News about the state and prospects of the defense industry

Boeing's "Commercial aircraft" and "defense, space and security (BDS)" segments are the most vulnerable, and they can be seriously affected by the sagging capitalization of the aviation giant.

On November 5, 2020, the US Navy signed a $ 9.474 billion contract with the General Dynamics Electric Boat shipyard (GDEB, part of the General Dynamics Corporation) in Groton, Connecticut, for the construction and testing of the first two us nuclear - powered missile submarines of the new generation-SSBN 826 Columbia and SSBN 827 Wisconsin.

China surpasses Russia in aviation technology, according to a report by the Royal United Institute of defense research. FlightGlobal drew Attention to the relevant material of the British analytical organization, prepared by researcher Justin Bronk.

Frigates of the F124 project are the largest warships of the German Navy. Introduced into the German fleet in 2004-2006, "Saxony", "Hamburg" and " Hesse "("Sachsen "," Hamburg "und" Hesssen ") are distinguished by their modular design and efficient equipment.However, more than ten years of operation required appropriate measures to combat obsolescence. The frigate's relatively modern armament is being upgraded and adapted to new realities.

the Drive was impressed by the photos of Tu-160, Tu-95 MS and Tu-22 M3 bombers, showing off fully armed.

The Drive portal was impressed by a photo report from the Engels long-range aviation unit (Saratov region, published recently by the Russian defense Ministry). It presents strategic bombers Tu-160, Tu-95 MS and Tu-22 M3 with the layout of their weapons. As the journalist notes, so far there have been very few opportunities to see these aircraft with a potential payload.

Almaz-Antey concern prematurely delivered the last regimental set of s-400 "Triumph" s-400 "Triumph"to the Ministry of defense of the Russian Federation. The weapons are very competitive, which the US does not like at all.

In China, called the" sworn enemy " of the American F-35 Russian radar. Military experts Alexey Podberezkin and Viktor Baranets told Sputnik radio about the capabilities of the Nebo-U radar station.

China hosted the largest national hackathon Tianfu Cup-a competition between teams of experts on attacks on information infrastructure. Using previously unknown vulnerabilities, participants were able to hack almost all the most modern software products.

electronic warfare systems are already playing a key role in countering modern drones

The armed conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh once again drew attention to the use of combat robots. Azerbaijan very actively used this type of weapons and achieved success, destroying a considerable amount of military equipment of the defense Army of Nagorno-Karabakh and even Armenia with the help of UAVS. Not having its own developments in the field of military robotics and, consequently, their production, Azerbaijan purchased foreign samples, mainly in Turkey and Israel.

The peacekeeping operation in Nagorno-Karabakh, which was agreed upon by the leaders of Russia, Armenia and Azerbaijan, involves a brigade created on the basis of the Ulyanovsk airborne assault brigade (VDV). The armament of military personnel was revealed by Moskovsky Komsomolets.

The radio engineering regiment of the air force and air defense Association of the Central military district (CVO), stationed in the Novosibirsk region, received a new low-altitude radar detection system "Podlet". This is reported by the Ministry of defense of the Russian Federation.

The crew of the rescue ship "Commune" of the black sea fleet makes the transition from Sevastopol to the Novorossiysk naval base to take on Board the deep-water vehicle as-28, which arrived by rail after the modernization was completed at the ship repair plant in St. Petersburg.

The new Il-76MD-90A is equipped with the latest systems and equipment: flight and navigation complex, communications complex and defense complex. This made it possible to significantly improve the flight characteristics and performance of the machine.

The Chinese j-11BS fighter, created as a clone of the Russian su-27, is one of the most advanced types of these aircraft in the world, according to the material the Drive.

Bladebug and ORE Catapult have tested a robot to inspect wind turbine blades at an offshore wind farm on the coast of Scotland. It moves along the surface of the blade using six legs with vacuum suction cups and broadcasts video from the camera.

Russian pilots worked out refueling of fighters and bombers of the air force and air defense Association of the southern Military district in day and night conditions.

The load capacity of the new Il-76MD-90 military transport aircraft has been increased from 48 to 60 tons. At the same time, the flight range increased by 18 percent, and fuel consumption was reduced by 12-15 percent.

The Russian army is expecting the delivery of a new batch of t-90M "Breakthrough"tanks. This is reported by the press service of the Ministry of defense of the country.

The organization "Spaceport Japan" (Spaceport Japan) presented the concept of the future grandiose multifunctional center for space tourism. A structure the size of a small city is planned to be placed in Tokyo Bay. The idea is extremely ambitious – by 2050, the turnover in this industry will be more than a trillion dollars, and the Japanese intend to dominate it.

The upgraded T-72B3 tanks were loaded onto platforms and sent by rail to the troops. This was reported by the press service of Uralvagonzavod, part of rostec, and posted a video.