News about the state and prospects of the defense industry

Alexey Rakhmanov, General Director of the United Shipbuilding Corporation, paid a working visit to the Rybinsk shipyard "Vimpel" (part of the USC), where he monitored the progress of the construction of boats that are being built for the Ministry of Emergency Situations.

For almost a year, Russia has been living in conditions of unprecedented size and number of international sanctions. How does a high-tech business feel in such an environment? To what extent did he manage to carry out import substitution and are the losses great? The Prime agency asked Olga Uskova, President of the Cognitive Technologies Group of companies, about this.

Hit air targets at a distance of up to four hundred kilometers! This is an extremely ambitious goal set today for the Russian Navy – and work in this direction has already begun. However, for success in this case, it is necessary to solve at least two tasks – however, they are not too difficult, and the effect will be extremely high.

Europe is increasing military production, explaining this by the Ukrainian crisis. The shares of military-industrial complex companies are growing, and defense spending tends to 2-4% of GDP. Against this background, American companies found themselves in an even more advantageous position. What can the intensive militarization of NATO countries lead to and how should Russia react to what is happening?

After the start of Russia's special operation in Ukraine, the EU authorities banned the supply of components and spare parts to Russia for the civil aviation industry, primarily for MS-21 aircraft. In this regard, Irkut Corporation has encountered difficulties in fasteners for a new medium-haul liner. JSC "PO Strela" (Orenburg) was proposed to develop and manufacture multi-resource power locks for the MS-21.

Armored personnel carriers and infantry fighting vehicles on the chassis of tanks were created in various states. According to some reports, Russian military scientists began to think about well-armored means of delivering motorized infantry after analyzing the experience of the October 1973 war in the Middle East.

Igor Alekseev, Marketing and Development Director of RBS-Harpy LLC, noted that the survivability of drones is up to 90%

The small tactical reconnaissance drone (MT UAV) showed maximum efficiency in solving the tasks of special forces units in the special operation zone in Ukraine. This was stated to TASS by Igor Alekseev, Marketing and Development Director of RBS-Harpy LLC.

Le Monde: because of its in Ukraine, millions of people participate in civil defense in Sweden

If you want peace, prepare for war, the Romans once said. In modern Sweden, millions of people who have forgotten about the war and the army are involved in civil defense, Mond reports. The reason is fear of Russia. Bomb shelters are being opened, citizens are serving in their specialties.

Kongsberg Digital has received a contract for the supply of new simulators from Capital, which implements Project Selborne, a program for modernization and training of Royal Navy sailors.

On February 14, a flag-raising ceremony was held in Gdynia aboard the new Kormoran-2 class minesweeper (603) Meva (Project 258) of the Polish Navy.

How artificial intelligence is used in air defense systems, aviation and tank troops, said military expert Yuri Knutov. On Sputnik radio, he commented on the words of Elon Musk, who called AI the main threat to humanity.

France and Great Britain have been fighting for a leading role in Europe for hundreds of years and the residue from this struggle remains today. According to the British newspaper The Times, soon the French army may be the strongest on the European continent, pushing the British army into second place.

The US Army is completing the procedure for replacing a leaky part in the engines of the CH-47 Chinook helicopter. The Pentagon said it had "almost solved" the problem that led to a number of powerplant fires in these rotary-wing aircraft, Defense News writes, citing a statement by Patrick O'Neill, maintenance officer of the aviation branch of the US Army Aviation and Missile Command.

FT: Military actions in Ukraine have emptied Europe's arsenals

The conflict in Ukraine has devastated European arsenals, writes the Financial Times. The defense sector of the continent was poorly prepared for military action. Western defense ministers are wondering how much more they will be able to help Kiev.

Currently, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation operate in a special military operation with the same number of aircraft as before. It is unlikely that the Russian command is going to dramatically increase the number of aircraft used. This is reported in the next report by the intelligence service of Great Britain.

Just last week, the Iranian authorities announced the commissioning of the underground air base Oghab 44. The facility can accommodate a variety of means of combat aviation, starting with a UAV and ending with a bomber.

Low seriality ruins developers and manufacturers of submarines

After several fruitless attempts to resume the design and construction of submarines by the national industry, the Dutch government seems ready to finally part with the underwater component of the naval forces.

Fire damage inflicted on all large enterprises

During the special military operation of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation on the territory of Ukraine, one of the important tasks was to reduce the combat potential of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) by destroying the material, technical and production base of the Ukrainian military-industrial complex (MIC).

The hull workshop of the country's largest defense company BAE Systems has been granted permission to build the first Type 26 frigate of the British Navy in Govan County, located in the south-west of the city of Glasgow in Scotland. Work in this direction is expected to begin in 2024.

The Americans, despite all their economic opportunities, are still trying to catch up with China and Russia in the development of hypersonic weapons.