News about the state and prospects of the defense industry

Tests of the GPA with the upgraded AL-31ST engine produced by UEC-UMPO have begun

On December 15, at the Polyana compressor station in the Blagoveshchensk district of the Republic of Bashkortostan, complex operational tests of a gas pumping unit with an upgraded AL-31ST engine manufactured by PJSC UEC-UMPO (part of the Rostec United Engine Corporation) began.

The submarine will be placed in the Museum of Naval Glory in Kronstadt

The first Soviet nuclear submarine K-3 "Leninsky Komsomol" will be delivered to the eternal parking place in the Museum of Naval Glory in Kronstadt by land, but for this its hull will be sawn into two parts. This was reported to TASS by two sources in the shipbuilding industry.

The capacity of the site in the Skolkovo Technopark is about 30 sets of spacecraft per year

The first site of serial assembly of satellite platforms of small spacecraft in the Russian Federation was launched by Sputnix in the Skolkovo Technopark. This was reported to TASS by the press service of Sitronics Group (part of AFK Sistema), which includes the company.

State tests of the Kub barrage ammunition have been successfully completed in Russia, a source close to the military department told RIA Novosti.

The firing range of the updated missile may be several tens of kilometers, the agency interlocutor clarified The

range of the guided cruise missile 91P1 of the newest anti-submarine complex "Answer" after its improvement will be at least doubled. This was reported to TASS by a source in the military-industrial complex.

The first flight of the Ka-62 is scheduled for early 2024

Bench tests of the VK-1600V demonstrator engine for the Ka-62 helicopter should begin before the end of 2021. This was reported to journalists by Anton Kolosov, chief designer of the VK-1600 engine at the ODK-Klimov enterprise (part of the Rostec United Engine Corporation).

A detachment of ships of the Pacific Fleet (Pacific Fleet) returned to the home base after the closure of the missile firing area with the newest anti-submarine complex "Response" for a training underwater target in the waters of the Sea of Japan. This was reported to "RG" by the head of the information support department of the press service of the Eastern Military District for the Pacific Fleet, Captain 3rd rank Ilya Kolesnikov.

At the Totsky training ground, the operational and combat training of the command staff of the Central Military District takes place

Su-34 fighter-bombers launched a bomb attack from a height of about 400 meters on the artillery positions of a conditional enemy during the operational and combat training of the command staff of the Central Military District (CVO) at the Totsky training ground of the Orenburg region. This is stated in a message distributed on Thursday by the press service of the district.

The frigate Admiral of the Fleet of the Soviet Union Gorshkov performed a test firing of a hypersonic Zircon missile at a coastal target. This was announced on Thursday, December 16, according to the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation.

The flight of the hypersonic missile corresponded to the specified parameters, the target was hit, the Ministry of Defense reported

The frigate of the Northern Fleet "Admiral Gorshkov" successfully hit a target from the White Sea with a hypersonic missile "Zircon" at the Chizha training ground in the Arkhangelsk region. This was reported to journalists on Thursday in the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation.

Rostec handed over to the troops a batch of ammunition to protect against high-precision weapons

Rostec State Corporation has prematurely handed over to the Russian Ministry of Defense a batch of aerosol means for protection against high-precision weapons. This is reported by TASS with reference to the press service of the state corporation.

The Mi-171A3 helicopter, designed for offshore operations and maintenance of offshore drilling platforms, has started flight tests, the Rostec press service reported.

More than 200 servicemen took part in the exercises

Aviation and artillery of the Black Sea Fleet (Black Sea Fleet) worked out the destruction of a simulated enemy ship in the Black Sea during planned exercises, the press service of the Black Sea Fleet said on Thursday.

During the Iran-Iraq war, due to significant losses in tanks, the armed forces of the two countries began to massively acquire Chinese armored vehicles. Thus, Iran, which fell under Western sanctions, previously operated mainly American M47, M60 and British Chieftain, purchased more than 500 Type 59 and 250 Type 69.

The laser installation on the ship will allow him to fight with a whole flotilla of kamikaze boats. December 15, portal thedrive.com He reported that the US Navy tested the installation of the Laser Weapon System Demonstrator Mk 2 Mod 0 from the deck of the landing ship USS Portland.

As specified, such measures are necessary for the development of space tourism

Roscosmos Director General Dmitry Rogozin at a meeting of the industry operational headquarters instructed the Rocket and Space Corporation (RSC) Energia to develop a plan to increase the production of Soyuz MS manned spacecraft. This was reported to journalists on Thursday in the press service of Roscosmos.

The Admiral Gorshkov frigate hit a target located at the Chizha training ground with a Zircon hypersonic missile. Serial deliveries of "Zircon" should begin next year.

A suborbital flight to an altitude of more than 100 km is planned by the company for 2022

The private space company Success Rockets plans to launch an orbital rocket in 2024. This was stated by the company's CEO Oleg Mansurov at a meeting in the Federation Council dedicated to improving legislation in the field of space activities in order to create a space services market.

Russian ships will be able to sink submarines with missiles. On December 15, the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation published a video from the tests of the missile anti-submarine complex "Response".

The destruction of important objects of the conditional enemy was carried out by the combat crews of the missile unit of the Army Corps of the Baltic Fleet (BF), which is armed with the Iskander-M complex.