News about the state and prospects of the defense industry

Tactical exercises of combat crews of anti-aircraft missile systems (SAMS) S-400 "Triumph" have started in the Leningrad region, the Western Military District (ZVO) reported on Wednesday.

The development of industry, science and the education system are the key to the defense capability of the member countries of the Collective Security Treaty Organization, CSTO Secretary General Stanislav Zas said.

In the armed forces of the United Arab Emirates, heavy infantry fighting vehicles could appear, created on the chassis of the main battle tank OF-40 using a turret from the Russian BMP-3.

The Command of Shipbuilding and Armament of the US Navy announced the acceptance tests of the new amphibious helicopter dock ship Fort Lauderdale (LPD-28) of the San Antonio class, which ended on January 31.

Crews will work out the detection and destruction of aircraft jammers and long-range radar detection aircraft

Exercises of MiG-31BM high-altitude interceptor fighters of the Aviation Division of the Central Military District (CVO) have started in the Krasnoyarsk Territory. The pilots will work out counteraction to the air reconnaissance and strike complexes of a conditional enemy, according to a statement issued on Wednesday by the press service of the district.

The Tagil Division of the Strategic Missile Forces (RVSN) began exercises with the withdrawal of autonomous launchers of strategic complexes "Yars" on combat patrol routes, the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation reported.

The US Air Force is checking its "new thing". February 1, portal defensenews.com He reported that the F-15EX Eagle II fighter had passed the first fire tests by launching an air-to-air missile.

Northrop Grumman Corporation supplied the US Navy with the first serial MQ-4C drone in the Integrated Functional Capability (IFC)-4 version. The basic version of the UAV was commissioned in 2018.

Dembinski expert: in Germany they know that the US power is waning

In Germany, they know that the power of the United States is waning, and China is the main threat to them, said Defence24 senior researcher and project manager of the Institute for Peace Research in Frankfurt Matthias Dembinsky.

In the Sverdlovsk region, the launchers of the Yars mobile nuclear missile complex of the Teikov Division of the Strategic Missile Forces were brought to the combat patrol routes. As reported to the correspondent of "RG" in the Ministry of Defense, during the exercise, strategic rocket scientists, among other things, will work out the covert transfer of missile systems to field positions.

The office of the head of operational testing of the Pentagon concluded that the light SUVs of the US Army ISV are ineffective in combat and security cooperation and deterrence missions against almost equal threats. According to Breaking Defense, they slow down the firing of soldiers at the enemy.

The American company Northrop Grumman has signed a contract with the Pentagon's Defense Advanced Research Agency (DARPA) to develop a prototype virtual assistant for Black Hawk helicopter pilots. It will be integrated into their augmented reality helmets.

The old man AN-2 will not wait for a replacement soon

The domestic aviation industry has another resounding victory: the LMS-901 Baikal light multipurpose aircraft, presented with pomp at the MAKS-2021 air show, made its first flight. This was announced by the Minister of Industry and Trade Denis Manturov. Everything seems to be fine, another budget tranche is closed – the money has been allocated, the plane has flown, everyone is happy. But there is no sense for the Russian small aircraft from the new victory.

The special forces of the 2nd Combined Arms Army of the Central Military District stationed in the Volga region were equipped with modern large-caliber sniper rifles ASVKM.

Howitzers "Msta-SM2" were handed over to the units of the Western Military District

Units of the Western Military District (ZVO) received new self-propelled artillery units (ACS). 12 modernized self-propelled howitzers "Msta-SM2" were handed over to the military. This was reported in the press service of the ZVO.

However, the program may be changed depending on the state of health during post-flight examinations, the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center clarified

There are no plans to increase the rehabilitation time of Roscosmos cosmonaut Pyotr Dubrov, who will return to Earth at the end of March after almost a year of flight. This was reported to TASS by the press service of the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center (CPC).

The American Falcon 9 heavy rocket on Tuesday, Moscow time, launched into orbit with the Italian COSMO-SkyMed radar surveillance satellite (CSG-2), the carrier developer SpaceX announced.

The first reusable stage of the American Falcon 9 rocket, launched on Tuesday Moscow time with the Italian COSMO-SkyMed radar surveillance satellite (CSG-2), made a successful vertical landing at a site in Florida, the SpaceX carrier development company said.

Units of the Western Military District received new self-propelled artillery installations. According to the press service of the ZVO, 12 modernized self-propelled howitzers "Msta-SM2" were handed over to the military. 

About 20 warships and support vessels of the Pacific Fleet (Pacific Fleet) have entered planned naval exercises with firing in the combat training ranges of the Japanese and Okhotsk Seas, the press service of the fleet reports.