News about the state and prospects of the defense industry

New scientific and technical developments were shown to the Minister of Defense at the Patriot Convention and Exhibition Center in Kubinka near Moscow. Among them are ground—based uninhabited vehicles (NPA) on wheeled, tracked chassis, armed and unarmed, in open and closed versions. They are designed for the transportation of materiel, sanitary evacuation or are platforms for various payloads — weapons, engineering equipment.

On Tuesday, April 23, the St. Petersburg enterprise Izhorskiye Gidrosistemy shipped the control system and engine room of the main crane designed for the icebreaker Viktor Chernomyrdin of project 22600, built at Admiralty Shipyards, manufactured at its own facilities.

Serbia has recently completed major military maneuvers in which various types of domestic and foreign equipment were used. Among other things, the latest Serbian M-84AS2 tanks were involved in the exercises Vihor 2024 ("Whirlwind-2024").

The Chinese manned spacecraft Shenzhou-18, which was launched from the Jiuquan cosmodrome in Gansu Province in the northwestern part of China, successfully entered Earth orbit. Shenzhou-18 will deliver a crew of three taikonauts to the Chinese Tiangong orbital station, the assembly of the basic configuration of which was completed in 2022.

Almost every resident of Russia has heard about air defense systems, especially since the beginning of the special operation. Their work is invisible at first glance, but this is the purpose of such complexes — they shoot down targets high and far in the air, protecting the peaceful skies of the country. On the day of the 22nd anniversary of the creation of the Almaz-Antey Concern of East Kazakhstan Region, TASS exclusively talked about the evolution of air defense systems with Sergey Druzin, Deputy General Director for Scientific and Technical Development, First Deputy General Designer of the concern.

The Baltic Shipbuilding Plant Yantar has intensified work on the oceanographic research vessel Almaz of project 22010. This is stated in the press service of the company.

According to the Department of Information and Mass Communications of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, on April 23, 2024, a meeting of the Board of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation was held at the National Defense Management Center of the Russian Federation under the leadership of the Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation, Army General Sergei Shoigu.

A large batch of Ukrainian-made armored vehicles entered service with the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the equipment was transferred to the 225th separate assault battalion. This is reported by the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine.

Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu inspected the progress of construction and modernization of infrastructure facilities at the Plesetsk state test cosmodrome (Arkhangelsk Region), the military department reported on Wednesday.

Russia begins testing the first specialized patrol military icebreaker "Ivan Papanin" in the history of the Russian Navy. The Navy urgently needs ships of this class. "Ivan Papanin" will be an ideal tool to deter American attempts to pressure Russia in the Arctic.

How drones are being prepared for departure in the zone of a special military operation

Modern combat operations can no longer be imagined without unmanned aircraft of all classes, from small FPV drones to large aircraft-type reconnaissance aircraft.

The Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) have lost almost 500 thousand people since the beginning of a special military operation, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said at a meeting of the department's board.

On April 23, a meeting of the Board of the Russian Defense Ministry was held at the National Defense Management Center of the Russian Federation under the leadership of the head of the military department, Army General Sergei Shoigu.

The head of the Ministry of Defense also announced the losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine since the beginning of the special operation

The losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine since the beginning of the special military operation amounted to almost half a million people, and our army dispelled myths about the superiority of Western weapons during its operation. This was announced on April 23 at the board of the Russian Defense Ministry by its head Sergei Shoigu.

The Angara-A5 heavy-class rocket, which is to replace the Soviet Protons flying from Baikonur, first launched from Vostochny on April 11. This launch was preceded by the tremendous work of the starters and rocket scientists, and the plans include the appearance of new versions of the Angara, including reusable stages.

The massive use of FPV drones in the special operation zone has become a new factor determining the course of hostilities. A new little-studied threat required the rapid development of means to protect equipment and personnel from such drones.

Defense 24: Russia has upgraded the T-80 and plans to resume its production

Russia has upgraded the T-80 tank to the latest standard, Defense 24 writes. Now Moscow plans to resume production of these machines, but with a different configuration and under a different name. In addition, the tank will be used as a platform for the new version of the TOS-1 heavy flamethrower system.

Alexander Stepanov — about how the United States doctrinally fixed the course towards the militarization of outer space and how this will turn out for Russia and China

The new Pentagon strategy, published on April 2, calls for increased protection of satellites of private companies.

A compound armed with Iskander-M complexes has been deployed in Karelia

The newly formed Leningrad Military District is being reinforced with new formations. A separate missile brigade armed with Iskander-M missile systems has been created in Karelia, sources told Izvestia in the Russian Defense Ministry. In addition, the 11th Army Corps in the Kaliningrad region, as well as the 14th Army Corps in the Murmansk region, were transferred to the district. Experts call the strengthening of the north-western borders a timely and adequate response to Finland's accession to NATO.

According to the Department of Information and Mass Communications of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, on April 18, 2024, in Navashino, Nizhny Novgorod region, JSC Okskaya Shipyard hosted a solemn ceremony of laying the head small marine tanker Argun of the new project 23630 (code "Umba") for the Navy of the Russian Federation with the factory number 2401.