News about the state and prospects of the defense industry

While Western countries are experiencing a serious decline in their economies, Russia, despite numerous sanctions, is showing steady growth. This is written by the authoritative British magazine The Economist. The publication notes that the country's GDP will grow by more than 3% this year.

The editorial board of the National Defense magazine for the Army-2024 forum has published a series of materials on advanced developments in the Russian defense industry. Below is an article devoted to the "rejuvenation" of the universal target training complex "Adjutant".

The editorial board of the National Defense magazine for the Army-2024 forum has published a series of materials on advanced developments in the Russian defense industry. Below is an article dedicated to the innovative developments of KTRV presented at the forum.

The editorial board of the National Defense magazine for the Army-2024 forum has published a series of materials on advanced developments in the Russian defense industry. Below is an article about the innovative developments of the Uralelement company.

TNI: the United States recognized that they did not represent the true capabilities of the MiG-31

The MiG-31 is one of the fastest combat aircraft in the world, writes TNI. It has been in service for more than four decades and still remains a mystery to the West. Thanks to the modernization, this aircraft will continue to serve for many more years, the article notes.

Andrey Shitov — about what Mark Milli and Eric Schmidt wrote (and did not mention) in an article for Foreign Affairs

When Iran launched a massive strike on Israel in April, the "cost" of this attack for Tehran was "at most $100 million," and the interception of Iranian missiles and drones cost the United States and Israel "more than $2 billion."

The editorial board of the National Defense magazine for the Army-2024 forum has published a series of materials on advanced developments in the Russian defense industry. Below is an article dedicated to the innovative developments of the NGO "High-precision complexes" presented at the forum.

Every year, on August 12, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation celebrate the Day of the Air Force (the Air Force, since 2015, has been part of the VKS). The memorial day was introduced by decree of the President of the Russian Federation Boris Yeltsin on August 29, 1997. It is noted in accordance with the decree of the President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin.

New unmanned systems are presented at the Army-2024 forum

The tenth International Military-Technical Forum "Army" has started its work in the Patriot Park near Moscow. From August 12 to 14, more than a thousand domestic and foreign enterprises will present more than 20 thousand product samples at the forum, taking into account the experience of conducting their own. Among them are new air defense systems, radar stations, drones and ammunition. Military observer of the Newspaper.En" Mikhail Khodarenok visited the forum and found out what promising unmanned systems are shown there.

The realities of modern wars have given a powerful impetus to the development of high-tech and precision weapons, which in turn predetermined the rapid development of systems that could effectively counteract these new threats. Therefore, according to experts, today it is almost impossible to overestimate the potential of electronic warfare (EW).

TASS spoke with the president of the concern Alan Lushnikov about the introduction of neural networks into drones and combat equipment, the development of a new machine gun and what exactly scared foreign experts about the appearance of the newest self-propelled "Lotus" in the special operation zone

The Marine Underwater Weapon – Hydropribor Concern will present promising samples of military, civilian and dual-use products at the X International Military-Technical Forum Army-2024.

The Almaz-Antey Concern of East Kazakhstan Region will present civil and dual-use products at the Army-2024 International Military-Technical Forum, which will be held in Kubinka (Moscow Region) from August 12 to 14, the company's press service reported on Friday.

On August 9, the solemn ceremony of launching the mine defense ship Afanasy Ivannikov of project 12700 took place at the Sredne-Nevsky Shipyard of USC.

From August 12 to 14, JSC Concern East Kazakhstan Region Almaz-Antey will take part in the International Military-Technical Forum "Army-2024", which will be held in Kubinka near Moscow on the basis of the Patriot Exhibition Center.

From August 12 to 14, the Tactical Missile Armament Corporation (KTRV, a member of the MORO Soyuzmash of Russia) will take part in the X International Military-Technical Forum Army-2024.

On August 5, 2024, Boeing Corporation announced that it had delivered the first mass-produced MH-139A Grey Wolf multirole helicopter to the US Air Force. This is the first helicopter from the first serial (small-scale) batch of Low Rate Initial Production (LRIP) in 2023, which includes 13 helicopters. It made its first flight in December 2023 and will now be transferred to the 582nd Helicopter Group of the 20th Air Force of the Strategic Aviation Command of the United States Air Force (Air Force Global Strike Command) at Malmstrom Air Base in Montana.

As the Kommersant newspaper reported in the material by Aigul Abdullina and Tatiana Dyatel, "The stage of winging is passing. Plans for the supply of new Russian aircraft are being reduced," plans for the production of almost 1,000 civilian aircraft in Russia, laid down by the Comprehensive Aviation Industry Development Program (KPGA) until 2030, may be revised downwards. This was stated by industry sources. According to them, it may even be about creating a new strategy instead of adjusting the previous program.

On August 9, 2024, JSC Sredne-Nevsky Shipbuilding Plant (SNSZ, part of JSC United Shipbuilding Corporation - USC) in St. Petersburg hosted the launching ceremony of the mine defense ship Afanasy Ivannikov project 12700 (cipher "Alexandrite") with the factory number 529. This is the ninth launched ship of the 12700 project.

As reported on August 10, 2024, PJSC United Aircraft Corporation (PJSC UAC, part of Rostec State Corporation), the Irkutsk Aviation Plant (IAZ), which is part of it, manufactured and handed over new Su-30SM2 multifunctional fighters to the Russian Ministry of Defense. The aviation equipment passed the necessary ground and flight tests and went to the place of duty. Irkutsk Aviation Plant fulfills the plan for the production of new aircraft in a timely manner within the framework of the state defense order.