Electronics and optics news

The US Navy's Arleigh Burke-class destroyer Preble has received a High-Energy Laser weapon with Integrated Optical Dazzler and Surveillance system (HELIOS) designed to monitor and blind the enemy. This is with reference to the Lockheed Martin Corporation, The Drive edition reports.

The complex was supplied, including JSC "Hammer-Weapon"

The Central Research Institute of Precision Engineering (Tsniitochmash, part of the Rostec Kalashnikov Concern) has begun deliveries of a smart acoustic target "Indicator" for testing new samples of small arms and sniper complexes. This was reported to TASS at the last forum "Army-2022" in the press service of Tsniitochmash.

Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Chernyshenko said that due to the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in 2021, the Russian economy received more than 300 billion rubles of additional funds. This is most noticeable in the financial and information and communication sectors. This was reported by Kommersant.

Rostec State Corporation's Roselectronics Holding has developed a modernized automated communication line monitoring station OPK-32D2M. It detects radio emission sources in the range from 1.5 to 30 MHz in real time at a distance of up to 2500 km.

Ukraine, with the support of the Polish government, received a new batch of 5 thousand Starlink satellite communication terminals. This, as RIA Novosti reports, was announced by the Minister of Digital Transformation Mikhail Fedorov.

The press service of Roscosmos publishes information on preparations for the launch into low-Earth orbit of the first satellite of the promising Sphere project. At the moment, the Fregat upper stage is being prepared, which will launch the first Sphere satellite into its orbit. A planned health check of the onboard equipment and equipment of the Frigate is underway.

The International Military-Technical Forum "Army-2022" has completed its work. The reference material summarizing the results of the forum is published on the website of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation.

The Forum has become a record for the amount of contracts concluded

The Army-2022 Forum has become a record in terms of the amount of contracts concluded — it exceeded 500 billion rubles. The main agreements relate to the supply of strategic weapons, hypersonic missiles, drones and armored vehicles.

The Congress of Parents called for the return of Russian education half a century ago

Who wins wars? The answer to this question has long been known. In wars, the school teacher wins. Following German Chancellor Bismarck, American President John F. Kennedy said this at the time: "The USSR won the space race for the school desk." All this confirms the role of education as a factor of national security and defense capability of the country.

"Russian Space Systems" will develop the latest technologies for drones and aviation

The development of new domestic unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) with a take-off weight of up to 30 kg in partnership with the leaders of the Russian market of space instrumentation, avionics and ground-based aviation equipment is being launched by the Russian Space Systems Holding (RKS, part of the Roscosmos State Corporation).

Leading experts in the field of quantum technologies at the international military-technical forum "Army-2022" discussed their development in Russia. Speaking with welcoming words to the audience at a round table organized by the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, Rector of the Moscow Technical University of Communications and Informatics (MTUCI) Sergey Erokhin stated the importance of this industry for the state and business.

Within the framework of the Army-2022 forum, the ERA technopolis specialized exposition presents joint developments of researchers and operators of scientific companies of the military innograd with leading universities, research organizations and industrial enterprises.

The global control of the situation is provided by specialized radio engineering, laser-optical and optoelectronic ground control systems

The updated space control system has entered combat duty in Russia. Sergey Boev, chief designer of the missile attack warning system, General Director of the Vimpel IAC, told TASS about this during the Army-2022 forum.

Why are new Voronezh missile attack warning stations being built in Russia

Two more Voronezh-type missile attack warning system (SPRN) radar stations will be put into operation in Russia, and two more will be built, the general designer of the SPRN Sergey Boev said at the Army-2022 forum. Military observer of the Newspaper.En" Mikhail Khodarenok explains why the country needs them - and how the stations will close the gaps left after the collapse of the USSR.

Within the framework of the Army-2022 forum, a plenary session "Artificial Intelligence. National consolidation in the name of creation of the Congress "Artificial Intelligence Technologies, scientific and technological development and strategic leadership".

On August 17, the Russian Defense Ministry showed footage of the combat work of specialists of the mobile radio complex of the Western Military District (ZVO) performing tasks of relaying radio signals to the population of liberated settlements of the Kharkiv region during a special operation to protect Donbass.

Vasily Boytsov, Deputy General Director for Innovation and Technical Development of USC, confirmed USC's readiness to participate in the creation of a unified information environment for unique equipment at the Army-2022 forum.

About domestic shipbuilding in the conditions of a special military operation in Ukraine

The task of achieving technological sovereignty has been set for the domestic shipbuilding industry. This requirement is fixed not only in the new Maritime Doctrine, the design bureaus and shipyards of the United Shipbuilding Corporation (USC) are working to achieve this goal.

The Plastics Plant is one of the country's leading manufacturers of modern industrial explosives. In particular, the company extracts explosives from decommissioned ammunition, and as a result of such disposal, they have learned to obtain a unique product – nanodiamond charge. Demand for it is growing all over the world, because nanodiamonds are widely used in various fields: from quantum electronics to medicine.

On August 16, the Head of the Main Department of Innovative Development of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, Major General Alexander Osadchuk, summed up the results of the first day of the work of the Army-2022 MVTF at a briefing for journalists.