News about the state and prospects of the defense industry
Grain carriers will protect "Ladny" and "Inquisitive"
Soviet-built patrol ships control the Black Sea shipping
Turkey and Russia have agreed to supply 1 million tons of grain to the world market with the assistance of Qatar, and the elaboration of technical details will begin in the near future. This was reported on September 7 by RIA Novosti with reference to the words of the head of the Russian Foreign Ministry Alexander Grushko.
The Chinese armada is rushing into the ocean
But so far the PRC fleet dominates only in the near sea zone
The Navy of the People's Liberation Army of China is designed to defend the coast from enemy attacks from the sea, prevent amphibious landings, protect sea and ocean communications. And also to ensure the national interests of the People's Republic of China at sea – independently and jointly with other types of aircraft.
Russia to resume production of gas turbine tanks
The tanker's Day was marked with hot news from the industry and from the special operation zone
In parallel with the production of the next generation T-14 "Armata" tanks, the Russian Defense Industrial Complex (MIC) is solving the tasks of increasing the production of the previous generation T-90M "Breakthrough" machine and resuming the assembly of T-80BVM gas turbine tanks. New information about these directions came on the eve and during the celebration of the Tanker's Day, celebrated in our country annually on September 10.
Scientific Director of the Institute of Astronomy of the Russian Academy of Sciences: space debris is becoming more and more dangerous
Recently, in the press, along with announcements of satellite launches, figures indicating the amount of "garbage" in space have increasingly begun to flash. Naturally, we are talking about man-made space debris.
September 19 — Gunsmith's Day: the history and traditions of the holiday
Gunsmith's Day will be celebrated in Russia on September 19
Every year on September 19, Russia celebrates the holiday of all employees of the defense industry - the Day of the Gunsmith. In 2023, it falls on a Tuesday. Read about how the date of the celebration was chosen and what traditions are associated with it in the Izvestia material.
Russia is on the threshold of an important historical event in the aircraft industry
A firm contract for the purchase by Aeroflot of 52 new Russian aircraft is of historical importance. Thus, the developer guarantees that Russians will start flying in the sky on the latest and import-substituted aircraft from 2024. This year will start counting down to the full independence of Russian aviation from the West.
The British company Deep has presented a project to create an underwater analogue of the ISS
Known for its research and development in the field of deep—sea technologies, the British company Deep presented the project of the Sentinel research base - an underwater analogue of the ISS. It will be built at a depth of about 200 meters in the so-called epipelagic zone, which is characterized by the highest concentration — up to 90% — of all living organisms in the ocean.
Evgeny Dudorov: our composite kamikaze drone will be "run-in" in the zone of its
Chairman of the consortium Board, Executive director of the NGO "Android Technology" Yevgeny Dudorov told in an interview with RIA Novosti correspondent Ivan Suraev about plans to "run in" a composite kamikaze drone in the zone of its own, the creation of a line of electric motors for domestic UAVs, the status of the Teledroid project, and also explained what problems need to be solved so that combat robots can massively used on the battlefield.
The corvette "Sharp" was put into operation
On September 14, 2023, a solemn ceremony of raising the flag of the Russian Navy took place in Vladivostok on the corvette "Sharp" of the modified project 20380 (factory number 2104), built by PJSC Amur Shipbuilding Plant (ASZ, part of JSC United Shipbuilding Corporation) in Komsomolsk-on-Amur. This is the fourth corvette of Project 20380, built at ASZ for the Pacific Fleet.
In Ukraine, they showed their ersatz BMP based on old Soviet transporters
The forty-second separate mechanized brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine received ersatz equipment based on MT-LBu with reinforced armor protection and machine gun armament.
Iran's combat aviation: state and prospects
The continuing increase in tensions between Iran and the United States, the high probability of Israeli strikes on the country's nuclear facilities raise the question of the readiness of the Islamic Republic of Iran to repel possible military aggression. In this regard, the potential of the air and air defense of Iran and, in particular, its combat aviation is of interest.
The Deputy Minister of Defense of Peru inspected the progress of work on the repair of helicopters of the Mi brand
The Deputy Minister of Defense of Peru for Material Resources, Ninoska Mosceira Cornejo, monitored the progress of work on the overhaul of Russian-made helicopters by Helicentro Peru SAC.
Rosoboronexport promotes the development of high technologies in the defense industry of Russian regions
Alexander Mikheev, CEO of Rosoboronexport JSC, Deputy Chairman of Soyuzmash of Russia, took part in a meeting of the Board of Trustees of the Rybinsk State Aviation Technological Institute named after P.A. Solovyov and the Yaroslavl regional branch of Soyuzmash, which he oversees.
Construction of the lead submarine of the 212CD project has begun
On September 12, 2023, the Kieler Werft shipbuilding enterprise (formerly the Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft GmbH / HDW shipyard) located in Kiel, part of the German thyssenkrupp Marine Systems (TKMS), hosted an official ceremony to begin construction of the lead large non-nuclear submarine of the new 212CD project as part of a joint program between Germany and Norway.
Sea Patrol: what the patrol ships of project 22160 are capable of
And why they turned out to be the most effective in a special military operation
The patrol vessels of the project 22160 of the Black Sea Fleet played a leading role in repelling the attacks of unmanned boats on the ships of the Russian Navy in the Black Sea, which Ukraine tried to conduct on September 13 and 14.
The fighter is met on unloading
Unloading systems help the fighters of power units to have everything they need with them, without loading their backs. And their modular nature makes it possible to vary pouches and elements depending on the tasks.
The newest corvette "Sharp" became part of the Pacific Fleet
The ship built at the Amur Shipyard was included in the combat composition
The solemn ceremony of raising the naval flag and receiving the newest corvette "Sharp" of project 20380, built at the Amur Shipyard (part of the United Shipbuilding Corporation), into the ship's composition of the Russian Navy, took place in Vladivostok, a TASS correspondent reports.
New York Times: Modi wants to make India a chip manufacturing superpower
With the rapid development of high technologies in the world, all kinds of microprocessors are becoming increasingly important, the trade of which brings huge profits.
The flight is normal: the Czech plane will become Russian-Belarusian for the Russian Federation
When are they planning to complete the certification of the new L-410 and will it be popular with airlines
The Cabinet of Ministers adjusted the aviation development program until 2030, postponing the delivery of Czech L-410 aircraft to the Russian Federation until 2027 (previously, both 2022 and 2023 appeared in the documents).
The enemy claims that Russia has started using EW-protected antennas in the Geran drones
After the recent attack on military facilities in Kiev, Ukrainian special services collected the wreckage of Russian drones "Geran-2". One of the large fragments, if it really belongs to the Geranium, attracted the special attention of the enemy. We are talking about an antenna-type device (in the published photo it is presented as a "Comet" - "Comet-M") working with a GLONASS signal.
