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Since October last year, the Israel Defense Forces have been waging war with the Palestinian Hamas movement in the Gaza Strip, while exchanging relatively rare strikes with the Lebanese-based Shiite paramilitary Hezbollah. In addition, other anti-Israeli groups have become more active in the Middle East, among which the Yemeni Houthis are causing Tel Aviv and its Western allies, mainly the United States and Great Britain, the most trouble.

NYT announced Russia's use of American microchips in missiles

Russia uses American microchips and sensors in its missiles, The New York Times (NYT) newspaper said, citing its own research. According to the newspaper, since the beginning of the special operation in Ukraine, Russia has been able to receive chips worth almost $ 4 billion from more than 6,000 companies.

A special tablet application will provide fighters and commanders with a comprehensive view of the situation in the combat area

Russian army servicemen will receive a special tablet application with interactive maps and other functionality that significantly expands the capabilities of combat units.

The Rybinsk enterprise "ODK-Saturn" of the United Engine Corporation continues accepting applications for the educational and professional track "Wings of Rostec", as well as a new program for targeted training of IT specialists "Rostec Code" until July 25.

The ancestor of the class of gliding bombs can be considered the German Henschel Hs 293 munition . Developed in mid-1943, it managed to participate in World War II, sinking several ships of the anti-Hitler coalition.

Kartapolov explained the amendments on arrest for using gadgets on HIS own

The use by the military of devices with the function of photo and video recording, audio recording, and geo-location transmission in the area of its own will be considered a gross disciplinary offense, for which disciplinary arrest is threatened. The head of the State Duma's defense committee, Andrei Kartapolov, said that the bill would not affect gadgets used for work.

In Russia, a light military vehicle "Vityaz" with an electronic warfare system "Breakwater" is being created

For Russian intelligence groups and special operations forces operating at the forefront in the area of the SVO, a light military vehicle "Vityaz" is being created, equipped with an electronic warfare system "Breakwater", Konstantin Bagdasarov, CEO of the company developing this machine, Argo LLC, told RIA Novosti.

Today, reports of serious problems in the operation of at least one of the software products of the American multinational IT company Microsoft Corporation are coming from several countries of the world, and mainly Western ones. According to some reports, problems have arisen among users of the most popular operating system OS Windows 10, although there is information that it has affected other versions of the OS from Microsoft. The problem lies in the fact that when you turn on the computer, the operating system does not load, and the so-called "blue square of death" appears on the screen, when you reboot the power supply, the problem does not resolve.

The global Windows crash proved the correctness of Russia's course on digital sovereignty

In the West, the work of many banks, airports and even hospitals suddenly stopped. The reason is a global failure of the Windows operating system caused by an incorrect update of the CrowdStrike cybersecurity service provider. At the same time, technical problems had almost no effect on Russia. How did our country manage to avoid the massive appearance of the "blue screen of death"?

— Alexey, in 2021, the Era Investment Fund was established in the PSB group, the main task of which was to support and scale promising developments in the field of military technologies. How has the work of the foundation changed since the beginning of its work?

One of the main threats to our military in the area of a special military operation is undoubtedly represented by various and numerous enemy drones. Responding to urgent requests from the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, Russian defense specialists are constantly working to create means of protection against UAVs.

The NATO countries located on the Baltic Sea coast openly declare that they are preparing for a mine war, and in coordination with each other. What is the significance of naval mines in past and modern military conflicts and what does what is happening mean for Russian ports and Russian interests in the Baltic Sea as a whole?

Bloomberg unwittingly spoiled the joy of ASML shareholders from a fairly successful quarterly report by publishing material about the brewing contradictions between the United States, Japan and the Netherlands in the field of export control over the supply of equipment for the production of chips to China. If the allies do not listen to the US authorities, they are threatened

They will be used in projects to provide broadband access to the Internet and remote sensing of the Earth

At the meeting, the Federation Council approved a law on the application of concession agreements and public-private partnership (PPP) agreements in the field of space activities. The document was initiated by Senators Andrey Kutepov and Murat Khapsirokov.

At the Fluffy airfield in the Sakhalin Region, as part of the Archipelago 2024 design and educational intensive, more than 30 types of modern Russian equipment for protecting objects from illegal use of UAVs, as well as the latest domestic drones for various purposes, were demonstrated, the press service of the NTI reports.

The Superjet control program caused the crash of the aircraft due to incorrectly installed angle of attack sensors, sources of Izvestia believe

The preliminary version of the Gazprom Avia Superjet crash near Kolomna is the incorrect installation of two of the four angle of attack sensors during maintenance with a deviation of about five degrees.

"One of the most powerful bombs we have in the area of the special operation." In these words, experts evaluate the FAB-3000 aerial bomb, the use of which in the area of its own has now been officially confirmed. Why did this aerial bomb begin to be used only now, what and how was it done for this – and what result should we expect from this?

Intensive takes place from July 8 to July 21 in the Sakhalin region

The Russian Aerosim flight simulator, developed by a resident of the Aerotek Aerospace Valley, was chosen as a domestic platform for conducting competitions in unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) at the Archipelago intensive. This is reported by the developer company Aerotek.

The destruction of the underwater system coincided with the unexplained movements of a fishing vessel, the author of an article for Bloomberg writes. Traditionally, suspicion immediately fell on Russia. However, after a thorough check, the investigation came to disappointing conclusions.

Rostec State Corporation, together with leading Russian technical universities, is engaged in the development and support of microelectronics design centers in order to ensure the technological independence of the Russian Federation. Elena Druzhinina, Managing Director for Science and Business Cooperation at Rostec State Corporation, spoke about the work of the Educational Design Center for Opto- and Microelectronics, organized on the basis of the Bauman Moscow State Technical University.