News about the state and prospects of the defense industry

Vladimir Putin proposed declaring 2021 the Year of science and technology. This initiative is not accidental-despite Western sanctions and the pandemic, the innovative economy is increasingly coming to the forefront in Russia. What are the main scientific and technological successes achieved by domestic scientists and industry in the past year?

As reported by the Ministry of defense of the Russian Federation, on December 26, 2020, a ceremony was held in Vladivostok to introduce the Yakov Balyaev base minesweeper (factory number 525) of project 12700 (code "Alexandrite") into the Navy of the Russian Federation.

The Russian defense Ministry plans to dramatically increase the order for strategic cruise missiles. "At the beginning of next year, we will conclude long-term contracts for the additional purchase of high-precision long-range missiles, which will double their number," defense Minister Sergei Shoigu reported to the President last Monday.

Combat crews of anti-aircraft missile systems S-400 "Triumph" for the first time will take up duty to protect the airspace in the Sverdlovsk region, the press service of the Central military district (CVO) reported on Thursday.

The transfer of two submarines of the Yasen-M project "Kazan" and "Novosibirsk" has also been postponed to 2021

The transfer of the Poseidon nuclear submarine carrier of the Belgorod submarine and two Yasen-M project submarines Kazan and Novosibirsk to the Russian Navy has been postponed to 2021. This was reported to TASS by a source in the military-industrial complex.

The fire was conducted from the universal ship's artillery installation A-190

The modernized frigate of the Pacific Fleet (TOF) "Marshal Shaposhnikov" for the first time conducted a complex of artillery firing on air and sea targets in the Sea of Japan, the press service of the fleet reported on Thursday.

The first digital automated radio relay station of the new generation R-419L1M has been delivered to the communications unit of the combined arms army of the Eastern military district (VVO), stationed in the Amur region.

Ukrainian rocket men trained to launch missile strikes against a simulated enemy in the Kherson region. This was announced on Thursday, December 24, by the press service of the command of the Joint Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on the Facebook page.

on Board is a radar that will allow you to get an image with a resolution of up to one meter

The launch of the radar satellite "Obzor-R" from the Plesetsk cosmodrome is scheduled for the third quarter of 2021, according to the state contract published on the public procurement portal.

The frigate "Admiral Grigorovich", equipped with cruise missiles "Caliber" on Thursday, passing the Bosphorus, entered the waters of the Mediterranean sea, said Istanbul sites that publish photos of its passage through the Strait.

The resource capacity of the Russian d-30KP-2 aircraft engine, which is successfully operated on Il-76 aircraft of all modifications, was increased by almost one and a half times. This is stated in the official message of the power plant manufacturer PJSC "UEC-Saturn".

The crew of the floating workshop PM-82 has begun to ensure the activities of the permanent task force of the Russian Navy in the Mediterranean sea, the Baltic fleet (BF) said on Thursday.

The Kalashnikov Concern announced the successful completion of full-scale tests of the Strela 9M333 anti-aircraft guided missile (SAM) for the Strela 10M air defense system. The shooting took place at the Donguz training ground in the Orenburg region.

Success Rockets has signed an agreement to build a private spaceport on the territory of the Republic of Dagestan by 2025. This was reported to TASS in the press service of the company.

The lead Corvette of the project 20385 "Gremyashchy" will be handed over to the fleet early next week, the press service of the shipyard "Severnaya Verf" reported.

The last stage of the state program does not promise a clear sky

It's time to restore the aviation industry! The Soviet fleet of aircraft leaves the regular routes, and the Russian one is just getting on the wing. Tupolev, Ilyushin, Yakovlev, Antonov planes still fly, but in recent years they have increasingly lost the Russian sky to Boeing, Airbus, Canadian Bombardier, Franco-Italian APR, Brazilian Embraer. Everyone understands that the dominance of foreigners must come to an end.

Our aircraft are among the most advanced and technologically advanced

The military Department summed up the results of the year. The completion of a 10-year weapons program, large-scale exercises, the introduction of artificial intelligence in control systems, as well as the development and supply of new weapons to the troops.

tests of the ship's anti-submarine missile system have been Completed

Successful launches of hypersonic missiles "Zircon" obscured, took into the background reports on the completion of state tests of the ship's anti-submarine missile system (PLRK) "Answer". Meanwhile, this event is worth paying close attention to. Currently, technical documentation is being prepared in order to officially take the complex into service with the Russian Navy by the end of this year or early next year. The Ministry of Defense has already started serial purchases of PLRK.

As reported on December 24, 2020, JSC "Concern "Kalashnikov "(part of the state Corporation rostec), it has completed testing and started mass production of the upgraded anti-aircraft guided missile 9M333, designed for anti-aircraft missile systems of the family "Strela-10M".

The newspaper "Kommersant" under the headline "Now absolutely everything works on the buyer's side" published an interesting interview with the General Director of PJSC "United shipbuilding Corporation" (USC) Alexey Rakhmanov.