News about the state and prospects of the defense industry
Coronavirus outbreak on board the British flagship
An outbreak of coronavirus has been recorded on the flagship of the Royal Navy of Great Britain. On July 14, the BBC news service reported that about 100 cases of COVID-19 infection were detected on the aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth, which is on its first long-distance trip.
They tried to try on the Israeli Trophy active protection complex on the T-90
The Israeli company Rafael offered to equip Indian T-90 main battle tanks with active protection complexes (KAZ) Trophy.
A model of a combat vehicle upgraded in this way was presented in April 2018 in Chennai at the 10th international defense exhibition Defexpo.
The head of the UAC, Yuri Slyusar, spoke about the order for 76 Su-57 fighters
Orders for the Russian fifth-generation Su-57 fighter in the future "will be measured in hundreds", now there is an order for 76 aircraft, the head of the United Aircraft Corporation Yuri Slyusar told President Vladimir Putin.
The head of the UAC: the newest domestic Su-57 fighter will be ordered by hundreds
Yuri Slyusar noted that the development of several versions of this machine is expected to begin this year
The order for the latest fifth-generation Su-57 fighters will probably be measured in hundreds of pieces. This was announced by Yuri Slyusar, General Director of the United Aircraft Corporation (UAC), during a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Production and modernization of Tu-160 strategists will load UAC enterprises for at least seven years - the head of the corporation
The development of a new generation strategic bomber is on schedule, he said
Work on the construction of new Tu-160M strategic bombers and the modernization of the existing fleet of aircraft will ensure the loading of enterprises
The auxiliary boiler plant was tested on the icebreaker "Siberia"
The delivery team of the Baltic Plant (part of JSC "USC") conducted tests of an auxiliary boiler installation with service systems on the first serial icebreaker of the project 22220 "Siberia".
RKS will show at the MAKS-2021 air show a full cycle of manufacturing satellite equipment using a "smart" robot
The Russian Space Systems Holding company will demonstrate the industrial symbiosis of a robot and a human at the MAKS-2021 International Aviation and Space Salon, the press service of the RKS reports.
The Baltic Fleet has received the latest high-speed landing boats
A solemn ritual of the first raising of the Russian Naval Flag on the newest high-speed landing boats took place in the city of Primorsk, Kaliningrad Region.
The pace of deliveries of the Su-57 fighter has been announced
Starting from 2022, the Russian Defense Ministry will receive 12 fifth-generation fighters per year. The first serial Su-57 was handed over to the Aerospace Forces in the winter.
Small ships of the Northern Fleet "destroyed" a heavy nuclear cruiser
The Northern Fleet conducted exercises in the White Sea. Small anti-submarine ships "Onega" and "Naryan-Mar" searched for and destroyed a submarine of a conditional enemy.
The Americans started assembling the first modernized long-range howitzers M109A7
The US Army has begun the final assembly of the first four upgraded M109A7 self-propelled howitzers with increased range. According to Janes, the military plans to use at least one of them during the Convergence project exercises in November.
In the United States, six Russian deadly UAVs were named
According to their capabilities, Russian unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) can catch up with American and Turkish ones, writes the American magazine The National Interest.
The source announced the postponement of the Soyuz launch due to the unavailability of OneWeb satellites
The launch of the Soyuz-2.1 b carrier rocket from Baikonur with the British OneWeb communication satellites, scheduled for August 5, was postponed for at least a week due to the unavailability of the devices. This was announced on Wednesday, July 14, RIA Novosti reports, citing three sources in the rocket and space industry.
"Kids" will help to destroy the enemy at night
A batch of the latest night sights "Malysh" has entered service in the motorized rifle unit of the Amur Combined Arms Association of the Eastern Military District (VVO).
The Infauna electronic warfare system, which has no analogues in the world, will arrive in Ussuriysk
The Infauna complex of electronic warfare (EW) of the combined-arms army of the Eastern Military District (VVO) in Primorye, which has no analogues in the world, will be presented by EW specialists to residents and guests of the city of Ussuriysk. The event will be held at the main demonstration site "Baranovsky" as part of the military-technical forum "Army-2021".
A protected radio network with a length of more than 500 km was deployed by the communications specialists of the Central Military District
Military signalmen of the combined arms association of the Central Military District stationed in Siberia, as part of the combat readiness check, with the help of the latest communication systems, provided covert control of troops at a distance of more than 500 km between the formations located in the Novosibirsk region and the Altai Territory.
Several nuclear submarines built on the Sevmash were tested at sea
For the first time in recent decades, several missile carriers of different projects are being tested at once, the company said
Several nuclear submarines (submarines) of different projects are simultaneously being tested at sea, according to a statement by JSC PO Sevmash (part of the United Shipbuilding Corporation, USC), distributed on Wednesday.
Officers of the Central Military District were re-equipped with modern pistols " Grach"
The staff officers of the 2nd Guards Combined Arms Army of the Central Military District, stationed in Samara, were re-equipped with 9-mm Yarygin pistols (PJ) "Grach", which replaced the Makarov pistols (PM), adopted in 1951.
More than 500 units. military equipment was put into service by the troops of the Southern Military District for six months
During the six months of 2021, the troops of the Southern Military District (SE) received more than 500 units. combat, automotive and special equipment, as well as various types of weapons.
The crews of air missile carriers worked out flights in formation at short distances
Scheduled flights of crews of long-range Tu-22m3 bombers took place in the Kaluga Region.
The main task of the flight shift was to maintain the training of the flight crew, as well as practical testing of flights on aviation equipment in formation at short distances.
