News of new developments in the military-industrial complex

According to Alexander Leonov, General Director of the NPO Mashinostroyeniya, there is nowhere to go further than hypersound, according to the characteristics of the Avangard known to him in terms of speed

Hypersonic technologies will be used in new weapons systems, said on Friday the General Director, General Designer of the NPO Mashinostroeniya (part of the corporation " Tactical Missile Weapons") Alexander Leonov.

The Russian Advanced Long-range Aviation Complex (PAK DA), which is being created, can receive subsonic X-101 missiles, the editor-in-chief of the site told Izvestia MilitaryRussia.ru Dmitry Kornev.

According to him, the missiles will replace the Yars complexes that are in service with the Strategic Missile Forces

Development work (R & D) on the creation of the latest intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) "Cedar" will begin at the turn of 2023-2024. This was reported to TASS by a source in the military-industrial complex.

A wireless system for monitoring the state of silo launchers with intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs) is being developed in Russia, according to the materials of the Royal Readings on Cosmonautics, available to RIA Novosti.

"Amur" will be the successor of the Soyuz rocket, said the Executive director of Roscosmos for Advanced programs and Science Alexander Bloshenko

The preliminary design stage of the Amur rocket will end in September. This was stated on Saturday in the program "Big Space" on the channel "Roscosmos-TV" Executive Director of Roscosmos for Advanced programs and Science Alexander Bloshenko.

In Syria, a new technology for aiming tactical strike drones "Pacer" at terrorist targets was tested with the help of an upgraded wearable intelligence, control and communications complex (KRUS) "Strelet-M". As a source in the Russian military-industrial complex told RIA Novosti, the coordinates of the targets were transmitted from the ground using a tablet.

The South Korean company Korea Aerospace Industries Co. (KAI) said on Sunday that it intends to develop its own transport and multi-purpose aircraft for the needs of the army, the Yonhap news agency reported.

A joint development between NASA and ESA, the Solar Orbiter spacecraft, launched in February last year, made its first approach to the star. According to the mission program, it will approach the sun every six months.

As early as this year, the US army can arm itself with robot mules. March 31, portal janes.com He reported that General Dynamics Land Systems has announced the completion of deliveries of prototype MUTT machines.

The Defense Research and Development Organization of the Ministry of Defense of India (DRDO) has successfully tested for the first time a new version of the improved light torpedo "Shyena" (Shyena), adapted for use on board the IL-38SD maritime patrol aircraft of the Indian Navy.

The Voronezh Aircraft Factory is capable of producing up to 12 IL-112 light transport aircraft per year.

This was stated in PJSC "Il". According to the United Aircraft Corporation, the second flight of the aircraft took place on March 30, 2021, and its duration was about 30 minutes. The tests were considered successful.

Serial deliveries of the Magister air defense control system will begin this year. This was announced on Wednesday, March 31, by the press service of the state Corporation "Rostec".

VNII "Signal" proposed to modernize the artillery from obsolete guns

In Russia, it was proposed to create a "smart" artillery from obsolete guns. For this purpose, the Signal Research Institute plans to develop a set of unified equipment that will provide automatic data entry for firing on towed guns. In turn, this will allow them to upgrade to the level of highly effective artillery systems. Military observer " of the Newspaper.En " Mikhail Khodarenok dealt with the company's initiatives.

Scientists of Tomsk Polytechnic University (TPU) have created a technology for producing a complex composite that can be used to protect the electronics of space satellites. This was told to RIA "Tomsk" by Professor of TPU Oleg Khasanov.

In March, the specialists of the Ship Repair Center "Zvezdochka" in Severodvinsk completed the unloading of the core of the nuclear reactor of the burned-out nuclear deep-water station (AGS) AS-31 "Losharik" project 10831, TASS reports, citing a source close to the Russian Defense Ministry.

The leadership of the Pentagon is hatching plans to create flying aircraft carriers-special transport aircraft, on board of which thousands of inexpensive combat drones-"gremlins"will be placed. The development of the project is entrusted to the research unit of the Pentagon DARPA.

The American company General Dynamics Land Systems in April 2021 will deliver to the US Army several wheeled transport ground robots MUTT, which will pass the final tests. According to Jane's, it is planned to start small-scale production of new robots by September of this year, and at the end of the year, the US military may adopt MUTT.

Research and Production Association (NPO) "Energomash" has completed a three-month cycle of eight fire tests of the first finishing liquid rocket power unit RD-171MV, known as the "tsar-engine". This is reported by Roscosmos.

The fifth submarine of the Yasen-M project will be the first to receive the latest missile system

The newest hypersonic cruise missile "Zircon" was identified as a carrier submarine. The first production submarine with these munitions in the arsenal will be the Perm. All subsequent cruisers of the Yasen-M project will also be equipped with these complexes. The new weapon will allow submarines to deliver high-precision strikes both on enemy ships and on ground targets, experts say.

The Zenit 3-12x50 sight and other optical devices of the Shvabe holding company of the Rostec State Corporation will be tested during the expedition to Novaya Zemlya, the press service of the holding company reports.