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The UN has demanded strict control over artificial intelligence from all states
The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet, called on the authorities of all countries of the world to tighten control over artificial intelligence. She believes that some developments in the field of AI may violate human rights.
The British will develop demonstrators of ground-based and ship-based laser installations
The British Ministry of Defense has signed three contracts for the development of laser and radio frequency weapons demonstrators. One of the promising installations will be tested on board the Type 23 frigate, and the other will be installed on the Wolfhound armored vehicle.
Kalashnikov Integrates a tactical shotgun with an Apple Watch Smartwatch
The company said that they are bringing new models of civilian weapons to the market, including traumatic ones
The Kalashnikov Group of Companies (GC) integrates the latest tactical pump-action shotgun of its own design with the Apple Watch smartwatch. This was announced by Olga Boitsova, Deputy General Director of the Kalashnikov Group of Companies, during the conference "Weapons Perspective of Russia".
Paratroopers-gunners from Ulan-Ude master the new virtual artillery range "Arterra"
The personnel of the artillery units of the separate Guards amphibious assault unit stationed in Ulan-Ude have begun to master the new virtual artillery range "Arterra", which was received by the unit this month.
MSI-Defense Systems and Milrem Robotics are developing a kinetic UAV counteraction system
The British company MSI-Defense Systems Limited (MSI-DSL) and the Estonian Milrem Robotics jointly presented a mobile system for countering unmanned aerial vehicles at the DSEI-2021 exhibition in London.
At the exercises in the Leningrad region, the military used means of suppressing communications
At a special lesson in the Leningrad region, the military used modern electronic warfare systems (EW). They can suppress communication and GPS navigation.
Reliable protection - ATGM "Kornet" plus electronic warfare
For the first time, the commanders of the battalion tactical groups of the military base of the Southern Military District (SE) used mobile anti-tank groups to fight the columns of the conditional enemy in the mountains of South Ossetia.
The National Space Center in Moscow will be protected from data leaks
The National Space Center (NCC), which is being built in the west of Moscow, will be protected from the point of view of information security, said the acting director of the Zarya Scientific and Technical Center (STC) (a structure of Roscosmos) Andrey Rebrina.
In Turkey, Russian drones were evaluated
Russia, having brought the Platform-M robotic complexes to the battlefield for the first time, demonstrated its technological power. Thus, the Turkish newspaper Hürriyet assessed the use of drones during the Zapad-2021 exercises.
Mass media: maneuverability and avionics of the Su-35 will allow him to defeat the French Rafale in battle
The fighter has a unique on-board radar station N035 "Irbis", which experts call the most powerful of the existing ones, notes the magazine Ultimate Defense
TASS, September 16. The maneuverability of the Russian Su-35 multi-purpose fighter, as well as the characteristics of its on-board equipment, exceed the performance of the French Rafale aircraft, which will allow the Su-35 to win in the event of an air battle.
The US President called the goal of creating a new military partnership AUKUS
The Trilateral Defense Partnership of Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States (AUKUS) is designed to guarantee its participants the possession of the most modern means of responding to rapidly developing threats.
Japan's Synspective has signed a contract to launch a second satellite from the Vostochny cosmodrome
In mid-2022, the company intends to launch its StriX-1 radar satellite from the Russian cosmodrome to create a grouping of devices in orbit to monitor natural disaster zones.
NASA postponed the launch of the remote sensing satellite Landsat 9
The launch of the Atlas V launch vehicle with a satellite was postponed to September 27
The launch of the next - already the ninth - Earth remote sensing satellite from the Landsat series has been postponed from September 23 to 27. This was announced on Wednesday on its website by the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).
JSC "GLONASS" will take part in an experiment on the movement of highly automated vehicles on the Central Ring Road
GLONASS JSC will participate in the launch of innovative services for vehicles connected to the road infrastructure on the A-113 Central Ring Road (CCAD), the company's press service reports.
The European Commission announced plans to create a "new ecosystem of chip production"
Europe has announced a reduction in dependence on microelectronics suppliers from the United States and Southeast Asia, Reuters reported on Wednesday-the European Commission intends to create its own ecosystem of chip production.
All 34 OneWeb satellites launched from Baikonur have been put into orbit
As noted in Roscosmos, all devices are accepted for communication by the customer
More than 30 British OneWeb communication satellites have been successfully launched into orbit. This is stated in the message of Roscosmos, distributed on Wednesday.
The British are investing in energy weapons
The UK is joining the race of combat lasers and "microwaves". September 14, portal defensenews.com He reported that the Ministry of Defense of the United Kingdom ordered the companies Thales and Raytheon to develop energy weapons.
The Europeans agreed to create an unmanned "tank"
Milrem Robotics and Kongsberg Defense & Aerospace will create a robotic machine that can meet many requirements. Earlier, it became known about the test of a demonstrator of a tracked drone.
Roscosmos plans to carry out three launches with OneWeb satellites by the end of the year
Roscosmos plans to launch three rockets with OneWeb satellites from different cosmodromes by the end of 2021, the head of the press service of Roscosmos, Vladimir Ustimenko, said.
ARCAS sight will turn an assault rifle into an information combat center
Gone are the days when the electronic filling of an assault rifle or submachine gun was limited to a pair of sights (optical and night vision) that allow a soldier to make an accurate shot.