News of the fleet

In the Kaliningrad region, the marines of the Baltic Fleet repelled the attack of a simulated enemy from the sea in conditions as close to combat as possible.

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.

The Army-2021 Forum has completed its work, but the analysis and understanding of what was shown in its framework will continue for a long time.

One of the soft, but very important presentations is the creation of a digital model of a gas turbine engine for Navy warships. It is notable for the fact that the university science took the most active part in this work.

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.

The research Institute " Ferrite-Domain "of the holding "Roselectronics" (part of Rostec) is increasing the volume of supplies of ship radio-absorbing coatings for the Russian Navy, in 2021 they will grow by 50%, Maxim Kavaev, executive director of Ferrite-Domain, told RIA Novosti.

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 actively building new aircraft carriers to replace the Nimitz-type ships. Yesterday, on August 26, the press service of Huntington Ingalls Industries announced that a solemn ceremony of cutting steel for the future Doris Miller aircraft carrier was held at its Newport News shipyard in Virginia.

President of Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky spoke in favor of the presence of the NATO bloc in the Black Sea. "Ukraine consistently supports the presence of NATO in the Black Sea," he said at a briefing in Chisinau after a quadripartite meeting with the presidents of Moldova, Poland and Romania.

The latest underwater unmanned complex for destroying mines was presented to the Navy command at the Army-2021 forum, the project manager of the Sredne-Nevsky Shipbuilding Plant (SNSZ)told RIA Novosti Maxim Umansky.

Admiralty Shipyards (part of the United Shipbuilding Corporation) have completed state tests of a large diesel-electric submarine of project 636.3 "Magadan".

During the international military-technical forum "Army-2021", the concern "Marine Underwater Weapons-Hydropribor" presented an underwater drone designed to explore the seabed, TASS reports.

Russia has developed an underwater drone "Variola"for the safety of Navy ships parked in foreign ports or bases, Alexey Blinkov, a representative of the developer (State Mortehuniversitet of St. Petersburg), told RIA Novosti.

Russian scientists have developed a hydrometeorological drone for the Navy that moves due to waves and practically does not consume energy, the possible autonomy is six months, Alexey Blinkov, a representative of the developer (State Mortehuniversitet of St. Petersburg), told RIA Novosti.

The passage of two US warships through the Taiwan Strait is a provocation, said Chinese Defense Ministry spokesman Tan Kefei. This is stated on Saturday, August 28, in a message on the website of the Chinese military department.

According to the results of the competition, the first place with 160 points was taken by the Russian team

The crew of the corvette "Perfect" of the Pacific Fleet won the international maritime training competition "Sea Cup-2021" of the Army International Games, the press service of the Eastern Military District for the Pacific Fleet reported on Saturday.

The Variola remote-controlled underwater drone created at the State Maritime University of St. Petersburg will be able to protect the ships of the Russian Navy (Navy) that are parked in foreign ports, RIA Novosti reports, referring to the representative of the developer Alexey Blinkov.

Chief of the General Staff of the Russian Federation Valery Gerasimov summed up the results of the Army-2021 forum on Saturday and took part in awarding defense companies that distinguished themselves in fulfilling the state defense order.

Sweden is updating its submarine fleet. On August 27, the press service of Saab announced the signing of a contract with the Swedish Ministry of Defense for the construction of two modernized A26 Blekinge submarines.

The Office of Advanced Research Projects of the US Department of Defense plans to create a new vehicle based on the Soviet ekranoplan "Lun", nicknamed "sea monster". This is reported on August 27 by Popular Mechanics.

The last of the American stealth destroyers of the Zumwalt type went to sea for the first time. On August 28, the Associated Press reported that the ship Lyndon B. Johnson left the Bath Iron Works shipyard (Maine) and headed for the Atlantic Ocean to undergo sea trials.