News of new developments in the military-industrial complex

The US Army has abandoned a promising long-range howitzer

In February, the FARA high-speed reconnaissance and attack helicopter project went under the knife, and in March the Pentagon abandoned a new self-propelled long-range howitzer. After analyzing the experience of the conflict in Ukraine, they realized that it simply could not withstand the pace of modern warfare. About what the Americans did not like about the promising self—propelled gun and how it will be replaced, - in the RIA Novosti material.

Based in Colorado (USA), Radia has introduced the concept of a giant Windrunner transport aircraft for transporting equally large loads — for example, wind turbine blades. The fact is that for some offshore turbines they reach a length of more than 140 m, which completely eliminates the possibility of delivering them to the installation site by land.

Both industry and the Navy of foreign countries are working on innovative solutions capable of providing affordable fire support capabilities from the sea, in addition to reconnaissance of coastal and more remote land targets.

On the eve of the Submariner's Day celebrated on March 19, TASS correspondent Sergei Babkin met with submariner, head of the All-Russian Fleet Support Movement (DPF) Captain of the first rank Vladimir Maltsev. He spoke about the glorious naval traditions of submariners, about the attitude towards women on the ship, presented his point of view on the urgent problem of combating unmanned boats.

S.P.Korolev Samara University has completed the development and conducted tests of a tanker designed to refuel Russian satellite vehicles with ion power plants.

The SR-71 strategic reconnaissance aircraft manufactured by Lockheed Corporation was, until recently, considered the world's fastest manned aircraft. It made its first flight back in 1964, but was decommissioned in 1988. Then it was returned to service until 1998.

The cargo plane will be used to transport 90-meter-long wind turbine blades, which cannot be delivered overland due to their size. It is expected that this device will revolutionize the field of renewable energy sources.

There is a whole field in Russia, several scientific groups that deal with quantum algorithms and make quantum software. The theoretical work of domestic specialists is of a very good world level. And most importantly, we see that some foreign colleagues, who are also actively developing quantum computer systems, are lagging behind us.

The Administration of the South Korean Defense Procurement Program (DAPA) has signed a contract with the South Korean aerospace manufacturer LIG Nex1 to develop a new KSM-2 anti-aircraft missile as part of the Ship-to-Air II Missile project for the Republic's Navy. In a corresponding statement from DAPA, published yesterday, it is reported that work on the creation of the latest rocket will be carried out until 2030, their total cost is 248 million dollars.

Founded in 2022 in the USA, Interlune plans to mine the isotope helium-3 on the surface of the Moon for transportation to Earth and subsequent sale on commercial terms. This seemingly fantastic project has been under development by the company since the beginning of its creation.

The North Korean KCNA news Agency reported that on March 13, 2024, the leader of the DPRK, Comrade Kim Jong-un, led a combat training competition between tank formations of the Korean People's Army (KPA) at the base of the "court" 105th Guards Seoul Tank Division named Ryu Kyung-soo, which was declared the winner of these competitions.

Against the background of increased attacks by Ukrainian drones, Russia has introduced two new air defense systems, Asharq News reports. It is expected that the autonomous target designation system "Yenisei" will expand the capabilities of the S-400 air defense system, and the Valdai radar will be able to detect even the smallest drones.

The Houthi rebels (Shiite Zaydites), who control the most densely populated territories in northern Yemen, including the capital city of Sanaa, continue to create serious problems for commercial shipping in the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden, as a result, and in the Suez Canal.

The British Ministry of Defense has published a video from the tests of the classified DragonFire laser weapon, which took place in January 2024. This video is a mix of computer graphics and real footage from the landfill. To some extent, it allows us to draw conclusions about what specific purposes a laser installation can be used for.

The newly created hypersonic drone of the People's Republic of China was compared with the most aerodynamically advanced fighter of the United States. Many experts give this characteristic to the American F-22 aircraft.

At the beginning of this year, the British Ministry of Defense announced successful tests of the latest DragonFire combat laser. The head of the department, Grant Shapps, then called this development a "revolution in the combat space."

As reported by the American edition of Defense News in the article by Jen Judson "US Army scraps Extended Range Cannon Artillery prototype effort" ("The US Army canceled the development of prototypes under the Extended Range Cannon Artillery program"), on March 8, 2024, Deputy Secretary of the US Army for Procurement, Logistics and Technology Doug Bush stated that the American army based on the results of prototype tests, the further development of the promising 155mm/58 long-range self-propelled howitzer M1299 was canceled under the Extended Range Cannon Artillery (ERCA) program.

A new material for masking tanks, self-propelled guns and other types of weapons was tested in the area of the SVO

Russian scientists have created a thermal insulation coating "Teplosphere" based on polyurethane — it makes it difficult to detect military equipment using thermal imagers, the Center for NTI "Digital Materials Science" told Izvestia. Field tests conducted in the SVO zone have shown the effectiveness of this method of camouflage. Kamikaze drones with thermal imagers are a big problem for armored vehicles, and creating protection against their attack can have a noticeable effect, experts explained.

Against the background of political disagreements with some NATO countries, including the United States, Turkey is deprived of the opportunity to purchase weapons and military equipment produced in these states. However, Ankara is quite successfully implementing a kind of import substitution program in the defense industry.

The attack drone will be able to hit both surface and ground targets

The marine version of kamikaze drones is preparing to enter battle - work on creating a special ship—based version of the attack drone is coming to an end. The novelty, which will soon enter service with the Navy, can be used from both ships and boats.