Electronics and optics news
The centers of the Russian air traffic management system will be re-equipped in 2022
As part of import substitution, the re-equipment of the enlarged center in Rostov-on-Don with a modern Russian-made ATM system is at the final stage
Almaz-Antey Concern of East Kazakhstan Region will re-equip 12 enlarged centers of the Unified Air Traffic Management System (EU ATM) and three special centers in Kaliningrad, Kamchatka and Crimea in 2022. This was reported on Thursday in the press service of the concern.
Six Skif satellites will be launched by 2027 as part of the Sphere program
Two communication systems are planned to be launched as part of the Sphere program
Roscosmos plans to launch six Skif satellites until about 2027. This was announced on Thursday by Sergey Prokhorov, director of the Department of Advanced Programs and the Sphere project of the state corporation.
In the USA, an unmanned helicopter was put on combat duty
The Drive: The MQ-8C Fire Scout unmanned helicopter was deployed aboard the ship for the first time
The US Navy has deployed a reconnaissance unmanned helicopter on board a ship for the first time. Northrop Grumman has announced the first deployment of the MQ-8C Fire Scout drone. This is reported by The Drive.
In the USA, they told about the Russian "Shell" that "grew long claws"
19FortyFive: the Russian Pantsir air defense system could "grow long claws"
The Russian air defense system "Pantsir" could "grow long claws", allowing it to defeat the attacking unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), says the American publication 19FortyFive.
The military found defects in the updated F-35 software
The US military has discovered defects in the software of the F-35 fighter jets of the Block 4 version. According to Bloomberg, they relate to the processes of using weapons, communication, navigation, cybersecurity and target setting. But despite this, Block 4 is installed on airplanes.
Mubadala, BEAC and RDIF have become investors in the IXcellerate data center network
IXcellerate, a leading Russian operator of commercial data centers, has raised about $ 190 million from existing shareholders and new investors, including Mubadala Investment Company (Mubadala, the UAE sovereign wealth fund), SberInvest and the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF, the sovereign Wealth Fund of the Russian Federation), the operator said on Tuesday.
The Shvabe Laser Center and technical universities of the Russian Federation will train personnel for the defense industry
The Center for Quantum Electronics has teamed up with educational institutions to work on the implementation of the state task in terms of training specialists for enterprises of the Russian military-industrial complex (MIC).
The Shvabe Enterprise and the Rostechnology Partner Center announced cooperation in the field of cybersecurity
The Krasnogorsk Zverev Plant (KMZ) and the Partner Center of Rostec State Corporation in Skolkovo have signed a cooperation agreement, Shvabe Holding said on Wednesday.
The operation of the Belarusian spacecraft was extended until 2025
The Earth remote sensing system created on the basis of the BKA works steadily and fully fulfills its tasks, Chairman of the Presidium of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus Vladimir Gusakov assured.
Roscosmos is exploring the possibility of creating tracking stations for space objects in other countries
Roscosmos considers Cuba, Svalbard and Bellingshausen station in Antarctica as locations for tracking stations of the warning system about dangerous situations in orbit, follows from the data of the public procurement portal.
In Poland, they told about the helplessness of Russian "Brawlers" at sea
Defence24: the Russian ships "Buyan-M" to be helpless in the open sea
Small missile ships of project 21631 "Buyan-M", equipped with cruise missiles "Caliber", you do not have a powerful system of antiaircraft defense (air defense), so be defenseless in the open sea to strike a potential enemy, says the portal Defence24 Polish military commentator Maximilian Stupid.
China has launched an Earth remote sensing satellite into orbit
The Changzheng-4C launch vehicle launched the L-SAR 01 remote sensing satellite into a sun-synchronous orbit, the Chinese Television Network (CCTV) reported on Wednesday.
Central Research Institute of EISU declared bankrupt
One of the Moscow courts declared bankrupt JSC "Central Research Institute of Economics, Informatics and Management Systems" (CNII EISU). This company is an IT contractor of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation and is part of the Rostec association.
The supplier of software for the Ministry of Defense went bankrupt
JSC "Central Research Institute of Economics, Informatics and Control Systems" (CNII EISU), which is a supplier of software for the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, was declared bankrupt, Kommersant reports.
The Stork satellite can be launched during the first launch of the Soyuz-5 launch vehicle
The head of Roscosmos Dmitry Rogozin clarified that the next launch of the Soyuz-5 will be in 2024 with an upper stage
The first payload of the Soyuz-5 launch vehicle will be the Stork satellite. This was announced by the General Director of Roscosmos Dmitry Rogozin on Tuesday.
The launch of the radar satellite "Obzor-R" was postponed to 2023
According to the head of Roscosmos Dmitry Rogozin, now there are more than one and a half hundred Russian satellites in orbit together with the spacecraft of the Ministry of Defense, but "radar is needed"
The launch of the radar spacecraft "Obzor-R", previously scheduled for 2022, has been postponed to 2023. This was announced by the General Director of Roscosmos Dmitry Rogozin on Tuesday.
An extreme neutron star was studied from the ISS
Astronomers have made detailed observations of the magnetar SGR 1830-0645 from the ISS
An international group of astronomers made observations of the magnetar SGR 1830-0645 using the NICER instrument (Neutron Star Interior Composition ExploreR) on board the ISS. Preliminary results of the study are published in the arXiv preprint repository.
Two Yarilo nanosatellites will be launched to explore the Sun in 2022
In addition to scientific and applied tasks, the project pursues an educational goal
The Yarilo No. 3 and Yarilo No. 4 nanosatellites of the Bauman Moscow State Technical University will be launched as part of the Universat program in 2022. This is stated in the theses to the report of the university representatives to the XLVI Academic Readings on Cosmonautics in memory of S. P. Korolev (Royal Readings), which are scheduled for January 25-28.
Shvabe Holding signed a cooperation agreement with a large Chinese company at the exhibition in the UAE
Shvabe-Moscow and Tianjin ZhengTian Medical Instrument, a major manufacturer of orthopedic products in China, have signed a cooperation agreement at the Arab Health 2022 International Exhibition on Medicine and Pharmaceuticals in the UAE, the press service of Shvabe Holding reports.
The Western Military District deployed an electronic warfare battalion in the Belgorod region
The Western Military District (ZVO) has deployed a new electronic warfare battalion in the Belgorod region (bordering Ukraine in the south), which "will shorten the time to obtain the necessary information," the ZVO told reporters on Tuesday.
