News about the state and prospects of the defense industry

What are the ships of the new project equipped with and when will all eight of them start serving

At the end of July, the new nuclear submarine Novosibirsk of the Yasen-M project will carry out combat training launches of cruise missiles and go to a permanent base in the Pacific Ocean.

Motorcycle units have been created as part of the Ukrainian army. The first pictures and videos of the Ukrainian military on motorcycles "Dnepr" MT-11 appeared at the end of June this year. Motorcycles with sidecars are armed with anti-tank complexes.

The new Turkish Bayraktar Akıncı attack drone is serially supplied to the Turkish army, and even exported, the developer company Baykar Makina in January this year announced the conclusion of the first contract for the supply of drones abroad.

Planetary scientists and engineers from the University of Arizona presented a project of a glider that can fly for a long time in the atmosphere of Mars, studying the canyons. It is assumed that two such devices with inflatable deployable wings can be launched from a balloon or airship. The article was published in the journal Aerospace.

The Austrian Armed Forces have received a new 8.6 mm medium sniper rifle. It complements the range of precision small arms of the Austrian army. The new rifle has a larger caliber and a more powerful sight than the famous SSG 69 sniper rifle. Since 2020, the 8.6 mm rifle has been supplied to the troops.

Economic indicators support activity in the defense industry

The stabilization of the rate of decline in industrial production in the Russian Federation recorded by Rosstat in May 2022 is largely due to the dynamics of the military-industrial complex (MIC), production in mixed industries in which it is difficult to distinguish civilian products, and the production of components for nuclear reactors.

The Indian Navy is deciding which of the potential suppliers of fighters for naval aviation to give preference to – the United States or France. We are talking about the supply of more than two dozen aircraft, senior representatives of the Indian Navy said, according to the Indian press.

The Defense News publication has revealed new circumstances of a severe fire on the universal amphibious assault ship of the US Navy USS Bonhomme Richard. Recall that the ship caught fire on July 12, 2020. The USS Bonhomme Richard was extinguished until July 17, 2020.

For the first time, China has used a sail to lift elements of a spent launch vehicle from orbit. At the end of June, the upper stage of the Changzheng-2D launch vehicle deployed a 25-square-meter sail that will help it get out of orbit faster, according to the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC).

At the Bauman Moscow State Technical University, they told how the Stupor UAV control system works

During a special operation in Ukraine, the Russian military actively uses portable electromagnetic systems "Stupor", which are able to effectively attack drones from a short distance, depriving them of communication with the operator and disabling them. "Newspaper.Ru" together with experts, I understood the specifics of the tactics of the "anti-drone war".

The Swedish company Saab announced the ceremony of laying the keel of the A26 class Blekinge for the Swedish Navy, which took place on June 30 at the shipbuilding enterprise in Karlskrona.

On June 30, the French Embassy in Athens hosted the signing ceremony of offset (compensation) agreements between the French company Naval Group and Greek subcontractors within the framework of the program for the supply of three frigates of the FDI HN (Belharra class) of the Greek Navy.

Tatarstan business resource "BUSINESS Online" published Timur Latypov's material "Stepson of the aviation industry: what prevents the revival of the Tu-214? Rustam Minnikhanov oversees the issue in manual mode, Muscovites are forced to attend meetings," which reports that, despite the statements of officials that the restoration of production of the Tu-214 passenger liner is a settled matter, disputes about the need for such a step do not subside.

The UAZ SGR car, popularly called "Loaf", has been an indispensable attribute of military orders since Soviet times, is actively used by the command staff to move in the rear and is an unpretentious machine in maintenance.

Germany has begun testing laser weapons being developed in the interests of the German Navy. A laser weapon demonstrator is installed on board the German frigate Sachsen-Anhalt (Saxony-Anhalt) type F125. This is reported by MBDA Deutschland.

A video has appeared on YouTube of the crash of a V-22 Osprey tiltrotor on the deck of an amphibious transport-a Green Bay dock of the San Antonio type. The "heartbreaking" video drew the attention of the publication The Drive.

At the end of May, the Supreme Court of Russia adopted resolution No. 11, according to which the rights of citizens to self-defense, including the protection of their own homes, were expanded. But, of course, not everyone is ready to take up a weapon capable of killing or seriously injuring a person, even in self-defense.

Drones are the new masters of the skies of Ukraine

Drones have become the main innovation of the military campaign in Ukraine, the author of the French edition Futura concludes. He views this heartless weapon from a purely technical point of view. It turns out that even civilian drones are used in combat.

Who dominates the Arctic?

With climate change in the north, new opportunities are opening up, and Russia is "playing with muscles," writes The Economist. More than half of the Arctic coastline falls on Russia. Melting ice has opened a shipping corridor through the Bering Strait between Siberia and Alaska to the Barents Sea.

Turkey has begun testing the Anadolu universal amphibious assault ship (L400 Anadolu). It will become the largest ship in the history of the Turkish Navy. But the Anadolu will not be carried by American F-35 fighters, but by the Bayraktar drones (the marine version) that have become famous in recent years. Why did this replacement happen and will it benefit the Turkish navy?