News about the state and prospects of the defense industry

The Yak-18T aircraft with an APD-500 aircraft engine, created on the basis of an engine from Aurus series cars, passed pre-flight tests - performed a complex of runs and approaches at the airfield, the press service of the Central Institute of Aviation Engine Engineering named after P.I. Baranov (CIAM, part of the N.E. Zhukovsky Institute) told RIA Novosti.

TASS does not yet have an official comment from USC

United Shipbuilding Corporation (USC) has completed the relocation of its headquarters to St. Petersburg. This was reported to TASS by a source in the military-industrial complex.

The upgraded M-84 tank was shown at the Partner-2021 exhibition in Belgrade (Serbia). The M-84AC2 received an upgraded fire control system (FMS), new surveillance devices and dynamic protection. This is reported by Army Recognition.

The program for the development of the auxiliary fleet of Russia until 2033 provides for the construction of new ships. To supply the garrisons in the Far North, it is planned to build five icebreakers and universal vessels. This is reported by TASS with reference to the deputy chief of staff of logistics of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation Andrey Yefimov.

More than 2 thousand special forces troops will be relocated to the Crimea for exercises

As part of the command and staff exercise, in which about 8 thousand servicemen take part, formations and military units of the Southern Military District (SE) have been alerted to work out elements of bringing them to the highest levels of readiness, the press service of the district reported on Thursday.

Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke about the superiority of Russian developments over hypersonic weapons of the United States. He stated this during a speech at the plenary session of the Russian Energy Week forum, Interfax reports.

The robot can detect and intercept violators, as well as counter terrorist attacks and fight drones

The General Director of Roscosmos Dmitry Rogozin showed a video of patrolling the territory of the Vostochny cosmodrome by the Marker robot.

More than two thousand servicemen of the Krasnodar Territory have begun to be transferred to the Crimea, where part of the program of large-scale command and staff exercises of the Southern Military District troops will be held at the Opuk military training ground. This was reported by the press service of the Southern Military District.

The total volume of investments under the concession agreement will exceed 10 billion rubles

The Russian Military Department and Gazprom PJSC have concluded a concession agreement on the reconstruction of the Levashovo airfield (Leningrad Region), which will allow it to be used in the interests of the civil air fleet.

In order to increase the combat capabilities of the reconnaissance units of the Ground Forces, the delivery of the second-generation Sagittarius-M intelligence, control and communications systems (KRUS) is planned.

At the end of October, the basic minesweeper "German Ugryumov" will return to the crew of the ships of the Caspian Flotilla (CFL), which has undergone technical repairs and modernization on the basis of the Severodvinsk branch of JSC "Zvezdochka Ship Repair Center" in Astrakhan.

Japanese Kawasaki Heavy Industries (KHI) launched the second Taigei — Hakugei type submarine. The launch ceremony of the lead boat was held in 2020.

Calculations of the latest Buk-M3 anti-aircraft missile systems conducted firing at the Kapustin Yar training ground in the Astrakhan region. They successfully hit ten targets.

The US army was advised to take Russia's ground forces seriously.

The Breaking Defense publication criticized the Pentagon's policy. According to Daniel Gur, vice president of the Lexington Institute, a former official of the US Department of Defense, America has focused too much on the Chinese threat in the Pacific region, weakening attention to Russia. However, this short-sightedness against the background of the growing power of the Russian ground forces is fraught with problems in Europe.

Roscosmos reported that it will move away from the ISS at a distance of up to 185 km

The Progress MS-17 cargo ship will be reconnected from the Search module to the Science module. He will spend 29 hours in an autonomous flight, Roscosmos said in a statement released on Thursday.

The armored long-lived PT-76 continues its service in the land forces and Marines of Indonesia. The first batch of Soviet light tanks was delivered to the armed forces of the state in 1962. According to various sources, less than a hundred such machines have been received in total.

The Russian military put the Pantsir-S air defense systems on duty near Belgrade, which were transferred by planes to Serbia for joint exercises, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Thursday.

More than 1.2 thousand servicemen took part in the exercises

Units of the 2nd combined Arms Army on Patriot pickups showed new ways of conducting combat at exercises at the Roshchinsky training ground near Samara, the press service of the Central Military District reported on Thursday.

The ceremony of greeting and awarding the participants of the hike will take place on Friday, October 15

The ships and vessels of the Arctic grouping of the Northern Fleet have completed all the tasks of the tenth campaign on the seas of the Arctic Ocean and are returning to the main base of the fleet Severomorsk. This was reported on Thursday in the press service of the fleet.

The aeroplatform is capable of climbing to a height of 20-40 km and moving along a given route for several months

Specialists of Tomsk State University of Control Systems and Radioelectronics (TUSUR, Tomsk) have developed a new type of high-altitude balloon that can reduce the cost of scientific research in the stratosphere. This was announced on Thursday by the press service of the university.