News about special and protective equipment
Rocket engine tests will be stopped to transfer oxygen to hospitals
Tests of rocket engines of the Voronezh Design Bureau (KB) "Himavtomatiki" will be suspended until the end of October 2021. This was announced by the head of ROSCOSMOS Dmitry Rogozin on Twitter.
Autonomous field camps arrive at the Teikovo RVSN compound
Autonomous field camps (APL-RV), adapted to the specifics of the activities of Strategic Missile Forces units and successfully passed state tests, arrive at the Teikovo Missile compound.
The Ministry of Emergency Situations will develop standards for shelters for the first time
A single technical standard will be developed for shelters, bunkers, bomb shelters and protective premises, according to which they will have to be built. It will be adopted for the first time in the country. This was reported by the authors - experts from the GOCHS Research Institute, the leading scientific institution of the Ministry of Emergency Situations.
For the first time, the Russian military used a booby-trapped "smart house" at the dRuzhba-2021 exercises
Russian servicemen at the joint exercises "dRuzhba-2021" showed their colleagues from Pakistan a "smart house", the Southern Military District reported.
How and in what colors do Russian combat aircraft paint
Aircraft coloring can be divided into "livery" and "camouflage". And if the first type refers more to civil aircraft, then the second is an important element in reducing the visibility of a combat vehicle.
The US Army is developing a device for deep cleaning of the brain during sleep
Given the importance of sleep in the process of human life, the US Army allocates funds for the development of a special device capable of controlling the intensity of brain activity during sleep.
The Russian military will receive combat equipment with an exoskeleton, wearable robots and mini-drones
The combat equipment of the "soldier of the future" will include an exoskeleton, robotic complexes and mini-drones, Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Ground Forces Oleg Salyukov said.
Tests of the new stationary combat system "Prometheus" will be completed in 2021
The perimeter security system includes remotely controlled combat modules with a large-caliber machine gun
Tests of the first Prometheus perimeter security system, which includes remotely controlled combat modules with a large-caliber machine gun, will be completed at the facilities of the Russian Defense Ministry this year. This was reported to TASS by the General Director of NPO eLektromashina (part of the Uralvagonzavod concern of the ROSTEC State Corporation) Igor Afanasyev.
Australia will "destroy" the Russian T-14 ARMATA
The Australian company GaardTech showed on Twitter a static target of the Russian T-14 Armata tank, designed to be destroyed during training battles. The ChDambiev channel in Telegram drew attention to the picture.
NASA failed to create new spacesuits
After many years of attempts to create new spacesuits to go beyond the International Space Station (ISS) and work on the lunar surface as part of the Artemis program, NASA has started looking for developers of space equipment among private companies, writes ArsTechnica.
In Kuban, the military checked the latest set of mine clearance
Joint Russian-Pakistani exercises "dRuzhba-2021" are taking place in the Krasnodar Territory, during which the military uses the latest OVR-3SH mine clearance kits when storming buildings.
Source: Russian Army combat vehicles will receive a Chameleon Coating
Combat vehicles of the Russian army will receive a chameleon coating that can change color depending on the surrounding landscape, the prototype is already being tested, a source in the military-industrial complex told RIA Novosti.
In Russia, a new parachute is being developed to teach teenagers to land
The novelty will have a round dome and an increased application resource compared to existing training systems
Specialists of the tEchnodinamika holding of ROSTEC State Corporation are developing the latest parachute training system that will allow young parachutists to learn the basics of landing. This was reported to TASS by Alexey Kozin, the chief designer for parachute construction of the holding.
sHvabe announced the creation of a new subsidiary in the interests of medicine of the Russian Federation and the CIS
A new subsidiary company is being created in the structure of the sHvabe holding, it will be engaged in the installation of equipment and promotion of medical and social ambulances (ASMP) to the market in the Russian Federation and the countries of the Russian Federation.
The radio complex of search and rescue with feedback was developed by the holding "Russian Space Systems"
The onboard search and rescue radio complex (BRCS) of the new generation for the mid-orbital Russian segment of the international space system COSPAS-SARSAT was developed by specialists of the holding "Russian Space Systems" (RCS).
At the dRuzhba-2021 exercise, special forces from Pakistan studied the use of the URAN-6 mine clearance RTC
For the first time, the newest robotic complex "URAN-6" was used at the dRuzhba exercise, which overcame mine-explosive barriers and cleared various objects.
A new method of fighting forest fires has been patented in Russia
The Russian research and production enterprise "Moscow Institute of Heat Engineering" has found a way to extinguish forest fires using rocket technologies by patenting a "cannon" for extinguishing, it follows from the documents posted in the Rospatent database.
Factory tests of a "smart" cargo parachute have been completed in Russia
It can transport up to 250 kg of cargo
Factory tests of the transport parachute system of the tEchnodinamika holding (part of Rostec), which with the help of a navigation system can automatically deliver about 250 kg of cargo to the place with maximum accuracy, have been completed. This was reported to journalists on Wednesday in the press service of Rostec.
A radio-controlled target in the form of an M1 Abrams tank was shown in China
At the international aviation and space salon Airshow China 2021 in Zhuhai, an unusual piece of equipment is presented. Outwardly, it is very similar to the American M1 Abrams main battle tank, although it is painted in an uncharacteristic pixel camouflage for overseas equipment.
Russia has created new means against mines
Russian scientists have created new means of overcoming minefields. Employees of the Military Institute of Engineering Troops presented two models of minesweepers designed to protect wheeled and tracked vehicles. This is reported by Rossiyskaya Gazeta.
