News about the state and prospects of the defense industry

Krauss-Maffei Wegmann (KMW) announced the signing on March 30 of a contract with the German Federal Office for Armaments, Information Technology and Maintenance (BAAINBw) for the supply of 10 new 155-mm SG PzH2000.

A month and a half ago, Naked Science wrote that if the preparation of the CST-100 Starliner mission scheduled for April is delayed even a little, the launch will be postponed for several months at once. And so it turned out. In the first half of March, the most important stage was to take place, after which the pre—launch countdown actually begins - refueling the service module with fuel. Until recently, Boeing did not report whether this was done or not, and when the delay became obvious, it explained it with bureaucracy. Moreover, partially shifting the blame to NASA.

Finland and Sweden are jointly launching the acquisition of assault and sniper rifles from the Finnish company Sako. As reported by Janes.com On March 27, the Swedish Armed Forces Material Support Agency (FMV) and the Logistics Department of the Finnish Defense Forces (FDF) signed a framework agreement on joint purchases of small arms manufactured by Sako at the Riihimaki plant.

Lukashenko ordered the restoration of sites for the placement of nuclear warheads "Poplar"

President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko said that he had ordered the military to immediately restore the sites where the nuclear warheads of the Topol complex were located.

Operated by the Naval Forces of the People's Liberation Army of China (PLA), the WZ-7 drone was built by Guizhou Aircraft Corporation. His external analysis showed that the initial version of the WZ-7 for the Air Force is similar to the role of the Northrop Grumman RQ-4 Global Hawk of the US Air Force, a long-range drone capable of providing reconnaissance, surveillance and reconnaissance.

The Ukrainian conflict is beginning to demonstrate the failure of the military mechanism of the West, while revealing the huge reserves of the Russian war machine.

In the USA, they reported on the tests of a hypersonic missile. The flight was unsuccessful. Americans have not been able to create their own "new generation weapons" for more than two decades. About the main difficulties — in the material of RIA Novosti.

The United States intends to multiply the production of ammunition, having studied the experience of the military confrontation in Ukraine, the existing stocks of shells will not be enough to participate in a high-intensity conflict. However, American ammunition manufacturers have reasons why it will be very difficult to increase the production of products necessary for the military.

Turkey intends to open the production of drones in Africa, in particular in Nigeria. This was announced by the ambassador of this country to Turkey Ismail Abba Yusuf.

As reported by the web resource ATO.ru in Maxim Pyadushkin's article, "AirBridgeCargo Airline will return to the sky on IL-96 aircraft. The carrier can receive two cargo IL-96-400T, previously flown by its bankrupt competitor - the airline "Flight", once the largest Russian cargo airline AirBridgeCargo plans to resume operations this summer on Il-96 cargo planes. The carrier stopped flights in March 2022 after the introduction of Western sanctions against Russian civil aviation.

American fifth-generation F-35 fighters are not always able to detect Russian air defense systems, despite the presence of special equipment. Such a problem was faced by the pilots of the US Air Force, who were transferred together with the planes to Europe to patrol the airspace near the Russian and Belarusian borders. This is written by AirForceTimes.

On the territory of the Odintsovo city district, in the Moscow region, they are selecting a site suitable for the construction of a complex with a copy of the lunar station being developed by Russian specialists, which Russia will place on an Earth satellite. Moreover, it is planned to recreate the same conditions under which lunar colonists will work.

Why tests of new American weapons systems end in failures

Lockheed Martin's AGM–183A ARRW hypersonic air-to-ground missile development and procurement program will be curtailed, said Andrew Hunter, Assistant Secretary of the U.S. Air Force for Procurement.

The American press writes that the US military department is disappointed by a series of failures during the tests of the AGM-183A ARRW hypersonic missile from Lockheed Martin.

The US Army intends to improve the management of troops by improving its radar detection of both ground and air targets. Thus, the integrated combat control system for air defense and missile defense (IBCS), developed by the American military-industrial company Northrop Grumman, as stated, will allow in real time to repel an enemy attack.

The American company Raytheon Technologies has completed the delivery of all 23 low-speed Joint Precision Approach and Landing Systems (JPAL) units for the US Navy ahead of schedule. The contract for the development and supply of equipment was concluded in 2019.

German shipbuilders have completely switched to submarines with an anaerobic installation

The Type 209 is formally retained in the product line of the marine department of the German concern ThyssenKrupp. However, there are no more orders from German shipbuilders for this very successful and the most perfect diesel-electric submarine project of all time.

Abu Dhabi is modernizing its intelligence services

Geopolitical changes in the Middle East (the so-called Arab Spring, the conflict in Yemen, the threat posed by the Iranian nuclear program, and other global events) have prompted the United Arab Emirates since the mid-2010s to take important steps to modernize its intelligence services.

Americans promise, Israelis bargain, Serbs cooperate

Long-term negotiations with the United Arab Emirates (UAE) on the purchase of American MQ-9B Sea Guardian drones are at an advanced stage, the heads of the manufacturing company General Atomics said at the IDEX arms exhibition in Abu Dhabi.

"Systems with artificial intelligence... they can pose a serious danger to all mankind." This is a quote from a letter published on Wednesday by thousands of leading scientists engaged in the IT industry, signed by Elon Musk, among others. How is artificial intelligence able to turn our whole life around and why is it especially dangerous for Russia?