In the Barents Sea, more than 10 ships conducted large-scale exercises
The ships of the Northern Fleet, led by the nuclear cruiser "Peter the Great", conducted interspecific exercises in the Barents Sea with the involvement of aviation. According to the press service of the Northern Fleet, the complex exercises of the ship's tactical groups were held in the coastal training grounds. The maneuvers involved more than 10 warships and support vessels, as well as an IL-38 aircraft and a Ka-27PL helicopter of anti-submarine aviation.
The oldest boathouse was reconstructed on Sevmash
At Sevmash (part of JSC "USC"), work has been completed on the reconstruction of the roof of the oldest boathouse (shop No. 50) with the replacement of the wall fence with sandwich panels. The modernization of the workshop was carried out within the framework of the state program of the Russian Federation "Development of the Defense Industry".
The Morpheus processor cannot be hacked – it changes its architecture dozens of times per second
In 2017, the defense agency DARPA sponsored the University of Michigan for $3.6 million to work on the "Morpheus"computer processor project. Three years later, it was ready and large-scale tests began with the involvement of accredited hackers and information security specialists. Of the 525 participants, none managed to crack the chip because it changed its architecture every 0.1 seconds.
The bill on the "landing" of foreign IT companies in Russia was submitted to the State Duma
The State Duma has introduced a bill on the "landing" of foreign IT companies in Russia, obliging large foreign Internet companies to open official representative offices in the territory of the Russian Federation.
The government will make it more difficult for state agencies to purchase foreign IT solutions
The Russian government intends to make it more difficult for state customers to purchase foreign software and equipment, writes Kommersant with reference to the director of the "Center of Competence for Import Substitution in the field of ICT" Ilya Massukh.
The Russian government will allocate more than 5 billion rubles until 2024 for the introduction of artificial intelligence technologies
Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin signed a decree according to which it is planned to allocate 5.26 billion rubles until 2024 to support business in the implementation of pilot projects for the introduction of artificial intelligence in various sectors of the economy.
Roscosmos will create a bracelet to search for children and the elderly
Roscosmos intends to create a device that will transmit data on the location of children and the elderly in the event of their disappearance via satellites. This was announced on Tuesday, May 25, by Alexander Bloshenko, Executive Director of the State Corporation for Advanced Programs and Science, speaking at Skolkovo .
.338 Norma Magnum: the new "norm" of the US Special Forces
American special forces will shoot further, more accurately and more deadly. May 24, portal militarytimes.com He said that under the SOF Warrior program, Special Operations Forces will receive new machine guns, as well as lightweight ammunition.
Why the powerful Russian tank T-72B2 "Slingshot" never got into the troops
The now almost forgotten T-72B2 "Slingshot" was first demonstrated at a weapons exhibition in Nizhny Tagil in 2006. This premiere made a great impression both on specialists, including foreign ones, and on all those who are not indifferent to military equipment.
"Dronopad": the destruction of another Saudi UAV was filmed on video
The Yemeni Houthis have destroyed the second Saudi intelligence-strike drone in a short time. On May 20, Wing Loong II was hit. Three days later, a Chinese-made CH-4B was shot down over the Yemeni province of Al-Jawf.
Lockheed Martin has started to supply the PAC-3 MSE missile systems to the Swedish Armed Forces
Lockheed Martin Corporation announced the delivery of the first batch of PAC-3 MSE (Missile Segment Enhancement) interceptor missiles to Sweden as part of a contract signed in 2018 for the supply of Patriot air defense systems.
S-400 "Triumph" anti-aircraft missile system exercises held in Crimea"
Exercises to repel an attack by saboteurs of a simulated enemy in the course of performing tasks for their intended purpose were conducted by combat crews of the S-400 Triumph anti-aircraft missile system (SAM) stationed in the territory of the Republic of Crimea, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Tuesday.
New opportunities for air defense: The Yenisei radar station was put into service
The latest radar "Yenisei" - a super-modern and versatile means of aerial reconnaissance, capable of tracking even hypersonic targets-has been adopted. This was reported by the weekly newspaper "Zvezda".
Putin announced the successful completion of tests of the S-500 air defense system
Tests of the latest S-500 Prometheus anti-aircraft missile system (SAM) are being successfully completed. This was stated by Russian President Vladimir Putin on May 25 at the beginning of a meeting with the leadership of the Ministry of Defense and enterprises of the military-industrial complex.
NASA Launches Climate Change and Natural Disaster Monitoring System
According to the head of NASA, Bill Nelson, hurricanes have become more destructive due to the process of global warming
The US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is creating a new Earth system observatory to predict and monitor climate change and natural disasters. This is stated in a statement issued on Monday by the press service of NASA.
One of the Glonass-M satellites was taken out of the group for maintenance
This satellite was launched on March 2, 2010 and entered the system on March 28, 2010. The last time it was taken out for maintenance in December 2020
The Russian communication satellite "Glonass-M" No. 732 (23rd point) is temporarily withdrawn from the grouping, according to the website of the information and analytical center for coordinate-time and navigation support of the GLONASS system.
TsNIIMash: revenue from near-Earth space monitoring will exceed 1 billion rubles by 2035.
The number of spacecraft serviced by the enterprise will increase from 45 to 482 from 2024 to 2035
The head scientific institute of Roscosmos-TsNIIMash assumes that the company's revenue from near-Earth space monitoring and satellite protection services on the international market by 2035 may amount to 1.2 billion rubles. This is stated in the materials of the institute, available to TASS.
Roscosmos: VR-complexes with satellite data will be used in geography lessons
The State Corporation is working to promote virtual reality complexes with Lomonosov Moscow State University, other universities, Sirius, and schools
Virtual reality complexes that are being created at Roscosmos can be used in geography lessons using remote sensing data from space. This opinion was expressed by the director of the Digital Development Department of Roscosmos Konstantin Shadrin.
The manufacturer of "Unions" reported a billion-dollar loss
The Rocket and Space Corporation Energia suffered billions of dollars in losses in 2020. This is reported by RIA Novosti with reference to the company's statement.
The arrival of the Tu-22M3 at the Khmeimim air base was shown on video
The Russian Defense Ministry has published a video of the arrival of three long-range bombers-missile carriers of the Russian Air Force Tu-22M3 at the Khmeimim air base in Syria.