News about the state and prospects of the defense industry

The US Air Force has lost the MQ-9 Reaper reconnaissance drone. The American drone fell on the territory of Romania, the fall of the "Reaper" was confirmed by the Ministry of Defense of the country.

The ex-commander of the Airborne Forces, General Georgy Shpak, called the advantages of the combat robot "Arbalet-DM"

During the special operation in Ukraine, the Russian army and Rosgvardiya use a robotic machine-gun combat module with remote control "Arbalet-DM". This system is installed on Tiger-M armored vehicles, but can also be used on other vehicles. "Newspaper.Ru" together with experts, I understood the specifics of the work of the "machine gun robot".

The agency plans to recover more than 500 million rubles for non-compliance with the conditions for the development and production of microchips for satellites

The Kommersant newspaper found in the file of arbitration cases that on June 30, the Ministry of Industry and Trade filed a lawsuit for 512 million rubles against the Russian microelectronics design center of JSC SPC Elvis.

At the Vostochny cosmodrome in the Amur Region, the installation of all seventeen levels of the cable refueling tower for the Angara family launch vehicles has been completed. This was told by the press service of Roscosmos.

Rogozin instructed the astronauts on the ISS to stop working with the European ERA manipulator

Russian cosmonauts will not use the European ERA manipulator installed on the Nauka module on the ISS, Roscosmos CEO Dmitry Rogozin said. He made this decision in response to the refusal of the European Space Agency to cooperate with Russia on the ExoMars program. Roscosmos has been involved in the project since 2012, but now plans to launch a research mission to Mars on its own.

The series of strategic nuclear submarines of the Borey-A project and multipurpose nuclear submarines of the Yasen-M project can be continued, this option is currently being considered. This was reported by a source in the Russian defense industry.

In May, Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said that the revived Moskvich plant would produce electric cars in the future. Plans to launch domestic production of electric cars were announced by KAMAZ, Kaliningrad Avtotor, and Lipetsk Motorinvest.

The team of the James Webb Space Infrared Observatory presented the first set of scientific data obtained by the observatory. It includes images of the star formation region, a planetary nebula, a compact group of galaxies, as well as spectra of the atmosphere of hot Saturn and distant galaxies. The press briefing was broadcast on Youtube.

Russian Navy gets Putin's super submarine

This Russian submarine is the largest submarine built in the last 30 years, and its power is enough to "destroy entire cities," writes the Daily Mail. Tabloid readers are in a panic. "Russia will wipe everyone into ashes," one of them is sure.

The naval forces of the Baltic States (Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania) have two main tasks – to protect national waters and to support their NATO allies. Although their naval capabilities are limited and based on second-hand vessels, all three fleets meet NATO standards and form the first line of defense on NATO's eastern flank.

A ballistic missile "Serpentine" with hypersonic combat equipment is being developed for the Russian Navy (Navy). This was reported by TASS on July 12, citing sources close to the military department and the defense industry complex.

The Chinese press reports that on June 11, the first large emergency rescue vessel Haixun 06 was officially transferred to the Maritime Safety Administration of Fujian Province. The ship began patrolling in the Taiwan Strait. Chinese experts believe that the commissioning of the vessel will further increase the level of emergency response to accidents in the region.

Although the probability that fragments of a space rocket will "return" to Earth, injure or kill someone is small, and most of them are likely to fall into the ocean or somewhere safe, the researchers warn that the risks increase over time.

The number of anti-submarine aircraft assembled by Boeing P-8A Poseidon reached 150 units, another aircraft rolled off the assembly line of the company and took to the air over Puget Sound in Washington State.

The American Army received the first upgraded MLRS M270A2. The solemn ceremony of handing over the installation took place on July 7, 2022.

The Baltic Fleet of Russia reported on the training in the Kaliningrad region of calculations of operational-tactical complexes "Iskander" with the application of conditional missile strikes.

This year marks the 45th anniversary of the first flight of the prototype Su-27 fighter. The "Twenty-seventh" is rightfully recognized as one of the main symbols of domestic aviation. The fighters created on its base are among the most popular in the world. Since 2000 alone, about 700 aircraft of this family have been delivered abroad.

In response, the Russian ISS crew stops working with ERA, a remote—controlled robotic arm developed by the European Space Agency.

"The global battle of narratives is in full swing, and so far we are not winning." These words of the chief diplomat of the European Union, Josep Borrel, sounded very unexpected, because they are in fact a recognition of Russia's achievements in the information war against the West. How is this global battle being waged and with what weapons does Russia successfully confront the collective West in it?

During the tests of the first stage of the superheavy Starship rocket, an explosion occurred under its engine block. The rocket did not collapse, but the launch pad, apparently, received minor damage, so the tests were stopped.