News about the state and prospects of the defense industry
NASA has begun assembling the interplanetary station Psyche
NASA specialists have begun the assembly stage of the automatic interplanetary station Psyche, which will go into space next summer, according to the website of the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory. The spacecraft will study the unusual metallic asteroid Psyche, which scientists believe may be the core of a protoplanet.
USC plans to complete repairs to the Admiral Kuznetsov and Admiral Nakhimov cruisers on time, despite problems with contractors
The heavy aircraft carrier Admiral Kuznetsov and the heavy nuclear missile cruiser Admiral Nakhimov are planned to be handed over to the Russian Navy after repairs and modernization in 2022, Alexey Rakhmanov, General Director of the United Shipbuilding Corporation (USC), said in an interview with Interfax on Thursday.
The head of the USC expects to accelerate the modernization of the manufacturer of strategic submarines JSC " Sevmash"
Modernization of JSC "Sevmash" should be accelerated to prepare for the construction of submarines of the fifth generation, said the General Director of the United Shipbuilding Corporation (USC) Alexey Rakhmanov.
The fleet will receive a universal " fly swatter»
Short-range air defense to be upgraded
The Tor-M2 anti-aircraft missile system will become interspecific, learn to swim and see targets twice as well. According to Fanil Ziyatdinov, General Director of the Kupol IEMZ (part of the Almaz-Antey Concern of the East Kazakhstan Region), work on the marine – ship – version of the short-range system is already underway.
On the British nuclear submarine found a "strange" sensors
The British multi-purpose nuclear submarine HMS Talent of the Trafalgar type was equipped with new sensors. Presumably, we are talking about an analog of the Russian wake trace detection system, or SOKS.
Space Communications and Gazprom's daughter will invest more than 140 billion rubles in the Sphere program
[b]Russia plans to launch more than 600 communication and remote sensing satellites, President Vladimir Putin said earlier.]
FSUE "Space Communications" and JSC "Gazprom Space Systems" plan to invest more than 140 billion rubles in the "Sphere" program. This was announced by the Deputy General Director for Development and operation of communication Systems of FSUE "Space Communications" Evgeny Buidinov and Deputy General Director for Business Development of JSC "Gazprom Space Systems" Igor Kot.
The analogue of the Su-57 from Boeing took off for the first time
The fourth-generation F-15EX Advanced Eagle fighter, which is called an analog of the Russian Su-57, took off for the first time. The corresponding video was published on the Twitter account of the Boeing company.
Launched on February 2, the device of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation was included in the main catalog of space objects
The launch of Soyuz-2.1 b with a military satellite took place from the Plesetsk cosmodrome
A Russian military satellite launched on Tuesday on a Soyuz-2.1 b rocket from the Plesetsk cosmodrome has been included in the Main Catalog of Space Objects of the Russian Space Control System, the Russian Defense Ministry said.
Transport and loading vehicle 9T260 of the self-propelled anti-aircraft artillery complex "Derivation-AIR defense"
As reported by the TASS news agency on February 2, 2021, the 9T260 transport and loading vehicle of the new 57-mm self-propelled anti-aircraft artillery complex 1K150 "Derivation-AIR DEFENSE" is capable of charging the combat vehicle of the complex at the forefront of the battlefield. This was reported to TASS in the press service of JSC "Research and Production Corporation "Uralvagonzavod "(UVZ, part of the state Corporation"Rostec").
India aims to increase defense spending by 1.45% in 2021/2022.
On the eve of the opening of the International Aerospace Exhibition Aero India 2021, which will be held from 3 to 5 February in Bangalore, the main planned indicators of the defense budget of India for 2021-2022 became known.
The project of modernization of Su-30MKI fighters for India is under discussion
Sergey Kornev, head of the Rosoboronexport delegation, said that the Russian side is ready to offer India a modern modernization package.]
The project of modernization of multi-purpose combat aircraft Su-30MKI, which are in service with the Indian Air Force (Air Force), is under discussion. This was announced at the Aero India 2021 exhibition by the head of the delegation of Rosoboronexport JSC (part of the Rostec State Corporation") Sergey Kornev.
For the first time, modern SV-98 sniper rifles were delivered to the Far Eastern Military District
The first batch of SV-98 sniper rifles entered service at the Far Eastern Higher Combined Arms Command School, stationed in Blagoveshchensk in the Amur Region.
The army aviation regiment of the Southern Military District received 7 new Ka-52 Alligator combat helicopters"
The army aviation regiment of the Southern Military District, based in the Rostov region, received 7 new Ka-52 Alligator combat helicopters. In the near future, the first scheduled flights of the Alligators will take place under the combat training program.
Kaliningrad "Iskanders" launched pre-emptive strikes
Combat readiness exercises were conducted with the calculations of the operational and tactical missile systems of the Baltic Fleet.
At the alarm signal, the rocket men secretly moved to the designated position area in the Kaliningrad region.
The US missile defense system was compared to a colander
The US missile defense system (ABM) will ultimately prove to be a colander and will not be able to protect the country from all Russian ballistic missiles. This was stated on the air of the Zvezda TV channel by the head of the Franklin Roosevelt Foundation for the Study of the United States at Moscow State University, Yuri Rogulev.
"Smart" target for accelerated shooting training created in Russia
The acoustic non-contact target complex, which increases the effectiveness of shooting training and the accuracy of fire correction, was created by the Techmash concern. It has no analogues in Russia.
Simplicity and reliability: why gunners appreciate self-propelled guns "Carnation"
Self-propelled artillery installations 2S1 "Carnation" at the moment are one of the most common self-propelled guns in the world. They are in service with almost four dozen armies.
These self-propelled guns continue to be operated by the Russian military. They are also present in the states of the former Soviet Union, and in the armed forces of other countries, including those that are members of NATO.
The Israelis have upgraded the Trophy tank active defense system
The Israeli company Rafael has upgraded the active protection system of the Trophy armored vehicles. According to Jane's, the upgraded version of the Trophy received an electron-optical all-round view system, which is designed to improve the protection of tanks from certain types of shells and missiles.
The Pentagon has been called a possible defender of future NASA bases on the Moon
A possible defender of future NASA bases on the moon could be the Pentagon. The agencies are increasing cooperation between civil and military projects against the background of external threats, The Wall Street Journal reports, citing sources.
The conversion is a matter of national
It is not necessary to break the "defense industry" through the knee, setting it unrealistic tasks
Recently, the topic of the need for a new conversion of the military industry has been increasingly discussed in the media. Moreover, the term "conversion", which discredited itself decades earlier, is not used in this context, but they argue that this process must inevitably be started. We need to understand how acute this problem really is, perhaps it is created artificially.
