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NI: The Russian Navy is not betting on drones for nothing
The widespread use of unmanned vehicles: flying, surface and underwater, is an important part of the modernization of the Russian Navy. Drones will rid the ships of some intelligence tools, providing in return more advanced and powerful tools for monitoring the situation, and will allow the fleet to successfully resist new threats - for example, hypersonic weapons.
The concern "Granit-Electron" upgrades all control systems on the ships of the foreign customer
In addition, contracts are being prepared for the creation of coastal infrastructure for the maintenance of electronic weapons installed on ships of a foreign customer
Concern "Granit-Electron" (part of the corporation "Tactical missile weapons") in the near future will upgrade all ship-based automated control systems (CASU) 3R-60UE on ships of a foreign customer.
Frigate "Admiral Vinogradov" project 1155M will be equipped with a new control system
Earlier it was also reported that Admiral Vinogradov will receive new missile weapons and air defense systems
The new ship's automated control system (CASU) 3R-60U-1155 will be installed on the frigate of the project 1155M "Admiral Vinogradov" of the Pacific Fleet.
Scientists from Russia will create devices for studying the plasma shells of asteroids and comets
The instruments are intended for the Chinese mission to study the asteroid Kamoaleva
TASS, June 23. Specialists of the Institute of Space Research (IKI RAS) plan to develop three instruments for studying the plasma shells of asteroids and comets. They can be used in the Chinese space mission starting in 2024 to study the asteroid Kamoalev and comet 133P/Elst-Pizarro. This was told by the director of the ICI RAS Anatoly Petrukovich at an online meeting of the Council of the Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS) on space.
Ex-head of the Pentagon assessed the possibility of sanctions pressure on Russia
Washington has imposed so many anti-Russian sanctions that it has almost completely lost the ability to exert pressure on Moscow by this method, former Pentagon chief and former CIA director Robert Gates said on Tuesday, June 22, speaking at a virtual event organized by the Ronald Reagan Institute.
Novosibirsk State University satellites will be launched to monitor " space weather"
NSU signed a long-term partnership agreement with the State Corporation Roscosmos and the Russian Federal Service for Hydrometeorology and Environmental Monitoring
Novosibirsk State University (NSU), Roscosmos and Roshydromet will launch satellites created at the university to monitor "space weather" - phenomena in near-Earth space. This was reported by the press service of the NSU.
Video: the Israelis destroyed the UAV with a super-powerful air-based laser
The Israelis conducted a series of tests of a powerful laser system installed on the aircraft. With its help, it was possible to destroy the drones.
SpaceX plans to provide wireless Internet around the world by the fall
Elon Musk's company plans to deploy a total of 12 thousand satellites with a total cost of about $10 billion, according to Reuters]
Elon Musk's company SpaceX (Space Exploration Technologies) plans to provide wireless Internet around the world by September using the Starlink satellite system. This was reported on Tuesday by Reuters with reference to the president of the American aerospace corporation Gwynne Shotwell.
Tesla already has one of the most powerful supercomputers in the world
It seems that Tesla has acquired one of the most powerful supercomputers in the world. At the moment, the installation has a performance of 1.8 exaFLOPS, and the bottom line is that this is only a third of the future Dojo supercomputer.
Expert: drones will be able to drive freely on the streets in five to ten years
Self-driving cars will be able to become full-fledged road users in five to ten years, current communication technologies are vulnerable to hacking and do not allow this, Dmitry Peskov, special representative of the President of the Russian Federation in the field of digital and technological development, said in an interview with RIA Novosti.
The Invisible Man Killer: how the S-125 air defense system works
60 years ago, the S-125 short-range anti-aircraft system was adopted. It was a response to the changed tactics of the Air Force and is designed to deal with low-altitude high-speed targets.
After the war, the bombers received jet engines and climbed to heights inaccessible to anti-aircraft artillery. On the ground, long-range radars and interceptor missiles were urgently invented - so effective that by the mid-50s, the Air Force was forced to change tactics.
The Defense Ministry said that the agreement on the CIS communication system will increase the stability of the command and control of troops
The agreement is aimed at the comprehensive development of the joint communication system, said the head of the Main Communications Department of the Russian Armed Forces, Lieutenant General Vadim Shamarin
The agreement on the joint (unified) communication system of the armed forces of the CIS member states is aimed at improving the stability of the management of the troops of the parties in solving joint tasks. This was stated on Monday by the head of the Main Communications Department of the Russian Armed Forces, Lieutenant General Vadim Shamarin.
The creators of the Baikal processors were sold to Warton»
Expected for more than six months, the deal to acquire a controlling share of the developer of the line of Russian processors "Baikal" is closed. The details of the transaction are not known, but it is obvious that the share of the arrested owner of "T-platforms" in this organization has been reduced to a minimum, and possibly to zero.
NASA reported an unsuccessful attempt to revive the Hubble telescope
NASA announced that the Hubble Space Telescope stopped working a week ago, on the evening of June 13, due to a failure of the memory module of the onboard payload computer. Attempts to fix the problem have so far been unsuccessful, so the device can not yet conduct scientific research. This is reported by the publication Astronomy Now.
The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation told about the development of a smartphone for the military
The Russian Ministry of Defense, based on the military technopolis Era, develops smartphones for the Russian military, as well as specialized mobile applications for daily activities on the territory of military units.
The Defense Ministry said that it will not allow the use of imported smartphones in military units
Alexander Osadchuk, Deputy Head of the Department of Information Systems of the Military Department, noted that the Ministry of Defense has very serious restrictions related to information security.
Russia has created a high-precision rifle scope
Tsniitochmash has developed the PCM 75 collimator sight with unique accuracy and energy consumption characteristics. The device has passed preliminary tests and will be presented at the Army-2021 forum.
China launches Yaogan-30-09 remote sensing satellite
This device will be used to study the conditions of exposure to an external electromagnetic field, indicated in the Chinese Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation
China successfully launched the Yaogan-30-09 remote sensing satellite into orbit on Friday. This was reported by the newspaper "Zhongguo Hantianbao".
Terra Tech and PSB launch space monitoring of bank deposits
Terra Tech JSC, a subsidiary of the Russian Space Systems Holding (RKS, part of the State Corporation Roscosmos) and Promsvyazbank PJSC (PSB) have announced the launch of a joint project on integrated space monitoring and geospatial analysis of the bank's property assets.
Russia to supply mirror for Turkish telescope by autumn
Shvabe Holding will soon supply a mirror for the Turkish DAG telescope in Anatolia, the press service of the holding told Interfax.