Games over: Microsoft HoloLens 2 goes to the Troops
American soldiers will be able to see additional information, as in the interfaces of computer games. On March 31, Microsoft announced the transition of the Integrated Visual Augmentation System (IVAS) program from prototyping to mass production, the portal armytimes.com provided details of the contract with the US Department of Defense.
Rosgvardiya special forces on the exercise worked out the neutralization of a criminal group and the release of hostages on a container ship in the Arctic
Rosgvardiya special forces stormed a ship captured by criminals during an exercise in the Arctic, the press service of the ministry told reporters on Friday.
Feodosiya shipyard " Sea " will be transferred to USC
According to the newspaper" Kommersant "in the material of Anastasia Vedeneeva and Alexander Dremlyugin, Rostec will part with the" Sea". The Crimean shipyard will be transferred to USC , and the United Shipbuilding Corporation (USC) will include another shipyard - the Feodosiya Sea, which now belongs to Rostec. The timing and mechanism of the transfer are still unknown.
In the Baltic Sea there was an underwater duel on torpedoes
The crews of two submarines off the coast of the Kaliningrad region attacked and counterattacked each other with the mutual use of weapons and sonar equipment.
Russian ships conducted shooting in the Sea of Japan
Russian warships conducted live-fire exercises in the Sea of Japan, the Pacific Fleet said on Saturday.
The logistics support vessel "Vsevolod Bobrov" has completed the first stage of the ZHI in the designated area of the Gulf of Finland
The logistics support vessel Vsevolod Bobrov of Project 23120, built at the Severnaya Verf (part of JSC USC), completed the first stage of factory sea trials in the designated area of the Gulf of Finland and returned to Kronstadt for resupply.
On the Black Sea Fleet, the test began with the development of the offensive and defense
The Black Sea Fleet of the Russian Navy has begun a control check of the forces stationed in the Crimea and in the Krasnodar Territory during the winter training period. This was reported by the press service of the Black Sea Fleet.
The Russian Navy is preparing to test a new diesel submarine for the Pacific Fleet
In April, the crew of the new diesel submarine "Magadan", which is built for the Pacific Fleet (TOF) of Russia, will arrive in St. Petersburg, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Friday.
The nuclear reactor core was unloaded at the AS-31 deep-water nuclear power plant
As reported by the TASS news agency on March 31, 2021, specialists of the Zvezdochka Ship Repair Center (part of the United Shipbuilding Corporation) in Severodvinsk completed an operation to unload the core of a nuclear reactor from the AS-31 underwater habitable vehicle (unofficial name "Losharik"). This was reported to TASS by a source close to the military department.
US Navy aircraft carrier "Dwight Eisenhower" entered the Red Sea, goes to the Persian Gulf
The American nuclear-powered aircraft carrier Dwight Eisenhower ("Dwight Eisenhower"), having passed the Suez Canal, entered the Red Sea, which is part of the area of responsibility of the US Central Command, the Egyptian information site Cairo24 reported.
Biden ordered to withdraw part of the US forces from the Persian Gulf region
US President Joe Biden has instructed the Pentagon to begin withdrawing some of the US forces and weapons from the Persian Gulf zone, and plans are underway to reduce Washington's military presence in the Middle East. This was reported on April 1 by The Wall Street Journal.
The United States justified the need for "physical occupation" of the Kaliningrad region
Russia's strengthening of the land defense of the Kaliningrad region puts NATO in a "deadly dilemma", says columnist Sebastien Roblin in the pages of the American magazine The National Interest, justifying, in particular, the potential need for a" physical occupation " of the Russian region.
Peskov on the question of the transfer of troops to the Ukrainian border: the Russian Federation has the right to move troops on its territory, it does not threaten anyone
Russia has the right to move troops within the territory of the country at its discretion, this does not pose a threat to other states, said the press secretary of the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Peskov.
Named aircraft that can compete with the Su-35
The competition for the Russian Su-35 generation 4++ fighter in the international arms market from foreign combat aircraft today can only be made up of fifth – generation fighters produced by the United States-the F-22 and F-35, the Federal Service for Military-Technical Cooperation (FSMTC) of the Russian Federation told RIA Novosti, commenting on media publications about the superiority of the Russian aircraft over the F-22.
In the Khabarovsk Territory, the pilots flew the Su-34 to the maximum altitude
In the Khabarovsk Territory, the pilots of the bomber aviation unit of the Army of the Air Force and Air Defense of the Eastern Military District made training flights on Su-34 fighter-bombers to the maximum altitude.
The general commented on jokes about escorting Russian planes
Pilots of Russian strategic bombers, who are taken on escort by fighters of the British Air Force, conduct aerial reconnaissance, and this task is not from the field of April Fools ' jokes, former head of Long-range Aviation (1997-2002) Lieutenant General Mikhail Oparin told RIA Novosti.
In Russia, they are going to produce an unmanned aerial vehicle Bayraktar TB2
According to the Turkish magazine "Türk Havacılık Haberleri ve Diğer Canavarlar", published by the Turkish Aviation Industry Association (Türk Havacılık Sanayicileri Derneği), the Russian company "New Unmanned Systems" LLC from Nizhny Novgorod in 2020 signed an agreement with the Turkish company Baykar Defense (part of the Baykar group) on the organization of joint production of the widely known Turkish reconnaissance and strike unmanned aerial vehicles Bayraktar TB2 for their promotion in the Russian market.
The Hungarian Air Force abandoned the Mi-8
The Hungarian Air Force has rejected the Russian Mi-8T helicopter. A few days ago, the last flight of the car of this model took place from the Solnok air base.
Roscosmos cannot fulfill a number of state contracts on time due to sanctions
Enterprises of the space industry are suffering losses due to the restriction of access to critical technologies, which is caused by sanctions, said Maxim Ovchinnikov, First Deputy General Director of Roscosmos for Finance.
Polish company to export ZU-23-2CP anti-aircraft guns
On March 29, the Polish company Zaklady Mechaniczne Tarnow (ZMT) announced the signing of a contract with an unnamed foreign customer for the supply of 100 units of 23-mm ZU-23-2CP anti-aircraft guns.























