News of new developments in the military-industrial complex
The US Army shot down an artillery mine with a laser
During tests held at the US Army's White Sands training ground in New Mexico, a laser system designed to protect ground troops from drones and aircraft successfully shot down several artillery mines in flight. This is reported by Popular Mechanics magazine, referring to a press release from Raytheon.
The orbit of airless confrontation
Where is the militarization of space going
An analysis of the available indirect and direct signs of preparations for an arms race in outer space suggests that there is less and less time and opportunities for proactive diplomatic steps on the PARAC. Let's analyze this situation using the example of US military space preparations both at the political and doctrinal level and in the military-technical sphere.
The division of unmanned surface ships of the US Navy will test its experimental marine drones during the RIMPAC 2022 exercises
This summer, the division of unmanned surface ships of the US Navy (USVDIV One) will send four experimental drones to Hawaii for testing during the RIMPAC 2022 exercises. Testing of promising vehicles is aimed at exploring the possibilities of using drones to increase the lethality of the surface fleet.
Vietnam has created a combat module based on Russian weapons
The Vietnamese military, carrying out extensive modernization of the country's armed forces, are making attempts, sometimes very successful, to create their own combat systems. At the same time, they largely rely on proven products, which, in particular, is caused by a rather thrifty attitude to the available material.
The timing of the launch of the sea trials of the ice-resistant self-propelled platform "North Pole" has been named
The ice-resistant self-propelled platform "North Pole", the construction of which is being completed at the Admiralty Shipyards shipbuilding enterprise in St. Petersburg, begins factory sea trials. This was announced by the director of the "Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute" Alexander Makarov.
The head of Rostec Chemezov announced the start of serial production of gas turbine engines for frigates of project 22350
Serial production of DGTA-55R gas turbine engines for Russian frigates has been started in Russia, production has been mastered at enterprises that are part of Rostec State Corporation. This was announced by the head of Rostec, Sergey Chemezov.
Borisov spoke about Russia's laser weapons, which can burn drones in five seconds
Russia used the latest laser system "Badass" in Ukraine
Russia used its latest development in the field of laser weapons in Ukraine, said Deputy Prime Minister Yuri Borisov. According to him, this laser "burns through" objects and can "absolutely freely" shoot down drones at a distance of five kilometers. The previous domestic laser complex "Peresvet", according to experts, could also shoot down drones, but only in ideal weather.
AI with drones and 3D printers without human participation will build a superdamba in China
A unique 180-meter dam may appear in China by 2024. It will be built using 3D printing and artificial intelligence, which will take over the management of the entire construction process of the structure. People will not take part in the construction.
"Almost all of Venus will be available to us"
Russian scientists decided to land on Venus in a new way
Scientists of the Space Research Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences proposed using a new landing scheme for the Venus-D project. This is an original idea that will be used in Russian cosmonautics for the first time. One of the project managers and co-author of the article, head of the laboratory of spectroscopy of planetary atmospheres Lyudmila Zasova told the newspaper.Ru", why an extra revolution around the Sun is needed to land on the planet, what devices will be used and what will the Americans' exit from the mission lead to.
The Pentagon conducted successful tests of the "super-duper rocket"
The US Air Force announced the successful test of the AGM-183A hypersonic missile
In the USA, the AGM-183A hypersonic missile was successfully tested as part of the ARRW program. While the Pentagon is testing the development partially, checking the operation of the launch vehicle, without directing the warhead to any targets. Prior to that, the program was plagued by failures, such tests were not recognized as successful for more than a year.
Experts: Russian air defense and missile defense systems will be able to resist the hypersonic weapons of the United States
In their opinion, the United States is only at the beginning of the way to create such weapons, significantly lagging behind Russia
The United States is only at the beginning of the way to create hypersonic weapons, significantly lagging behind Russia.
The Ultra Bike off-road motorcycle hides huge fuel tanks in its wheels
The company Robo.Systems has introduced a modular electric bike-SUV Ultra Bike, which stands out among its fellows with wheels "shod" in huge tires. They not only make it possible to overcome almost any off-road terrain, including snowdrifts and mud, but at the same time they are capacious fuel tanks.
The neural network from DeepMind has learned to solve 604 tasks of different types
Researchers from DeepMind have developed a multimodal neural network capable of performing various types of tasks. For example, she can control a robot, play games for Atari, write text and describe photos. The article about the algorithm is published on arXiv.org , the authors also talked about it on the DeepMind website.
The Turks have decided on the timing of the start of serial production of the main battle tank Altay
Turkey has finally decided on the timing of the start of serial production of the main battle tank of its own design Altay, which in the future should replace the American M60 and German Leopard tanks in service in the Turkish army.
The Australian Navy will switch to a new uniform by the end of the year
Already produced in Darwin, Cairns and Western Australia, the new uniform for the Royal Australian Navy began to be used in Sydney.
Rostec has increased the resource of gas turbine engines for long-range aircraft
Samara enterprise of the United Engine Corporation Rostec "UEC-Kuznetsov" improves product quality by introducing robotic equipment for applying special hardening coatings to parts.
Russians have made artificial intelligence closer to natural
Russian scientists from the AI Institute of Artificial Intelligence and MIPT have created a biologically plausible memory model for artificial intelligence systems with intrinsic motivation. The scientific article was published in the authoritative journal Brain Informatics (Q1).
Battalions don't need fire, Ukrainian island of bad luck and hypersonic coup
The Tu-22M3 bomber launched a hypersonic missile
The captured chief of staff of the 36th Brigade of the Ukrainian Marine Corps, Colonel Dmitry Kormyankov, said that if the marines had left the Mariupol Azovmash plant earlier, more lives would have been saved. The colonel made this statement after he surrendered to the forces of the People's militia of the DPR and LPR. It is significant that at the same time, the release of civilians held by the national battalion "Azov" (banned in the Russian Federation) from the territory of the enterprise began.
Russian reconnaissance UAV "Orlan-10" received shock functionality
The functionality of the Russian drone "Orlan-10" has reached a new qualitative level. Now the domestic drone can not only conduct surveillance and reconnaissance, but also inflict fire damage to automotive equipment, mortar crews, as well as enemy manpower.
Two of SpaceX's newest engines exploded on a test stand in a row
Elon Musk's space company is sometimes jokingly called pyrotechnic — so often its products explode during tests. A couple of recent incidents at the test site in the city of McGregor only confirm this glory. The fans of cosmonautics did not have time to set up an online broadcast from this location, as they captured two explosions in a row with an interval of only tens of hours.
