News about the state and prospects of the defense industry

The share of French Renault in AVTOVAZ may be sold, according to unofficial information, to a Chinese automaker. Twenty years ago, it was impossible to even imagine such a thing. Then the Russian authorities gave the green light to Western concerns, leaving the Chinese car industry out of the Russian market. However, now the situation has changed dramatically.

Last Tuesday, a message came that the US Army had finally decided on its new small arms — we are talking about the XM5 assault rifle and the XM250 light machine gun of the German company Sig Sauer. Taking them into service will mean a generational change of American army melee weapons. They will replace their outdated predecessors — the M4A1 carbine and the M249 machine gun.

The captain of the 1st rank of the reserve, who served in the Black Sea Fleet, the executive director of the Institute of CIS Countries in the city of Sevastopol, Sergey Gorbachev, told in a FAN comment what fate the missile cruiser "Moscow" that sank the day before in the Black Sea could await.

As reported on April 22, 2022, PJSC United Aircraft Corporation (PJSC UAC), a branch of PJSC Il - Ulyanovsk Aviastar Plant (part of the Transport Aviation Division of PJSC UAC of Rostec State Corporation) commissioned another serial heavy transport aircraft Il-76MD-90A, built for Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation. After the successful completion of flight and technical tests, the new aircraft joined the aviation regiment of Military Transport Aviation (VTA).

Roselectronics Holding of Rostec State Corporation is ready to supply domestic element base for subscriber terminals of the Gonets low-orbit satellite system.

The Shvabe Holding of Rostec State Corporation unites dozens of industrial facilities and research centers throughout Russia. Today it is the core of the optical industry of the Russian Federation. By the end of 2021, the portfolio of intellectual property objects of the holding amounted to 2,597 units, the range of products – more than six thousand items.

The developments of specialists from the Russian Federation used on board the International Space Station (ISS) are recognized as reliable and of high quality. Anton Shkaplerov, cosmonaut of Roscosmos, told Izvestia about this on Sunday, April 17.

The launch into mass production of the S-500 Prometheus anti-aircraft missile system (SAM) does not mean that the S-400 systems of the previous generation will somehow lose their significance.

Doctor of Technical Sciences, Professor of the Higher School of Applied Physics and Space Technologies of SPbPU Sergey Makarov on Friday, April 22, told Izvestia about the likelihood of replacing GPS with subscriber equipment of the Russian Global Navigation Satellite System (GLONASS).

The production of the system, named Prometheus, has been established at the enterprises of the Almaz-Antey Aerospace Defense Concern.

The CEO of the concern, Jan Novikov, in his interview with the National Defense magazine, stated: "Currently, serial production of the S-500 system has been organized using the latest achievements of domestic science and technology. The combat capabilities of this system significantly exceed the capabilities of previously created anti-aircraft missile systems and systems. The S-500 is capable of becoming the basis of the Russian Aerospace Defense system."

Micron intends to double the volume of silicon wafers produced in the coming years in order to overcome the shortage of domestic semiconductors in Russia. For this, the plant will need 10 billion rubles. "Micron" intends to purchase used production equipment, which in recent years has become a standard global practice in this industry.

The machine tool industry is the most important, its condition largely determines the level of development of Russian industry and the economy as a whole. Now, when the import of industrial equipment is limited, the development of its own machine tool industry is among the most important tasks for the country.

Rostec United Engine Corporation has developed the first Russian GTA-8 power plant for offshore production platforms. The unit is resistant to extreme conditions: salt water, storms and negative temperatures. The first installations will provide power supply to the Arctic ice-resistant platform "Kamennomysskoye-Sea" off the coast of Yamal.

Western countries will leave Russia without civil aviation

The new Tupolev-214 passenger liners will be delivered to airlines from 2024, and more than 70 units of finished products will be shipped within six years. If this April promise of industrialists comes true, the domestic aviation industry will provide real practical support to the air transport industry. It will help her to survive difficult times and at the same time prevent the disruption of the center's aviation communication with peripheral areas, as well as the most important international routes.

Fighters of one of the DPR units used BMP-2 with dynamic protection "Contact. With its help, the frontal part of the hull and sides were covered. As noted by "RG: Russian weapons", in order to avoid armor breaks, containers are installed behind special barriers, at some distance.

Military expert Andrey Frolov — about the possibilities of the Western defense industry for the production of weapons used in Ukraine

The conflict in Ukraine has become unprecedented in terms of the amount of forces and resources spent by NATO to support a non—member country in a short period of time.

The Russian nuclear icebreaker Ural of project 22220 of the Arctic type will be commissioned by the end of 2022. This was announced by the Deputy head of the Ministry of Industry and Trade of Russia Alexey Besprozvannykh during a speech at the Federation Council, RIA Novosti reports.

The command of the Chinese Navy for the first time published footage of the launch of a new hypersonic cruise missile by the Type 055 destroyer.

U.S. Deputy Secretary of Defense Kathleen Hicks and Acting Deputy Secretary of Defense for Procurement and MTO Andrew Hunter held a secret meeting with the leadership of eight major American defense companies at the Pentagon on April 13.

In 2022, a 30-year shipbuilding plan of the US Navy was presented, according to which the US Navy should decommission two Independence-class coastal warships - USS Jackson (LCS-6) and USS Montgomery (LCS-8). According to the plan, the withdrawal of the ships is planned to be carried out in 2024. Interestingly, the USS Jackson (LCS-6) was commissioned in 2015, and the USS Montgomery (LCS-8) – in 2016. Both ships were built by Austal USA.