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gelgoog

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Lethe said:
February 2023 interview with USC Chairman Alexey Rakhmanov. I have excerpted most interesting bits about ongoing submarine AIP development
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Russian industrial base has lack of know-how in lithium ion batteries. Other than some companies which assemble electric buses. From I heard they are experimenting with making a safe submarine grade battery pack but the R&D is quite far from done at this time.

The Russians are also skittish about using hydrogen fuel in submarines, because you would need to upgrade submarine bases to handle this fuel, and they would also need to develop hydrogen storage methods which they currently lack, not to mention fuel cells. So using hydrogen directly is considered to be a non-starter. They are working on making a device for reforming hydrogen from diesel fuel, which would solve many of these issues, but they have not got that working either (neither have the other countries working on this thus far). So some people are talking about just putting a small nuclear reactor into the smaller submarines. The Russians have projects for micro-reactors like the one for SHELF with 10MW power.

Lethe said:
The 2027/2030/2033 schedule did seem very aggressive. I don't necessarily believe that it has anything to do with scaling back of ambitions owing to Ukraine, as in the similar timeframe when this decision has been taken (i.e. over the last year or so) we have also seen the approval of a further two Pr. 22220 nuclear icebreakers, in fact to be delivered earlier, which implies greater near-term budget allocation.
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I got more information on this recently. The whole process of construction of the initial Leader icebreaker is delayed. It was planned that welding of the hull would be 15% complete right now, and it is like 5% complete. They need to recruit more welders willing to work on the Far East. The construction of the RITM-400 nuclear reactor is also slightly delayed, as are the deliveries of some forged components in the propulsion section, component delivery for Leader is expected to be delayed by 2-3 years. Given these considerations they cancelled further construction of Leader class icebreakers beyond the first one, until delays are solved, and increased the order for Project 22220 which can be delivered in the near term.
 
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gelgoog said:
Russian industrial base has lack of know-how in lithium ion batteries. Other than some companies which assemble electric buses. From I heard they are experimenting with making a safe submarine grade battery pack but the R&D is quite far from done at this time.
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They have started mining lithium that can become some of the biggest in the world. without confidence in R&D to process lithium further they wont invest manpower in such low return work. I dont think they are going to publish anything on Sub related work. even military exports can completely ban for years.
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We will manufacture batteries for loaders (reach trucks, stackers) and other special equipment. We offer solutions for emergency and uninterruptible power supply (SOPT, UPS), smoothing load peaks in the power grid (charging networks, power arbitrage), energy storage for hybrid systems (wind farm, solar power plant, diesel power plant, GPU). We will develop and produce traction batteries for electric buses and trolleybuses with UAH, and other vehicles. In addition, the production of cathode materials is located at one of our sites.
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Our development is a ready-made solution for universal global electric transport standards. Thanks to new technical solutions, we will be able to offer competitive Russian-made batteries to the domestic market. Already in December of this year, the first trial operation of batteries built on RENERA universal battery modules will begin on a promising line of electric vehicles,” said Alexander Kamashev, General Director of RENERA LLC.
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SlothmanAllen

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Tank T-90M "Breakthrough" inside and the work of its crew. Footage of the equipment and work of the crew of the Russian T-90M Proryv tank has been published. The tankers with the call sign "Krepysh", the driver "Simba" and the gunner "Karas" spoke about their combat vehicle and showed the work of the crew of the T-90M "Proryv" tank.

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Are the LCDs always so small and low resolution / fps on modern tanks? Seems very counterproductive to have such a limited sighting system be digital.
 
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Atomicfrog

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SlothmanAllen said:
Are the LCDs always so small and low resolution / fps on modern tanks? Seems very counterproductive to have such a limited sighting system be digital.
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A Large screen less than 30cm in front of their face doesn't help a lot... it look cramped and hardly ergonomic. Would like to see the inside of the Armata.
 
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Rostec has developed a stealth material to ensure the" invisibility " of aircrafts​

Roselektronika Holding of Rostec State Corporation has created prototypes of a fundamentally new material capable of absorbing radio waves in a wide frequency range. Thanks to the glass fiber base with a metal core, the thin-layer material can be used for manufacturing aircraft parts. Such a design solution is proposed for stealth material for the first time.

In the process of creating a radio-absorbing material, several layers of fiberglass were connected to each other. It is based on thin threads with a metal core in glass insulation. Due to its exceptional characteristics, the new material absorbs up to 95% of the incident electromagnetic radiation of radars and significantly complicates the detection of an aerial object using radar equipment.

"The problem of creating a structural radio-absorbing material has long been in the modern military aircraft industry. Existing types of aircraft stealth coatings need to be restored regularly, and fiberglass with a reduced reflection coefficient does not require maintenance. Our prototypes have already successfully passed the necessary factory tests, " said Alexey Dymovskikh

Stealth material was developed by the Central Design Bureau of Special Radio Materials (CDB RM, part of Ruselectronics )for the manufacture of engine compressor blades – one of the most prominent parts in the radio range.

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SFU, with the support of Rostec, will create a component base for the development of UAVs​

Southern Federal University (SFU), with the support of Rostec, intends to create a special electronic component base for the production of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) by 2026 at the site of the university's advanced engineering school in Taganrog.

The work is being carried out on the basis of the advanced engineering school of the Southern Federal University, which was established in 2022 in partnership with Rostec organizations – the United Instrument-Making Corporation, the Radioelectronic Technologies Concern, and Element (a joint venture between the Corporation and Sistema). The project provides for joint solution of scientific and technical tasks and training of modern personnel for the enterprises of the radio-electronic complex of Rostec.

"By 2026, we want to set a big task that will unite technologists and designers in the field of group control UAVs – creating a special electronic component base, which is important; raw materials for its production (this is an urgent task today) and signal transmission systems for various purposes, so that it can be used both in military and civil affairs application, " said SFU Rector Inna Shevchenko.

The Rector noted that one of the main scientific and technical tasks of the advanced engineering school of SFU is the creation of autonomous and group unmanned aerial vehicles, the so-called robotic complexes of various bases, including as part of groups.

As part of their joint work, Rostec and the university are creating a system for advanced training of engineering personnel. This, in particular, is the goal of the Rostec Code program, launched by the Corporation in 2023

"The Rostec Code program is designed to provide Rostec organizations with engineering and IT personnel capable of creating new technological solutions and equipment, including in such interdisciplinary areas as robotics, geoinformation technologies, programming languages, 3D modeling, IT architecture, IT security, and others. Our initiative is more than timely, it is aimed at improving the quality of personnel training for the radio-electronic complex for the implementation of current scientific and technical tasks," said Nikolai Volobuev, Deputy General Director of Rostec State Corporation.

90% of the projects implemented at the advanced engineering school are private and dual-use projects.

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