Electronics and optics news

Russian astronomers opposed the inclusion of the eROSITA telescope without the consent of Germany

Russian astronomers categorically opposed the inclusion of the German eROSITA telescope, contrary to the will of European partners who turned it off at the end of February. This telescope is part of the Spektr-RG Space Observatory, which also includes the ART-XC telescope developed at the ICI RAS. "Newspaper.Ru" discussed with experts what consequences a unilateral decision by Roscosmos could lead to.

Roscosmos specialists will be able to control the German eROSITA telescope without causing damage to it, the risk of which is warned in the Russian Academy of Sciences, said the head of the state corporation Dmitry Rogozin.

The Ministry of Education and Science of Russia announced a new Russian supercomputer, called "Telegraph", developed at the Bauman Moscow State Technical University (MSTU).

Russia is ready to work out international legal agreements to prevent cyber warfare, said the special representative of the President of the Russian Federation for international cooperation in the field of information security Andrey Krutskikh.

Taiwan's attempts to create problems for Moscow are doomed to failure. By acting in this way, Taipei only increases tensions in the world.

American regulators have begun investigating cases of false brakes on Tesla cars. This is reported by The Guardian.

The VII annual conference "Digital Industry of Industrial Russia" this year started on May 30 and will last until June 5 in Nizhny Novgorod. The key theme of 2022 is "Digital Reality. Playing by the new rules." The focus is on projects that help our industrial enterprises solve import substitution issues and achieve technological independence. Read about three such developments presented at the CIPR-2022 by Rostec State Corporation in our material.

What are the radar stations of the Russian Federation and Europe capable of

In a special military operation in Ukraine, the Russian group uses an advanced system of military air defense. In addition to anti-aircraft missiles and interceptor fighters, the third component of air defense is radar stations (radars). What potential does our country have for these all-seeing eyes?

It seems that some of the fears of Western tech giants are becoming a harsh reality. Russia has restricted the supply of neon abroad, which can lead to collapse in a variety of industries in which microchips are used.

The loss of the flagship of the Black Sea Fleet raises questions

After the sinking by the Ukrainians of their flagship of the Navy "Hetman Sagaidachny" in the port of Nikolaev, hardly anyone expected that the Russian Guards missile cruiser "Moscow" would also be in danger. How this happened is still a mystery and causes a lot of misconceptions. Of course, the commission appointed by the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation to investigate the causes of the death of the Black Sea Fleet's largest warship by displacement will sort everything out. But the continuing aura of mystery around this emergency gives rise to unnecessary unhealthy questions, guesses and assumptions.

The Russian Defense Ministry, during a special military operation in Ukraine, uses Su-25SM3 attack aircraft with protection from portable anti-aircraft missile systems of foreign production.

A British Boeing RC-135 Rivet Joint reconnaissance aircraft took to the sky to monitor Russian troops and flew over the Baltic Sea in the process of tracking. This was reported in the UK Defense Journal.

In the Chinese peer-reviewed scientific journal Modern Defense Technology, researcher Ren Yuanzhen from the Beijing Institute of Tracking and Telecommunications published an article on the "Starlink problem".

The TOP500 project has published a new version of the rating of the most productive supercomputers in the world. The first place in it was taken by the American Frontier, built on the platform from HPE Cray and AMD 7A53 Epyc processors. He became the first supercomputer to overcome the exaflops milestone — his performance reaches 1,102 exaflops.

It is reported about the use of electronic warfare systems of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation in relation to a foreign drone. We are talking about a strategic UAV of one of the NATO countries, which carried out reconnaissance over the Black Sea.

Roscosmos told how the Sphere satellite group will work under sanctions

The total amount of financing of the Russian multi-satellite grouping "Sphere" will amount to about 180 billion rubles, Roscosmos reported recently.

The Center for Additive Technologies of Rostec State Corporation and the Moscow Center for Laser Technologies (MCLT), a scientific and engineering center at Bauman Moscow State Technical University, have signed a cooperation agreement. The document aimed at creating equipment for industrial 3D printing was signed by Vladislav Kochkurov, Director General of TSAT, and Alexander Grigoryants, Director General of MCLT.

Why won't aviation replace guns and is the American howitzer "three axes" so good

The fighting in the Donbass is artillery. It was self-propelled artillery, howitzers and mortars, as well as multiple rocket launchers that became the basis of the firepower of both the allied forces and the Ukrainian armed formations.

The Russian private company MCST, which at one time developed microprocessors called "Elbrus", wants to move their production from Taiwan to the Russian city of Zelenograd. Representatives of the MCST are already negotiating on this issue.

The head of Roscosmos, Dmitry Rogozin, said that now there are more than 160 Russian satellites in orbit (including military ones). According to him, "this is not enough, there should be thousands." But will the Russian economy be able to pull the development, creation and launch of thousands of spacecraft? And will our allies in other countries help us to implement this idea?