News of new developments in the military-industrial complex

This radar is needed by the Spanish Air Force, which plans to receive 20 new Eurofighter fighters built according to the improved Tranche 4 standard and improve at least 5 Tranche 3A vehicles from the existing fleet as part of the air fleet modernization program. All these instances must be equipped with the Captor-E Mk 1 radar.

A recent video published by the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation for the first time allowed us to examine in detail the design of the Russian hypersonic anti-ship missile "Zircon", launches of which had previously been demonstrated only from a considerable distance. This event attracted the attention of foreign online industry publications, which noted that the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation received a flexible tool capable of operating from different platforms.

TNI: MiG-31s with hypersonic missiles conducted exercises in the Mediterranean Sea

The Russian Defense Ministry said that the MiG-31 interceptor fighter will remain in service until 2030 and longer, writes TNI. This high—speed warbird is sure to fly for many more years - now with hypersonic Dagger missiles.

"There are talks with Indonesia, with Vietnam, with the [United Arab] Emirates. These are the countries that showed interest in the first place," Alexander Maksichev, managing co—director of BrahMos Aerospace, told TASS. Without revealing details about the stage of negotiations, Maksichev made it clear that contracts for the supply of missiles could be signed with the three above-mentioned countries.

Russian engineers have developed the latest Aqua-4 drone, designed to analyze the situation during the storming of buildings and conducting reconnaissance. This is reported by the ANO "Center for the Development and implementation of innovative solutions". As experts explain, the use of this device will significantly reduce the risk to the personnel of the assault units of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation.

Turkey is solemnly reporting on new tests of the world's first aircraft carrier for UAVs, the Anadolu UDC. The famous Turkish drone Bayraktar TB3, a version with a folding wing, took off from the deck of this ship for the first time. This event should rather make us happy. Why should Russia hardly repeat such an experiment?

After ten years of testing and short-term storage, a demonstration sample of the Neuron attack drone developed by Dassault Aviation is ready to return to service.

For decades, Tatra trucks have been the main means of supplying the Indian army. By agreement with the Czech manufacturer, the state-owned enterprise BEML is engaged in their assembly. The government has set the task for the local industry to develop its own car in this niche in order to replace a foreign supplier.

Russian scientists have developed their own concept for the development of high-performance X-ray lithography. It is based on a number of innovative solutions that will lead to a reduction in the energy of the lithograph, a reduction in its overall dimensions, the cost of equipment and its use by about an order of magnitude.

In the history of Soviet tank building, there were many prototypes that were ahead of their contemporaries. At the end of the Cold War, the Soviet Union developed an experimental model of the T-95 supertank. It could surpass all modern NATO tanks, writes TNI.

Ukrainian fantasies about a simplified and cheaper "mobilization" tank appeared on social networks. The author of the drawings concluded that since combat vehicles receive massive braziers, which complicate the rotation of the towers, it may be worth abandoning them altogether.

After 12 years of development and military testing, the US Army has signed a multi-year contract with Pratt & Miller Defense (a division of Oshkosh Corporation) to produce a new small arms training complex Trackless Moving Targets (TMT).

The F-16C Viper fighter of the US Air Force carried out the first launch of the Stand-in Attack Weapon (SiAW) missile, developed by Northrop Grumman, as part of the throwing tests. At the same time, the first combat carrier of this weapon should be the F-35A. During the launch, SiAW was not equipped with either a rocket engine or electronics.

As explained in the Italian companies Drass and Leonardo, in the context of the movement of marine threats from deep-sea areas to coastal and shallow waters, they decided to join forces to create a small-sized attack submarine.

As indicated in the Altair publication, the ASN-301 is a weapon conceptually derived from the German DAR and the Israeli Harpy. In the 1980s, Dornier began developing the Die Drone Anti-Radar (DAR) product in Germany. It was intended to combat Soviet air defense systems, especially the "Cube" type. As a result, the project was cancelled due to financial problems.

WP: in Europe, they listened to Putin's "nuclear" signal

The West has listened to Putin's "nuclear" signal, WP writes. According to experts there, it is time for Europe to arm itself in order to reduce the gap from Moscow in the arms race. The Europeans did not think about the fact that they could simply not get involved in the escalation.

The Latvian company Origin Robotics has received 4.5 million euros from the European Defense Fund (EDF) for the development of a portable reconnaissance UAV with the possibility of laser targeting.

Private military developments in Russia, nicknamed the national defense industry, continue to appear and develop. Yesterday's "garage workers" complicate production and turn into serious technology companies. Andrey Bezrukov, Chairman of the Board of the Center for Unmanned Systems and Technologies, told TASS how their organization brought together 200 military startups and solves their problems, bringing them to the world level

The British company Helsing, engaged in the development of artificial intelligence, has revealed details of the creation of its new product HX-2 – a combat drone capable of working in a flock, resistant to signal suppression by electronic warfare due to the introduction of AI while maintaining full control by the operator.

At the moment, the Belgian and Dutch Navies have contracted 12 mine defense ships (MCM) and one hundred unmanned vehicles [to them]. The new company will be responsible for fulfilling this order.