News about the state and prospects of the defense industry

Alexey Isaev — about the impressive results of the mobilization of the USSR industry on the example of one of the giants of industrialization

80 years ago, on September 22, the first T-34 tank, entirely created at this enterprise, came out of the gates of the Uralmash plant. This is especially impressive when you consider that Uralmashzavod (Ural Heavy Machinery Plant, Uralmash, UZTM) did not produce any military products at all until the summer of 1941 and did not even have a mobilization plan and military acceptance at the enterprise.

The General Director of Rostec State Corporation visited the Gagarin UAC KnAAZ enterprise in Komsomolsk-on-Amur, where the production of Su-57 fighters is currently underway. The company is working to increase the production of these aircraft under the contract between the UAC and the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, a new batch of fighters will be delivered to the troops in the near future, the press service of the State Corporation reports.

Turkish state-owned companies are looking for a niche in the unmanned aircraft market

Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI) has developed and launched the Aksungur UAV series, adopted by the national Naval forces.

What do polar bears, magic mirrors and Soviet trade have in common

Troy Buffard, director of the U.S. Center for Security and Arctic Resilience, stationed in Alaska, recently said that the U.S. Coast Guard has only two icebreakers. And the US Navy does not have one. Whereas Russia has 55 icebreakers, and five of them are nuclear. "We literally have nothing," Buffard concluded.

When modernizing military equipment, it is necessary to carefully study foreign samples, Vladimir Putin pointed out

Russian President Vladimir Putin demanded in the shortest possible period to increase the volume and reduce the production time at the enterprises of the military-industrial complex (MIC) of the country.

The Russian sniper rifle from the ORSIS line has again set a world record for the target range. This time when using the ORSIS-CT20 rifle under the cartridge.375 CheyTac (9.5x77 mm) managed to hit the target at a distance of 5117 meters. This was told in the company "Promtechnology", which produces sniper weapons under the ORSIS brand.

The airborne troops of the Russian Federation are solving the most difficult and responsible tasks during the special operation to protect Donbass, their combat strength will increase. This was announced on September 21 by the country's Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu.

The Kalashnikov Concern is working on import substitution of the BK-16 amphibious transport boat and the BK-10 high-speed assault boat developed in the interests of Rosgvardiya. At the same time, options for creating other models of amphibious boats for the fleet are being considered. This was announced by the head of the concern Alan Lushnikov.

The Chief of Staff of the US Space Forces, General John William "Jay" Raymond, reports that the department intends to significantly increase the recruitment of young and talented programmers who can work with code.

Rostec today unites more than 800 scientific and industrial organizations of various directions. Almost 600 thousand employees work at the Corporation's enterprises, among whom there are representatives of interesting, and sometimes simply unique professions. We have already talked about weapons testers, industrial designers, surveyors, cryptographers and other specialties.

The Rostec Certificate Certification Center of RT-Techpriemka has successfully completed the inspection control of the quality management system (QMS) of the Vityaz Machine-building Company of the Uralvagonzavod Scientific and Production Corporation of Rostec State Corporation. The audit confirmed the competent work of the company's SCM, which demonstrates the professionalism of the team and allows us to master new product modifications annually.

The timing of the deployment of additional "Breakthroughs" in parts of the Western Military District will depend on the fulfillment of the state defense order, the Izvestia newspaper reported

The latest T-90M "Breakthrough" tanks will be additionally delivered to parts of the Western Military District (ZVO). This was reported by the newspaper "Izvestia" with reference to a source in the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation. This decision is associated with the need to respond to the strengthening of NATO units stationed on the western borders of the Russian Federation.

The Chief of Naval Operations of the US Navy, Admiral Michael Gilday, gave a detailed interview to the American edition of Defense One. In it, he told a lot of interesting things about the strategic plans of the American fleet against the backdrop of an unstable global political situation.

The Russian anti-tank complex "Kornet" will have the ability to hit enemy armored vehicles equipped with active protection complexes. The new "double start" algorithm has already been applied as part of the initial field tests. This was told by the industrial director of the Rostec arms cluster, Bekhan Ozdoev.

The United States Navy continues to decommission Ticonderoga-class cruisers. Therefore, last week a farewell ceremony was held with the missile cruiser USS Monterey.

Russian President Vladimir Putin held a meeting with the heads of defense industry enterprises in the Kremlin on September 20. Below is the introductory word in .Putin is quoted in the statement of the Kremlin's press service.

The Russian military shot down more than 30 drones during exercises in the mountains of Abkhazia, the press service of the Southern Military District (SE) reports.

The new results show the influence of wind and water activity on the geological evolution and environmental changes on Mars, Xinhua news agency reports

A Chinese rover has revealed traces of water exposure on the Martian surface, indicating that there was once an ocean there. This was reported on Sunday by the Chinese National Space Administration (CNSA) in a report on the work of the orbiter and the rover of the Chinese probe "Tianwen-1".

For this purpose, the Mytishchi MRC successfully passed into the White Sea via inland waterways

Russian small rocket ships (MRCS) will be able to move quickly between the Baltic and the northern Seas. MRK "Mytishchi" of project 22800 "Karakurt" successfully completed the transfer from the Baltic to the White Sea and back by inland waterways.

The source said that new developments in the field of materials science have made it possible to increase the security of the machine without its radical weighting

The upgraded Ka-52M helicopter received an improved onboard defense system from all modern man-portable air defense systems (MANPADS) and a new ballistic protection. This was told to TASS by a source in the military-industrial complex.