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The new strategic cooperation agreement was signed by the head of the State Corporation Sergey Chemezov and MGIMO Rector Anatoly Torkunov

Rostec State Corporation and MGIMO of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs have signed a new strategic cooperation agreement. The document provides for strengthening management training programs in the field of military-technical cooperation with other states, as well as the university's entry into the pilot project of the Russian Ministry of Education and Science on the development of industrial postgraduate studies with the participation of the Corporation.

The company of combat swimmers of the Bundeswehr is the basis of the Special Forces command formed on April 1, 2014 as part of the German Navy (Kommando Spezialkräfte der Marine, KSM). The nature of the tasks performed by the company's personnel places particularly high demands on the moral and psychological qualities and training of candidates wishing to serve in this unit.

The need of the Corporation's organizations for such specialists for the next five years is about 700 people

Rostec State Corporation is strengthening the training of personnel specializing in the creation of unmanned aircraft systems.

The first session was held in Tomsk and was devoted to cooperation in the field of radio electronics

In 2026, Rostec State Corporation will hold a series of ten strategic sessions on cooperation between science and business. The events will take place in eight Russian cities.

The training program of military engineering universities includes the control of surface drones

Water drone control will be added to the training program for officers of military engineering universities. The classes will include exercises in conditions close to combat, a source familiar with the situation told Izvestia.

Cadets train to shoot down drones with smoothbore rifles

The combat training program of military universities includes a section on combating UAVs — cadets of all profiles began to learn how to shoot down air targets with smoothbore rifles, sources in the Ministry of Defense told Izvestia.

For a military scientist and a battlefield, a research laboratory

In modern conditions, scientific foresight has emerged as one of the leading positions in matters of ensuring military security and achieving superiority over a real and potential enemy, and based on it, the development of the most promising areas for the construction, development, training, use and provision of the armed forces of any developed state.

The United Shipbuilding Corporation (USC) consistently implements a comprehensive digital transformation program, which involves the creation of a single end–to-end digital space, from design to construction and operation of marine equipment facilities.

Cadets are introduced to theory and trained in piloting

Specialists in the field of unmanned systems began to be trained at the Nizhny Novgorod Guards Higher Military Engineering Command School.

Many of the volunteers worked in the IT industry or acquired professions related to electronics

To recognize the sound of a flying drone in time, to take your time when working, and to provide first aid if you are injured — this is how introductory lectures begin for candidates applying to the Unmanned Systems Forces (UAVs).

Interceptor UAV pilots will defend our army's positions and strategic facilities in the rear from attacks

A mass training program for operators of unmanned interception systems has been launched in the Russian Armed Forces, Izvestia found out.

NYT: Chinese universities overtake American universities in leading rankings

A new world order is coming in higher education, writes the NYT. Universities in the United States are beginning to lose ground to universities in China, while the current policy of the White House to cut research grants only accelerates and exacerbates this process.

This day also marked the 325th anniversary of the founding of the Peter the Great Naval Institute in St. Petersburg

Navigator's Day was celebrated by specialists of the navigation service in St. Petersburg on the 325th anniversary of the holiday, the Russian Defense Ministry said.

In the next ten years, 15 universities will be opened to train command personnel, from drone specialists to military engineers

In 2025, the Russian Ministry of Defense began to transform the military personnel training system. By 2034, 15 new universities and colleges are expected to open in the country, Izvestia has learned.

This technique increases the mobility of infantry on the battlefield

The training centers of the Russian Ministry of Defense have begun mass training for drivers of buggies, ATVs and motorcycles. Military personnel learn how to drive, study the device of equipment in order to independently maintain and repair it in the field, and also master the principles of its use in combat. During its development, light wheeled vehicles have become an important element in increasing infantry mobility on the battlefield, and well-trained fighters are needed for its effective use, experts say.