latest development of scientists from the Chalmers Technical University (Sweden), who managed to create a conductive cellulose thread.

The ship "Eagle" is being created as part of the Russian lunar program

A flight model of the navigation system designed for the promising manned spacecraft "Eagle" will be delivered to the Rocket and Space Corporation (RSC) "Energia" next year. This was reported to TASS by the head of the Department of Optical and Physical Research of the Institute of Space Research (ICI) RAN Roman Bessonov.

Northrop Grumman Corporation showed the concept of a gun that can be equipped with helicopters created under the Future Vertical Lift program.

The network published the first photo of the mobile missile defense system HQ-19 of the Chinese army. As follows from the images, the HQ-19 kit includes two radars with AFAR: apparently, target detection and missile guidance, - interceptor launchers of two types, as well as a command post. All vehicles of the complex are mounted on four-axle all-terrain chassis.

The Techmash Concern, which is managed by the Technodinamika holding of the Rostec State Corporation, has started mass production of icing sensors with artificial intelligence elements.

Belarusian defense engineers are developing a mobile anti-aircraft missile system "TRIO" based on the ASILAK armored car.

According to the State Military-Industrial Committee of the Republic of Belarus, the novelty is designed to counter various types of high-precision weapons and unmanned aerial vehicles.

According to new data, Russian engineers intend to teach a promising attack UAV "Thunder" to control the strike drones "Lightning". They can be launched by another aircraft carrier.

On March 10, 2021, PJSC United Aircraft Corporation (part of the Rostec State Corporation) announced that it had handed over the first upgraded Tu-160M missile carrier with new NK-32 02 series engines for preliminary tests. The aircraft will continue to perform the test program at the flight testing and finishing base of PJSC Tupolev in Zhukovsky, near Moscow.

The probability of a global catastrophe caused by man, accompanied by the death of millions of people, animals and plants, is very high and is constantly increasing. According to scientists, we are talking about the impending sixth mass extinction.

Scientists of the Russian Federal Nuclear Center - the All-Russian Research Institute of Technical Physics (RFNC-VNIITF), located in the city of Snezhinsk, Chelyabinsk region, have come up with a device for combating drones, which is a rocket from which a network of drones is released, it follows from a document published on the website of Rospatent.

MiG-31 planes will intercept ballistic missiles, Izvestia reports, citing sources in the Russian Defense Ministry.

The idea of using animals as weapons does not leave humanity throughout its history. The United States was no exception: MilitaryWatch told about the most insane (and failed) projects of the local military.

Russian anti-personnel grenade launchers are increasing their caliber. On March 9, Rossiyskaya Gazeta reported that the 40-mm automatic grenade launcher "Balkan" successfully passed state tests.

Rosgvardiya can arm itself with new pistols. On March 9, the press service of the Kalashnikov concern reported that the Lebedev modular pistol (MPL) successfully passed state tests.

France conducts first military exercises in space

The French military is conducting exercises to test the capabilities of its space command in dealing with threats to its satellites. Near-Earth space has become the" real national security problem " of the Fifth Republic. The exercise is part of France's strategy to become the world's third-largest space power.