News about special and protective equipment

Specialists of the European Space Agency conducted another high-altitude test of the parachute system for the landing module of the ExoMars-2022 mission, which ended with the successful landing of the module layout. Nevertheless, a small gap appeared again on the fabric of the second main parachute, which did not affect the landing process, according to the ESA website.

The need to consolidate efforts has intensified against the background of the COVID-19 pandemic

A specialized formation of radiation, chemical and biological protection is planned to be created in the Collective Security Treaty Organization, the press service of the CSTO Joint Staff reported on Friday.

Russia already has the research and production potential to create a new generation main battle tank (MBT). In particular, it will be distinguished from existing models by increased survivability due to air defense and upper hemisphere protection, as well as control using voice commands.

Kyle Mizokami, a military observer of the Popular Mechanics publication, called the Arena-M active protection complex (KAZ) installed on the T-72B3 tank" Cool military technology". According to him, the system allows you to leave vehicles that have been in service for many years in the ranks, without hanging additional armor on them.

The Israeli company Polaris Solutions, in partnership with the Ministry of Defense of the country, has developed a modern camouflage system for military personnel - Kit 300. It makes the soldiers invisible to thermal imagers.

Specialists of the German defense concern Rheinmetall have developed a compact pocket flash-bang grenade Spectac the size of a business card box. For the first time, this type of weapon was equipped with soldiers of the elite British special forces SAS in the 70s.

The campaign for revaccination from coronavirus has begun in the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. This was reported by the Russian Defense Ministry on July 1.

Within the framework of the state defense order, 25 special vehicles were delivered to the units of the engineering troops of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation for the SAGR mine clearance groups. The vehicles were delivered to the engineering units of the military districts, the Northern Fleet and the units of the Russian Aerospace Forces.

It is planned to pass it by the end of the year

Specialists of the Military Construction Complex of the Russian Defense Ministry have begun the construction of a training center for divers of the Pacific Fleet. This was reported to journalists on Tuesday in the Russian military department.

At the military-technical forum "Army-2021", which will be held in August this year at the Vostochny airfield in Ulan-Ude, residents and guests of the city will be shown new mine detectors "Korshun" and protective suits "Sokol".

10 new self-propelled PST-1 pontoons have been put into service with the railway connections of the Southern Military District (SE).

It is designed for towing ferries or individual sections of floating railway bridges, provides transportation of elements of hydraulic structures on water bodies with a wave height of up to 1.2 m.

The Russian T-72B3 tank with an active protection complex (KAZ) was shown in the TV military information program "Sentry" on the First Channel of Russian television. Most of the issue was dedicated to the 90th anniversary of the 38th Research and Testing Institute of Armored Weapons and Equipment.

Under the leadership of the officers of the Main Directorate of Training of the Troops of the Rosgvardiya, an instructor-methodical training session on tactical medicine with employees and military personnel of special units of the department is being held at the Sofrinsky operational brigade of the Central District near Moscow.

British tanks will become more protected. June 24 portal armyrecognition.com he reported that the company Rafael Advanced Defense Systems announced the choice of its Trophy MV system for installation on the Challenger 3.

Engineers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the California Institute of Technology and the Zurich Higher Technical School have demonstrated that materials created from nanoscale structures thinner than a human hair do not allow microparticles flying at supersonic speed to break through them.

Work on a vaccine against coronavirus infection in the form of chewing gum is on schedule. This was announced on Thursday, June 24, by the head of the 48th Central Research Institute (Central Research Institute) of the Russian Armed Forces Defense Forces (AF) troops developing the vaccine, Colonel of the medical service Sergey Borisevich.

At the MVMS-2021 in St. Petersburg, a mock-up of a dehumidifying pump for Borey-type nuclear missile carriers was presented. The unit has exceptional vibration-noise characteristics, ensuring the secrecy of the submarine, writes FlotProm.

New generation heat traps guarantee protection against the most "smart" missiles with infrared homing heads, they are presented for the first time at the MILEX 2021 exhibition in Minsk

The Ministry of Internal Affairs has started using a new system for recognizing faces, silhouettes of people and cars in Russia. "The system is already being used in five regions of the country," Andrey Telenkov, CEO of the Ntechlab developer company, is quoted by TASS. - The solution for silhouettes causes serious interest of our customers, we have a lot of requests."

Rostec reported that the product is twice as superior to foreign analogues in terms of operating time, radiation strength and the degree of protection of the aircraft

The new L376-2 "Yagel" trap cartridge for the protection of combat aircraft will be presented at the International Exhibition of Weapons and Military Equipment MILEX-2021 in Minsk. This was reported to journalists on Wednesday in the press service of the Rostec state Corporation.