Engineers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the California Institute of Technology and the Zurich Higher Technical School have demonstrated that materials created from nanoscale structures thinner than a human hair do not allow microparticles flying at supersonic speed to break through them.

The American edition compared the SVD with the latest Russian sniper rifles.

Reviewer of the publication 19fortyfive.com Peter Suchiu (also writing for The National Interest) compared the SVD with the latest models of sniper rifles, which should be replaced.

After a successful series of tests with the participation of auto giants Hyundai and Toyota, many global automakers began to show increased interest in hydrogen-fueled cars.

Tatrabras held its first presentation on the Brazilian market of all-terrain trucks with a 6x6 wheel formula equipped with Euro 5 and Euro 6 engines, which will be produced in the state of Paraná from September.

French main battle tanks will undergo a deep modernization. June 26, portal janes.com He reported that the French Defense Procurement Agency (DGA) has signed a contract with Nexter for the repair and modernization of 200 Leclerc combat vehicles and 17 Leclerc DCL evacuation vehicles.

British tanks will become more protected. June 24 portal armyrecognition.com he reported that the company Rafael Advanced Defense Systems announced the choice of its Trophy MV system for installation on the Challenger 3.

In Poland, from 2013 to 2015, the process of creating the PL-01 stealth tank was actively underway, which was advertised in the media and, apparently, ended in failure. The combat vehicle was developed in case of a military invasion by Russia, American military expert Peter Suciu wrote in an article for the 19FortyFive portal.

The military-technical forum "Army-2021" will be held in the capital of the Republic of Buryatia at the special site of the Vostochny airfield at the end of August this year.

Uraltransmash signed an agreement with the Ministry of Defense of the Republic of Belarus for the overhaul of 2S3M Acacia self-propelled howitzers at the MILEX-2021 exhibition. The machines will be delivered to the customer in 2022.

In 2020, Uralvagonzavod supplied the Ministry of Defense with a batch of tanks and infantry fighting vehicles on the Aramat platform for state tests, according to the annual report of the Rostec state Corporation for 2020.

About 30 years ago, a missile tank could appear in Russia, capable even now of destroying the latest versions of Abrams, Leopards, Challengers and Merkav without any problems.

"Sprut-SDM1" was developed and created on the basis of the self-propelled anti-tank gun "Sprut-SD"

The completion of state tests of the Octopus-SDM1 light tank is scheduled for the beginning of 2022. This was reported to TASS in the holding "High-Precision Complexes "(part of the Rostec state Corporation) during the International Naval Salon (MVMS-2021).

In terms of the depth of impact on the enemy, an aircraft carrier with long-range radar detection and control aircraft and carrier-based fighters will lose to surface ships equipped with Kalibr-NK missiles, Konstantin Sivkov, Deputy President of the Russian Academy of Missile and Artillery Sciences (RARAN) for information policy, Doctor of Military Sciences, predicts in the Military-Industrial Courier.

The newest anti-submarine missile APR-3ME was launched into mass production. The first batch has already been delivered.

The experimental satellite Demonstration and Science Experiments (DSX)of the Research Laboratory of the US Air Force (Air Force), which is comparable in size to a football field, has completed its work, reports C4ISRNet.

After a thorough analysis of the data obtained during the test flight on May 22, the company will be able to continue preparing for the remaining three test flights

TASS, June 25. The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has updated the license of Virgin Galactic, which allows sending passengers into space. Information about this appeared on the Virgin Galactic website on Friday.

One of them shows the moment when the parachute of the lander opens

The Chinese National Space Agency (CNSA) has published four new videos of the Tianwen-1 mission on Mars. The videos were posted on Sunday on the official website of the Central Television of China.

The eighth flight took place on June 21, the helicopter covered a distance of 160 meters in 77.4 seconds

The Ingenuity helicopter located on Mars flew a total of almost a kilometer during eight flights, which began on April 19. This was reported on Thursday by the American specialized portal SpaceNews, citing a representative of the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), Teddy Tzanetos.

The team of the InSight automatic Mars station decided to complete the operation of the device ahead of time, if effective methods for cleaning solar panels from dust are not found. Currently, the batteries are heavily dusted, and electricity generation has fallen by almost eight times compared to the initial level, according to the website Space.com.

The passive vehicle will be in orbit, the movement of the active one must be synchronized with it

Roscosmos has patented a method for approaching spacecraft in orbit for servicing satellites. This is stated in the materials distributed by the Federal Institute of Industrial Property (available to TASS).