News about the state and prospects of the defense industry
Astronauts on the ISS will go into space about 10 times to integrate the two modules
Russian cosmonauts on the International Space Station (ISS) will go into outer space about 10 times by the end of 2022 to integrate and retrofit the Russian Nauka and Prichal modules. Cosmonaut Oleg Novitsky told about this on August 25 in the Twitter microblogging network.
There is a great need for military robotic complexes in Russia
At the International Military-Technical Forum "Army–2021", a round table "Prospects for the development and application of robotic complexes for military purposes of air, land and sea basing"was held.
Intel undertook to provide the Pentagon with the latest American-made chips
Intel has signed a contract with the US Department of Defense, according to which it will lead a program to create the production of advanced chips in the United States, TechCrunch reported on Monday.
China will complete a wind tunnel with a flow rate of up to Mach 30 in 2022
The construction of the Chinese hypersonic wind tunnel JF22 is scheduled to be completed next year. According to China Central Television, it will be able to simulate a maximum speed of up to 10 kilometers per second — 30 times the speed of sound — and an altitude of 40 to 100 kilometers.
The Indonesians launched an inconspicuous missile trimaran
The Indonesian shipbuilding company PT Lundin launched an inconspicuous missile trimaran "Golok". According to Naval News, this is the second ship of the X3K type after the Klevang, which burned down in 2012.
Shoigu instructed to speed up the testing of new weapons for pilots
On Wednesday, August 25, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu, after visiting the shooting center in the Patriot Park, instructed to speed up state tests of promising small arms and protective equipment for VKS pilots.
Rogozin said that he would invite Musk, Branson and Bezos to the launch of Soyuz MS-19 on October 5
The head of Roscosmos intends to send invitations on August 25
Roscosmos CEO Dmitry Rogozin said that he intends to invite entrepreneurs Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos and Richard Branson to launch the Soyuz MS-19 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome, which is scheduled for October 5.
The firepower of T-80BVM tanks will be increased
Uralvagonzavod Concern (UVZ, part of the Rostec state Corporation) plans to modernize the T-80BVM tanks. The car will increase the main characteristics, including firepower and mobility, - reports TASS with reference to the press service of the UVZ.
Degtyarev appreciated the construction of warships in the Khabarovsk Territory
The start of construction of two warships for the Russian Navy at the enterprise in Komsomolsk-on-Amur in the Khabarovsk Territory is an honor and prestige. This statement was made by the acting governor of the region Mikhail Degtyarev on Monday, August 23.
In the United States, they doubted the ability of Russian tanks to resist the Javelin ATGM
The author of the publication The National Interest questioned the protection of modern Russian tanks. In an article about the FGM-148 Javelin anti-tank missile system (ATGM), Sebastien Roblin suggested that the characteristics of the T-72B3, T-80BVM, T-90M and T-14 tanks are insufficient to protect against an anti-tank complex from the United States.
The T-90M "Breakthrough" tanks of the ZVO will be involved in tactical exercises for the first time
The T-90M "Breakthrough" tanks of the Guards Tank Army of the Western Military District will be used for the first time in a number of tactical exercises taking place in the Nizhny Novgorod region at the Mulino training ground. This is reported by the press service of the ZVO.
Russia has created a complex to protect boats from high-precision weapons
One fired grenade creates a curtain of 100 square meters at a distance of 70 to 100 meters from the protected object
The latest small-sized complex for protecting boats from high-precision weapons was created by Novosibirsk scientists at the Institute of Applied Physics. The development of JSC "IPF" was presented for the first time at the International Military-Technical Forum "Army-2021".
Kalashnikov offers customers the modernization of the Dragunov sniper rifle
The company noted that it can be performed during the service contract
The Kalashnikov Group of Companies (GC) has begun to offer customers the modernization of the Dragunov-SVD sniper rifle. This was reported to TASS in the press service of Kalashnikov.
The declassified mysterious 305E missile will easily destroy any NATO tank
The 305E multi-purpose missile became known relatively recently, and now it is already being demonstrated at the Army-2021 International Military-Technical Forum. Now anyone can get acquainted with an exhibition copy of this powerful weapon that can turn any NATO tank into a pile of scrap metal.
New missiles developed by KTRV
At the seventh International Military-Technical Forum "Army-2021" held in Kubinka from August 22 to 28, 2021, JSC "Tactical Missile Armament Corporation" (KTRV) presented two new samples of air-to - surface guided aircraft weapons-X-MD and X-50 missiles.
Tests of the hypersonic missile "Zircon" from the submarine "Severodvinsk" are planned in September
It is planned to complete them before the ice break on the White Sea with the implementation of several launches
Flight tests of the hypersonic missile "Zircon" from the underwater carrier-the nuclear submarine "Severodvinsk" - are scheduled to begin in September of this year. This was reported to TASS by a source in the military-industrial complex.
"High-precision complexes" plan to equip the BMP-3 with active protection
The upgraded BMP-3 will be able to be used in the conditions of the North
PJSC Kurganmashzavod (part of the Rostec State Corporation's High-Precision Complexes holding) will equip the BMP-3 infantry fighting vehicle with an active protection complex during modernization. This was reported to TASS in the press service of the holding "High-precision complexes" during the international military-technical forum "Army-2021".
Developer Solomonov: The Bulava ballistic missile for submarines will be upgraded
The Bulava ballistic missile for submarines will undergo modernization in the future and will remain in service for a long time, Yuri Solomonov, general designer of solid-fuel missiles, general designer of the Moscow Institute of Thermal Engineering, developer of the Bulava, told RIA Novosti.
BMP-3 will receive a complex of active protection during modernization
Kurganmashzavod (part of the High-Precision Complexes holding of the Rostec State Corporation) will equip the BMP-3 infantry fighting vehicle with an active protection complex during the modernization. This was announced on Tuesday, August 24, by the press service of the holding at the international military-technical forum "Army-2021".
Two new corvettes were laid down at the Amur Shipbuilding Plant
FAR EAST - Two new corvettes - "Grozny" and "Buyny" -were laid down at the Amur Shipbuilding Plant (ASZ) in Komsomolsk-on-Amur of the Khabarovsk Territory, the press service of the regional government reports.