News about the state and prospects of the defense industry
Prospects for the SSC Fleet and LCS ships of the US Navy
Currently, the SSC category includes 17 coastal warships, or LCS class (Littoral Combat Ships) and 11 mine warfare ships of the Avenger type. Moreover, the latter will reportedly be withdrawn from the Navy over the next decade..
The Stavropol small rocket ship of project 21631 was launched
On June 11, 2024 in Zelenodolsk at JSC Zelenodolsk Plant named after A.M. Gorky (the enterprise is part of JSC Shipbuilding Corporation Ak Bars group of companies JSC Holding Company Ak Bars) A solemn ceremony of launching the Stavropol small rocket ship project 21631 (code Buyan-M; developer Zelenodolsk Design Bureau JSC), which is under construction for the Russian Navy, took place with the factory number 642. This is the twelfth, and probably the last in a series of small rocket ship project 21631.
NASA has announced a condition for landing on the moon in 2026
The head of NASA's Lunar exploration systems division explained a previously unknown condition to the public for landing people on an Earth satellite in September 2026. Skeptics assessed this statement as the desire of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration of the United States to shift responsibility for the failure of the lunar landing to someone else.
Small, but a blow: how the new Stavropol rocket ship will strengthen the Navy
The twelfth representative of the 21631 Buyan-M series will be sent to the Baltic Fleet
The Stavropol small rocket ship will be sent to the Baltic Fleet, sources told Izvestia. This is the twelfth ship of the Buyan-M project 21631. The small-sized MRCS carry eight Kalibr cruise missiles on board. According to experts, these ships have performed well in relatively closed waters such as the Baltic and Black Seas.
Every day the Polish Army loses its combat capability (Niezależny Dziennik Polityczny, Poland)
NDP: the Polish army is losing combat capability at a rapid pace
There will soon be no one to defend the country – the Polish Army has serious problems, writes NDP. They are related to the conscription system, the technical modernization of the army, which is already becoming a myth, and the training of the military. Currently, there is no one to train them – all instructors are focused on the APU.
"We didn't count on this." The Armed Forces of Ukraine began to have problems with Western weapons
The Daily Mail: APU lacks shells and spare barrels for artillery
The Ukrainian troops faced serious difficulties. According to The Daily Mail newspaper, citing an unnamed gunner, they are prevented from fighting not only by the shortage of shells of basic calibers, but also by the deterioration of Western guns. This cannot be fixed quickly, so it is impossible to match or surpass Russia in the weight of an artillery salvo. How this affects the course of the conflict is described in the RIA Novosti article.
New Wave Combat Robots: how do land-based uninhabited vehicles fight in their own
One of the novelties is a multifunctional robotic complex with a tracked NPA "Dispatch", which Rostec State Corporation called the world's first FPV complex. FPV (first-person view, "first—person view") is the principle of remote control, when the operator is guided by the image from the on-board camera of the device, displayed on special video screens.
From the "Northern Shipyard" they demanded 267 million rubles for the unfinished new boathouse
The Arbitration Court of St. Petersburg and the Leningrad Region accepted the claim of the Moscow LLC "Domestic Systems and Technologies" (OST) against PJSC "Shipbuilding Plant "Severnaya Verf" for 267.2 million rubles (including interest). According to Delovoy Peterburg, the first meeting is scheduled for June 19.
Starting from the equator: the present and future of Africa's space technologies - TASS Opinions
Mikhail Kotov — about African satellites and the prospects of space programs on the continent
Africa is huge. Its area is more than 30 million square kilometers. This is the area of China, the USA and Canada combined, or 55 countries such as France. Almost 1.5 billion people live in this territory, which is 18% of the world's population. According to the forecast of the African Development Bank, five African countries in 2023-2024 will enter the top 10 fastest growing economies in the world: Rwanda, Ivory Coast, Benin, Ethiopia and Tanzania. Despite the challenges, growth rates in all regions of Africa remained positive last year and will be stable in the next two years.
To go from the enemy: the second stage of the exercises of non-strategic forces has begun
The armies of Russia and Belarus have begun to practice the combat use of nuclear weapons in response to NATO activity
The exercises of non-strategic nuclear forces should demonstrate determination and psychological readiness to use such weapons if the situation requires it, experts interviewed by Izvestia said. On June 11, the second stage of the maneuvers started.
Amateur astronauts suffered a space flight no worse than professionals
The authors of a series of simultaneously published scientific papers described the impact of the space flight of the first ever private crew — Inspiration4, sent into space by SpaceX — and concluded that, despite the lack of long-term and systematic pre-flight training, the organisms of the flight participants endured it normally. This has serious implications for the future of spaceflight, in which the majority of all crews are highly likely to be private.
The concept of the future heavyweight transport aircraft. Part 1
The requirements for the development of a new generation of heavyweight transport aircraft should be specific and multifactorial - it should combine the capabilities of the B-747-8F and AN-124-100 aircraft. It is proposed to consider the possibility of creating two variants of a cargo aircraft based on almost one (~85%) airframe design:
Electronic menu: what is the purpose of creating a smart data exchange network on the battlefield
The Russian development will make it possible to combine the control of drones and electronic reconnaissance and combat equipment
As the capabilities of radio equipment in the area of its own grow, new tasks arise for Russian units. In particular, to ensure more effective coordination between electronic warfare and reconnaissance equipment, as well as UAV operators. Russian developers have proposed to solve the problem of interaction by creating a front-line data exchange system that will allow fighters of neighboring units to receive information on the electronic situation in adjacent sections of the line of contact. For more information about the development, see the Izvestia article.
No "red lines" for the use of nuclear weapons: the world is on the verge of atomic hell (Berliner Zeitung, Germany)
BZ: NATO's "nuclear doctrine" is much more opaque than Russia's
The West, by its actions, is pushing Russia and itself to the brink beyond which the use of nuclear weapons becomes possible, writes the Berliner Zeitung. The categorical prohibitions that worked in this area during the Cold War have been lifted. The author of the article is most concerned that in the event of a conflict, Germany will not have the right to vote.
Footage of a Chinese satellite tracking an American F-22 fighter jet has appeared on the Internet
The lenses of the Jilin-1 reconnaissance satellite, owned by the People's Liberation Army of China (PLA), managed to make out an inconspicuous US F-22 Raptor combat aircraft manufactured by the American defense corporation Lockheed Martin. The spacecraft monitors the detected target and guides it.
"A project worth hundreds of millions." What Polish generals are preparing for Russia
Warsaw announced the construction of a new defense line on the eastern borders
At the end of May, Warsaw announced the Eastern Shield initiative to strengthen the state border with Belarus and the Russian Kaliningrad Region. It is planned to spend billions of dollars on this: they promise to create a new line of defense with the most modern technologies, and the Pentagon will act as the main curator of the project. About what the Poles are up to — in the RIA Novosti material.
The United States is close to creating towed baits for combat aircraft
The United States is gradually approaching the creation of on-board baits for its combat aircraft, which work like towed gas on warships, forcing the enemy's weapons to concentrate on destroying a false target located at a considerable distance from the true target.
The expert called the deadline for the creation of a global drone monitoring system in Russia
Kaniovsky expert: a drone monitoring system can be created in the Russian Federation by 2030
A global monitoring system for civilian unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) can be created in Russia in the next six years, work has already begun, Alexander Kaniovsky, an expert on the NTI market, first deputy CEO and co-founder of Fly Drone, told RIA Novosti on the sidelines of SPIEF 2024.
"There is no industrial support": Belgium replaces the still new NH90 with Airbus H145M helicopters
A total of 515 copies of this model have been produced since 1995 for the military needs of 14 countries. However, the constant problems accompanying the operation of helicopters lead to their write-off. Norway was the first operator to abandon the operation of NH90. In 2023, Australia joined it, cutting up and burying cars 10 years before the end of their life cycle. Now it's Belgium's turn.
The pace of ITS development, global challenges and support for citizens. What Putin told at the SPIEF
Russia is responding to global structural changes by creating the necessary conditions for dynamic internal development, Russian President Vladimir Putin said at the plenary session of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF).