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The US Department of Defense announced the signing by the command for the conclusion of contracts of the US Army with Lockheed Martin of an agreement to perform work under the ATACMS OTR service life extension program and the corresponding PU for the US Army and the Romanian Armed Forces under the "Foreign Military Sales" program.

This was stated by Ivan Ozhgikhin, Senior Managing Director of RUSNANO Management Company, Chairman of the Management Board of the Medical Equipment Consortium, at the Innomed forum. Currently, up to 30% of the volume of medical products purchased at the expense of the budget is already produced in Russia.

Researchers from the Biorobotics Laboratory of the Swiss Federal Polytechnic University of Lausanne (Swiss Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne, EPFL) have long been developing robots copied from various species of living creatures, with which they study the neurobiological principles that ensure the movement of these animals. And one of the latest creations of Swiss researchers is the AgnathaX robot, which can swim in the water, like a sea eel.

Omsk Plant of Transport Engineering (as part of JSC Concern Uralvagonzavod is part of the Rostec State Corporation) took part in the International military-Technical Forum "Army-2021".

It is planned to complete the tests in 2022

Preliminary tests of promising 152 mm caliber shots for the Coalition-SV artillery complex have begun. This was announced to TASS by the executive director of JSC " NPK " Techmash "(part of the holding "Technodinamika" of the state corporation "Rostec") Alexander Kochkin at the forum "Army-2021".

The Russian Missile Attack Warning System (SPRN) detected 28 launches of foreign ballistic missiles in the first half of 2021,Sergei Boev, general designer of the SPRN, General Director of the Interstate Joint-Stock Corporation Vimpel, told RIA Novosti.

Complexes of reconnaissance drones and cycloplane platforms may appear on Russian warships. This was announced on Friday, August 27, by the head of the project group of air assets of the Foundation for Advanced Research, Yan Chibisov.

On August 26, the chief of Staff – First Deputy Commander of the Strategic Missile Forces, Lieutenant General Igor Fazletdinov, made a speech at the Patriot ECC in the studio of the Zvezda TV channel, the Department of Information and Mass Communications of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation reports.

The Russian Mi-28N "Night Hunter" helicopter can be equipped with the latest unguided S-13B missile, it also has a chance to enter the standard armament of Su-class aircraft. This was announced to TASS by Alexander Kochkin, executive director of the Techmash research and production concern, which is part of the Rostec state Corporation, within the framework of the Army-2021 forum.

It will begin after the completion of state tests, if there is an appropriate decision of the state customer, the Uralvagonzavod concern reported

The production of the latest self-propelled mortar "Phlox" and the self-propelled artillery gun "Magnolia" can be launched in late 2022-early 2023, the press service of the concern "Uralvagonzavod" (UVZ, part of the state corporation "Rostec") told TASS at the international military-technical forum "Army-2021".

The Mi-28NM "Night Hunter" attack helicopter can be armed with the latest unguided S-13B missile. The S-13 combines the capabilities of several unguided 122 mm caliber missiles. The new missile has a switch of the initiation unit for instantaneous detonation of the warhead and two decelerations: small and large.

In the United States of America, the second stage of the solid-fuel rocket engine of a hypersonic missile was tested. This was announced on Thursday, August 26, according to the Defense News publication.

To use the rocket on various types of carriers: airplanes, helicopters, its registration is required, a complex of special flight tests for each machine.

The signing of the first contract for the supply of hypersonic missiles "Zircon" to the Russian armed forces so worried some American journalists that they called it bad news. The article with the corresponding title was prepared for The National Interest by columnist Mark Episkopos.

The Americans are expanding their capabilities to defeat enemy radars and communication centers. August 26, portal janes.com He reported that the US Navy has ordered the production of two installation batches of AGM-88G missiles.

Lieutenant General of the US Air Force Thomas Boussier predicted the superiority of China over Russia in the capabilities of nuclear weapons. His words during an online forum on nuclear deterrence are reported by RIA Novosti.

The prototype is currently undergoing preliminary tests

The cycle of all tests of the latest 152-mm self-propelled artillery installation 2S43 "Malva" will be completed next year. This was reported to TASS by the press service of the Uralvagonzavod concern (UVZ, part of the Rostec state Corporation) during the International Military-Technical Forum "Army-2021".

Tests of the new 152-mm self-propelled artillery installation 2S43 "Malva" will be completed in 2022. This was reported to TASS on Saturday, August 28, in the Uralvagonzavod concern (UVZ, part of the Rostec state Corporation).

Aeroballistic missiles of the Russian hypersonic complex " Dagger "will be launched in a new way, Izvestia reports, referring to the corresponding contract of the Russian Defense Ministry.

New targets will be added to the Russian anti-aircraft missile and cannon complexes (ZRPK) "Pantsir-M", Izvestia reports, citing sources in the Russian Defense Ministry.