News about the state and prospects of the defense industry

Soviet infantry fighting vehicles BMP-1 and BMP-2 are in service with many African countries.

Some of this equipment was supplied to the army of this continent by the Soviet Union, the other was received after the collapse of the USSR. Moreover, the supplies were carried out both from the CIS and from those countries that were part of the Warsaw Pact organization.

The merger of French and Italian shipbuilding companies, scheduled for January this year, will not take place. On January 27, the governments of France and Italy released a joint statement on the cancellation of the acquisition by the Italian shipbuilding holding Fincantieri of the French shipyards Chantiers de l'Atlantique (formerly STX France), located in the city of Saint-Nazaire.

For the first time, the Northern Fleet held a comprehensive training to repel an enemy drone attack on a protected object.

The research and testing complex of NPO Energomash reported that the tests that took place in January were completed in full and passed in the normal mode

The RD-171MV and RD-191 rocket engines for the Soyuz and Angara carriers have successfully passed fire tests. This was reported on Thursday in the press service of the NGO "Energomash".

The Shvabe holding of the Rostec State Corporation has implemented the first stage of creating an intelligent transport system (ITS) in Saratov.

Modernization of the Russian strategic missile defense system has been completed

Hundreds of billions of operations per second, an updated radar control station, and a new missile. In Russia, the modernization of the missile defense system of the Central Industrial District has been completed.

Sergei Sobyanin launched the construction of the Moscow State University's Vorobyovy Gory innovation cluster, the Moscow Mayor's Office reported. Previously, investments in this project were estimated at 20 billion rubles.

Some American media still continue to present the 5th-generation F-35 strike fighter as the embodiment of the most advanced technologies that guarantee it victories over any enemy – which, however, is increasingly in doubt.

Experts of the US Army during tests of the upgraded version of the CH-47F Chinook Block II heavy transport helicopter found increased vibration of the rotor blades. According to Defense News, with reference to the test report, the vibrations were detected in several modes: parking on the ground with the engines running and the propellers rotating, hovering and flying in a straight line.

A brigade armed with the latest Buk-M3 and Buk-M2 anti-aircraft missile systems will appear in the Southern Military District. It is expected that the unit will become part of one of the combined arms armies. The Buk-M3 air defense system has already received the name "anti-aircraft submachine guns"in the troops. They are able to detect and shoot down targets at a range of up to 70 km and repel massive attacks by cruise missiles. According to experts, the brigade will become a mobile reserve. The connection will protect not only the sky of the south of Russia — if necessary, it can be quickly transferred to the Crimea or to the western direction.

On January 22, 2021, the 82nd Infantry Regiment "Torino" (82° Reggimento Fanteria "Torino") of the mechanized brigade" Pinerolo "(Brigata meccanizzata" Pinerolo") of the Italian Army, stationed in Barletta, demonstrated for the first time the first light armored vehicles of the Italian army, the LMV 2.

Short-range anti-aircraft missile system (SAM MD) "Tor-M2" in the near future will become interspecific, it will have a ship analog, said the general director of the Izhevsk Electromechanical plant "Kupol "(part of the concern of East Kazakhstan region "Almaz-Antey") Fanil Ziyatdinov.

Well-known military expert Viktor Murakhovsky in the article " Mogem? We can't, but we can! " in its telegram channel reports that in May 2018, the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation approved a document "On the procedure for introducing thermal imaging cameras of domestic production in the sighting complexes of T-72BZM, T-80BVM...". The same problem was solved for other thermal imaging devices used in domestic military equipment.

The MiG-31 is already considered the world's fastest combat aircraft, but this is not enough for Russia, writes the user "Sina". Recently, the country announced the development of a new-generation fighter-interceptor. It is expected to replace the MiG-31 and MiG-31BM. Russia, because of its "unique geographical conditions", such fighters will definitely come in handy, the author is sure.

On the Black Sea Fleet of the Russian Navy, a joint exercise of Naval aviation forces with a coastal missile system with an anti-ship missile (BPKRK) "Bal" was conducted to destroy a simulated enemy ship.

Reports of a fire on board the Russian aircraft carrier "Admiral Kuznetsov" do not correspond to reality. This was announced on Wednesday, January 27, by the head of the press service of the ship repair center "Zvezdochka" Yevgeny Gladyshev.

A modified version of the Boeing 737 MAX passenger liner was allowed to operate in Europe. This was reported on the website of the EU Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) on Wednesday, January 27.

As part of the 24th "animal" division of the submarine forces of the Northern Fleet of Russia, there are nuclear submarines (submarines) "Panther", "Boar" and "Cheetah" of the project 971, capable of discreetly monitoring the actions of the US Navy (Navy), says TASS columnist Dmitry Litovkin.

JSC "UEC-Gas Turbines" completes the order for the supply of four gas pumping units GTN-16R to Gazprom Dobycha Yamburg, LLC, the press service of the United Engine Corporation, which includes the company, reports.

The company will launch about 60 microsatellites

SpaceX plans to launch the 18th constellation of Starlink microsatellites, designed to provide Internet access, into orbit on January 30. This was reported on Wednesday by the profile Internet portal Space.com.