News about the state and prospects of the defense industry

Russia confirmed the readiness of the carrier to use a promising rocket. The frigate of the Northern Fleet "Admiral Gorshkov" has successfully completed a test cycle of the hypersonic cruise missile "Zircon". This was announced by the commander of the fleet, Admiral Alexander Moiseev, RIA Novosti writes.

The process of joining the development companies of MiG and Sukhoi combat aircraft to the United Aircraft Corporation as part of Rostec has been completed, the press service of the UAC reported on Wednesday.

Objects are being built in the cities of Gadzhievo and Severomorsk

At the arsenals of the Northern Fleet (SF) in Gadzhievo and Severomorsk, work has begun on the construction of workshops for the maintenance of marine underwater weapons. This was stated on Wednesday by the commander of the SF Admiral Alexander Moiseev.

The commander of the SF, Admiral Alexander Moiseev, said that the construction of the Nagurskoye and Temp airfields will allow the reception of all types of long-range, transport and naval aviation aircraft.

Omsktransmash, one of the oldest machine–building enterprises in Russia, founded in 1897, is celebrating its 125th anniversary. Omsk Plant has witnessed many historical events: the First World War, the harsh years of the Great Patriotic War and the evacuation of enterprises, the post-war boom and crisis of the 1990s. Despite everything, Omsktransmash has always been revived, each time providing support to the country. About the history of the unique enterprise – in our material.

Rostec United Engine Corporation is introducing an innovative technology for the production of aircraft engine parts using friction welding. The technology has been developed on unique, fully domestic equipment capable of welding parts with a force of more than 400 tons.

Recent developments in the military-political sphere, apparently, will lead to an unprecedented boom in the field of unmanned aerial vehicles, including in Russia. The Russian UAV development and production industry is already in a state of rapid recovery and is preparing for even more large-scale expansion of activities.

The first Finnish F-35 fighters will be put into service in Rovaniemi — 150 million euros will be spent on the construction of an air base in Lapland

The first American F-35 fighters from among the 64 that Finland has decided to purchase will arrive in 2026, Yle reports. They will be stationed at a new airbase in Lapland. Its construction will begin this year and will cost 150 million euros.

Roscosmos told how the Sphere satellite group will work under sanctions

The total amount of financing of the Russian multi-satellite grouping "Sphere" will amount to about 180 billion rubles, Roscosmos reported recently.

Uralvagonzavod has supplied the Russian Defense Ministry with a batch of upgraded commander combat reconnaissance vehicles BRM-1K with firepower like an IFV, the concern said.

The Command of the US Navy announced the official commissioning ceremony of the Virginia-class submarine (SSN-793) Oregon, which took place on May 28 at the submarine base in New London.

Bayraktar TB2 drones are widely advertised by the Turkish side for their striking power and allegedly high resistance to the effects of air defense. However, the use of these UAVs by the Kiev regime was accompanied by the loss of an impressive number of drones: the number of cars shot down by Russian troops has already exceeded a hundred.

Amazingly, Russia will have three aircraft carriers by 2030 – and that's where they will be stationed

The aircraft carrier Admiral Kuznetsov will return to service by 2024, and a little later the Russian Navy will receive two universal amphibious assault ships Sevastopol and Vladivostok, which are currently being built in the Crimea, Military Watch writes.

The main threat to the Turkish-made Bayraktar unmanned aerial vehicles is the Russian Buk-M3 anti-aircraft missile system (SAM), or Viking. This is the conclusion reached by the experts of the publication Army Recognition.

Doctor of Military Sciences Valintin Karpov told how the Tulumbas missiles work

In the list of high-precision weapons used by the Aerospace Forces aviation during a special operation in Ukraine, the Russian Defense Ministry named the S-13 Tulumbas ammunition - an unguided missile, the power of which allows you to break reinforced concrete shelters. Inside the rocket is 15 kilograms of TNT. "Newspaper.Ru" together with experts, I understood the features of an aircraft projectile.

The TOP500 project has published a new version of the rating of the most productive supercomputers in the world. The first place in it was taken by the American Frontier, built on the platform from HPE Cray and AMD 7A53 Epyc processors. He became the first supercomputer to overcome the exaflops milestone — his performance reaches 1,102 exaflops.

Tank support combat vehicles are successfully used during a special operation against the nationalist formations of Ukraine. At the same time, Russia has created a second version of the "Terminator" - BMPT-72.

Why won't aviation replace guns and is the American howitzer "three axes" so good

The fighting in the Donbass is artillery. It was self-propelled artillery, howitzers and mortars, as well as multiple rocket launchers that became the basis of the firepower of both the allied forces and the Ukrainian armed formations.

MAI told how plasma engines have increased the payload capacity of Russian missiles

Plasma engines were able to significantly increase the payload capacity of the Russian Soyuz and Proton rockets. Slow, but effective, they allow you to take much more cargo into high orbits. What will be the new fuel for such engines and whether they can be used for flights to the Moon, other planets and on the ISS, "Gazeta.Ru" said Vladimir Kim, Chief Researcher at the Research Institute of Applied Mechanics and Electrodynamics of the Moscow Aviation Institute.

The Russian private company MCST, which at one time developed microprocessors called "Elbrus", wants to move their production from Taiwan to the Russian city of Zelenograd. Representatives of the MCST are already negotiating on this issue.