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Rostec has equipped the Pantsir-SM ZRPC with a unique navigation system

The Russian upgraded anti-aircraft missile and cannon complex "Pantsir-SM" has received a unique navigation system developed by the Signal Research Institute (part of the High-Precision Complexes holding), and it is currently being tested. This was announced by Bekhan Ozdoev, Industrial director of the Rostec Corporation's weapons complex.

The center will employ about 100 designers and production workers

The Center for Marine Robotics, created by the Central Design Bureau "Rubin", began work in Kronstadt. This was reported to journalists on Friday in the press service of the Central Bank.

Popular Science: Russian Krasukha electronic warfare systems can block GPS signals

The Krasukha-2 and Krasukha-4 electronic warfare systems are capable of blocking signals from the Global Positioning System (GPS) satellite navigation system. A similar assessment of Russian weapons was given by the American magazine Popular Science.

Russian electronic warfare systems can create big problems for high-tech armies. Tanks, artillery installations and drones equipped with various electronic devices can fail due to electronic warfare systems.

Specialists of the IDC analytical company expect that the revenues of suppliers of solutions in the field of artificial intelligence (AI), including software, equipment and services, will grow by 19.6% in 2022 compared to 2020.

Specialists of the analytical company Juniper Research conducted a study, the results of which allowed them to predict that by 2026 the volume of the global cellular Internet of Things (IoT) market will reach $ 61 billion.

According to Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin, Rostechnadzor and its head Alexander Trembitsky should use modern technologies to ensure safety at work and conduct risk analysis.

The US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) plans to put five space observatories into orbit to monitor processes in the atmosphere over the next ten years, the head of the department Bill Nelson said on Tuesday.

A virtual environment for simulating the operation of the Marker robotics complex in various settings and with various equipment was created at the NGO Android Technology and the Robotics Research Institute of the Southern Federal University, Evgeny Dudorov, executive director of Android Technology, told RIA Novosti.

Colonel Suchkov said that Russia will update the missile attack warning system

The Missile Attack Warning System (SPRN) of the Russian Armed Forces will be completely updated by 2030. According to Colonel Sergey Suchkov, head of the Main Center for Missile Attack Warning of the Space Forces of the Russian Aerospace Forces, in an interview with Krasnaya Zvezda, it will be based on a new generation of Voronezh-DM radar stations (radars).

Popular Mechanics magazine compared the Russian and Ukrainian Air Forces against the background of the ongoing hysteria around Ukraine

According to the Flight Global almanac for 2022, the Ukrainian Air Force has only 69 fighters in service. These are 43 multi-purpose MiG-29 fighter-bombers and 26 Su-27 air superiority fighters. All of them were built during the Cold War. That is, they are more than 30 years old. Since then, the state has not purchased new aircraft.

The Russian missile attack warning system will be fully updated by 2030. On the air of Sputnik radio, military expert Alexey Leonkov told about the new Voronezh high-readiness radars.

The Ministry of Economic Development of Russia noted the superiority of a number of foreign missiles over Russian

The telecommunications and geoinformation space systems available in Russia do not fully meet the challenges facing the country's economy, according to the High-Tech White Paper posted on the website of the Ministry of Economic Development of Russia (MAYOR).

According to Bloomberg, the EC intends to spend €2.4 billion from its budget for these purposes

The European Union plans to spend €6 billion ($6.8 billion) to create a constellation of communications satellites in low Earth orbit to ensure secure communications for member countries. This is reported by Bloomberg with reference to the European Commissioner for the Internal Market, Thierry Breton.

The department noted that foreign products and services in this area often outperform domestic

The existing domestic telecommunications and geoinformation space systems do not fully meet the challenges facing the Russian economy in the framework of digital transformation, follows from the "White Paper" of High Technologies in Russia and abroad, posted on the website of the Ministry of Economic Development of the Russian Federation.

The Astra Group of Companies (GC) has signed a partnership agreement with the ASONIKA Research Institute (SRI), which is engaged in modeling radio electronics, the press service of the Astra Group reported.

Shvabe Holding handed over to distributors the first batches of infrared heaters and multifunctional inhalation anesthesia devices.

They will be launched on a Soyuz-2.1b carrier rocket with a Fregat upper stage on the night of March 5

Over 35 British OneWeb communications satellites have been delivered to the Baikonur Cosmodrome, from where they will be launched on a Soyuz-2.1b carrier rocket with a Fregat upper stage on the night of March 5. This is stated in the message of Roscosmos, distributed on Tuesday.

Tank units and electronic warfare (EW) specialists of the Central Military District successfully conducted a joint operation at a training ground in the Orenburg region.

Calculations of 82-mm mortars "Tray" and 120-mm mortars "Sani", acting as part of the reconnaissance and fire complex (ROK), worked out the defeat of the enemy's fire means located in shelters and in the open area at the Crimean Opuk training ground. And the gunners carried out fire raids on clusters of manpower and unarmored enemy vehicles.