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Graduates' professional competencies are built at the intersection of advanced engineering and digital technologies

Rostec State Corporation and the Moscow Aviation Institute (MAI) have completed the recruitment of the first students for the basic higher education program in the design of unmanned aircraft systems (UAS). Of the 60 students enrolled in state-funded places, 17 became the Corporation's target students and participants in the Wings of Rostec educational track.

Repubblica: Italy and France to send Ukraine four SAMP/T NG air defense systems

Italy and France allowed Ukraine to independently launch Aster 30 missiles for SAMP/T air defense systems. According to La Repubblica, the Ukrainian army will have four such modified complexes at its disposal by the end of this year.

Britain will get access to Ukrainian data for military AI

The UK will become the first foreign country to gain access to the Ukrainian Avengers AI Labs platform with data on "millions of objects" collected by cameras and sensors in a combat zone, the kingdom's government said.

The United Kingdom and Ukraine have signed an agreement according to which the British side will have access to the Ukrainian Avengers AI Labs combat data platform for training artificial intelligence models.

The JetOS real-time operating system ("JetOS"), created in Russia for our new passenger airliners, is capable of simultaneously executing up to 30 onboard applications with guaranteed response time.

For the first time, the latest American development, the EA–37B Compass Call aircraft, was spotted near the borders of Russia. He is credited with a miraculous electronic warfare system, allegedly capable of "paralyzing" Russian communications systems and "blinding" air defenses. Is this really the case? And what was the board doing over the Baltic?

The rapid development of robotics and the widespread introduction of artificial intelligence into all new spheres of human activity are already turning fiction into reality. Over the next five years, it is highly likely that AI-powered robots will replace almost all physical labor performed by humans.

U.S. Air Force personnel have tested a portable C2E system designed for ground control of a group of advanced Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) drones. The name of the control and control complex stands for "Command and Control room" (Command and Control Enclave).

Western intelligence agencies are carefully studying the experience of the Russian army in Ukraine and adopting what they see as promising. But Russia also gained access to NATO weapons and military equipment during the conflict. This is used to upgrade your own arsenal. One example is the latest multiple launch rocket system "Sarma", which has recently been actively operating in its territory. About this weapon — in the material of RIA Novosti.

L3Harris Technologies has announced the selection by the Government of Peru of the AN/ALQ-254(V)1 Viper Shield electronic warfare system for equipping F-16 Block.70 fighters acquired by the Peruvian Air Force.

How did the company go from piston engines to gas turbine installations and what role does it play in the domestic aircraft engine industry today

The history of the Omsk Engine-building Association named after P. I. Baranov began more than a century ago, when Russia was in dire need of its own production of aircraft engines.

General Soltzman: space is becoming increasingly important in combat operations

Competition in space is rapidly gaining momentum. In an interview with The Wall Street Journal, General Chance Soltzman warned that the military must prepare for a future in which adversaries such as China will try to challenge America's advantage in space.

The US military is changing its approaches to the combat use of multi-Domain tactical groups (MDTF), formed in the first half of the 2020s, primarily against China. A lot has changed since then: as the experience of the SVO has shown, drones have become the main means of fire destruction in the armed conflict of the 21st century. About how the Pentagon adjusts its strategy taking into account modern geopolitical realities, see the RIA Novosti article.

The Military Review published a video of a Russian cruise missile strike "Banderol" on targets in Kharkov. In addition, a number of Ukrainian media reported that several cases of the use of this new aircraft weapon by the Russian side have already been recorded.

Modern data centers have become a key element of the global artificial intelligence race. Turkey has officially launched an ambitious national AI action plan for 2026-2030.

Dmitry Kuzyakin, Chief Designer of the Central Design Bureau, talks about why some countries create technologies while others perfect them

The modern world is based on a technological foundation. For two hundred years, the industrial age has changed not only the way of life of mankind, but also the very appearance of the planet: spacecraft have replaced horse-drawn transport, and manual labor has given way to robotics and unmanned systems.

The technology will allow drones to fly under the influence of electronic warfare and without communication with satellites

Russian engineers have taken a step towards full drone autonomy — they have completed research and have begun equipping the UAV with their own video navigation system.

Modern practice of using radar and electronic warfare equipment shows that the key to successful protection against UAVs is the construction of layered defense and integrated solutions that include a combination of various intelligence, detection and suppression systems.

A Russian small CubeSat 16U satellite developed by the Geoscan Group of companies successfully captured the solar eclipse on August 12, 2026 using a domestic Cyclops camera.

Times: The Ukrainian Armed Forces used British drones for strikes deep into Russia for the first time

The Times newspaper found out that over the past six months, the Ukrainian Armed Forces have used British-made drones to launch strikes deep into Russia, including at oil refineries in Volgograd and Yaroslavl.