The Brazilian Ministry of Defense plans to transfer to Uruguay the decommissioned wheeled armored personnel carriers EE-11 "Urutu", which are being replaced as planned by the new VBTP-MR "Guarani".

The French company Arquus (part of the Volvo Group) has completed the delivery of 300 VLRA 2 light tactical vehicles (Vehicule Leger de Reconnaissance et d'Appui) to the Moroccan Armed Forces under a contract signed at the end of last year.

The Japanese company Honda has tested the second prototype of an AWV unmanned work vehicle in New Mexico. It looks like a small truck without a top. AWV can carry up to 399 kilograms, travel up to 45 kilometers and work up to six hours on a single charge.

According to Rostec State Corporation, it has no Russian and foreign analogues

A shotgun cartridge for hunting and shooting sports with a luminous element indicating the trajectory of the projectile was created in Russia. This was reported on Wednesday in the Rostec state Corporation.

The Research and Production Center (SPC) of quantum electronics of the Shvabe holding took the sixth place in the rating of technoparks in Russia, the company's press service reports.

Researchers from Lancaster University have developed a new version of Wi-Fi data transmission technology, where the radioactive isotope californium-252 is used as a signal source. It generates radiation in the form of fast neutrons, which can be sent from the transmitter to the receiver instead of radio waves. Scientists managed to influence this radiation by encoding and transmitting useful information with its help.

IBM has announced that it has developed a new Eagle chip for quantum computing, which, according to the company's management, will allow quantum systems to surpass classical computers in some tasks over the next two years.

Before entering the strait, additional classes were held on the ship with the officers of the watch on navigation safety

A large anti-submarine ship (BOD) "Vice Admiral Kulakov" of the Northern Fleet of the Russian Navy entered the English Channel, the press service of the fleet reported on Wednesday.

An unusual case of sabotage in the supply of steel for the production of submarines is being investigated in the United States. According to Popular Mechanics magazine, it turned out that the director of the foundry had been faking the results of steel strength tests for decades.

At the Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Limited (MDL) in Mumbai, the ceremony of handing over to the command of the Indian Navy the fourth of the six ordered Scorpen-class (Kalvari) submarines took place.

Afghanistan faces a catastrophe and a new civil war if the new authorities fail to normalize the situation, Russian Security Council Secretary Nikolai Patrushev said.

Fighters of the National Resistance Front of Afghanistan killed about 20 Taliban (banned in Russia) during regular clashes in Panjshir province.

On Tuesday, the State Duma adopted in the third, final reading a bill introduced in July this year by the President of the Russian Federation and supported by the government of the country, changing the procedure for extending the maximum service life of senior officers.

According to this document, the head of state will be given the right to decide for how many years a military commander who has reached the maximum age limit should be left in the ranks. First of all, we are talking about officers with the rank of marshal, general of the army and admiral of the fleet, whose service, according to the current rules, must end at 65 years of age.

The Head of the Ministry of Defense also discussed with the Governor of the Voronezh region the development of military camps

Russian Defense Minister General of the Army Sergei Shoigu inspected military units of the Western Military District in the Voronezh Region on Tuesday and discussed with Governor Alexander Gusev the development of military camps. This was reported in the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation.

According to the bill, a new contract will be concluded for the period established by the President's decision with military personnel who have reached the age limit for military service and have the military rank of marshal, army general or fleet admiral.

Previously, he commanded the troops of the Eastern Military District

Colonel-General Gennady Zhidko, who previously commanded the troops of the Eastern Military District, has been appointed deputy head of the Russian military Department, head of the Main Military-Political Directorate of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said.

From April 2017 to April 2019, he served as the Chief of Staff of the district, as well as the commander of the district troops during his absence

Hero of Russia Colonel-General Alexander Chaiko has been appointed commander of the troops of the Eastern Military District (VVO). This was reported on Tuesday by the press service of the VVO.

The servicemen of the Central Military District (CVO) marched to the training ground in Tajikistan, where the training of the CSTO special forces "Cobalt-2021" will begin on Wednesday, the press service of the CVO reported on Tuesday.

The Chairman of the PSB, Peter Fradkov, headed the Working Group on Improving the Financial Stability of Defense Industry Organizations On

November 9, the first meeting of the Working Group on Regulatory and Legal Support for the Financial Stability of defense Industry Organizations under the Bureau of the Union of Machine Builders of Russia took place. The participants included the top officials of large machine-building and defense corporations, enterprises of high-tech industries, relevant ministries and departments. Pyotr Fradkov, Chairman of the PSB, who is a member of the bureau of the central Council of Soyuzmash of Russia LLC, has been appointed Chairman of the new Working Group.

As a result of the fighting with the Azerbaijani armed forces, there is a dead person on the Armenian side, the Armenian Defense Ministry confirmed. "At the moment, there are updated data on only one deceased - contract serviceman Merudzhan Harutyunyan, born in 1991. The number of wounded is also being specified. 12 Armenian servicemen were captured," the military department reported.