News about the state and prospects of the defense industry

On Friday, June 21, at the Osborne Naval Shipyard in Adelaide (South Australia), the cutting ceremony of the first steel for the Hunter-class lead frigate (Hunter, "Hunter"), intended for the Australian Navy, took place.

Putin: Russia plans to develop the nuclear triad as a guarantee of the balance of power in the world

Russian President Vladimir Putin announced plans for further development of the country's nuclear triad. He made the statement in the Kremlin at a meeting with graduates of higher military educational institutions.

China has become the leader in the increase in the number of warheads

Russia remains the absolute leader in the number of warheads, which, according to President Vladimir Putin, can make changes to its nuclear doctrine. What changes have occurred in the nuclear arsenals of different countries — in the material of Izvestia.

Footage of the second FAB-3000 strike on an object in the Kharkiv region has appeared

For the first time, the Russian military used a three-ton high-explosive aircraft bomb FAB-3000 with a universal planning and correction module in the area of its own. This became known on June 20, and the next day there were reports of a second such strike. Both attacks took place in the Kharkiv region. The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation announced the launch of mass production of the FAB-3000 in March 2024. What kind of ammunition is in the material of the Newspaper.Ru».

The new head of the United Shipbuilding Corporation, Andrey Puchkov, gave the first interview in which he answered topical questions about the domestic military shipbuilding.

It was decided to continue the construction of diesel-electric submarines of the Varshavyanka project 636, as well as the more modern Lada project 677. Admiral Alexander Moiseev, Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Navy, told reporters at the International Naval Salon "Fleet-2024".

In 2019, the amount of funding for programs to support the Russian electronics industry amounted to slightly more than 10 billion rubles, and in 2024 this figure exceeded 200 billion rubles. Thus, the volume of state investments in this industry has increased more than 20 times, said Vasily Shpak, Deputy Minister of the Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation.

Russian-designed unmanned boats will be presented at the event for the first time

Unmanned boats, submarines, missile ships and missiles, including weapons from the Kalibr system and mini-missiles for the Pantsir anti-aircraft missile and cannon complex (ZRPC), will be presented to the guests of the XII International Naval Salon (MVMS) Fleet-2024.

As the Tatarstan business resource BUSINESS Online reported in Timur Latypov's material, "He will be responsible for the turboprops: Igor Nasenkov was thrown to raise the small UAC. Ex-Kamaz workers will think about how to build the 400 planes promised to Putin for local airlines," the Tatars continue to storm the aviation industry. Russian Helicopters, Tupolev and Ilyushin have already fallen under their onslaught, and now, according to BUSINESS Online, it is the turn of the Ural Civil Aviation Plant (UZGA). In terms of the number of important aircraft-building topics, it is comparable to the UAC, but the situation is more complicated than with the MS-21, Superjet and Tu-214. Experts advise to withdraw UZGA from the format of "someone's candle factory", and radically revise the projects. As a result, some of them may well end up in Kazan.

On June 17, 2024, PJSC United Aircraft Corporation (PJSC UAC, part of Rostec State Corporation) announced the delivery to the Russian Ministry of Defense of the second batch of Su-34 front-line bombers this year as part of the execution of the state defense order. The aircraft were manufactured at the Novosibirsk Aviation Plant named after V.P. Chkalov of PJSC UAC. After carrying out a complex of factory tests, aviation equipment was sent to the troops.

On June 18, 2024, in St. Petersburg, at PJSC Shipbuilding Plant Severnaya Verf (part of JSC United Shipbuilding Corporation), a ceremony was held for launching the corvette Agile (factory number 1006) of project 20385 from a floating dock under construction for the Russian Navy.

Last year, Rosoboronexport supplied helicopters to more than a dozen friendly countries, signing new contracts. The special exporter's portfolio includes over 170 rotorcraft, and the number of customer countries exceeds two dozen. TASS is about the most advanced and in—demand Russian combat and civilian helicopters.

Sergey Kuznetsov, General Designer of the Salyut Design Bureau named after V.M. Myasishchev (part of the Khrunichev Center of the Roscosmos State Corporation), told about the results of the first launch of the Angara from Vostochny, the timing of the operation of this carrier, preparations for the first launch with a crew and the creation of a reusable version of this rocket in an interview with Pro Cosmos.

The ATO revealed the reasons for Aeroflot's desire to receive only MS-21 aircraft

Sberbank and Gazprom Neft consultants are conducting an audit of the civil division of the United Aircraft Corporation (UAC) after the postponement of the production of Russian aircraft. This is reported by Kommersant. The audit is carried out at the factories of the UAC, where new civil aircraft are produced, including the Tu-214. In 2024, the expected number of Tu-214 aircraft produced in Kazan was reduced from 7 to 1 unit. In 2025, up to 4 instead of the estimated ten.

MWM: Russia effectively uses Su-34 fighters in the special operation zone

The Russian Defense Ministry has received a new batch of Su-34 fighter-bombers, writes MWM. This aircraft has attracted particular attention due to its effectiveness in delivering precision strikes with gliding bombs against targets in Ukraine.

In the Global Firepower Military Power Rating (2024), the DPRK ranks 36th out of 145 countries included in the review. The number of personnel of the Korean People's Army (KPA) is estimated at 1.37 million people. According to experts, the DPRK army today ranks sixth in the world in terms of numbers.

Sergey Chemezov, Head of Rostec State Corporation and Chairman of the Union of Machine Builders of Russia, held a meeting of the Bureau of the Union of Machine Builders of Russia and the League for Assistance to Defense Enterprises. The event was also attended by First Vice-President of the Union, head of the League Vladimir Gutenev, Minister of Industry and Trade Anton Alikhanov, Minister of Science and Higher Education Valery Falkov, State Duma deputies, heads of large industrial enterprises. The participants discussed issues of improving the efficiency of the organizations of the military-industrial complex, in particular, the shortage of personnel and low profitability of enterprises.

Andrey Nechaev, CEO of Rusredmet JSC, noted that obtaining its own separation technology is strategically important for the Russian industry

A pilot production for the separation of rare earth metals (REM) from a collective concentrate has been launched in Russia. As the General Director of Rusredmet JSC (Leningrad region) told TASS Andrey Nechaev, the separation technology and pilot production were developed by order of the mining division of Rosatom.

The return of Boeing's CST-100 Starliner to Earth has been postponed again: now it is planned that it will depart from the International Space Station only on June 26 and land in the area of the White Sands test site in the United States on the same day. NASA traditionally notes that the postponement will give the teams "a little more time" to evaluate the available information and make sure that the ship is ready to go home.

Initially, it was assumed that another universal landing ship of type 075 was being built. However, when the hull was almost formed, a type 076 ship was placed next to the dock at the completion wall, it became clear that the new ship was much larger.