News about the state and prospects of the defense industry

The icebreaker of the Northern Fleet "Ilya Muromets" went to the Barents Sea to participate in a complex expedition of the Northern Fleet and the Russian Geographical Society. It is held as part of the patriotic campaign "Remember the War". A little later, the icebreaker will be joined by the logistics support vessel "Elbrus".

Three more advanced fifth-generation F-35A Lightning II multirole fighters have arrived at Ailson Air Force Base in Alaska, the US Air Force said.

The Boeing Corporation presented a video from the tests of one of its main innovations — the F-15EX fighter. Soon, this machine will enter the service of the United States Air Force.

The production and procurement programs of the American fifth-generation F-35 fighter-bomber were a "complete disaster". This was stated on March 5 by the chairman of the Committee on the Armed Forces of the House of Representatives of the US Congress, Adam Smith.

Soviet nuclear submarines of the project 941 type "Shark" (according to the NATO classification - "Typhoon") frighten with their size, writes the American edition of Popular Mechanics on March 3.

One of the Russian Tu-214ON aircraft, which was built for observation missions under the Open Sea Treaty, flew in a new capacity and checked the camouflage of Russian military facilities on the coasts of Crimea and Krasnodar, as well as tested the capabilities of the air defense system of these regions, a military and diplomatic source told RIA Novosti.

According to Chinese cosmonaut Yang Liwei, they will mainly be involved in the construction of the Chinese space station.]

China intends to send 12 people to space in the next two years. According to Yang Liwei, the deputy head of the Chinese Manned Space Flight Program and the first Chinese cosmonaut, they will mainly be involved in the construction of the Chinese space station.

The US Army is studying the possibility of using Israeli missiles on its air defense systems. March 5, portal breakingdefense.com He announced that the SkyCeptor missiles of the David's Sling complex are now available for Patriot missile systems.

In particular, the launch of the Russian-European ExoMars mission and the completion of the construction of the National Space Center are expected next year

About 10 launches of the British OneWeb communication satellites on Soyuz rockets, the launch of the multifunctional laboratory module "Science", the resumption of the lunar program and other launches are planned this year. This was announced on Saturday by the Director General of Roscosmos Dmitry Rogozin.

Roscosmos plans to conduct ten launches with spacecraft of the British company OneWeb in 2021, the head of the state corporation Dmitry Rogozin said.

MiG-31 fighters of the Northern Fleet and Su-24 bombers performed training flights in the Arctic, the press service of the fleet reported.

The disadvantages of the Russian Armed Forces are the lack of attack unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and limited capabilities at sea. This position was stated by the German Ministry of Defense in a report for internal use, which was made available to the Welt am Sonntag newspaper on March 7.

The first shots of the test of a missile of the Russian coastal defense complex "Bal"conducted in an anechoic chamber have appeared. They are published by the TV channel "Zvezda".

The US Army will receive the most powerful laser weapons in the world

The United States is developing a new pulsed laser weapon. According to the expectations of the US military, it should become more powerful than all currently existing models, and at once by three orders of magnitude.

Why does the Ministry of Defense increase the production rate of IL-76MD-90A

Over the past four years, foreign customers have repeatedly turned to Russian aircraft manufacturers with a request for the supply of military transport aircraft, sources familiar with the situation on the international arms market told Izvestia.

A large landing ship of the Russian Black Sea Fleet "Saratov" has entered the waters of the Mediterranean Sea, local information portals reported, publishing photos of its passage through the Bosphorus Strait.

Naval aviation will be connected to the "killer" networks. The Navy will receive a unique automated control system (ACS). Thanks to the new aircraft, helicopters and drones in real time will be able not only to transmit, but also to receive the coordinates and parameters of targets from ships, submarines and ground surveillance systems.

Another control exit of the submarine into the sea is planned, the source told TASS

The lead nuclear submarine of the project 885M ("Ash-M") "Kazan" will be transferred to the Russian Navy (Navy) approximately in May-June 2021. This was reported to TASS by a source in the military-industrial complex.

Experts will begin construction of the first hotel in space in 2025. This is stated in the publication of the Daily Mail on March 1. It is specified that the hotel will be designed for 400 people.

The Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Navy, Admiral Nikolai Evmenov, made a working trip to the Northern Fleet and checked the progress of construction of nuclear submarines at the Sevmash enterprise, the press service of the Russian Defense Ministry reported on Wednesday.