News about the state and prospects of the defense industry
Production of the latest guns "Phlox" and "Magnolia" may begin in 2022 or 2023
It will begin after the completion of state tests, if there is an appropriate decision of the state customer, the Uralvagonzavod concern reported
The production of the latest self-propelled mortar "Phlox" and the self-propelled artillery gun "Magnolia" can be launched in late 2022-early 2023, the press service of the concern "Uralvagonzavod" (UVZ, part of the state corporation "Rostec") told TASS at the international military-technical forum "Army-2021".
The Mi-28N helicopter will be armed with a three-in-one missile
The Mi-28NM "Night Hunter" attack helicopter can be armed with the latest unguided S-13B missile. The S-13 combines the capabilities of several unguided 122 mm caliber missiles. The new missile has a switch of the initiation unit for instantaneous detonation of the warhead and two decelerations: small and large.
Research Institute "Ferrite-Domain": supplies of stealth coatings for Navy ships will grow by 50% in 2021
The research Institute " Ferrite-Domain "of the holding "Roselectronics" (part of Rostec) is increasing the volume of supplies of ship radio-absorbing coatings for the Russian Navy, in 2021 they will grow by 50%, Maxim Kavaev, executive director of Ferrite-Domain, told RIA Novosti.
They want to create interplanetary modules based on the new Russian orbital station
The technical solutions being worked out during the creation of the ROSS orbital station will find their application in modules that will be sent to other planets.
Rheinmetall has armed the Mission Master SP with an Escribano combat module
In recent months, the German Rheinmetall and the Spanish Escribano Mechanical and Engineering jointly conducted a demonstration of new weapons and detection systems installed on the chassis of the Mission Master SP family of DOOMS.
Construction of a military hospital has begun in Kazan
It will be integrated into the emergency response system of the Disaster Medicine Service
Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu and Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov laid a memorial stone in Kazan on Friday, marking the beginning of construction of a military hospital in the capital of the republic.
At special training in the Volga region, for the first time, Uran-9 combat robots were used in conducting defense
Also, for the first time, the Russian military practiced the actions of mixed mobile air defense, electronic warfare and RCB-protection groups to combat enemy unmanned aerial vehicles
Military personnel on special training in the Volga region for the first time in the conduct of defense used combat robots "Uran-9". This was reported on Friday in the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation.
A multi-purpose rocket in one bottle
To use the rocket on various types of carriers: airplanes, helicopters, its registration is required, a complex of special flight tests for each machine.
"Bad news": NI commented on the imminent start of deliveries of "Zircon"
The signing of the first contract for the supply of hypersonic missiles "Zircon" to the Russian armed forces so worried some American journalists that they called it bad news. The article with the corresponding title was prepared for The National Interest by columnist Mark Episkopos.
The US Navy refused to upgrade the Super Hornet
The US Navy has abandoned plans to equip F/A-18E/F Super Hornet carrier-based aircraft with conformal fuel tanks. Boeing does not plan to supply the military with upgraded F/A-18E/F Block III aircraft with conformal fuel tanks (CFT), The Drive reports.
The United States began to build the fourth aircraft carrier of a new generation
The Americans are actively building new aircraft carriers to replace the Nimitz-type ships. Yesterday, on August 26, the press service of Huntington Ingalls Industries announced that a solemn ceremony of cutting steel for the future Doris Miller aircraft carrier was held at its Newport News shipyard in Virginia.
The designer told about the upgraded Mi-35P attack helicopter
Sergey Chebykin, Deputy Chief Designer of the Rostvertol Helicopter Plant, told about the upgraded Mi-35P attack helicopter on Friday, August 27.
Shoigu was shown the cockpit of a modernized Tu-160 bomber
Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu highly appreciated the resumption of production of Tu-160 strategic bombers at the Kazan Aviation Plant (KAZ). He visited this place during his visit to the capital of Tatarstan.
Admiralty shipyards have successfully completed the program of state tests of the Magadan diesel-electric submarine
Admiralty Shipyards (part of the United Shipbuilding Corporation) have completed state tests of a large diesel-electric submarine of project 636.3 "Magadan".
Don't shine the radar: the Americans launch a series of new missiles
The Americans are expanding their capabilities to defeat enemy radars and communication centers. August 26, portal janes.com He reported that the US Navy has ordered the production of two installation batches of AGM-88G missiles.
Six accidents with Russian planes were counted over the past month
Over the past month, six accidents have occurred with Russian aircraft, the Military Observer channel calculated in Telegram.
The Deputy Defense Minister checked the MTO group at the exercises in preparation for the "West-2021"
The training sessions were held at the Mulino training ground in the Nizhny Novgorod region
Deputy Defense Minister of the Russian Federation Army General Dmitry Bulgakov checked the logistics support group (MTO) of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation during special training that took place in preparation for the West-2021 maneuvers, the Russian Defense Ministry told reporters on Friday.
The Ministry of Defense: the Russian airborne forces for the first time in the world landed an equipped military hospital
The Russian military during the exercises for the first time in the world landed a fully equipped military hospital from airplanes, the Department of Information and Mass Communications of the Russian Defense Ministry reported on Friday.
The aviation expert told about the death of test pilots during the creation of the Su-24
The Su-24 tactical front-line bomber that crashed in the Perm Region is a complex, but time-tested machine. Vadim Lukashevich, an aviation expert, a former designer of the Sukhoi Design Bureau, told about this in an interview with Radiotochka NSN.
For the first time, live firing was conducted at the ZVO BMP-2M training ground with the Berezhok module
In the Moscow Region, motorized rifle units of the Guards Tank Army of the Western Military District destroyed lightly armored enemy vehicles from modernized BMP-2M with the Berezhok combat module during the exercise.
