News about the state and prospects of the defense industry
The lead hydrographic vessel SVL for the Indian Navy has been launched at the GRSE shipyard
The Ministry of Defense of India announced on December 5 at the GRSE (Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers) launch ceremony of the main large hydrographic vessel SVL (Survey Vessel Large), designed for the country's Navy.
AK-203 instead of INSAS
Many years of efforts in the development of Indian automata have gone to waste. On December 6, the TASS news agency reported that Russia and India signed a contract for the supply of more than 600,000 AK-203 assault rifles.
Private Chinese company Galactic Energy has launched five satellites into orbit
The launch of the rocket in modification Y2 took place from the Jiuquan cosmodrome
The Ceres-1 launch vehicle of the private Chinese company Galactic Energy successfully launched five satellite vehicles into a sun-synchronous orbit on Tuesday. This is stated in a statement issued by the company.
The US launched an Atlas V launch vehicle with military satellites
The carrier, the first stage of which is equipped with a Russian RD-180 engine, launched from the Cape Canaveral cosmodrome
The American company United Launch Alliance (ULA) launched an Atlas V launch vehicle with two satellites on Tuesday by order of the Space Forces of the US Armed Forces. The broadcast is conducted on the ULA website.
The systems of the launch complex at the Vostochny cosmodrome will be tested after the transition to naphthyl
Autonomous tests are planned to be completed by the end of 2021
Specialists have started testing the systems of the Soyuz launch complex after upgrading to a new type of fuel at the Vostochny cosmodrome in the Amur Region. This was reported on Tuesday in the press service of Roscosmos.
The flight range of the Ansat helicopter has been increased by 140 kilometers
Russian Helicopters Holding of Rostec State Corporation has increased the flight range of Ansat and Ansat-M helicopters by 140 km due to the installation of an additional tank.
Rostelecom has signed an agreement with the private space company Success Rockets
Success Rockets as part of the SR NET project intends to create a satellite constellation to provide broadband communications
Kirill Menshov, Senior Vice President for Information Technologies at Rostelecom, and Oleg Mansurov, founder and CEO of Success Rockets, signed an agreement on cooperation between the two companies. This was reported to TASS on Tuesday in the press service of the space company.
Outdated Abrams tanks are going to be upgraded in Egypt
The Egyptian ground forces can currently be called the largest operator of Abrams main battle tanks after the United States. In total, according to various sources, there are more than 1,100 units of this equipment in the troops.
The military was given an improved super cannon "Malka"
The Uraltransmash plant has handed over the first batch of upgraded 2S7M Malka self-propelled guns to the Russian Ministry of Defense. The military received vehicles with new communication equipment and surveillance devices. This is reported by the Uralvagonzavod concern.
The State Duma approved in the first reading the procedure for assessing the conformity of space technology
The Government will approve the procedure for assessing the conformity of space technology intended for use in scientific and socio-economic purposes
The State Duma adopted in the first reading a bill defining the procedure for assessing the conformity of dual-use space technology, which is intended for use in scientific and socio-economic purposes. The document was initiated by the Government of the Russian Federation.
In Poland, the exercises of the Russian T-34 were evaluated
The Russian Ministry of Defense announced the training of T-34 tank crews. The maneuvers of Russian tankers were appreciated in Poland. The exercises allow us to consider T-34 tanks as standard military equipment, writes Defence24.
A Russian ship fired a cruise missile during exercises in the Baltic
10 ships of the Baltic Fleet of the Russian Federation were involved in the exercises. The shooting area was declared dangerous for navigation and aviation flights
The Russian corvette Stoyky conducted an exercise in the Baltic Sea with a combat launch of an anti-ship cruise missile at a target simulating a simulated enemy ship, the Russian Baltic Fleet reported on Tuesday.
The Americans have built a radar selection of ballistic targets
The US Missile Defense Agency has completed the construction of the LRDR (Long Range Discrimination Radar) ballistic target selection radar and has begun testing it. According to Defense News, next year the military will integrate LRDR into the GMD missile defense system and the C2BMC combat information and control system.
During the exercises on the Kuril Islands, motorized infantry covered drones
Shooting practice has begun on the Kuril Islands.
This is reported by the press service of the Eastern Military District (VVO). "The servicemen of the motorized rifle unit of the army corps of the Air Force in the Kuril Islands, as part of the week of intensive training that has started, have begun working out standards for the main subjects of combat training," the press release says.
CVO will ensure the safety of the launch of the Soyuz with a TASS correspondent and Japanese tourists
More than 150 military rescue specialists and medics have been relocated from the Chelyabinsk region, as well as crews of Mi-8 helicopters, An-26 and An-12 aircraft and more than 20 units of ground vehicles, including upgraded search and evacuation vehicles PEM-1 and PEM-2 "Blue Bird".
The Russian military reports on the reinforcement of tanks of a new motorized rifle division near Kaliningrad
A new motorized rifle division in the Kaliningrad region, which, according to the Russian military, was created in response to NATO activity, has received more than 40 upgraded tanks this year, the Baltic Fleet said on Monday.
A batch of modernized "Sunbeams" was transferred to the troops
A batch of modernized heavy flamethrower systems TOS-1A "Solntsepek", made as part of the state defense order, has been transferred to the troops. This is reported by Rostec.
The US Navy has adopted a new destroyer (DDG-121) "Frank E. Petersen" of the Arleigh Burke class
The Command of Shipbuilding and Armament of the US Navy announced the acceptance of the Arly Burke-class destroyer built by Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) of the destroyer URO (DDG-121) "Frank E. Petersen Jr.".
Russian military received new fire support helicopters
New Mi-8AMTSh-VN fire support helicopters have been delivered to the Russian armed forces. Deliveries of the machines will take place in 2021 and 2022. This is reported by RIA Novosti with reference to a source in the military-industrial complex.
The evacuation of an emergency stealth drone by a Mi-17 helicopter was filmed on video
An inconspicuous Shahed-191 jet strike unmanned aerial vehicle belonging to the aerospace forces of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps made an emergency landing in the provinces of Cheharmehal and Bakhtiariya.
