News about the state and prospects of the defense industry

The web resource "War on the Rocks" published a material of some interest by Michael Shurkin "Why the French Army Will Continue to Prioritize Quality Over Mass" ("Why the French army continues to prioritize quality over quantity") with the view of an American defense analyst on the impact of the lessons of the fighting in Ukraine on the development of the French armed forces.

EP: the forecast for the restoration of Ukrainian aviation looks unrealistic

After the beginning of the conflict in Ukraine, part of the Antonov Design Bureau aircraft was damaged, and the airfield in Gostomel was put out of operation, writes Ekonomicheskaya Pravda. But the verdict of the enterprise was passed during the years of independence of the country.

Newsweek: The US Navy will allocate $ 200 billion for submarines that are almost not used

The US Navy allocates billions of dollars to expand the submarine fleet, which they cannot fully use, writes Newsweek. Last year, only 10% of American submarines participated in secret operations and were at sea for more than a month, which raises questions about the expediency of such spending.

May Day is now taking place in a situation that paradoxically returns to the agenda some Marxist principles of the relationship between labor and capital.

According to him, the concrete fragments have nothing to do with it, and the causes of the accident are fundamentally different. In addition, he expects an unrealistically fast next launch of a new spacecraft.

Domestic evacuation and emergency assistance systems can be in demand on the world market

More than 60 patients of the rehabilitation and educational center of the Central Military Clinical Hospital became owners of state awards and documents for housing on April 28.

Ukraine's allies are trying to resolve the issue with the repair and maintenance of numerous Western equipment. In May, a German Leopard repair plant opens in Poland, but this is clearly not enough. In Ukraine, Western countries are being asked to send mechanics and technicians closer to the battlefield, but there will be few willing to work in the conflict zone. Will the enemy be able to deal with the repair of the delivered equipment and how does Russia solve this problem?

On April 27, 2023, the launch ceremony of the large diesel-electric submarine B-608 Mozhaysk (factory number 01618), which is under construction for the Navy of the Russian Federation, took place in St. Petersburg at JSC Admiralty Shipyards (part of JSC United Shipbuilding Corporation - JSC USC). project 06363. This is the fifth of six Project 06363 submarines being built for the Pacific Fleet. Its delivery to the Russian Navy is scheduled for the end of the year.

The Command of the Romanian Land Forces has decided to modernize the fleet of main battle tanks (MBT) T-85M1 Bizonul ("Bison").

Ex-commander-in-chief of NATO forces in Europe spoke about the shortage of skilled workers in the US military-industrial complex

The American industry is not coping with the needs of Ukraine, writes former commander-in-chief of NATO forces in Europe Stavridis in an article for Bloomberg. Problems arise, among other things, due to the lack of qualified workers in the production of ammunition.

It flowed over the surface of the planet in its near-equatorial regions, the press service of the headquarters of the Chinese Academy of Sciences reported

TASS, April 28. For the first time, the Chinese Zhuzhong rover discovered traces in the Martian dunes on the territory of the Utopia Plain that water periodically flowed over the surface of Mars in its near-equatorial regions in the relatively recent geological past. This was announced on Friday by the press service of the headquarters of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (KAN).

"Whoever becomes a leader in the field of artificial intelligence will be the ruler of the world," Vladimir Putin said six years ago. Since then, AI has come a long way, including in the military sphere. About the application of these developments — in the material of RIA Novosti.

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The new Chukavin sniper rifle (microwave) of the Kalashnikov concern is predicted to be the heiress of the legendary Dragunov rifle (SVD), which has been in service with the Russian army for 60 years. The weapon is already being mass-produced and has managed to work in the zone of a special military operation (SVO). The creator of the rifle, Andrei Chukavin, in an interview with TASS, spoke about how the design of the new weapon will increase the safety of the sniper, why anthropometric factors caused the need for its appearance, as well as the possibility of creating more compact modifications of the microwave.

The PLA Navy contains a record number of diesel-electric submarines

The spring visits to Moscow by Chinese President Xi Jinping (March 20-22) and Defense Minister Li Shangfu (April 14-18) were accompanied by assurances that China and Russia would continue cooperation in the field of military and military-technical cooperation (MTC).

How are unpopulated combat technologies developing overseas

The US leadership is modernizing and updating the weapons systems of the national armed forces, increasing the ability of troops to respond promptly and flexibly and adequately counter threats to national security. Priority is given to new models of weapons and military equipment, including robotic complexes (RTK).

The Israeli "Harop" became an important stage in the development of barrage ammunition

Barrage ammunition has become one of the priorities of the next revolution in military affairs. And although attempts to develop such weapons at the end of the twentieth century were made by a number of states, the first serial representative of this class of weapons was still the Israeli "Harpy".

Electronic warfare was born together with radio

On the eve of the Day of the EW Specialist, the author of these lines visited the electronic warfare regiment of the Black Sea Fleet, commanded by Colonel Sergei Trebuntsov.

As reported by the TASS news agency on April 25, 2023, diesel-electric submarines (diesel-electric submarines) of project 636.3 [06363] "Varshavyanka", which will be laid down at Admiralty shipyards in 2024 for the Northern Fleet, will receive the names of cities of new regions of Russia. This was reported to TASS by a source in the naval sphere.

This is a touching but instructive story about effective American managers and an advanced shipbuilding and repair system. The Columbus (SSN 762) class of Los Angeles, completed its last operational deployment in September 2017 and came to the shipyard in Newport News for repairs. It was assumed that by August 2019, the shipyard's specialists would provide maintenance and restoration of the submarine hull structure, tanks, propulsion systems, auxiliary systems, weapons, internal environment, as well as carry out other improvements to the submarine. The contract value is $219 million.

According to German media, Krauss Maffei Wegmann (KMW) has sued Rheinmetall over a copyright dispute over the Leopard tank.