News about the state and prospects of the defense industry
The Doctor of Military Sciences named the cause of the MiG-29 fighter's fire
MiG-29 fighters have been flying since the 1980s, and now more and more advanced modifications are being produced. They still perform combat missions and are actively exported to many countries of the world, without causing complaints. About this " Tape.<url> " was told by Konstantin Sivkov, Doctor of Military Sciences.
Volvo plants in Sweden received the world's first environmentally friendly steel
The Swedish company SSAB has supplied Volvo with the first batch of a new type of automotive steel – "green". The term is still unofficial, this material is also called "environmentally friendly steel", because when creating it, combustible fossils and the energy produced with their help are not used. There are also no emissions into the atmosphere during the production of eco-steel, which is very beneficial for both SSAB and Volvo. The first pledged to switch to carbon-free production by 2045, the second-by 2050.
The first Arab lunar rover will go to the Lake of Dreams
The team of the first lunar mission of the UAE announced that the assembly of the prototype of the Rashid lunar rover and its functional tests in laboratory conditions have been completed. It is expected that it will go into space in the second half of 2022 and land in the Lake of Dreams — the lunar sea on the visible side of the Moon, according to the tweet of the Mohammed bin Rashid Space Center.
JSC " UEC " - UEC opened a test station for D-36 aircraft engines at the Aramil Aviation Repair Plant
The station was built as part of the import substitution strategy to perform a full cycle of repair of aircraft engines of this type. The economic effect of the new facility is more than 8 million rubles from each repaired engine.
Deputy Prime Minister Borisov announced the serial production of the S-500 air defense system
The new-generation S-500 air defense system is being mass-produced, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Yuri Borisov told Interfax.
Rogozin promised to load the unused capacities of Roscosmos with work
The general director of the state corporation said that the production of civilian products will be established at the sites as part of the diversification program
In principle, Roscosmos will not sell production sites that are not currently in use, but will establish production of civilian products on them as part of the diversification program. This was announced by the general director of the state corporation Dmitry Rogozin at the International Military-Technical Forum "Army-2021".
A forum dedicated to the diversification of the defense industry may appear in Russia
Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Yuri Borisov said that this will allow for closer contact between manufacturers and potential customers
A separate forum dedicated to the diversification of the military-industrial complex can be created in Russia. This was stated on Monday by Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Yuri Borisov at the Army-2021 forum.
Light metro will be built at the Vostochny Cosmodrome
According to the general director of Roscosmos Dmitry Rogozin, it will connect the airport with the cosmodrome
A light metro is planned to be built at the Vostochny cosmodrome to connect it with the airport, which will be built in 2023. This was announced by the Director General of Roscosmos Dmitry Rogozin at the International Military-Technical Forum "Army-2021".
NASA has suspended the execution of the contract for the landing of a man on the Moon with SpaceX
The US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has suspended until November 2021 the execution of a contract for the development of a human landing system on the lunar surface, the main contractor of which is the American private aerospace company SpaceX, the specialized website SpaceNews reports.
The Chinese are mastering their ISS
Chinese taikonauts went into outer space from the Tianhe module at the Chinese Tiangong space station under construction to perform work, the broadcast is conducted by the Chinese Global Television Network.
In Russia, they told about the project of an underwater gas station that has been operating for 30 years
In Russia, there are projects for the global development of the bottom of the world ocean with the help of robots, says TASS columnist Dmitry Litovkin.
A modernized Soviet tank was noticed in Kiev
A modernized Soviet tank was noticed during a rehearsal of a military parade in Kiev. This is reported by the blog andrey-bt. The T-64BM2 tank differs from the base model with a new engine. The Ministry of Defense of Ukraine has ordered twelve modernized vehicles.
Guests of the Army-2021 will be able to parachute out of the stratosphere in virtual reality
Technodinamika Holding will provide forum visitors with the opportunity to be in the Arctic and repeat the record jump of Russian paratroopers from the stratosphere with a Stayer parachute
Thanks to VR glasses from the Technodinamika holding of Rostec State Corporation, visitors to the Army-2021 forum will be able to repeat the record jump of Russian paratroopers from the stratosphere with a Stayer parachute in virtual reality. This was told to journalists on Friday in the press service of Technodinamika.
The Syrian experience was applied during the exercises of the engineering troops
Engineering units of the Southern Military District (SE) will work out new techniques and methods of performing engineering support tasks, including those developed on the basis of Syrian combat experience, during special exercises.
US Marines crossed an NSM missile with a JLTV SUV
Norwegian anti-ship missiles have found a new use for American Marines. August 19, portal marinecorpstimes.com He reported that the US Marine Corps hit the first target during tests of the new NMESIS missile system.
The cost of owning an electric car has been disclosed
Tesla has released a report in which it compared the cost of ownership of an electric car and a car with a gasoline engine. The document is available on the company's website.
Ukrainian engines will be repaired in Russia
A station has been opened in Russia for testing Ukrainian D-36 aircraft engines developed by the Zaporozhye Machine-Building Design Bureau Progress named after Academician A. G. Ivchenko. The station, created as part of import substitution, will allow performing a full cycle of repair of engines of this type. This is stated on the official website of the Rostec state Corporation.
The Russian army in Poland was described with the words "no longer invincible Soviet"
The current state of the Russian army does not allow us to ignore its capabilities for conducting operations and regrouping forces, as well as redirecting the Russian economy to the rails of military construction. This is stated in the publication of the Defence24 portal, dedicated to the analysis of the upcoming Russian-Belarusian maneuvers "West-2021".
The newest mine defense ship "Georgy Kurbatov" became part of the Russian Navy
The ceremony was attended by the Chief of Staff of the Baltic Fleet, Vice Admiral Sergey Lipilin
The mine defense ship "Georgy Kurbatov" became part of the fleet, the solemn ceremony of the first raising of the naval flag was held on Friday in Baltiysk-the main base of the Baltic Fleet, the press service of the fleet reported.
New self-propelled guns replace outdated guns in China
After the development and adoption of the first Chinese mass self-propelled artillery Type 83 (analogous to the Soviet 2S3) in the early 80s, the command of the People's Liberation Army traditionally pays great attention to the development of this type of weapons. For example, the 155-mm PLZ-05, created already in the new century, can compete with the best foreign models in terms of its tactical and technical characteristics.
