Green energy giants are facing a shortage of skilled workers to help them implement ambitious development plans, writes Bloomberg.

In 2021, spending on Internet of Things (IoT) technologies in Europe will reach $ 202 billion and continue to grow at a double-digit rate until 2025. This forecast is given by IDC analysts.

The wonderful material graphene has received a new very useful application — a group of engineers from the University of Cambridge upgraded with its help a classic computer hard drive. They used graphene as a replacement for the old carbon-based coating that protects the plates inside the disk. Only two layers of graphene were enough to reproduce the same performance characteristics, and increasing the coating thickness to four layers increased them many times.

The first picture of the new Chinese QBV-191 light machine gun has appeared. It will use cartridges of 5.8x42 mm caliber.

The draft government resolution, which provides for the Ministry of Finance to be empowered to promote the demand for domestic radio-electronic products for civil purposes, software and hardware complexes (PAC) and software (software), to promote the use of mainly domestic radio-electronic products for civil purposes, PAC and software, as well as other powers to promote the development of demand for Russian radio-electronic products and software, was published for public discussion on Tuesday.

The United States is forced to recognize the superiority of the AK-74 over the M4. Moreover, the choice in favor of Soviet weapons is made by the soldiers of the US special forces.

American sniper Brandon Tyler Webb from the Navy Seals in a publication prepared for SOFREP, clearly explains what is the main advantage of the AK-74.

A group of "Terminator" vehicles of the Algerian army was first captured on video.

The low-quality footage shows three tank support vehicles (BMPT) moving between the dunes.

The experimental and industrial batch of armored vehicles on the Armata platform, which Uralvagonzavod (UVZ, Rostec) is preparing to transfer to the military, will be significant, the head of the concern, Alexander Potapov, told Interfax on Thursday.

MC-130J Commando II aircraft of the Air Force (Air Force) The US dropped a cargo simulating a pallet with AGM-158B Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile-Extended Range (JASSM-ER) cruise stealth missiles, The Drive reports.

Deputy Mayor of the Ukrainian city of Mariupol Sergey Zakharov said that the city administration intends to purchase the Israeli missile defense system "Iron Dome", reports the portal Focus.ua June 10.

SpaceX plans to provide Wi-Fi during flights in airplanes. The company is negotiating with several air carriers, the Izvestia TV channel reports. For its project, SpaceX will use Starlink satellites. The network of devices will provide high-speed Internet around the world. The satellites will be connected using a laser communication line — they will not depend on ground stations. Since 2018, SpaceX has launched about 1.8 thousand Starlink vehicles — there will be 12 thousand of them in total.

The American company Relativity Space presented the project of the reusable space system Terran R. It can be called a smaller version of SpaceX's Starship.

The Mars helicopter "Ingenuity" has successfully completed its seventh flight on Mars, which was the first after a serious change in the navigation system. The drone successfully flew to a new work site, covering a distance of 106 meters, according to NASA's Twitter account.

Air Force (Air Force) The United States has completed the first phase of demonstration tests of the semi-autonomous precision weapons system Golden Horde ("Golden Horde"), for the first time hitting six bombs at once Collaborative Small Diameter Bomb (CSDB), reports Defense News.

Swiss Resource Lematin.ch On June 7, he reported that the command of the Swiss Armed Forces is inclined in favor of choosing the French Rafale fighter as a new-generation combat aircraft for the country's Air Force.

The United States is preparing to take to the skies the first bombers of a new generation. June 10, portal thedrive.com he announced that Northrop Grumman has completed the assembly of the first two samples of the B-21 Raider aircraft.

Created by the American military-industrial corporation Northrop Grumman in the interests of the Air Force (Air Force) The US strategic stealth bomber B-21 Raider, called the" coolest "aircraft in the world, will be invulnerable to Russian anti-aircraft missile systems S-500 "Prometheus", writes The National Interest.

Russian Deputy Defense Minister Alexey Krivoruchko visited a test site in the Nizhny Novgorod region during a working trip, where he got acquainted with the Ka-52M attack helicopter, which received a new set of weapons. This was reported to journalists in the Ministry of Defense.

The Russian Helicopters Holding Company has successfully tested the additional fuel tank of the Ansat helicopter for resistance to destruction during an emergency landing.

The Ukrainian complex of protection of military transport aircraft of the An-26 type from guided missiles with infrared homing systems has passed state tests. According to Defense Express, it includes combined devices for the release of false thermal targets and an optoelectronic suppression station.