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An exhibition of aerospace products Airshow China 2022 was held in China, where a number of new products were presented. Much attention of local observers was attracted by the Eagle Pupil night vision system, which began to be equipped with combat helicopters of the PRC.

Russia has started deploying a satellite constellation under the Sphere program. The Skif-D spacecraft was launched from the Vostochny cosmodrome on September 22 to protect the orbital frequency resource of the Russian Federation. The satellite was created in JSC "Information Satellite Systems im. Academician M.F. Reshetnev" (part of Roscosmos). The systems and payload of the Skif-D spacecraft have already been tested.

The Kremlin and the White House went to disarmament for a long time, and then abandoned it

The Treaty between the USSR and the United States on the Elimination of Intermediate-Range and Shorter-range Missiles (INF) officially terminated on August 2, 2019. The parties that concluded it in December 1987, apparently, reacted to this event without much regret. And there were plenty of reasons for this.

It is a radar station with an active phased array antenna

The Chinese Electronic Technology Group for the first time presented its 10-meter SLC-18 space radar at the International Airshow China in Zhuhai in the south of the country. As the Global Times newspaper reported on Friday, this development attracted a lot of attention from visitors.

The US military has tested a new system of covert application of massive missile strikes near the coast of Russia

In early November of this year, over the Norwegian Sea, US special operations forces defiantly tested the latest American Rapid Dragon missile system ("Fast Dragon").

Recently, the global semiconductor industry has been facing serious problems. This is written by the British edition of Verdict. According to the author of the publication, there is already a shortage of microcircuits and advanced microprocessors in the world.

The Turkish defense company Aselsan presented a radar with an active phased array antenna (AFAR), developed in-house within the framework of the OZGUR project. It is planned to equip F-16 fighters of the Turkish Air Force and Akinci attack drones with this onboard radar.

The Convergence project, led by the army and supported by all military services, is aimed at demonstrating the joint organization of command and control on the battlefield. This is a connection of departments of the US Department of Defense, networked and connected to a common database. Profile exercises with the test use of system elements began in October in the western United States and in the Pacific region and continue to this day.

The German military department decided to speed up the process of acquiring special means to suppress drones - HP47, writes Der Spiegel.

The China Air Show aviation exhibition opened in Zhuhai City in Guangdong Province (China) on November 8. It presents the products of Chinese aircraft manufacturers – both civil and military purposes. The event will last six days.

According to the General director of JSC "Information Satellite Systems named after Academician M.F. Reshetnev" Evgeny Nesterov, it is planned to launch two prototypes of the spacecraft

The start of the deployment of the regular Russian grouping of the Skif satellite system, designed for broadband Internet access, is scheduled for 2025. This was announced in an interview with TASS by the General director of JSC "Information Satellite Systems named after Academician M. F. Reshetnev" (ISS) Evgeny Nesterov.

Saildrone, an American manufacturer of small and medium-sized unmanned surface ships, expects an increase in the number of seabed exploration tasks that its platforms will perform in 2023 in the Atlantic, Pacific Ocean, and the Middle East. This was stated in one of his interviews by the company's CEO Richard Jenkins.

Ukrainian officials confirm the problems that have arisen with the use of the Starlink satellite communication system from Elon Musk's company.

Specialists of Russian Space Systems have completed the development of a promising series of chips for the space field — these are quadrature modulators that format signals prepared by satellites into various types of modulation.

Among the military equipment being restored by the repair units of the Russian army in the Zaporozhye direction, a T-72 tank was noticed, which differs from the usual domestic versions. This is reported by "RG; Russian weapons"

The secrecy of Russian communication systems will increase based on the experience of their use in Ukraine

The secrecy of Russian communication systems will be increased by the experience of their use in Ukraine, where the Ukrainian troops are assisted by NATO intelligence, which revealed all its capabilities, an informed source told RIA Novosti.

Modern technologies are gradually blurring the line between manned and unmanned aerial vehicles. So, during a series of test flights at the US Army training ground Yuma, Arizona, a demonstration mission of the Black Hawk helicopter was carried out completely offline as part of the Project Convergence 2022 (PC22) program.

The head of Roscosmos stated that in 2022 a mechanism for implementing the agreement on the creation of a common orbital grouping of Earth remote sensing spacecraft was created

The implementation of the agreement on the creation of a common orbital grouping of remote sensing spacecraft of the BRICS countries will ensure their sustainable socio-economic development. This was stated by the head of Roscosmos, Yuri Borisov, at a meeting of the heads of the space departments of the countries of the association, as quoted by the press service of the state corporation.

The British Army and Navy have tested a new solution that allows military helicopters to exchange important information in combat conditions.

The press service of Perm National Research Polytechnic University reported that the new method allows to reduce the power consumption of the equipment, and to provide a high level of fault tolerance.