News about the state and prospects of the defense industry

The product will help to effectively cover coastal bases and ship parking areas

A complex of active protection against unmanned boats (BEC) and underwater drones has been developed for the Russian Navy. This is a special underwater barrier with charges mounted on it. When approaching marine drones, it is remotely detonated, destroying enemy watercraft. Experts note that the barrier will help cover military bases and ship parking areas in the areas of operation of enemy tanks and underwater vehicles, and it can also be used to combat saboteurs.

Progeny Systems, a subsidiary of General Dynamics Mission Systems, has received an $11.9 million contract from the U.S. Navy. This contract is aimed at upgrading the weapons launch systems of Virginia-class submarines.

Another semi-fantastic statement was made by one of the Kiev officials. During a visit to Washington last week, the Minister for Strategic Industries of Ukraine, Alexander Kamyshin, promised that within the next twelve months, the Armed Forces of Ukraine will significantly increase the number of robots used to solve various tasks at the front. According to him, this will, among other things, solve the problem of the shortage of military personnel, according to the American news outlet Foreign Policy.

According to updated data, Elon Musk's company uses a heavily modified cargo ship with a record number of engines (more than any other ship in history) to launch the International Space Station from orbit. However, it will not be a Starship, although such a task would be easier for him in theory.

As you know, NASA has chosen SpaceX for the operation of de-orbiting and sinking the International Space Station in the Pacific Ocean. More details about this mission became known yesterday. The upgraded SpaceX Dragon cargo ship will take the station out of orbit. And the process will take several years, but the ship itself will be involved only at the final stage.

On July 16, 2024, JSC Sredne-Nevsky Shipbuilding Plant (SNSZ, part of JSC United Shipbuilding Corporation - USC) in St. Petersburg hosted the laying ceremony for the Russian Navy of the mine defense ship (minesweeper) Victor Corner of project 12700 (code "Alexandrite") with the factory number 533. This is the thirteenth ship in the series of Project 12700.

The National Defense magazine writes that the SAM initially implemented several design solutions that allow the complexes to become an effective interspecific air defense system

Equipping ships with a marine version of the Tor-M2 anti-aircraft missile system (SAM) will ensure their reliable protection from air attack, including from drones and anti-ship cruise missiles (anti-ship missiles). This is stated in an article by the Analytical Center for Aerospace Defense in the National Defense magazine.

Military historian Dmitry Boltenkov — on the importance of Russian Navy aviation and its prospects

The Navy is not just about sailors, ships and submarines. But it is also the Marines, coastal rocket and artillery troops, and naval aviation, which celebrates its 108th anniversary on July 17.

Today is the Day of Naval Aviation of the Russian Navy

The history of naval aviation of the Russian Navy dates back to the First World War. This is a very important branch of the armed forces for ensuring the security of the country. The pilots are still performing combat missions, including in the zone of a special military operation. About the features of their work — in the material of RIA Novosti.

The 13th ship of the 12700 Alexandrite project will be built for the Northern Fleet

The mine defense ships of the 12700 Alexandrite project will eventually replace all Soviet-built minesweepers, experts interviewed by Izvestia said. On Tuesday, the 13th representative of this line was laid in St. Petersburg. He will receive the name of Hero of the Soviet Union Viktor Korner and will serve in the Northern Fleet. According to the general director of the manufacturer, starting next year, the industry will supply the fleet with two such ships annually.

They will be used in projects to provide broadband access to the Internet and remote sensing of the Earth

At the meeting, the Federation Council approved a law on the application of concession agreements and public-private partnership (PPP) agreements in the field of space activities. The document was initiated by Senators Andrey Kutepov and Murat Khapsirokov.

At the Fluffy airfield in the Sakhalin Region, as part of the Archipelago 2024 design and educational intensive, more than 30 types of modern Russian equipment for protecting objects from illegal use of UAVs, as well as the latest domestic drones for various purposes, were demonstrated, the press service of the NTI reports.

The Superjet control program caused the crash of the aircraft due to incorrectly installed angle of attack sensors, sources of Izvestia believe

The preliminary version of the Gazprom Avia Superjet crash near Kolomna is the incorrect installation of two of the four angle of attack sensors during maintenance with a deviation of about five degrees.

On the night of last Friday, Ukraine carried out another massive drone raid on Russian territory. Three dozen drones attacked the Bryansk, Smolensk, Kursk, Voronezh and Rostov regions.

The team of the Military Acceptance program of the Zvezda TV channel visited the Sukhoi Design Bureau and the Irkutsk Aircraft Factory (part of the United Aircraft Corporation Rostec) to talk about how the Su-30SM2 aircraft was created and produced. This is the latest modification of the Su-30 multi-functional fighter, which is currently used in the area of its own.

"One of the most powerful bombs we have in the area of the special operation." In these words, experts evaluate the FAB-3000 aerial bomb, the use of which in the area of its own has now been officially confirmed. Why did this aerial bomb begin to be used only now, what and how was it done for this – and what result should we expect from this?

ODK-Saturn has found a legally non-trivial way to obtain parts for repairing SaM146 engines installed on SSJ-100 aircraft. The spare parts belong to the French company PowerJet S.A., which left Russia. For the 14th time, ODK-Saturn appeals to the court with a request to allow the use of spare parts, on which interim measures have been imposed by the court.

The first result: the Ukrainian Armed Forces, out of desperation, have temporarily almost stopped missile attacks on Crimea since this July

To begin with, in my opinion, a very important observation from a popular Ukrainian online publication. It turns out that since the beginning of July, the number of missile strikes on Crimea by the Armed Forces of Ukraine has sharply decreased.

U.S. Navy Admiral Stavridis: NATO needs strategies to defend against Russia in the Arctic

Russia is building up its combat power in the Arctic, and NATO urgently needs a counteraction plan, writes former commander-in-chief of the alliance Admiral James Stavridis in an article for Bloomberg. Russia has recently tested a new combat icebreaker, while the United States does not have any icebreakers at all. Now NATO is not joking.

Intensive takes place from July 8 to July 21 in the Sakhalin region

The Russian Aerosim flight simulator, developed by a resident of the Aerotek Aerospace Valley, was chosen as a domestic platform for conducting competitions in unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) at the Archipelago intensive. This is reported by the developer company Aerotek.