News about the state and prospects of the defense industry

The control system can begin to be installed on fighters from 2024

The system for monitoring the technical condition of the aircraft in real time is planned to be installed on Su-57 fighters from 2024.

The prototype, armed with the complex, is undergoing factory tests, the interlocutor of TASS noted

The upgraded anti-tank guided missiles (ATGM) "Whirlwind-1"will be part of the armament of the Mi-28N attack helicopter ("Night Hunter") produced by the Rostov plant" Rostvertol "(as part of the Russian Helicopters holding). This was reported to TASS by a source in the military-industrial complex.

In April 2021, the cycle of state tests of the Adjutant was completed, preparations for mass production are underway, said Alexander Dushkin, a specialist of the Target Complexes project at the Kupol IEMZ.

The Amur Shipbuilding Plant, part of the United Shipbuilding Corporation, plans to deliver one of the corvettes of the project 20380 - "Sharp" - to the Victory Day celebration in 2022, four months ahead of the contract deadline, the plant's general director Vladimir Kulakov told Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin during his visit to the plant's completion pier.

The branch of the Sukhoi company "Komsomolsk - on-Amur Aviation Plant named after Gagarin" has started work on the creation of the first prototype of the new fighter "Checkmate".

The American SpaceX has completed the construction of the hundredth Raptor rocket engine, the space company reports on Twitter.

The director of production of the corporation Valery Teplov said that a modern site for the production of disks is being formed in the workshop No. 43 of the Moscow PC "Salyut"

The United Engine Corporation (UEC, part of the Rostec state Corporation) will robotize the section of turbine disks of aircraft engines by 2023. This was reported to TASS by the director of production of the corporation Valery Teplov.

Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin visited the enterprise on July 28

The new Checkmate fifth-generation single-engine fighter will be assembled at the Gagarin Komsomolsk-on-Amur Aircraft Factory (KnAAZ), which is a branch of PJSC Sukhoi Company, said Yuri Slyusar, General Director of the United Aircraft Corporation.

UEC Production Director Valery Teplov noted that digital technologies will reduce the engine production time by half

The United Engine Corporation (UEC, as part of the Rostec State Corporation) is introducing computer vision technologies. This was reported to TASS by the director of production of the corporation Valery Teplov.

General Atomics has shown what a potentially revolutionary UAV carrier of air — to-air missiles can look like. Such devices will be launched from the carrier aircraft.

The release of the Tesla Semi truck will be delayed until 2022. This is reported by the publication Business Insider. The failure of the start of production of an electric truck is associated with problems with the supply chain and limited availability of battery cells.

The Russian pilots told who will win in the battle between the Chekmat (Su-75) and the F-35.

I asked the pilots to conduct an imaginary battle between the promising light fighter Chekmat (Su-75) and the American F-35 KP.Ru.

The Gagarin Aviation Plant in Komsomolsk-on-Amur has started working on a pilot project for assembling and painting aircraft and conducting technical control using Augmented reality (AR) technologies.

In the coming years, the Polish navy may arm itself with domestic frigates. July 27, portal defence24.pl He reported that Polish Defense Minister Mariusz Blaszczak signed a contract for the supply of three ships to the Polish Navy.

During the flight of the Russian module "Science" to the International Space Station (ISS), several problems arose. On July 28, the European Space Agency (ESA) told about this, noting that now the nuances have been eliminated.

Calculations of operational-tactical missile systems (OTRK) "Iskander" have worked out the destruction of important objects of a conditional enemy during exercises in the Kaliningrad region, the press service of the Baltic Fleet (BF) reported on Wednesday.

Smoke covers the region from the city of Mirny to the village of Ust-May and from Yakutsk to Aldan

TASS, July 28. Thick smoke is visible over Yakutia in a photo of forest fires taken from space by the Meteor-M satellite. The image was published on Twitter by Roscosmos.

During a special exercise, the engineering troops of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation provided the transfer of the group on the Oka River section in the Vladimir region.

Taiwan continues to strengthen its fleet. On July 28, the press service of the Ministry of Defense of Taiwan reported that the Navy of the Republic of China received the first serial corvette of the Tuo Chiang type.

Hybrid production systems allow you to simultaneously increase the shape using laser spraying, and remove excess by the traditional milling process. As a result, in one process, you can first create a rough blank, characteristic of additive manufacturing,and then bring it to perfection by processing parts on a CNC machine.