News about the state and prospects of the defense industry
The military expert called the main advantage of the new tank " Octopus"
The light floating tank "Octopus-SDM1" has successfully passed the first stage of testing in the Black Sea. On the air of Sputnik radio, a military expert, retired Colonel Viktor Litovkin, told about the car.
The Vladimir Monomakh submarine missile carrier returned to the base after a long hike
After completing a long campaign, the strategic nuclear missile submarine "Vladimir Monomakh"returned to Kamchatka.
The fall of the "Black Hawk": the emergency landing of the UH-60 in Romania was filmed on video
A helicopter of the American armed forces UH-60 Black Hawk urgently landed last Thursday in the center of the capital of Romania.
The rotorcraft belongs to the 3rd Battalion of the 1st Aviation Regiment of the 1st Combat Aviation Brigade. She took part in the rehearsal of the air parade dedicated to the Aviation Day celebrated in this country on July 20.
NASA has successfully switched Hubble to work with a backup computer
Observations will resume in the next two days after the engineers have completed the verification and calibration of all scientific instruments
TASS, July 16. NASA engineers have successfully completed the procedure for switching the Hubble orbital observatory to work with a backup onboard computer after part of the spacecraft's electronics failed in mid-June.
The Ukrainian T-64BM2 tank had its turret raised
In Ukraine, in parallel with the modernization of the T-64 under the "Crab" program, which is engaged in the " Kharkiv Design Bureau of Mechanical Engineering named after Morozov" (KKBM), work is also underway on the remotorization of such tanks.
The Northern Fleet has completed an exercise to test weapons in the deep-water areas of the Arctic Ocean
Up to 10 aircraft and ships of the NATO Navies were constantly present in the area of the exercises
Submariners of the Northern Fleet have completed a two-week exercise on weapons testing in the deep-water areas of the Barents and Norwegian Seas, the press service of the fleet reported.
The Ministry of Defense announced a tender for the purchase of S-13DF aircraft for almost two billion rubles
The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation announced a tender for the purchase of unguided S-13DF aircraft missiles with an initial (maximum) contract price of 1.9 billion rubles, follows from the data of the public procurement portal.
Reconstruction plan of the Onega Shipbuilding and Ship Repair Plant
According to the Media Club web resource, about 5 billion rubles will be allocated from the federal treasury for the digital shipyard of the Onega Shipbuilding Plant in Petrozavodsk [JSC Onega Shipbuilding and Ship Repair Plant, which has been subordinate to FSUE Rosmorport since 2014]. This was announced by the Head of Karelia Artur Parfenchikov at a meeting of the Government of Karelia on July 16, 2021. According to him, a supervisory board has already been created, which includes competent people.
The gamer declassified the drawings of the tank for the sake of the authenticity of the game
The gamer posted a secret document on the network with the characteristics of the British Challenger 2 tank. This is written by the UK Defense Journal.
The US regulator instructed airlines to check about 2.5 thousand. Boeing 737
The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has ordered American airlines to check about 2.5 thousand Boeing 737 aircraft for faulty differential pressure switches in the cabin. This was reported on Friday by the ABC TV company with reference to the order.
Another anti-sabotage boat of the project 21980 has been laid down in Rybinsk
July 15, 2021 at JSC "Vimpel Shipbuilding Plant "(as part of JSC "United Shipbuilding Corporation") in Rybinsk (Yaroslavl region) the ceremony of laying the next anti-sabotage boat of Project 21980 (code "Grachonok")for the Northern Fleet of the Russian Navy took place with the factory number 01229.
The United States has produced the first updated W88 thermonuclear warhead
The National Nuclear Safety Administration of the US Department of Energy announced the first upgraded W88 thermonuclear warhead designed for UGM-133A Trident II (D5) ballistic missiles launched from nuclear submarines, The Drive reports.
The Proton-M rocket with the Nauka module was installed on the launch pad of Baikonur
The launch is scheduled for 17:58 Moscow time on July 21, and the docking with the ISS is scheduled for July 29 at 16: 26 Moscow time
The Proton-M launch vehicle with the Nauka multi-purpose laboratory module (MLM) for the Russian segment of the ISS, which is scheduled for launch on July 21, is installed on the launch pad of the Baikonur cosmodrome. This is stated in the message of Roscosmos, published on Saturday.
The Canadian Navy has received a second Arctic patrol ship
The Canadian Navy has received another Arctic patrol ship. July 16, portal navaltoday.com he reported that the second ship of the Harry DeWolf type was handed over to the Canadian Navy at the Irving Shipbuilding shipyard in Halifax.
NI: US Hypersonic Weapons are in their infancy
The US military is afraid of the development of hypersonic weapons technologies in Russia and China and insists on increasing funding for the development of a new class of weapons. This is reported by the National Interest.
According to the publication, the US Deputy Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering, Michael Griffin, speaking with a report to Congress, spoke about the potential risk in "harsh terms".
The neutralization of terrorists was worked out by the Rosgvardeytsy during the exercises "Zaslon 2021"
In the Murmansk region, during the operational and strategic exercise of the Rosgvardiya "Zaslon 2021", military personnel and employees of the department worked out the neutralization of participants of an illegal armed formation who seized a strategic object.
State tests of the hypersonic missile "Zircon" will begin in August
In the second half of August, flight and design tests of the "Zircon" from the nuclear submarine "Severodvinsk" will begin, a source told TASS in the military-industrial complex
State tests of the latest hypersonic missile "Zircon" from a surface carrier will begin in August 2021. This was reported to TASS by a source in the military-industrial complex.
NASA reported that three new places of possible air leakage on the ISS are sealed
According to the representative of the NASA Aerospace Safety Advisory Council, David West, quoted by the editor of the Space Policy Online portal, Marcia Smith, there is no risk to the safety of the crew.
The first consolidated training of the parade for the Navy Day was held in St. Petersburg and Kronstadt
The pilots worked out the retention of altitude, intervals and distances between aircraft of various types, reaching specified points at a certain time
The first consolidated training for ships and aircraft of the Main Naval Parade was held in St. Petersburg and Kronstadt. This was reported on Sunday in the press service of the Western Military District.
Shoigu: The Defense Ministry will order 15 helicopters a year
On Wednesday, July 14, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu visited Rosvertol, one of the largest performers of the state defense order in Russia.
