According to Western sources, on April 19, 2022, the US Army announced that the Next Generation Squad Weapon program ("Small arms of the Next Generation squad") It will be implemented using products developed by SIG Sauer.

The need to unite the efforts of leading scientists and organizations in the field of IT technologies became the main task of the thematic session "Artificial Intelligence - a new basis for the security of the critical infrastructure of the state", held as part of the scientific and business program of the Russian High Technology Week.

Residents of the Technopolis Moscow special economic zone and scientists of the National Research University "MIET" are conducting research to create an installation that will allow printing chips with a size of 28 nanometers and below, which are in demand in modern microelectronics.

In 1990, Japan controlled almost half of the semiconductor market, whose turnover then did not exceed $38 billion at current prices. Now the share of this country has decreased to 10%, but the market turnover has increased at least tenfold. Both the USA and Japan may try to master advanced lithography without the participation of Taiwan, on which they are now heavily dependent in this area.

Scientists of the Ural Federal University (UrFU, Yekaterinburg) have developed a universal mathematical equation for alloys at the solidification stage. The equation allows us to determine how the microstructure of any crystalline substances, including metals, depends on the flow of the liquid melt. In metallurgy, understanding such a process will allow you to control the physical properties of the final parts that are cast from molten metals.

It is no secret that massive metal structures and structures such as bridges, wind turbines and scaffolding, bolted together, eventually "relax", which is fraught with serious consequences.

The brigade of ships protecting the water area of the Primorsky Flotilla of Heterogeneous Forces (PrFlRS) of the Pacific Fleet (TOF) has turned 90 years since its formation.

Fincantieri announced the handover ceremony of the Damsah class corvette to the Qatari Navy on April 28 at the company in Mugiano (La Spezia).

Colonel-General Viktor Strigunov checked the readiness of the parade crew of the Rosgvardiya for the parade on Red Square on May 9, the press service of the department reports.

A joint rehearsal of the parade dedicated to the 77th anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War took place at the Russian Khmeimim airbase. In the ranks are units of the Armed Forces of Russia (Armed Forces of the Russian Federation) and the Syrian Arab Republic (SAR).

The Russian President signed a decree on retaliatory sanctions measures against those countries that had previously imposed several packages of anti-Russian sanctions. The decree is called "On the application of special economic measures in connection with the unfriendly actions of some foreign States and international organizations."

Tankers, gunners, motorized rifle companies and representatives of other branches of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation (Armed Forces of the Russian Federation) are liberating Ukrainian settlements from resisting nationalists and radicals, the Defense Ministry said on May 3.

Supersonic cruise missiles "Onyx" destroyed hangars with foreign weapons in Odessa, said the official representative of the Ministry of Defense, Major General Igor Konashenkov.

Behind the hill, what remains of the Ukrainian aircraft is burning down. The S-300 anti-aircraft missile system (SAM) hit the target at an altitude of 40 km. The latest radar station, Niobium, has detected enemy aircraft, Alexander Morozov, a correspondent of Izvestia, said.

The location of the prisoner of war detention center is classified, it cannot be filmed from the outside, but from the inside, Izvestia correspondent Kirill Olkov showed where former militants of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) rest and how they live in captivity.

Yang Guangbin: The Age-old struggle of the Russians and the reconstruction of the world order

For a hundred years, the Russians have been fighting the world order, dominated by the United Kingdom and the United States, and conquered half the world. This time they launched a "special operation" to protect their national security and directly oppose the entire Western world, according to the rector of the Institute of International Relations of the People's University of China.

The Ukrainian ambassador in London, Vadim Pristayko, said in an interview with British media that Kiev refuses peace talks with Moscow and intends to return the occupied territories by military means. According to Prystaiko, the reason for this decision was the events in Bucha.

The situation in Ukraine will have significant consequences for Sweden, the defense budget will be increased as quickly as possible, security issues also include debates about possible NATO membership, Swedish Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson told reporters on the sidelines of a visiting meeting of the German government.

Bill Nelson, head of the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), believes that Russia will continue cooperation on the International Space Station (ISS) project until 2030.

Rocket Lab company caught a space rocket by helicopter for the first time in history

On the night of May 3, for the first time in the history of world cosmonautics, it was possible to return the spent rocket stage with the help of parachutes and a helicopter. This is part of the plan of the American-New Zealand company Rocket Lab to create a reusable transport system. "Newspaper.Ru" followed the launch and found out from Pavel Pushkin, a former Russian space "private citizen", what are the advantages of such a scheme, and how it was planned to be used in the USSR.