News of new developments in the military-industrial complex

A new type of wheeled armored personnel carrier BTR-82AU ("Improved") was officially presented at the Army-2023 exhibition. In the Polish press, it has already been dubbed a "budget"Boomerang, considering the similarity with the K-16 armored personnel carrier developed on the platform of the same name.

Artillery of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation will seriously increase firepower and combat capabilities

New highly mobile artillery systems are in demand in a special military operation, their development is carried out by enterprises of the Russian military-industrial complex.

On August 16, 2023, at the Polish shipbuilding company PGZ Stocznia Wojenna Sp. z.o.o. in Gdynia, an official ceremony of the first steel cutting and the start of construction for the Polish Navy of a new type of frigate project 106 (British project Arrowhead 140, variant AH140PL) under the Miecznik program, of three contracted ships, took place.

At the International Military-Technical Forum "Army-2023" in Kubinka, JSC Kostroma Shipbuilding Plant (KSMZ) presented a prototype of a small amphibious assault boat of its own design and construction, designated as project KS-DSHK850 or project 05060.

The French aerospace research Center ONERA is working within the framework of the Superman project, which creates a fighter concept capable of combining maneuverability and stealth, like the Su-57.

On August 14, 2023, Polish Minister of National Defense Mariusz Blaszczak approved a framework contract with a consortium including the Polish state defense industrial association Polska Grupa Zbrojeniowa SA (PGZ) and the Huta Stalowa Wola SA (HSW) plant, which is part of it, for the development and subsequent supply of approximately 700 heavy infantry fighting vehicles of a new type to the Polish Army.

Contracts worth more than 400 billion rubles were signed during the day at the Army-2023 forum

On August 16, the Russian Defense Ministry signed 11 state contracts with manufacturers of weapons and ammunition at the Army-2023 forum.

On August 16, the PGZ Stocznia Wojenna enterprise in Gdynia hosted the cutting ceremony of the first steel for the construction of a lead frigate for the Polish Navy as part of the MIECZNIK program.

In Russia, a new unmanned boat has been developed to perform various tasks, the vessel is based on a platform of the type "Vizir". This was announced by the managing director of KMZ Holding (Kingisepp Machine-Building Plant) Mikhail Danilenko at the Army-2023 forum.

The Chinese company TCab Tech from Shanghai has announced the start of flight tests of a prototype (although it has not received a skin) of a promising electric-powered E20 device, on which the adopted technological solutions will be tested.

How new technology for low-orbit groupings will help to provide the Internet to the whole Earth

Russian designers are developing a propulsion system for satellites designed to operate in low orbits. At an altitude of about 200 km, there are still remnants of the atmosphere that causes resistance, so the spacecraft engine must work continuously.

Source: the Russian Federation has developed a 23 mm caliber ammunition with controlled detonation

Russia has developed a 23 mm caliber ammunition with controlled detonation, a source in the military-industrial complex said at the Army–2023 forum.

The French division of the KNDS concern presented "in metal" a new version of the VBCI wheeled infantry fighting vehicle equipped with a more powerful cannon.

The large French concern Thales secretly handed over its new Australian-made assault rifles to the APU, Les Echos reports. For the company, Ukraine is an excellent testing ground where you can test weapons before showing them at exhibitions, the author of the article notes.

Foreign customers are interested in Russian developments in the field of UAVs and electronic warfare

A feature of the current forum "Army-2023", which distinguishes it from the previous ones, was the large number of unmanned aerial vehicles and electronic warfare (EW) equipment presented. The number of manufacturers demonstrating their developments in this direction has increased significantly.

The newest Israeli submarine INS Drakon was launched in Kiel, Germany, where it is being built by order of the fleet. The submarine belongs to the Dolphin-2 project, two representatives of which already serve in the Navy, but seriously differs from their predecessors.

At the Army-2023 forum, Almaz-Antey showed an improved PRP-5 artillery reconnaissance complex. This modern tracked armored vehicle debuted in 2022 during the Victory Day Parade in Tula, where it is produced.

The Chinese edition of the South China Morning Post reported on a breakthrough in the development of laser technologies – the creation of a new cooling system for a combat laser. According to journalists, it is so effective that it allows you to emit a laser beam "indefinitely for a long time."

At the forum, it will be possible to see equipment created taking into account the experience of a special military operation

The International Military-Technical Forum "Army-2023" this year will be held from August 14 to 20 on the territory of the Patriot Convention and Exhibition Center, as well as at the Alabino training ground and Kubinka airfield.

The Argus drone for the protection of underwater pipelines will be shown for the first time at Army-2023

Russia has developed the latest Argus marine drone to protect infrastructure and locate dangerous objects near underwater pipelines, the press service of the Central Design Bureau of MT Rubin told RIA Novosti on Monday.