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Flight tests of a drone-radar reconnaissance of various ground targets are being conducted in Russia

Tests of a drone with an onboard radar station for reconnaissance of ground targets have started in Russia. This was reported to RIA Novosti by a source in the military-industrial complex.

The American company SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 launch vehicle with a Turkish communications satellite

The American company SpaceX has launched a Falcon 9 launch vehicle, which will deliver the Turkish communications satellite Turksat 5A into orbit. This was reported on the company's Twitter account.

INTERFAX - The Falcon 9 heavy launch vehicle on Saturday successfully launched into orbit a batch of 52 mini-satellites designed to continue the deployment of the global network of Internet coverage of the Starlink system, the developer company SpaceX reported.

The reusable first stage of the American Falcon 9 launch vehicle, launched on Saturday with 52 Internet satellites of the Starlink project, made a successful controlled landing on a floating platform in the Pacific Ocean, the developer company SpaceX reported.

19FortyFive: the S-70 Hunter drone will strengthen the Su-57 fighter

The S-70 Hunter heavy strike and reconnaissance unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) will strengthen the Russian fifth-generation Su-57 fighter, the American publication 19FortyFive recognizes.

Now the device is already assembled and is being tested

The first navigation satellite of the new generation "Glonass-K2" may be launched in the second quarter of 2022. This was reported to TASS by a source in the rocket and space industry.

Defense Blog: BAE Systems has received a contract to modernize the electronic warfare system of F-35 aircraft

BAE Systems has received a contract for the modernization of electronic warfare equipment of fifth-generation Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II aircraft. The aircraft will receive upgraded jamming equipment. This is reported by the Defense Blog.

A video was posted online showing the work of American mortar crews through the latest Enhanced Night Visions Goggle-Binoculars (ENVG-B) type night vision device. He is able to dramatically increase the combat capability of soldiers on the battlefield.

The troops of the Central Military District received a batch of 30 Lesochek radio interference equipment.

This was announced by the head of the electronic warfare service of the Central Military District, Colonel Nikolai Fedorov, at the operational combat training camp, which is taking place in the Orenburg region.

The capacity of the site in the Skolkovo Technopark is about 30 sets of spacecraft per year

The first site of serial assembly of satellite platforms of small spacecraft in the Russian Federation was launched by Sputnix in the Skolkovo Technopark. This was reported to TASS by the press service of Sitronics Group (part of AFK Sistema), which includes the company.

Shvabe Holding has created the first Russian thermal imaging sight based on a high-resolution matrix, Rostec State Corporation (GC) reported on Thursday.

The laser installation on the ship will allow him to fight with a whole flotilla of kamikaze boats. December 15, portal thedrive.com He reported that the US Navy tested the installation of the Laser Weapon System Demonstrator Mk 2 Mod 0 from the deck of the landing ship USS Portland.

In the Gulf of Aden, the US Navy conducted demonstration tests of a high-energy laser weapon system. Test firing was carried out on a small surface target.

The American company Kratos has shown a conceptual image of an unmanned sensor station (Off Board Sensing Station, OBSS), which it uses together with the US Air Force research Laboratory, Breaking Defense reports. This is an inconspicuous drone with a swept wing and a V-shaped tail.

Rosatom State Corporation wants to acquire a controlling stake in the domestic developer of processors "Elbrus" JSC MCST. The decision will be made this year.

The United States has been developing various laser systems for several years, mainly designed to destroy small homemade drones. This was stated on Wednesday, December 15, by the military observer of Izvestia Alexey Ramm, commenting on the tests of the US Navy anti-submarine laser weapons.

A US Navy ship hit a training target with an LWSD laser installation

The US Central Command announced the testing of laser weapons. The amphibious transport dock of the US Navy USS Portland (LPD 27) hit a training target in the Gulf of Aden as part of a demonstration firing. This is reported by the Defense Blog.

Western journalists noted a leap in the use of stealth technologies in Russia after the presentation of the upgraded S-70 Hunter attack drone.

The mobile reconnaissance point PRP-4A "Argus" was demonstrated for the first time to the command staff of the artillery units of the Central Military District during the operational and combat training camp, which takes place at the training ground in the Orenburg region.

In a separate motorized rifle brigade of the army corps of the Northern Fleet, the new Barnaul-T air defense intelligence and control complexes were put into service.