News about the state and prospects of the defense industry

As reported, on May 21, 2022, the Mercury corvette of the modified project 20380 (factory number 1007, originally called "Zealous"), built for the Russian Navy in St. Petersburg at PJSC "Shipbuilding Plant "Severnaya Verf" (as part of JSC "United Shipbuilding Corporation"), entered the factory sea trials in the Baltic Sea for the first time").

The Russian aviation complex of electronic warfare "Khibiny", used on front-line bombers Su-34, will be upgraded. This decision was made following the results of the use of aircraft with an electronic warfare system during a special military operation in Ukraine.

The scientific and business program of the International Military-Technical Forum "Army-2022" is posted on the official website of the Ministry of Defense of Russia. The events will be held from August 15 to 21 at the Patriot Convention and Exhibition Center.

The United Aircraft Corporation and the Mechanics Machine tool Holding (both part of Rostec State Corporation) have signed a strategic partnership agreement.

The shipyard "Severnaya Verf" continues construction of a series of fishing trawlers-processors of project 170701 for the holding NOREBO. According to the press service of the enterprise, the fifth trawler of the series has already received the main engine.

Rosatom will build a huge plant for the production of lithium-ion batteries for electric vehicles and industry for 26 billion rubles. At the same time, the products will be focused mainly on the domestic market.

In the last few days, there has been a lot of talk about the "revived" Moskvich plant and the production of a certain electric car on its basis.

The project of the second Chinese interplanetary station "Tianwen-2" has passed into the engineering design stage, and the device itself will be launched into space in 2025. It is expected that the station will be able to deliver soil to Earth from the Kamoalev Earth quasi-satellite, as well as study the active asteroid 311P/PANSTARRS, according to the website Space.com .

The Broken Socket

The "Pearl of Taiwan" is called the Taiwanese semiconductor manufacturing company – TSMC (Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company).

Rostec's website tells about the main space launch of the year – the launch of the Luna-25 spacecraft. This automatic station will be the first Russian lunar mission in the last half century.

Against the background of a total hybrid war against the West, Russia is changing its Maritime doctrine. The correction of the document was announced by Deputy Prime Minister Yuri Borisov. According to him, in wartime it will become easier to use civilian vessels and crews for the needs of the Navy. First of all, container ships, tankers and icebreakers will be needed. How useful is the civilian fleet for Russia's combat potential in the World Ocean?

45 years ago, on May 20, 1977, the first flight of a prototype of a 4th generation heavy fighter with the code T-10 took place in the USSR. Now we know it as the Su-27. The development of this machine was the beginning of an era in Soviet (Russian) combat aviation. But the significance of this truly outstanding aircraft is not limited to this.

Amazing adventures of warships in repair docks

A representative of the Baltic Shipbuilding Plant "Yantar", which is part of the United Shipbuilding Corporation (USC), told a TASS correspondent that the patrol ship "Intrepid" will return to the Baltic Fleet in mid-May of this year.

The US Air Force reported that on May 14, 2022, a successful flight test of the promising American air-based hypersonic missile AGM-183A Air-Launched Rapid Response Weapon (ARRW) was carried out for the first time.

Along with the supply of Western equipment, the nationalist formations of Ukraine intend to use 85-mm anti-tank cannon D-44 on the fronts. These guns were developed back in 1944, and in 1946 they were put into service.

The enterprises of the aircraft manufacturing sector of the military-industrial complex of China have established strong relations with the Pakistan Air Force, which has been achieved, among other things, thanks to the success in the development of aircraft engines.

The lead MRC of the Karakurt Project 22800 series of ships, being built at the Amur Shipyard for the Pacific Fleet, received the main engine of the aft compartment. Before that, two diesel generators were installed on the ship. This is reported by the press service of the company.

The only Russian aircraft carrier Admiral Kuznetsov was docked for repairs

The only aircraft carrier of the Russian Navy, Admiral Kuznetsov, docked at the 35th plant in Severomorsk for repairs, said Alexey Rakhmanov, General Director of the United Shipbuilding Corporation. The docking was planned to take place a few days ago, but it had to be postponed due to strong winds. It is expected that the cruiser will return to the disposal of the Navy no earlier than 2023.

The Lockheed C-130 Hercules is the main military transport aircraft used by the aviation of the United States and other NATO countries. Strictly speaking, the C-130 is a whole family, since aircraft are used for various purposes - not only for the delivery of troops, military equipment and cargo, but also for conducting electronic intelligence, staff work, search and rescue operations, refueling other aircraft in the air, determining weather conditions, and so on.

The Voyager 1 space probe suddenly started sending NASA nonsense

Launched in 1977, Voyager became the farthest man-made object in space, but for some time now it has been sending gibberish to Earth, writes Gizmodo. NASA believes that the data obtained does not fit in with the true position of the ship.

How long space missions change the brain

Prolonged stay in space causes changes in the structure of the brain, writes Big Think. In a recent study, scientists were able to establish a link between this phenomenon and cases of visual impairment in astronauts.