News about the state and prospects of the defense industry

The pilots of the assault aviation of the Eastern Military District (VVO) dropped bombs on training facilities and fired at the equipment of the conditional enemy as part of the exercises at the aviapoligon in Primorsky Krai, the press service of the VVO reports.

Chinese scientists have created a camera simulating the low gravity of the moon

Chinese scientists have created a special camera to simulate the conditions of low gravity of the Moon. This is reported by the South China Morning Post.

More than 30 combat helicopters Ka-52 "Alligator", Mi-28 "Night Hunter" and Mi-8AMTSh "Terminator" performed missile launches and firing from air cannons during the exercise in the Kuban, said the head of the press service of the Southern Military District (SE) Vadim Astafyev.

China has extended the construction of a series of its own Type 055 destroyers. They are the largest surface ships in the People's Liberation Army of the People's Republic of China and are considered the most combat-ready destroyers in the world.

Last year, the crews of the army aviation Association of the Air Force and Air Defense of the Eastern Military District on Mi-8AMTSh and Mi-26 helicopters performed tasks in the Russian Arctic zone.

The RVSN receives unique simulators for training communication specialists. On them, military personnel learn to establish communication with various management links. TCB allows you to monitor the actions of trainees in real time.

The latest mobile engineering power plant ED-30 AI has entered service with a separate engineer-sapper regiment of the combined arms army of the VVO, stationed in the Republic of Buryatia.

Roselectronics Holding of Rostec State Corporation has completed the development of the Digital Production software platform for industrial enterprises.

For a long time, the basis of the armored fleet of the Pakistani army was made up of American and Chinese-made tanks. For example, in the 90s, the troops had more than three and a half hundred M48A5 Patton III and 1200 Chinese clones of the Soviet T-54A - Tour 59 and 250 more advanced Type 69-II.

This is the second postponement of the start

The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) has decided to postpone the first launch of the new H3 space rocket, which was planned to be carried out until the end of March. This was reported on Monday by the Kyodo news agency.

The Pacific Fleet is waiting for a serious replenishment - upgraded nuclear submarines 949AM "Antey". On the air of Sputnik radio, the captain of the 1st rank of the reserve, military expert Vasily Dandykin, told about their capabilities.

CASC announced the launch of the Shiyan-13 spacecraft into orbit

The Chinese spacecraft "Shiyan-13" was successfully put into orbit. The launch of the Changzheng-2D launch vehicle with the spacecraft took place on January 17. This is reported by China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC), Interfax reports.

On January 6, the French company Dassault Aviation published preliminary results for 2021. As noted, 55 aircraft were delivered to customers in 2021, compared with 47 units a year earlier.

The first four ships that do not require a crew appeared in the US Navy. January 16, portal thedrive.com He reported that the Office of Strategic Capabilities (SCO) of the US Department of Defense has officially closed the Ghost Fleet Overlord program.

The launch of the Soyuz-ST-B launch vehicle is scheduled for February 10

More than 30 British OneWeb communications satellites have been delivered to the Kourou cosmodrome in French Guiana as part of their preparations for launch on the Soyuz-ST-B carrier rocket on February 10. This is stated in the message of Roscosmos, distributed on Monday.

Transport and logistics giant FedEx (USA) appealed to the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) at the beginning of the year with a request to install anti-missile lasers on the company's transport aircraft.

Specialists of the analytical company IC Insights claim that in 2021, the share of semiconductor products in the cost of electronic systems last year reached 33.2%. This is a record value. The previous record was set in 2018.

The Israeli company Smart Shooter has introduced the Smash Dragon system for drones. According to Israel Defense, it allows you to arm the devices with machine guns, sniper rifles, grenade launchers and other high-precision weapons.

Today, the innovative electric steelmaking complex Interpipe Steel is 10 years old. It was on January 17, 2012 that the first melting of metal was made at the plant.

NASA announced the reduction of the astronaut squad to 44 people

The US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has taken care of reducing the number of astronauts. This is reported by Futurism with reference to the NASA report.