News about the state and prospects of the defense industry

The American edition of 19FortyFive published an article in which columnist Harrison Cass expressed the opinion that the Swedish fourth-generation fighter JAS 39 Gripen is not inferior (literally) to the "best Russian aircraft" and could fight them on an equal footing in a hypothetical battle.

The domestic space industry should radically change the approaches to the creation of orbital vehicles, says the head of Roscosmos Yuri Borisov. How are Russian satellites arranged today, what are their disadvantages compared to foreign competitors, and how are satellites proposed to be changed?

Roscosmos State Corporation and TERRA TECH JSC (part of the Russian Space Systems holding of Roscosmos State Corporation) are launching a joint portal that will tell about significant changes in nature and ecology, emergency situations, socio-economic processes in Russia and the world visible from space.

70 years ago, the tests of the legendary Mi-4 amphibious transport helicopter began

Serial rotorcraft appeared in the Red Army even before the Great Patriotic War. These were two-seat autogyros A-7–3A designed by Nikolai Kamov. An autogyro is an aircraft with a pulling propeller, in which the bearing rotor rotates not from the engine, but freely, under the influence of an incoming air flow. However, there were very few of them: just one correction and reconnaissance squadron of five vehicles.

The base aircraft of front-line aviation is being tested by combat

The Russian Aerospace Forces will receive a new batch of Su-34 front-line bombers. The contract for the supply of aircraft was signed at the international forum "Army-2022". The agreement was signed by Deputy Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation Alexey Krivoruchko and Vice President of the United Aviation Corporation Alexander Bobryshev.

Army ranks are growing against the background of a special operation in Ukraine

Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree "On the establishment of the regular strength of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation", which comes into force on January 1, 2023. The document was published on the official portal of legal information on the day of signing, August 25.

New fighters are promised to Japanese pilots by 2035

Unlike many of Washington's allies, Tokyo firmly pursues a special military-technical policy. Within its framework, it not only buys the best samples of weapons, military and special equipment (VVST) American production (and necessarily with revision, often very significant, under national requirements), but in the most critical areas develops its own samples.

Great Britain after Ukraine

Perhaps the world is witnessing the end of the order that developed after the Cold War, writes FA. This forced the powers to move to a sharp rivalry. The West needs stability, and Britain, with its ability to create effective alliances, can help it in this.

The US Air Force resumed flights of CV-22 Osprey tiltrotor planes after a two-week pause. This pause was connected with the investigation after several incidents with these tiltrotor planes, which are in service with American troops.

The aircraft carrier was decommissioned in 2017. Now the US Navy is studying options for dismantling it, not having decided how to send it "to the last way" at all, since this process takes a lot of time and is very expensive.

Putin said that Russia is returning to the Arctic to ensure its defense capability

Russia is returning to the Arctic both from an economic point of view and from the point of view of ensuring defense capability and preventing emergencies, Russian President Vladimir Putin said.

Emmanuel Macron, following Olaf Scholz, set his military and military–industrial complex the task of turning the country's army into the strongest on the continent. Despite the crisis, tens of billions of euros are being invested in the arms race. Polish Prime Minister Morawiecki also promises to double military spending "in the face of the Ukrainian conflict." For what purpose did the countries of Europe hastily begin to build up their military potential?

Back in the spring, NPO Avtomatiki, part of the structure of Roscosmos, delivered the first 30 sets of autopilots, which were equipped with self-propelled sprayers of one of the Russian manufacturers of agricultural machinery.

The Royal Canadian Navy has been replenished with the third patrol icebreaker HMCS Max Bernays (432) of the Harry DeWolf class. The ceremony was held at the Irving Shipbuilding shipyard in Halifax.

August 31, 2022 at the American shipbuilding company Fincantieri Marinette Marine Shipyard (as part of the Marinette Marine Corporation, owned by the Italian shipbuilding association Fincantieri) in Marinetta (Wisconsin) The ceremony of the first steel cutting took place, marking the official start of construction for the US Navy of the lead frigate of the new type FFG 62 Constellation.

The first self-built Indian aircraft carrier INS Vikrant became part of the Indian Navy. The ship's commissioning ceremony took place at the port of Cochin in the Indian state of Kerala, located on the Malabar coast of the Arabian Sea. The ceremony was attended by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who also conducted it.

Three Russian missiles terrify the world

These three Russian missiles are a "terrible" weapon with which Moscow threatens the West, writes Al Jazeera. One of them is the most powerful nuclear missile with the largest target range in the world. Such weapons keep Europe and the United States from trying to provoke Russia.

Change of epochs for the Bundeswehr

Many publications in the West have already written about the "end of German pacifism", but the author of the left-wing "Junge Welt" goes further than his colleagues. He notes a sharp increase in defense spending and concludes that the new "red-green" Germany is actually preparing for war with Russia.

On September 2, 2022, with the participation of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Cochin, at the Indian State shipbuilding enterprise Cochin Shipyard Limited (CSL), a ceremony was held for the commissioning of the first Indian-built aircraft carrier R 11 Vikrant into the Indian Navy. During the ceremony, a new Indian naval flag was raised on the aircraft carrier for the first time, designed to replace the British-style naval flag with the George Cross used since 1950.

Companies are ready to create a machine capable of cooling the mirror of the device to 60-70 degrees Kelvin, said Deputy director of FIAN Larisa Likhacheva

The Lebedev Physics Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences (FIAN) is negotiating with two Russian companies to create a cryogenic machine for use in the Spektr-M project to replace the French concern Air Liquide, which announced its withdrawal from Russia. This was reported to TASS on Saturday by the deputy director of FIAN Larisa Likhacheva.