Electronics and optics news

According to the plan for the supply of the main samples of weapons and military equipment, two new mobile radars "Casta" with improved characteristics have entered service with the units of the radio technical troops of the Central Military District stationed in Siberia.

Kazan enterprise patented optics with increased reflection

Specialists of the Kazan NGO "State Institute of Applied Optics" (NPO HYPO), which is part of the Shvabe holding of Rostec State Corporation, have patented a new solution to increase the reflection coefficient of an optical mirror in all operating spectral ranges. The technology can be applied in laser technology, according to a message on the state corporation's website.

The state corporation compared partners with ostriches

The sanctions imposed by the European side are causing real losses to Roscosmos. The state corporation will evaluate them and put them up for payment to partners in Europe, the press service of Roscosmos told TASS.

Rogozin said that ESA will launch satellites on its rockets when they have them

Roscosmos CEO Dmitry Rogozin, in his Telegram channel, appreciated the idea of the European Space Agency (ESA) to launch satellites planned for launches on Russian Soyuz rockets on its own rockets.

The semiconductor industry is still feeling the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, and now another one has been added to the uncertainty factors, the first reports of which appeared in the middle of the month.

The collapse of Russian-Ukrainian space cooperation after the coup in Kiev in 2014, as well as recent US sanctions after Russia launched a military special operation in Ukraine, all this is a powerful blow to the domestic space industry. However, Russia will continue to implement its space programs, and the production of the necessary components for spacecraft will be deployed in our country. This was stated by the head of Roscosmos Dmitry Rogozin.

The representative of the German Foreign Ministry, Andrea Sasse, said that the first German armored vehicles as part of the defense assistance package were successfully transferred to Ukraine, RIA Novosti reports.

The portfolio of intellectual property objects of the holding's enterprises reached almost 2.6 thousand units by the end of 2021.

Training events are held in Kemerovo, Novosibirsk, Sverdlovsk and Chelyabinsk regions, Altai Krai

About 2.5 thousand military signalmen of the Central Military District (CVO) have started exercises on the management of troops at five training grounds in Siberia and the Urals. This is stated in a message distributed on Monday by the press service of the district.

Until recently, the Ukrainian army had about two hundred T-64BV tanks of the 2017 model in service. During the modernization, night sights were replaced with them - thermal imaging sights were installed instead of the old infrared ones.

North Korea said on Monday it had conducted an "important test" to develop a "reconnaissance satellite," KCNA reported.

The leadership of Taiwan last Friday joined the international sanctions against Russia in connection with the situation around Ukraine.

Saab has introduced a new 5G Deployet communication system

Saab has introduced a new 5G Deployet secure communications system for the military. The development was presented at the Unmanned Systems Exhibition & Conference 2022 (UMEX) in Abu Dhabi. This is reported by Army Recognition.

The German Space Agency has notified Roscosmos of its intention to turn off its telescope at the Russian-German orbital observatory Spektr-RG, the head of Roscosmos Dmitry Rogozin said.

Roskomos will be able to buy components for satellites from China, the supply of which will be limited by sanctions, said the head of the state corporation Dmitry Rogozin

Elon Musk announced the opening of access to the Starlink satellite communication system in Ukraine

Elon Musk announced that he had opened access to the global Starlink satellite communication system on the territory of Ukraine, writes TASS.

The Netherlands will buy a smart SMASH AD system to combat drones

The armed forces of the Netherlands will receive new means to combat drones. The Dutch military will be supplied with Israeli Smart Shooter SMASH AD systems. This is reported by Defense News with reference to the statement of the Smart Shooter company.

According to the head of Roscosmos, the state corporation's website has been subjected to a massive DDoS attack from various IP addresses for several days

The control channels of the Russian space industry and satellites are reliably protected. This was stated by the Director General of Roscosmos Dmitry Rogozin on Sunday.

China has put 22 satellites for remote sensing of the Earth into low Earth orbit using the Changzheng-8 launch vehicle, the Chinese Global Television Network (CGTN) reported on Sunday.

Rogozin said that sanctions on the supply of electronics are burdensome for Roscosmos

Roscosmos CEO Dmitry Rogozin, in an interview with the Russian Cosmos magazine, spoke about the impact of Western sanctions on the state corporation.