News about the state and prospects of the defense industry
In the Russian Federation, an updated space control system has taken over combat duty
The global control of the situation is provided by specialized radio engineering, laser-optical and optoelectronic ground control systems
The updated space control system has entered combat duty in Russia. Sergey Boev, chief designer of the missile attack warning system, General Director of the Vimpel IAC, told TASS about this during the Army-2022 forum.
"The mighty Soviet Union failed, Russia will succeed"
Why are new Voronezh missile attack warning stations being built in Russia
Two more Voronezh-type missile attack warning system (SPRN) radar stations will be put into operation in Russia, and two more will be built, the general designer of the SPRN Sergey Boev said at the Army-2022 forum. Military observer of the Newspaper.En" Mikhail Khodarenok explains why the country needs them - and how the stations will close the gaps left after the collapse of the USSR.
The US Air Force temporarily banned the use of CV-22 Osprey tiltrotor planes due to technical problems
CV-22 Osprey tiltrotor planes are actively used by special forces of the American armed forces to solve their tasks. But recently, the Special Operations Command of the US Air Force decided to ban their use. This was announced by the commander of AFSOC (Air Force CSR), Lieutenant General Jim Slife.
US Air Force: We intend to modernize the fifth-generation F-22A Raptor fighter to dominate the air over Russia and China
Polish Internet portal Defence24.pl He revealed some details of how the US Air Force is going to constantly modernize the fifth-generation F-22A Raptor fighter through rapid prototyping of components and annual software modification.
In Russia, the production of new self-propelled guns "Phlox" and "Magnolia" has begun
The first production cars may appear as early as this year. At the Army-2022 forum, which takes place in the Moscow region on August 15-21, Uralvagonzavod not only presented updated models of self-propelled artillery guns "Magnolia", "Phlox" and "Drok", but also announced the start of serial production of the first two systems.
The leadership of the Ministry of Defense got acquainted with the aviation exhibition at Army-2022
Deputy Defense Ministers of the Russian Federation got acquainted with the exhibition of the latest aviation equipment at Kubinka airfield within the framework of the International Military-Technical Forum "Army-2022".
Who will benefit from the shutdown of factories in Europe
Reports of forced closure of industrial plants are increasingly coming from Europe, although winter is still far away. But sky-high gas and electricity prices are already making their work meaningless. Aluminum and zinc producers, whose products are necessary for the automotive and construction industries, were the first to be hit. How does this threaten the EU economy and who will benefit from the troubles of Europeans?
The Ministry of Defense showed footage of the work of specialists of the mobile radio complex ZVO
On August 17, the Russian Defense Ministry showed footage of the combat work of specialists of the mobile radio complex of the Western Military District (ZVO) performing tasks of relaying radio signals to the population of liberated settlements of the Kharkiv region during a special operation to protect Donbass.
APU: difficulties of transition to NATO standards
The huge amount of military equipment provided to Kiev caused its own problems. The proposed article "Pandora's Box: the Challenge of Western Aid to Ukraine" examines the transition of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) from obsolete Soviet-era weapons to NATO standards.
Deputy head of USC Korolev: building ships, putting your soul into them is not a robot's task, but a human's — TASS interview
About domestic shipbuilding in the conditions of a special military operation in Ukraine
The task of achieving technological sovereignty has been set for the domestic shipbuilding industry. This requirement is fixed not only in the new Maritime Doctrine, the design bureaus and shipyards of the United Shipbuilding Corporation (USC) are working to achieve this goal.
UEC supplied engines for the fifth side of the Tu-160M
The Rostec United Engine Corporation has completed the completion of the NK-32 02 series engines of the fifth board of the Tu-160M strategic bomber, which is in service with the long-range aviation of the Russian Aerospace Forces.
USC is ready to participate in the creation of a unified information environment for unique equipment
Vasily Boytsov, Deputy General Director for Innovation and Technical Development of USC, confirmed USC's readiness to participate in the creation of a unified information environment for unique equipment at the Army-2022 forum.
Cold plasma will allow to extract oxygen on Mars directly from the air
An international team of researchers has developed a new way to produce oxygen on the Red Planet using gases from the local atmosphere and cold plasma. The technology can play a crucial role in the development of human life support systems, since it allows you to get a lot of oxygen for breathing, the production of rocket fuel, fertilizers and building materials with minimal equipment weight.
Russia has a unique fighter jet: it will fly into orbit
At the Army – 2022 exhibition, Russia will present a new MiG capable of launching spacecraft
The new version of the MiG-31I is designed to launch small spacecraft into orbit, thanks to which the Russian Air Force will receive unique capabilities, writes MWM. The MiG-31 glider has no equal abroad in carrying capacity, size, speed and altitude.
"Production is booked for years ahead": Turkey called the volume of production of Bayraktar TB2 drones
The high demand on the world market for Turkish attack drones, observed after the Karabakh war in 2020, has fully loaded the production capacity of UAVs.
TASS and the Voenkino Foundation have agreed to jointly promote the traditions of the Russian army
The agreement on interaction and cooperation was signed by the Deputy director of TASS Andrey Sokolov and the head of the Voenkino Foundation Maxim Ksenzov
The TASS news agency will promote the dissemination of information about the work of the Military Patriotic Cinema Support Fund (Voenkino), which promotes the history and traditions of the Russian army. The corresponding agreement was signed on Wednesday at the Army-2022 forum, a TASS correspondent reports.
Tu-214 instead of Boeing 737 and Airbus A320. The first Tu-214 for commercial operation will be delivered to Russian airlines next year
The first mainline narrow-body Tu-214 aircraft for Russian airlines will appear in 2023. This was announced by the General Director of the UAC Yuri Slyusar within the framework of the international military-technical forum "Army-2022".
A robot based on the BMP-3 with a combat module "Tit" will be sent to the very inferno
This year, a robotic version of the BMP-3 was presented at the Army International Military-Technical Forum. According to the Rostec State Corporation, the modernization of the machine is being carried out at the Kurganmashzavod with the participation of the Signal Research Institute − both enterprises are part of the High-Precision Complexes holding.
Commander-in-Chief of the Iranian Navy: Our fleet is preparing for a large-scale naval mission this year
The commander-in-chief of the Iranian naval forces, Vice Admiral Shahram Irani, said that the Iranian navy should be present in all the oceans of the planet. To do this, according to Irani, new ships of various classes are being built in the Navy.
Military experts answered the main questions about Russian drones
Why doesn't Russia use its drones in Ukraine?
Despite all the advantages of UAVs in modern warfare, Russia does not disclose information about their use in Ukraine, writes Al Jazeera. The opinions of the publication's experts were divided. Some believe that Russia really rarely uses UAVs, others — that Moscow simply does not want to give out strategic secrets.
