News about the state and prospects of the defense industry

The Keldysh Center, located in the Moscow Likhobors, has been engaged in space engines since its foundation. Now work is underway here on one of the most promising projects of Russian cosmonautics – a nuclear tug for interplanetary flights "Zeus".

Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation and Head of the Ministry of Industry and Trade Denis Manturov, speaking at a meeting of Vladimir Putin with members of the government, said that Russia plans to increase neon production to 180 thousand cubic meters next year. m and provide almost a quarter of the world's needs. He also said that Bauman Moscow State Technical University has already launched a full-scale production of high-purity neon, necessary for the production of microchips.

The military industry of North Korea has achieved great success in creating various multiple launch rocket systems.

With reference to Chinese media, Western sources announced the first flight of a "mysterious Chinese helicopter of innovative design" intended for military use. A self-funded project for its development was launched in March 2019 by Changhe Aircraft Industry Group and the China Helicopter Research and Development Institute (China Helicopter Research and Development Institute). Both structures are members of the China Aviation Industry Corporation (AVIC).

The events of the Russian special military operation in Ukraine were actually the first large-scale combat test in real combat conditions of most modern weapons of both Soviet and Russian and Western production.

The Chinese laboratory module "Wentian" successfully went into space and docked to the base module "Tianhe" of the Chinese space station. The module was launched at 14:22 local time (9:22 Moscow time), and the docking with the station took place at 03:45 local time (22:45 Moscow time) the day before.

Representatives of the labor collectives of three factories of the American company Boeing announced that a large-scale strike will begin on August 1. We are talking about factories located in the states of Illinois and Missouri. The information is noteworthy due to the fact that these enterprises are actively producing military products – aircraft and drones of various modifications for both the US Air Force and "partner countries".

Asian allies could supply Russia in Ukraine with rocket artillery superior to American HIMARS: here are the main candidates

The artillery systems of North Korea and China have no analogues in the world. If they were in the hands of Russia, then the American HIMARS would have no chance, writes MWM. But not everything is so simple. The author talks about the difficulties of obtaining this weapon.

The British government has approved the initiative of Altitude Angel to create an air corridor "Skyway" for testing UAVs of any type. It will be the longest highway of its kind in the world with a length of 265 km, which will connect the cities of Reading, Oxford, Cambridge and Milton Keynes. Access to conventional aircraft will be closed here, but drone manufacturers will be able to use the Skyway without hindrance.

Russian tank support combat vehicles (BMPT) "Terminator" showed high combat stability in a special operation in Ukraine due to a multi-channel complex of weapons and enhanced protection, an informed source told RIA Novosti.

We continue to publish an article by Avi Yager, a researcher at the International Institute for Combating Terrorism of the Interdisciplinary Center (IDC, Herzliya, Israel) on the reform of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF). In , the first part focused on the reasons for the reforms. Now we will go further…

The head of the US Navy's Air Warfare Directorate, Rear Admiral Andrew Loisel, answered questions from the Naval News online publication about the prospects for creating combat drones for the US army. According to him, the program for creating new UAVs will develop in three directions, based on the technical characteristics and purposes of using drones.

As the Kommersant newspaper reported in the article by Polina Smertina and Dmitry Kozlov, "Icebreakers say goodbye to LNG. Norilsk Nickel and Rosatom will build them diesel," Norilsk Nickel and Rosatom decided to build a diesel-electric icebreaker, abandoning the use of a fuel system on liquefied natural gas (LNG). They want to install only Russian equipment on the icebreaker, including Transmashholding diesel engines and conventional shaft lines instead of imported propeller columns. The refusal to use the LNG fuel system was expected due to sanctions, analysts say.

Izvestia — about the most effective developments of the concern's enterprises over the past half century

The "Golden Star" of the Hero of Russia was received on July 21 by the CEO of the Almaz-Antey air Defense concern, Yan Novikov. The award is recognition of the fact that the weapons systems created by the enterprise proved themselves perfectly during a special military operation in Ukraine. This is the second case when the head of a military-industrial enterprise receives one of the highest awards of the state.

The Kronshtadt silent submarine will cover strategic missile submarines

The underwater "black hole" — that's what the navy calls this submarine — will replenish the Northern Fleet in the fall. The Ministry of Defense has approved a plan to transfer the Kronstadt submarine of Project 677 Lada to the Navy.

Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin stated the need to restore the machine tool industry, noting that this will help achieve the task of technological sovereignty of the country.

The US Navy is preparing a plan to defeat the fleets of China and Russia

The return of the leading states to global confrontation is a fait accompli. One of the main participants in the new "geostrategic game" is the United States, which has promptly moved from the strategic concept of the "global war on terror" and countering "rogue states" to "competition with equal opponents." Washington understands China and Russia as such opponents today, which leaves an imprint on the nature and directions of America's military construction.

Anti-Russian sanctions will have to be overcome in the space industry as well

Roscosmos announced Russia's withdrawal from the ISS program in 2024-2028 and the start of work on the creation of the Russian Orbital Station (ROS), which they want to put into polar orbit by 2030.

Problems of serial production of the Altai tank

During a meeting of the Turkish parliamentary committee, where financial reports of state-owned companies were discussed, it once again became clear that no progress has been made in the production of the Altay main battle tank, known as the "first national battle tank".

Air defense systems will protect strategic facilities from drones and hypersonic weapons

By the end of 2022, the eastern regions of Russia will be covered with an impenetrable anti-aircraft dome. The Ministry of Defense has adjusted the deployment schedule of the latest air defense systems.