News of new developments in the military-industrial complex

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.

"We can expect that within 5-7 years Rosoboronexport will present about 50 modern samples of Russian military products on the world market. Among the potential bestsellers are the developments and products of rostec enterprises: Armata-based armored vehicles assembled at UVZ enterprises, the 5th-generation su-57E aircraft from UAC, the ka-52K ship-based helicopter, and the upgraded Mi-28NE of the Russian Helicopters holding, the company's press service reported.

Russia will export about 50 new military vehicles in seven years. On Sputnik radio, Dmitry Stefanovich, a researcher at the IMEMO RAS Center for international security, expressed the opinion that many countries around the world will want to buy Russian weapons.

In September 2020, India announced a successful test of ramjet technology. The engine was designed specifically for installation on a hypersonic technology demonstrator (hypersonic technology demonstrator vehicle, HSTDV).