Rheinmetall continues to improve its combat robots. On November 20, the company published on its official YouTube channel new videos of the use of the mission Master ground-based Autonomous vehicle system in combat conditions.

California transportation authorities have allowed companies to transport passengers in fully driverless cars without a driver in the cabin and charge money for it. At the same time, even companies that have already been allowed to test drones on California roads will have to get separate permits to create an unmanned taxi service.

WZ-523 armored personnel Carriers were created in the first half of the 80s with an export orientation.

In the course of development, components and assemblies of mass-produced automotive equipment were widely used, for example, a 165-horsepower gasoline engine.

Turkey is negotiating with South Korea on the Altai tank program

Ankara plans to solve the problem with engines, transmission and armor for its national tank program "Altai" through cooperation with South Korean companies. Earlier, Turkey wanted to cooperate with Germany and France, but the damaged relations between the allies put the purchase of necessary parts in question.

Mountain landing-assault division of Russian airborne troops, which is stationed in the southern military district, November 25, will receive six dozen combat vehicles BMD-4M and BTR-MDM "Rakushka", according to the Ministry of defense.

Prospects for the development of artillery

Almost all classes of military equipment used in the current armed forces were born in the twentieth century. Only artillery appeared in the middle Ages. Now it is even difficult to determine exactly when and where it happened. At the same time, the importance of artillery does not decrease, only the concepts of its use change.

Kazakhstan does not intend to become a party to the intergovernmental agreement with Russia on the procedure for interaction during missile launches from the Dombarovsky position area in the Orenburg region of the Russian Federation, which provides for the use of a land plot on the territory of the Republic as a drop area for separating parts of missiles.

Russia's Nuclear triad switched to digital format

The traditional meeting of President Vladimir Putin with the leadership of the defense Ministry and defense industry in Sochi was one of the main sensations of this year. The head of state said that the construction of a new – exclusively protected – control point for strategic nuclear forces is being completed in Russia.

in Ukraine, the latest MLRS "Hurricane" was tested

Ukraine has introduced a new multiple launch rocket system "Bureviy" or "Hurricane". The Ministry of defense of the country is extremely interested in receiving this weapon, since it should replace the old Soviet MLRS of the same name that are in service with the APU. Military observer " Newspaper.Ru " Mikhail Khodarenok talks about the subtleties of the new Ukrainian development.

November 22 marks the 105th anniversary of the birth of design engineer Vladimir Rogozhin, Hero of Socialist Labor. He was the author of 150 scientific and technical articles and 188 inventions, and led the development of world-famous Soviet jet systems.

The crews of fighters and bombers of the naval aviation and air defense of the black sea fleet (BSF) checked the air defense system of the Crimean Peninsula.

after dropping the capsule, an extended mission will begin, in which Hayabusa-2 will study the small asteroid 1998 KY26

TASS, November 20. A capsule containing the primary matter of the Solar system collected by the Hayabusa-2 probe on the surface of the Ryugu asteroid will descend to The earth's surface on December 6 at the Woomera test site in southern Australia. This was announced on Friday by the press service of the Japanese aerospace research Agency (JAXA).

the launch of the Changzheng-5 launch vehicle is scheduled for November 24

The management of the spaceport in the city of Wenchang on the North-Eastern coast of the southern Chinese province of Hainan prepared the infrastructure for the launch of the Chang'e-5 spacecraft, which will deliver samples of lunar soil from the planet's natural satellite to Earth. According to the Chinese aerospace science and technology Corporation, all work is being carried out in normal mode in accordance with the schedule.

The team of the Chinese mission "Chang'e-4" published new photos of the surface of the back side of the moon, obtained by the lunar Rover "Yutu-2", including a circular panorama and a three-dimensional image of the surrounding area. To date, the lunar Rover has traveled several hundred meters on the surface of The earth's satellite and worked for almost two years, although initially its service life was estimated at three months, according to the website Space.com.

Most of the starts are held jointly with Russia

The crash of the European Vega launch vehicle on November 17 came as a surprise to space experts. Before that, the European space program had long been considered one of the most developed in the world. Many call the cause of the disaster the explosion of the Ukrainian RD-843 engine.

the launch of satellites will be the first fully commercial launch from the spaceport

The British company OneWeb named December 17 as the estimated launch date for its 36 communications satellites from the Vostochny cosmodrome. This is stated in a message distributed by her on Friday.

According to the CEO of the company, there are still questions about the production of parts, so the test period may move

The company "Kosmocar" plans to begin testing the ignition system of the engine next week. This was reported TASS the General Director of the company Pavel Pushkin.

The United States is expected to withdraw from the open skies Treaty on November 22. Six months ago, on may 21, US President Donald trump announced that he had decided to withdraw from the open skies Treaty. The country leaves the agreement six months after the official notification of the partners.

Strategic bombers B-52H Stratofortress performed a non-stop flight from the United States to the Middle East and back, said the Central command of the US armed forces.

MH-60R Seahawk helicopters of the us Navy will receive Magnetic Anomaly Detection-Extended Role (MAD-XR) detectors manufactured by the canadian company CAE, reports the Drive.