News of new developments in the military-industrial complex

Rubin Design Bureau has presented new versions of submarines for the Russian Navy and international customers. "Amur-1650" is designed primarily for export. A submarine of this type with a displacement of about 1800 tons is based on the Lada project 677.

The German company Rheinmetall Denel Munition (RDM) is developing a 155-mm artillery shell with a ramjet engine. If successful, the new ammunition can revolutionize the world of artillery due to a much longer range.

Russia has developed a special multi-shot grenade launcher for use from a drone. The patent for the product is published on the official website of the Federal Institute of Industrial Property (part of Rospatent).

On August 23, 2023, infantrymen from the 3rd Grey Wolf Armored Brigade of the US Army participated in exercises in the Arizona desert, during which a new lightweight LW CLU aiming system installed on the Javelin ATGM was tested.

India has become the fourth country to successfully land a spacecraft on the moon, writes El País. The publication tells how she managed it and what kind of research the Pragyan device will conduct.

When creating lunar bases, it will be necessary to solve the problem of cargo transportation on the surface of the Moon. American engineers have proposed a very interesting solution to this problem – a magnetic levitation system, the basis of which are tracks rolled on the lunar surface.

PLA military presence in Djibouti: geopolitical and regional aspects

The leadership of the People's Republic of China has begun the practical implementation of plans to form a system of forward basing and logistical support of the People's Liberation Army of China (PLA) in foreign territories.

Russia's security directly depends on innovations in this area

The XI Moscow Conference on International Security was held in the context of a radical change in the military-political situation in the world, the formation of a real multipolar world order. Heads and representatives of defense departments, international organizations, experts and political scientists exchanged views on strengthening constructive cooperation in the new realities. Hybrid warfare strategies have become one of these realities.

Russian soldiers on the front line began to receive factory ammunition for copters

Russian troops on the front line began to receive ammunition, modified already at manufacturing plants for use with commercial copters, previously fighters adapted them in the field, follows from a video published on Wednesday by the Russian Defense Ministry.

The Armed Forces of Ukraine announced the development of a Ukrainian version of the Lancet kamikaze drone called Perun, the project is currently being scaled, RIA Novosti reports.

The researchers also expect to test a laser optical communication terminal on the Russian space station

The National Center for Physics and Mathematics (NCFM) plans to conduct scientific experiments using the capabilities of the Russian Orbital Station (ROS), which will speed up technology transfer. The research will concern the impact of space processes on living systems, as well as laser space communications and quantum technologies, Scientific director of the NCFM Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences Alexander Sergeev told reporters on the sidelines of the Technoprom forum.

The conflict in Ukraine has brought to a new level the use of unmanned aerial vehicles of both air and sea of various types. Both sides are actively using them and are working on the development of new and improvement of existing drones.

Back in mid-July of this year, it became known that the specialists of the Russian S7 Group began to create a domestic training aircraft, which is so lacking in the country — it was named S7 Tango.

The Kalashnikov Concern presented a new modification of the Cape camouflage system, which interested Spanish military journalists.

The Keldysh Center has moved to the development of cellular material instead of layered, said the general director of the enterprise Vladimir Koshlakov

The Keldysh Center (a developer of the material, part of Roscosmos) will create a new design of self-healing material that will be used in Russian spacesuits. This was reported to TASS by the general director of the enterprise Vladimir Koshlakov.

The development is based on special personal devices

Russia has created a search engine to detect wounded soldiers on the battlefield — it is based on special beacons. The new technology works secretly from the enemy, and at the moments of shelling allows you to search for injured fighters from drones. For details on how the system created by specialists from Novosibirsk works, as well as what are the prospects for its application in the military and civilian spheres, read the Izvestia material.

The US Air Force has announced that it has chosen the aviation startup JetZero to design and assemble a full-size demonstrator of a promising tanker aircraft with a combined body-wing (BlendedWingBody, BWB). The goal is for the aircraft, made according to the "flying wing" scheme and already received the unofficial designation XBW-1, to begin flying by 2027.

A self-adjusting broadband communication system capable of combining control and transmission of information from more than 20 drones has been developed at NPP Radar MMS.

The Army 2023 forum has recently ended, where a large number of novelties in the field of weapons, military and special equipment were presented. Among them is the hypersonic aircraft GAL.

The scientific and production enterprise "Radar mms" has developed an electric drone that is maximally adapted to use without an operator.