News about the state and prospects of the defense industry

The beds of the subjects on the side of the headboard will be tilted six degrees down, and the legs will be raised up. In such a reclining position, you will have to wash, eat, and go to the toilet.

The Polish government has signed an agreement to purchase 800 AGM-114 Hellfire missiles to complement its fleet of attack helicopters. The Polish authorities also plan to purchase Boeing AH-64E Apache attack helicopters from the United States. This issue is already being worked out.

On June 1, 2023, PJSC United Aircraft Corporation (UAC, part of Rostec State Corporation) announced that the next batch of new Su-34 front-line bombers was manufactured at the Novosibirsk Aviation Plant named after V.P. Chkalov UAC. The aircraft passed a complex of ground and flight tests and were transferred to the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation.

In the fight for the Pacific Ocean, the American Navy puts on robotic systems

In recent decades, the American navy has faced two extremely serious challenges. Firstly, various kinds of unmanned and unmanned vehicles are developing more and more rapidly. Often they are even combined into integrated complexes capable of solving a very wide range of tasks – from purely auxiliary to full-fledged combat.

Specialists of NPO Centrotech LLC (the enterprise of the Rosatom Fuel Company TVEL in Novouralsk, Sverdlovsk region) have completed the first stage of testing of an electrolysis plant with a capacity of 50 Nm3/h (normal cubic meters of hydrogen per hour), created on the basis of a unique Russian technology. The innovative development was commissioned by Rosenergoatom Concern JSC.

The frigate Amiral Ronarch, which is being built in Lorient for the French Navy, "became the target of malicious action," as indicated in the publication Le Télégramme. Numerous cables laid inside the ship were cut and severed. A similar incident occurred earlier this month on the British frigate HMS Glasgow, which is being built at a shipyard in Scotstoun, Scotland. In connection with the designated incidents, work on both ships has been suspended.

Rostec will create a single center of enterprises in the country for the production of new medical equipment

Mass production of medical equipment will begin in Russia, including equipment for ultrasound, resuscitation, anesthesia, and emergency care. Rostec is forming a single center for the creation, promotion and service of such products — it will coordinate the work of about 30 enterprises. The state corporation reported that the capacity of the domestic market of medical products is estimated at 600 billion rubles per year. At the same time, at least 70% today is accounted for by suppliers from unfriendly countries.

"Not elite anymore?" — the American command is increasingly asking this question, talking about the Marine Corps. The Pentagon is trying to reform this type of troops, but is facing fierce criticism from its own officers. About the causes of discontent — in the material of RIA Novosti.

As reported by JSC United Shipbuilding Corporation (USC), on May 25, 2023, FSUE Rosatomflot (an enterprise of the Rosatom State Corporation) and JSC Baltic Plant (St. Petersburg, part of USC) signed a contract for the construction of a multifunctional nuclear technological service vessel (MSATO) project 22770.

As reported by PJSC United Aircraft Corporation on May 30, 2023, the new heavy military transport aircraft Il-76MD-90A, manufactured in the branch of PJSC IL - Aviastar (part of the United Aircraft Corporation of Rostec State Corporation), was transferred to the customer - the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation.

A new historical achievement has been realized by Russia in outer space. A group of specialized Electro-L satellites has been deployed in full operational mode for the first time. What do these devices do, what are their main advantages and why is their work ultimately important for every resident of our country?

Modern warfare is not only a weapon based on new physical principles and strikes on the entire economic and political territory of the enemy, modern warfare is primarily rapid communications, digital combat control and knowledge about the enemy. Especially in the tactical link of combat control.

The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine has adopted two bills aimed at supporting Ukrainian drone manufacturers. According to the adopted bills, it is supposed to cancel the payment of VAT and import duties for the duration of martial law in the country in order to create conditions for the production of unmanned systems in Ukraine.

The unsuccessful mission of the Japanese startup ispace inc (9348.T) the Hakuto-R moon landing last month was caused by a miscalculation of altitude, due to which the spacecraft ran out of fuel, the company said on Friday.

Russia has put into orbit a spacecraft carrying breakthrough technologies for our country on board. Its tasks are primarily exclusively peaceful – concerning, for example, the functioning of the Northern Sea Route. However, they are not limited to this. Why is this device so important for Russian cosmonautics, including for our military?

Projectiles of long-range systems reach from the continent to the island of Taiwan

Towards the end of the XX century, Chinese military leaders rethought the accumulated experience and gave local designers a new direction of activity – the creation of long-range multiple launch rocket systems (MLRS) of increased power. By now, China is considered a trendsetter in this direction.

It is reported that on May 25, 2023 in Koblenz, the German Federal defense procurement agency Bundesamt für Ausrüstung, Informationstechnik und Nutzung der Bundeswehr (BAAINBw) signed a framework contract with the German company Krauss-Maffei Wegmann (KMW) for the purchase of 123 new Leopard 2A8 main tanks for the German army.

Below are the briefing materials of the Chief of the Radiation, Chemical and Biological Protection Troops of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, Lieutenant General Igor Kirillov, as presented by the Department of Information and Mass Communications of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation.

Based on the results of the analysis of recent conflicts, the command of the Czech Armed Forces decided to abandon the acquisition of medium-sized tactical unmanned aerial vehicles in favor of smaller systems.

The reconnaissance ship of the Black Sea Fleet "Ivan Khurs", which the day before repelled the attack of unmanned boats of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU), arrived at the permanent base in Sevastopol. This was announced on Friday, May 26, by the Russian Defense Ministry.