News about the state and prospects of the defense industry

The Chelyabinsk nuclear submarine of the project 949A (cipher "Antey") will be converted into a carrier of Onyx and Zircon cruise missiles under the project 949AM, work on the ship will begin after the modernization of the Irkutsk submarine of the same type is completed, a source in the shipbuilding industry told RIA Novosti.

Deliveries of the latest Ka-52M combat helicopters to the troops will go in parallel with the tests, which are scheduled to be completed in 2022, a source in the military-industrial complex told RIA Novosti.

Elon Musk said that this project will also be relevant for flights to Mars

The American company SpaceX has launched a program to remove carbon dioxide from the Earth's atmosphere, the head of the company, American entrepreneur Elon Musk, said on Monday. The company plans to subsequently process carbon dioxide into rocket fuel.

The universal landing ships "Ivan Rogov" and "Mitrofan Moskalenko" will operate helicopter-type attack and reconnaissance drones

The universal landing helicopter carriers (UDC) of the project 23900 "Ivan Rogov" and "Mitrofan Moskalenko", which are being built at the Kerch shipyard "Gulf", will be adapted for basing attack and reconnaissance unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). This was reported to TASS by a source in the shipbuilding industry.

Kazakhstan and Russia have carried out all domestic procedures for the Gagarin Launch modernization project, but the UAE is delaying the process, Minister of Digital Development, Innovation and Aerospace Bagdat Musin said.

The gunners of the Ussuri separate Guards amphibious assault unit practiced the skills of artillery calculations at command and observation posts and firing positions, as well as conducting fire adjustments from 122-mm D-30 howitzers on a simulator.

Battalion tactical groups of the combined arms army of the Western Military District (ZVO) equipped with the latest sights for small arms 1P63 and 1P29.

In the next 18 months, the authorities will have to make a choice in favor of British or American technologies

The creation of its own nuclear submarine fleet, for the construction of which Canberra broke the largest defense contract in its history with Paris, could cost Australia 171 billion Australian dollars ($122.2 billion) and will require at least 20 years. Such data was published on Tuesday by the Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI).

The newest logistics support vessel Vsevolod Bobrov makes an inter-fleet transfer from Baltiysk to the main base point – Sevastopol, where it will become part of the Black Sea Fleet, said the head of the information support department of the Black Sea Fleet, Captain 2nd rank Alexey Rulev.

According to the general director of the enterprise Dmitry Semizorov, the work, in particular, allowed to improve the characteristics of military equipment in terms of chassis control, reduce the preparation time for the opening of fire, increase the accuracy of the binding of a self-propelled gun.

The tactics of "nomadic" mortars based on Syrian combat experience were worked out by servicemen of the Central Military District during exercises at the Yurginsky training ground in the Kemerovo region, the press service of the Central Military District reported on Tuesday.

Huntington Ingalls Industries announced the cutting ceremony of the first steel for the destroyer URO (DDG-131) held at the Ingalls Shipbuilding division "George M. Neal" (George M. Neal) class "Arlie Burke".

Seriously injured in a collision with a seamount in the South China Sea, the nuclear submarine of the US Navy Connecticut arrived in San Diego, having overcome 6,200 nautical miles. What it's like to sail on a submarine with an open hull and damaged equipment, The Drive found out.

Representatives of the Taliban movement (a terrorist organization banned in Russia) are trying to revive high-speed jet planes stored at Kabul airport for their newly created Air Force.

During a working trip to Novosibirsk, Russian Deputy Defense Minister Alexei Krivoruchko checked the progress of the state defense order at the V.P. Chkalov Aviation Plant.

This year, the troops of the Central Military District (CVO) received more than 25 thousand modern small arms, the commander of the CVO, Colonel-General Alexander Lapin, said on Tuesday.

"Among them are AK-12 submachine guns, upgraded models of silent weapons "Val" and "Vintorez", sniper rifles of various calibers, the latest "Cord" submachine guns and large-caliber machine guns "Utes," Lapin said.

The complex includes a satellite terminal, sensors, a computer and a solar panel

A hardware and software complex for monitoring high-voltage power transmission lines has been developed in Russia. This was reported to TASS in JSC "Satellite system "Messenger" (part of Roscosmos).

Chinese fighters will no longer need Russian aircraft engines. December 13, portal globaltimes.cn He reported that the Chengdu Aircraft Industrial Group Corporation announced a full-scale serial assembly of J-20 fighters after the start of deliveries of Chinese WS-10 engines.

Half of the classes are held at night, tanks are involved, other armored vehicles

About 2,000 military personnel and 200 pieces of equipment are involved in shooting practice at two firing ranges in the Voronezh Region (the center of the European part of Russia), the Western Military District (ZVO) reported on Tuesday.

The Drive: F-35 Lightning II fighters may receive new engines as early as 2027

American fifth-generation F-35 Lightning II fighters may receive an adaptive engine as early as 2027, The Drive reports.