News about the state and prospects of the defense industry

Calculations of the S-400 "Triumph" anti-aircraft missile system (SAM) conducted an air defense training in the Arctic region, the press service of the Northern Fleet (SF) reported on Tuesday.

A faulty catapult caused a tragedy at a military airfield

During the preparation for take-off, the long-range bomber Tu-22M3, located at the Shaikovka military airfield in the Kaluga region, accidentally triggered the ejection system. There were no weapons on board the Tu-22M.

The participants of the Air Combat Evolution project have published a report on their first phase. Among other achievements, it describes the successful simulation of close-range air combat with the participation of smoothly working in a pair of F-16 fighters, controlled by AI.

According to foreign media, Russia is adapting its "White Swan" for the future. At the end of 2020, the latest version of the Tu-160M2 strategic bomber took off in Kazan for the first time with new engines. In early March of this year, the aircraft flew to the Zhukovsky airfield to continue testing.

What simulators will soon be available to the troops, what new products are already being developed for the Russian army, as well as the most advanced air exercise machines on a movable base that allow you to experience the feeling of a real flight.

[b]The United States analyzed the capabilities of the Russian AK-104 assault rifle. At the same time, the weapon was tested at the test site.

AmmoLand calls the AK-104 an " interesting beast." At the same time, it is noted that the machine is a "slightly stripped-down version" of the modernized "hundredth series" submachine guns with a polymer butt for a 7.62 x 39 mm cartridge.

The United States intends to modernize the missile defense software due to the appearance of hypersonic weapons in Russia, RT reports, citing a document from the American Missile Defense Agency.

Modernization of the AI-222-25 engine is aimed at increasing the resource characteristics, increasing its reliability

A sample of the upgraded AI-222-25 engine for the Yak-130 will be ready by mid-2021, and it will be tested by the end of the year. This was reported to journalists by the head of the Salyut production complex (part of the UEC is part of Rostec) Alexey Gromov.

At one of the Indian stations, a train was recently seen carrying brightly colored armored vehicles: a total of 17 units.

On the open platforms, the T-72M1s that have not been upgraded are visible, which differ from the later versions by the lack of mounted dynamic protection.

Two single-seat F-5 Tiger II fighters of the Taiwan Air Force collided off the southeast coast of the island. After the crash, the planes fell into the sea.

New radiation, chemical and biological protection devices developed for the RHM-8 and RHM-9 vehicles based on the Tiger and Typhoon doubled the capabilities of these special vehicles of the RHBZ troops. This is reported on the website of the Ministry of Defense of Russia.

The Russian Fregat upper stage has completed a mission to put 38 satellites into their calculated orbits after the launch of the Soyuz-2.1 a rocket from Baikonur. This was announced on March 22 by the General Director of Roscosmos Dmitry Rogozin.

Russian "Tigers" are currently the most modern examples of wheeled military equipment in the land forces of the armed forces of Zambia.

Earlier in this country, the old Soviet BTR-60, BTR-70, BRDM-2, Chinese WZ-551, South African Ratel and British Ferret were operated.

As a response to the NATO exercises in the Black Sea, Russia sent six submarines on combat duty at once. Bulgarian readers are wondering how one of them — Rostov-on-Don-managed to "disappear" from the NATO radar.

The European aircraft manufacturer Airbus, together with the German Aerospace Center (DLR), the British company Rolls-Royce and the Finnish fuel company, launched a project to study the impact of biofuels on the fuel systems and engines of passenger aircraft. According to Airbus, as part of the project, participants will also assess the amount of emissions from aircraft engines running on biofuels.

The Russian meteorological satellite "Arctic-M1", launched from Baikonur in late February, sent the first image of the north polar region of the Earth. This is reported by "Russian Space Systems", where the satellite's shooting equipment was developed.

Taiwan - based technology company Delta Electronics, a supplier of power components to Apple and Tesla, is cutting staff at Chinese factories and moving production to Southeast Asian countries and India.

For the Russian military, two more diesel submarines of the Lada project will be built, the decision on whether to continue the series has not yet been made, said the commander-in-chief of the Russian Navy, Nikolai Evmenov.

The service life of nuclear submarines of projects 949A and 971 will be doubled, they will be equipped with new weapons, said the commander-in-chief of the Russian Navy Nikolai Evmenov.

The creation of a modern base for submarines of the Pacific Fleet of the Russian Federation in Vilyuchinsk will be completed this year, said the Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Navy Nikolai Evmenov.