News about the state and prospects of the defense industry

Created in a single copy, the Ukrainian self-propelled artillery 2S22, according to its developers, is already outdated. At least, during the recent IDEX-2023 international arms exhibition in Abu Dhabi, an upgraded version was already advertised.

Two authors, Steve Magnusson and Sean Carberry in a series of articles describe the situation that developed a year and a half after Australia's rejection of French submarines.

The U.S. Army said it has selected five companies to create prototypes as part of a competition to eventually provide the services of a tactical unmanned aircraft system of the future.

The European Commission has developed a plan to multiply the production of artillery shells, in particular the 155-mm caliber standard for NATO, for further transfer to Ukraine and in order to replenish the reserves of the troops of the alliance countries.

France in 2023 will significantly increase the state order for the production of 155-mm artillery shells, primarily for CAESAR howitzers, which France supplies to Ukraine, as well as medium-range ATGM and missiles for Mistral MANPADS.

In the Czech army, according to IISS, at the beginning of 2022, 30 T-72M4CZ tanks were in service, 89 T-72M1 were in storage. After the start of the special operation of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation in Ukraine, all T-72M1S were transferred to the Armed Forces, which managed to be resuscitated and partially modernized.

On December 11, 1991, the President of Ukraine Leonid Kravchuk declared himself Commander-in-chief of all the Armed Forces of the disbanded Soviet Union on his territory. The troops of all three military districts (Carpathian, Odessa and Kiev), as well as the sailors-border guards of the Balaklava and Odessa brigades obediently swore to Ukraine. The Novorossiysk border brigade, in turn, withdrew to Russia.

Scientists were particularly concerned that the annual share of corrupted images almost doubled between 2009 and 2021

TASS, March 2. An international team of astronomers found that over 2.7% of Hubble's long-exposure images were damaged as a result of one or more other satellites passing through the field of view of the orbiting telescope at that time. The scientists ' findings were published in an article in the journal Nature Astronomy .

According to the source, the number of mine launchers on combat duty will be brought to full staff

The second missile regiment in the Orenburg division of Strategic Missile Forces (RVSN) with hypersonic combat equipment "Avangard" will be fully staffed by 2025. This was reported to TASS by a source close to the Russian military department.

On February 28, the Arms Agency of the Polish Ministry of Defense and a consortium of companies consisting of Polska Grupa Zbrojeniowa SA and Huta Stalowa Wola SA signed a framework agreement for the supply of the Polish Armed Forces with BORSUK BMP.

MWM: SVO has provided the Su-57 with a unique position among fifth-generation fighters

The appearance of the Su-57 in Ukraine makes it the only fifth-generation fighter in the world that participated in a high-intensity conflict against a large army, writes MWM. This will increase the interest of other states in its purchase.

The network has published footage showing the railway transportation of the latest Russian "Boomerang".

In France, the state order for the production of 155 mm artillery shells (the so-called "NATO caliber") will be significantly increased in the near future. This was stated by French Defense Minister Sebastian Lecorny, speaking at a hearing in the Senate.

On February 28, 2023, the US Department of Defense issued Boeing an initial contract worth $ 1.2 billion for the accelerated development and construction of two prototypes of the E-7A long-range radar patrol and control aircraft for the US Air Force by August 2024, modified to meet the specific requirements of the US Air Force. Thus, the US Air Force began the process of acquiring E-7A aircraft to replace AWACS AWACS and Boeing E-3 Center control aircraft in service since the 1970s.

The investment company Markab Capital, headquartered in Dubai, has signed a strategic partnership agreement with the Italian company SuperJet International to establish a plant for the production of civil aircraft in the United Arab Emirates. This is reported by the Gulf News publication.

The Ka-226T light helicopter in the latest modification will become the main rotorcraft for agriculture in Russia. The agreement on the creation of such a version of the aircraft was signed by the Russian Helicopters holding Company of Rostec State Corporation and the Aerohimflot Aviation Alliance. The first deliveries of the new Ka-226T modification to customers are scheduled for 2025.

The world has entered a new era when applied AI, like the chatbot ChatGPT, began to gradually deprive people of their usual jobs of different professions. What was a horror story for copywriters, programmers and secretaries yesterday became a reality very quickly. According to a survey by the ResumeBuilder portal, out of 1,000 managers of medium and large businesses, 49% already use chatbots to solve work tasks, and 48% for the same reason began to dismiss live employees from their previous jobs.

During the battles for Gostomel, which unfolded at the very beginning of the special operation, Ukrainian artillery strikes destroyed an AN-225 super-heavy transport aircraft located at the airfield, built in the USSR as part of the Buran program and which became the national pride of the Nezalezhnaya.

The air defense forces of the Iranian army and the IRGC (Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps) participated in joint exercises that began last Saturday

Chinese engineers reported that for the first time they used artificial intelligence to simulate an unusual air battle. The singularity of this battle is that it simulated the confrontation of a fighter capable of reaching hypersonic speeds with an enemy aircraft.