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The possible use by Russia and China of drones and weapons systems based on artificial intelligence is of concern to the Pentagon. Columnist Chris Osborne writes about this in his article for The National Interest.

The unmanned version of the Armata tank has successfully passed test tests, Vladimir Artyakov, First Deputy General Director of Rostec, said on Friday.

The Hunter UAV continues testing, it will have a large combat radius, Vladimir Artyakov, first Deputy General Director of Rostec, said on Friday.

The concern Radioelectronic Technologies (KRET) of the Rostec state Corporation will present the universal air data module MVD-90-2 at MAKS-2021. The product is intended for conducting flight tests of experimental aircraft models. The use of the module during the first flight of the aircraft allows you to identify the slightest deviations from the reference values and make appropriate adjustments to the design of the test apparatus.

Antivirus VR Protect for Linux " has received certificates of compatibility with the operating system (OS) of the Astra Linux family, the press service of the OS developer reports.

The launch was carried out using a CZ-6 rocket from the Taiyuan Cosmodrome

China on Friday successfully launched the Zhongzi-02 remote sensing satellite ("Zhongzi-02") into orbit. This was announced by the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC).

Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Novitsky said on July 9, as part of the international online training Cyber Polygon, that some information is transmitted from the International Space Station (ISS) to Earth encrypted and even when intercepted, it cannot be decrypted.

The Ministry of Defense of Ukraine has accused Russia of cyber attacks on the website of the country's naval forces and posting false information about the international Sea Breeze exercises. This was reported on Friday, July 9, on the department's website.

The probability of a war with Russia can no longer be called hypothetical, but the US government is not ready for it at all. This was stated in an interview with The Hill by former American intelligence officer Rebecca Koffler.

The image was taken by the Resurs-P satellite

The Russian remote sensing satellite of the Earth removed the Bagram base (Afghanistan), from where the US and NATO withdrew their forces. This was reported to TASS in the press service of Roscosmos.

The strategic nuclear submarine Tennessee of the Ohio type of the US Navy has received a passive Large Vertical Array (LVA) sonar system that provides an almost 360-degree view, which reduces the "blind spot" area in the aft part of the submarine, writes The Drive.

The French company Thales has started flight tests of a prototype UAS 100 drone with a flight range of more than a hundred kilometers. It is designed for surveillance, search and rescue and military operations. The company claims that the UAS 100 was created in accordance with European standards for future flights of light drones over residential areas.

Currently, experimental molds and rods are being created on a 3D printer for casting parts for promising samples of equipment as part of the diversification of production. The device provides high-speed printing of sand molds of various sizes. So, the creation of the product takes only about 16 hours. All printed forms have sufficient strength, high accuracy of execution and quality.

The US Department of Defense has rejected a contract for the provision of JEDI cloud computing services worth about $10 billion, which was claimed by the largest American corporations Microsoft and Amazon. This is stated in a statement published on Tuesday, July 6, on the department's website.

About 40 quadrocopters have been put into service with reconnaissance units and special-purpose formations of the Southern Military District.

This satellite will relay data and measurements for guided spacecraft, satellites, launch vehicles, the Central Television of the People's Republic of China reported

China, using the Changzheng-3C launch vehicle (CZ-3C, Long March-3C), successfully launched the Tianlian-1-05 data relay satellite (Tianlian 1-05). This was reported on Wednesday by the Central Television of China.

Computer attack on Russia had been conducted with the U.S., Germany and the Netherlands. This was stated by Nikolay Murashov, deputy director of the National Coordination Center for Computer Incidents (NCCC), speaking at the Infoforum in Sochi.

The number of particularly dangerous computer attacks, including on critical infrastructure facilities in Russia, has increased 3.5 times over the past year, Deputy Secretary of the Russian Security Council Oleg Khramov told reporters on Wednesday.

To counter hacker attacks in the Russian Federation, it is necessary to control the information space and track the actions of attackers, Deputy Secretary of the Russian Security Council Oleg Khramov told reporters.

Scientists from the Laboratory of Materials Science and Engineering of the National University of Singapore have developed a foamed material that allows robots to sense objects and can independently recover from damage like human skin.