News about the state and prospects of the defense industry

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.

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 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 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.

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.

A solemn ceremony of the first raising of the Russian Naval Flag on the newest mine defense ship "Georgy Kurbatov"was held in Baltiysk.

At the Aviadarts competition of the International Army Games "ArMI-2021", Russia will perform for the first time on improved Su-34 HVO front-line bombers, Colonel-General Yuri Grekhov told reporters at a briefing at the Deputy head of the Aerospace Forces (VKS) of the Russian Federation.

The repair of the large anti-submarine ship (BOD) of the Northern Fleet "Admiral Chabanenko" is on schedule, a source close to the military-industrial complex told Interfax.

The postponement of the launch is associated with the need for additional confirmation of the declared characteristics of its devices, aggregates and propulsion system

The launch of the Russian automatic station "Luna-25" on a natural satellite of the Earth has been postponed to May 2022. This was reported to TASS in the press service of Roscosmos on Friday.

In Kiev, at the rehearsal of the parade in honor of the 30th anniversary of Ukraine's independence, modernized Soviet BMP-1s were seen. Only ten units.

These infantry fighting vehicles received a single-seat combat compartment "Spis"("Spear"). It was created to replace the Shkval module, first shown 20 years ago on the BMP-1U, also at the parade in the Ukrainian capital.

The schedule for the construction of a dry dock for the repair of an aircraft carrier is being observed, the agency's interlocutor noted

The aircraft carrier Admiral Kuznetsov will be put into dry dock in the summer of 2022. This was reported to journalists on Friday by a source close to the defense industry.

The United Aircraft Corporation (UAC) has suspended test flights of a prototype Il-114 passenger aircraft after the crash of the Il-112B. This is reported by TASS with reference to the press service of the corporation.

The head of Roscosmos, Dmitry Rogozin, called Russian specialists capable of challenging the SpaceX team of American inventor and billionaire Elon Musk. According to him, these are new personnel of the Samara University, the press service of the Samara region quotes RIA Novosti.

The orbit of the International Space Station (ISS) was raised to prepare for the launch of the Soyuz MS-19 transport manned spacecraft. On board are actress Yulia Peresild and director Klim Shipenko, they will shoot the first feature film in space under the working title "Challenge". This was reported on Saturday, August 21, by the press service of Roscosmos.

The repair of the only Russian aircraft carrier "Admiral Kuznetsov" was postponed for one year, RIA Novosti reports, citing a source close to the military-industrial complex.

Military personnel will be able to receive better food, and the command will be able to monitor the organization of the process at every stage thanks to artificial intelligence and digital technologies.

It is proposed to integrate the software platform that manages the catering organization into the already existing automated system of identification and accounting of military personnel "Passport".

The Northern Fleet currently has two ships of this project in the combat composition - Admiral Gorshkov and Admiral Kasatonov

Severnaya Verf plans to launch the Admiral Golovko frigate of Project 22350 for sea trials in mid-2022. This was announced to journalists on Saturday by the general director of the enterprise Igor Orlov.

American pilots will be able to independently determine what damage their attack will cause. On August 20, the press service of the US Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) announced the completion of the development of bombs within the framework of the Dialable Effects Munition program.

The Ukrainian tank BM "Oplot" broke down during the rehearsal of the parade for the Independence Day of Ukraine. Due to the breakdown of the tank, the movement of the parade crew was stopped, and a rescue car arrived at the broken "Stronghold". This is reported by the Telegram channel PavlovskyNews.

The Soyuz-2.1 b carrier rocket with 34 OneWeb communication satellites launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome on the third attempt. This is reported on the website of the state corporation "Roscosmos".