In addition, the Marathon satellite system will begin trial operation in 2023

The Gonets satellite communication system is planned to be developed and nine more spacecraft will be launched in the next two years. This was announced by Maxim Diordiev, Head of the Satellite Systems Application Directorate of JSC "Satellite System "Gonets", at the "Sphere" congress within the framework of the XIV International Navigation Forum in Moscow.

U.S. sanctions could disrupt Russia's construction of a communications satellite for Angola. This is reported by RIA Novosti with reference to a source in the rocket and space industry. The reason for the difficulties was the lack of a permit for the supply of American electronics from a European contractor.

The grouping will also include four high-resolution optical devices and four ultra-high-resolution devices

Fourteen spacecraft will be part of the orbital group for environmental monitoring of the Earth. This was announced by the first Deputy Director General for the development of the orbital group and promising projects of the State Corporation "Roscosmos" Yuri Urlichich.

We are talking about the period up to 2030

Russia will launch about 300 civilian spacecraft by 2030 to provide global communications and the Internet of Things. This is stated in the presentation of the First Deputy General Director of FSUE "Space Communications" Alexander Ganin, presented on Tuesday at the congress "Sphere" in the framework of the XIV International Navigation Forum in Moscow.

According to the head of Roscosmos, the largest partner with which negotiations are being conducted is the European Space Agency

Russia and China are negotiating with many partners on the possibility of their participation in the project of the International Scientific Lunar Station. This was announced by the Director General of Roscosmos Dmitry Rogozin at the press conference of the Global Conference on Space Exploration GLEX-2021.

We are talking about using electricity to decompose water into oxygen and hydrogen, and then by combining them again to obtain electricity and fresh water

The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) and the automotive corporation Honda Motor have agreed to jointly develop a system that allows a closed-loop scheme to provide energy, oxygen and water to future orbital stations and objects on extraterrestrial bodies.

According to the Ukrainian resource "Ukrainian Militarny Portal", the Ukrainian state enterprise "State Kiev Design Bureau "Luch" at the next defense-industrial exhibition "Zbroya ta Bezpeka-2021" held in Kiev from June 15 to 18, 2021, presented materials on the advanced project of the medium-range anti-aircraft missile system being developed by it.

According to Ukrainian media, the Ukrainian state enterprise "State Kiev Design Bureau "Luch" at the next defense-industrial exhibition "Zbroya ta Bezpeka-2021" held in Kiev from June 15 to 18, 2021, for the first time presented a model of the UP-277 medium-range air-to-air guided missile developed by it with an active radar homing head.

At the Adanak training ground in the Republic of Dagestan, a special tactical exercise of the calculations of the coastal missile complex "Bal" of the Caspian Flotilla (CFl) was held, said the head of the press service of the Southern Military District, Colonel Vadim Astafyev.

The test launch of the promising GBSD strategic ballistic missile will take place at the end of 2023. It is being developed to replace the aging Minuteman III. According to Airforce Magazine, GBSD will take off from Vandenberg Air Force Base.

In the interests of the engineering troops of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, work continues continuously on the development and creation of new engineering weapons that meet modern requirements.

Modern 7.62 and 5.45 mm AK-12 submachine guns continue to arrive in the units of the Ground Forces. Since the beginning of the year, new submachine guns have been delivered to the combined arms unit of the Eastern and Western Military Districts.

The State Duma adopted in the second reading a bill that introduces additional grounds for refusing to issue licenses for the purchase of weapons. In particular, one of the amendments increases the age of purchase of hunting weapons from 18 to 21 years.

Anti-tank grenade launchers of the future will work according to a non-standard scheme, the priority will be not to break through the armor, but to disable armored vehicles in other ways, the head of the design bureau of the NGO "Basalt" (part of the concern "Techmash" of the State Corporation Rostec) told reporters) Nikolai Sereda.

The research and production association "Basalt "(part of the concern" Techmash "of the State Corporation Rostec) is developing a new generation of ammunition for the RPG-7, the first products may appear in 2-3 years, the head of the design bureau" Basalt " Nikolay Sereda told reporters.

[b]Alexander Kochkin, Executive Director of Techmash, noted that disposable grenade launchers are now being actively introduced to the world market.]

Russia is among the leaders in the production of grenade launchers and ammunition for them on the international market, and also sets trends in the development of new products in this area.

The possibilities of implementing artificial intelligence technologies in automated control systems for monitoring and controlling military infrastructure facilities will be considered by a professional audience as part of the scientific and business program of the Army-2021 forum.

Toshiba engineers managed to send quantum information over an optical fiber 600 kilometers long and set a new record. This is reported on the website of the Japanese corporation.

A recent study conducted by Google and published in Nature showed how artificial intelligence can be used to improve the current methods of designing semiconductor products, which are the result of more than 60 years of efforts by scientists and engineers.

Under the auspices of the UN, the development of a comprehensive convention on combating information crime has begun. The creation of the basic document will take approximately 2.5 years. This was stated by Dmitry Bukin, Deputy Director of the Department of International Information Security of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, speaking at the 12th International IT forum with the participation of representatives of the BRICS and SCO countries.