News about the state and prospects of the defense industry

To control near-Earth space and observe artificial objects in Earth orbit, the specialists of the Russian Space Systems Holding (RKS, part of the Roscosmos State Corporation) propose using the latest photonics technologies and original methods of ground-based processing of optical information.

The US Air Force decided to wait and did not approve a new project of the RVS refueling video system for the Boeing KC-46 flying tanker. According to Breaking Defense, the military is not satisfied with the work of the tanker's panoramic view system. This is a separate set of cameras that should determine what kind of aircraft is flying up to the tanker for fuel.

During the operation to liberate Grozny in January 1995, Russian troops, along with anti-aircraft missile and cannon "Tunguska", also used older ZSU "Shilka".

The new assembly and test building at the Plesetsk cosmodrome located in the Arkhangelsk region will be put into operation significantly ahead of schedule, said Deputy Defense Minister Timur Ivanov.

Specialists of the Military Construction Complex have completed a large-scale reconstruction of a unique museum complex with an underground harbor for submarines located in the Crimean Bay of Balaklava, Deputy Defense Minister Timur Ivanov said.

Each of them is capable of transporting up to 13 main battle tanks

Large amphibious assault ships (BDK) of the modernized project 11711 "Vladimir Andreev" and "Vasily Trushin" are being built at the Baltic shipyard "Yantar" according to an adjusted technical design, their hulls are formed on the stocks. This was reported to TASS by the general director of the plant Ilya Samarin.

During the year, the complex is serially delivered to fleet ships, the interlocutor of TASS noted

The newest ship-based anti-submarine missile system "Response" has been adopted by the Russian Navy. This was reported to TASS by a source in the military-industrial complex.

The upgraded submarines of the 949AM project will become the most armed Russian cruise missile submarines and will be able to carry up to 72 "Calibers", "Onyx" or "Zircons" on board, a source in the shipbuilding industry told RIA Novosti.

During the storming of Grozny on December 31, 1995, the Russian command sent a wide variety of military equipment to the Chechen capital. Including one that was not intended for such combat operations at all.

According to the commander of the 4th Army of the Air Force and Air Defense of the Southern Military District, Lieutenant General Nikolai Gostev, the indicator of the provision of anti-aircraft missile troops with equipment has reached 100%

The S-500 Prometheus anti-aircraft missile systems (SAMS) will be delivered to the southern parts of the Russian army by 2025. This was announced by the commander of the 4th Army of the Air Force and Air Defense of the Southern Military District, Lieutenant General Nikolai Gostev, in an interview with the newspaper Krasnaya Zvezda, published on Monday.

A new engineer-sapper regiment, which structurally became part of the combined arms army of the Eastern Military District, was formed in the Republic of Buryatia, the VVO reports.

More than 70 tests of new weapons, including hypersonic missile weapons "Zircon" and "Dagger", provided the Northern Fleet in 2021.

In 2022, several robotic complexes of mine clearance "Uran-6" will be put into service by the engineering and sapper corps of the Guards Tank Army of the Western Military District, stationed in the Yaroslavl region.

In 2022, more than 400 units of armored vehicles are planned to be delivered to the formations and military units of the Ground Forces of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation.

The dynamics of the supply of new models of communication equipment to the troops allowed the Strategic Missile Forces to fully switch to modern digital information transmission technologies.

More than 10 of the newest self-propelled pontoons have entered service with the railway connection of the Southern Federal District, stationed in the Krasnodar Territory.

Ilya Samarin, General Director of the Baltic Shipbuilding Plant, said that the sixth building of Project 11356 is currently mothballed and is located in the water area of the enterprise

The final decision on the fate of the sixth frigate of Project 11356 built by the Baltic Shipbuilding Plant "Yantar" (part of the United Shipbuilding Corporation) has not yet been made. This was stated to TASS by the general director of the PSZ Ilya Samarin.

In accordance with the training plan for the flight personnel of the Northern Fleet's naval fighter regiments in 2022, the crews of the Su-33 and MiG-29K carrier-based fighters will continue to improve their professional skills in the Crimea at the NITKA complex.

In 2021, more than 170 launches of foreign and domestic ballistic missiles and space missiles were detected by the on-duty means of the Russian missile defense system, specialized means of space and missile defense control systems.

About 40 units of modern special equipment replenished the parks of special vehicles of engineering units of the Central Military District (CVO) in 2021.