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The universal complex simulator "Cone" was adopted by the anti-aircraft gunners of the Igla MANPADS of the VVO compound
The universal integrated simulator "Cone" of anti-aircraft gunners of the Igla MANPADS entered service with the motorized rifle unit of the combined arms army of the Air Defense Forces stationed in the Trans-Baikal Territory.
The scouts of the Southern Military District in the Stavropol Territory received new small-sized radar "Sobolyatnik" for service
The intelligence units of the 49th Combined Arms Army of the Southern Military District (SE) received another batch of new small-sized radar stations "Sobolyatnik".
The future has come: the IBCS system has gone into production
Americans are switching to a new generation air defense system. December 27, portal defensenews.com He reported that the US Department of Defense has signed a contract with Northrop Grumman for small-scale and full-scale production of IBCS systems.
British OneWeb communications satellites launched from Baikonur have been put into orbit - Roscosmos
A batch of 36 communications satellites of the British company OneWeb successfully separated from the Fregat upper stage after the launch of the Soyuz-2.1b rocket from the Baikonur cosmodrome, Roscosmos reported.
The first two groups of OneWeb satellites launched from Baikonur separated from the upper stage
A total of 36 satellites were launched on the Soyuz-2.1b launch vehicle
TASS, December 27. The first two groups (eight vehicles) of British OneWeb communications satellites, launched earlier on Monday from the Baikonur cosmodrome on a Soyuz-2.1b carrier rocket, separated from the Fregat upper stage. This is stated in the message of Roscosmos on Twitter.
The Americans will begin to produce a unified air defense and missile defense control system
The US Army has signed a contract with Northrop Grumman for the production of a unified control system for air and missile defense systems IBCS. According to Breaking Defense, under this agreement, the company will develop 160 systems for the US military and their foreign partners by the end of 2026.
Preliminary tests of the power supply kit for the BMP-3 have begun
The tests should end in 2022, the NPO Elektromashina reported
The power supply kit for the BMP-3, necessary for the modernization of armored vehicles, has reached the stage of preliminary tests, they should end in 2022. This was reported to TASS on Monday in the press service of JSC NPO Elektromashina, which developed the kit.
"James Webb" was sent to search for new worlds
A new era has begun in space exploration. On December 26, the NASA press service announced the successful initial deployment of the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST).
Large-scale exercises of electronic warfare units were held in Crimea
Bilateral exercises of the communications and electronic warfare units of the Black Sea Fleet took place on the Crimean Peninsula, involving more than 500 military personnel and 50 units of weapons and military equipment.
The authorities offered PC manufacturers to install Russian systems
Kommersant: The Ministry of Finance offers PC manufacturers to install Russian operating systems
The Ministry of Finance offers HP, Acer and Lenovo companies to install Russian operating systems (OS) on laptops and computers that are sold without an operating system. This is reported by Kommersant.
Scientists have developed a revolutionary new transistor
A dynamically programmable transistor has been created, which alone can implement such multicomponent logic as NOR, NAND, etc. The developed transistor easily fits on the existing production infrastructure and does not use exotic materials. A special benefit from its use is expected in the field of artificial intelligence.
The first launch of OneWeb satellites in 2022 is scheduled for February
According to Dmitry Loskutov, CEO of Glavkosmos, a total of seven launches are planned for next year
The first launch of British OneWeb communications satellites in 2022 is scheduled to take place in February from the Guiana Space Center (Kourou Cosmodrome). This was reported to TASS by the General Director of Glavkosmos JSC (part of Roscosmos) Dmitry Loskutov.
The most expensive telescope launched into space has corrected its course
The James Webb telescope successfully corrected the course to the second Lagrange point
The most expensive James Webb telescope ("James Webb"), launched into space the day before, successfully made the first course correction. This was reported by NASA.
Roscosmos congratulated on the launch of the James Webb space telescope
Dmitry Strugovets, head of the Roscosmos press service, noted that 2021 was a breakthrough year for many projects that could not be launched in recent years
Dmitry Strugovets, head of the Roscosmos press service, congratulated the specialists of the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), the European Space Agency (ESA) and the Canadian Space Agency (CSA), who jointly developed the James Webb telescope, on the successful launch of the device. The corresponding message was published by Strugovets on Saturday on his Facebook page.
China launches Earth remote sensing satellite
The Xinhua News Agency noted that this is the 403rd launch using a carrier rocket of the Great Trek series
China launched a new Earth remote sensing satellite, Ziyuan-1 02E, into orbit on Sunday. The launch, Xinhua news agency reports, was carried out at 11:11 Beijing time (06:11 Moscow time) from the Taiyuan cosmodrome in Shanxi Province (Northern China) using the Changzheng-4-xi carrier rocket ("Great Trek - 4").
Macron called the launch of the James Webb telescope into space a historic event
The French President stressed that he was filled with a sense of pride
French President Emmanuel Macron said that the launch of the James Webb orbital telescope into space will forever remain one of the key events in the history of space exploration.
The world's largest space telescope for studying the Universe has been put into orbit
The Ariane V heavy rocket on Saturday launched the world's largest and most powerful James Webb Space Telescope (JWTS) worth $ 10 billion into orbit to study the processes of evolution of the Universe, the Arianespace carrier development company said.
The James Webb telescope was launched from the Kourou Cosmodrome
The long-awaited launch of the James Webb Space Telescope orbital infrared Observatory took place. It is considered as a replacement for the Hubble telescope, launched into orbit in 1990.
New radars have strengthened the control of airspace in the Volga region and Siberia
According to the delivery plan of the main samples of VIVT, in 2021, three new and three upgraded radar stations (radars) "Sky" and "Casta" entered service with the radio engineering troops of the Central Military District.
The "Double" systems of modernized Russian tanks have increased their firepower
The exercises of the Central Military District were held in the Orenburg region at the Totsky training ground. According to the press service of the Central Military District, at these field events, the commanders of the T-72B3 main battle tanks mastered the skills of gunners.