News about the state and prospects of the defense industry

A number of leaks and statements by officials can be interpreted in such a way that Russia has started developing specialized marine drones. For example, in order to equip the only Russian aircraft carrier Admiral Kuznetsov with them. What are the features of marine UAVs and which of them are most needed by the Russian Navy?

The Rostec United Engine Corporation, the administration of St. Petersburg and the management company of the special economic zone have concluded a trilateral agreement. Within its framework, the production of aircraft engines will be expanded on the territory of the SEZ of the Northern Capital, including the construction of a production and design building, a development workshop, and a complex for bench tests.

This modification of the Msta-S self-propelled artillery system looks similar to the basic model, but at the same time, there are differences. The main one is the use of a 155-mm gun with a barrel length of 52 calibers.

The first group of officers who will operate the new Sarmat intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) has completed training at the Military Academy of Strategic Missile Forces named after Peter the Great, the head of the Academy Igor Afonin said.

Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) announced the baptism ceremony of the Richard M McCool Jr. (LPD-29) class "San Antonio", which took place on June 11 at the enterprise of its Ingalls Shipbuilding division.

The crew of the corvette "Thundering" of the Pacific Fleet, during the performance of tasks in the Pacific Ocean, worked out anti-submarine tasks with the conditional use of the newest anti-submarine complex "Answer".

The Committee for the Review of Defense Projects of the Republic of Korea approved the program of modernization of air defense systems/About "Patriot", the cost of which is 750 billion. won ($605 million).

United Shipbuilding Corporation (USC) plans to complete the first stage of the reconstruction of the Severnaya Shipyard in the second quarter of 2023, USC head Alexey Rakhmanov told reporters on Wednesday.

The head of the corporation also stressed that the execution of the state defense order has always been and remains a priority

The United Shipbuilding Corporation (USC) is ready to build all the ships and vessels necessary for the fleet on time, if this is required due to the accession of Sweden and Finland to NATO.

The eternal dispute between pessimists and optimists has spread to the sphere of import substitution. Some point to examples of the critical dependence of the Russian economy on imports, not noticing the positive. Others look at the obvious achievements of the industry, avoiding problematic issues. Often, both sides are quite far from the true state of affairs. This is where the polarity of opinions arises: from "everything is gone" to "dizzying successes".

The Hayabusa-2 space expedition from the Ryugu asteroid returned to Earth in December 2020 — and not with empty containers. It took the scientists two years to carry out the initial analysis of the imported material, and they recently published a report on their work. According to him, Ryugu is a fragment of the "planetesimal", the embryo of future planets, which revolves around the forming protostar. In other words, Ryugu appeared even before the Sun and the Solar System were formed.

Deputy Prime Minister Yuri Borisov said that Russia plans to cooperate with the Republic of Belarus for the development of electronic engineering, since it is problematic to master this direction alone.

Scientists of the NTI Center "Quantum Communications" of the National Research Technological University "MISIS" presented a quantum network node for mass use in Russian companies that want to protect themselves from information leaks. Portable development can also be used to create quantum computers and prototypes of quantum Internet devices. By the end of 2022, scientists hope to coordinate a new system with the FSB of Russia in order to obtain permission for its mass implementation in companies.

The Russian military conducted a unique operation to restore the harbor in a month and a half

The port of Mariupol is a strategically important point of the Donetsk Republic. This harbor will provide Lugansk, Donetsk and Zaporozhye region with a reliable transport route.

A detachment of corvettes of the Pacific Fleet as part of exercises in the Pacific Ocean repelled an air strike by bombers of a conditional enemy, the TOPH reports.

This deep modernization of the T-62 was not for nothing called the "combine of death". The vehicle, first presented at a military parade in Pyongyang, received anti-tank guided missiles installed in external containers - a module with automatic grenade launchers and light anti-aircraft missiles that are clones of the Igla MANPADS.

 MBDA Deutschland GmbH is expanding its range of guided missiles for fire support of ground forces and special forces.

Japan can increase defense spending up to 10 trillion. yen (about $ 74 billion). This, as RIA Novosti reports, was stated by the head of the political council of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, ex-candidate for the post of party leader Sanae Takaichi in the program of the Fuji Television Network.

Israel has increased the range of its fifth-generation F-35I Adir fighters, as a result of which they will be able to reach Iran without refueling, writes The Drive, referring to the publication of the Israeli press.

The British tabloid The Sun called the upgraded version of our Tu-22M3 strategic bomber "deadly". The authors of the article write that this aircraft poses a serious danger to Western countries, as it is capable of carrying up to 24 tons of bombs and covering a distance of about 7 thousand kilometers.