Electronics and optics news

Two new European Galileo FOC M9 satellites have successfully separated from the Russian Fregat upper stage. This was announced on Sunday, December 5, on its website by the state corporation Roscosmos.

The device will be equipped with special lasers that will be able to demonstrate the image

The flight sample of the satellite, which will show ads from orbit, will be ready next spring. This was reported to TASS in the company Avant Space.

The possibilities of using an autopilot with artificial intelligence will be studied on the basis of the Ka-226 helicopter, it follows from the materials of public procurement.

The People's Militia of the self-proclaimed Luhansk People's Republic recorded the operation of electronic warfare stations of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the area of three settlements controlled by Kiev in the Donbass.

About one hundred units of the VVST received formations and military units of the Central Military District stationed in the Samara, Saratov, Novosibirsk regions, as well as in Udmurtia and the Republic of Tajikistan, in November of this year.

Rostec State Corporation has introduced a new intelligence complex abroad for the first time. The Russian development was shown at the EDEX-2021 arms exhibition in Egypt. This is reported by TASS with reference to the press service of the holding "Roselectronics" of the Rostec state Corporation.

The Director General of Roscosmos said that the launch of the Soyuz-2.1b rocket is planned together with the satellites

The launch of the British OneWeb communications satellites is scheduled for December 27. This was announced by Roscosmos CEO Dmitry Rogozin on Friday at the EAEU business forum "Space Integration".

The head of the state corporation "Roscosmos" Dmitry Rogozin appreciated the military satellites of Russia. The orbiters of the Russian Armed Forces are distinguished by high characteristics. This is reported by TASS.

The CEO of Roscosmos stressed that, in general, the corporation fulfills the state defense order

The Russian military satellite group provides the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation with everything necessary. This was announced by Roscosmos CEO Dmitry Rogozin on Friday at the EAEU business forum "Space Integration".

Rostec State Corporation's Roselectronics Holding presented a new generation intelligence and alarm system for the first time at the EDEX 2021 arms exhibition in Egypt.

The US Air Force needs to possess a new generation of high-precision ammunition to deter Russia and China. This is stated on the FlightGlobal portal with reference to the Mitchell Institute.

The contract amount is about 2.58 billion rubles

Roscosmos has signed a contract with JSC "Russian Space Systems" to conduct research in the field of information security and noise immunity of the information and telecommunications infrastructure of the GLONASS system, according to the public procurement portal.

Two BlackSky spacecraft were launched into orbit, followed by Starlink satellites

SpaceX on Thursday successfully delivered 48 mini-satellites to orbit for its Starlink network, as well as two microsatellites from BlackSky. The broadcast was conducted on the SpaceX website.

Modern integrated air defense systems (air defense), in addition to anti-aircraft missile systems, include fighters equipped with radars with an active phased array antenna, infrared sensors and long-range air-to-air missiles, writes the director of the program on future concepts and military potential assessments of the Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Research, Colonel of the Air Force (Air Force) USA retired Mark Ganzinger.

Cambridge Quantum, a pioneer in the field of quantum software, operating systems and cybersecurity, and Honeywell Quantum Solutions, which built high-performance quantum equipment based on captured ion technology, announced that they had fulfilled all the conditions necessary to complete the transaction to combine the two businesses, and created a new company called Quantinuum

A list of instructions from President Vladimir Putin has been published following a meeting with members of the government held on November 24, 2021, during which, we recall, the president agreed with a proposal on the personal responsibility of heads of state-owned companies for the purchase of domestic software.

The Aerospace Forces of Russia have received the first batch of automated training systems (AOS) for the training of Mi-8AMTSh helicopter crews. The kit was supplied by Technodinamika Holding to Rostec State Corporation. This is reported by TASS with reference to the message of the holding.

Disposable cargo drones are finding new uses in the US army. On December 1, the press service of Yates Electrospace announced the signing of a contract with the US Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) for the supply of a new version of Silent Arrow cargo gliders.

Nanodragon was among nine satellites launched into orbit aboard the Epsilon-5 launch vehicle of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency

The Vietnamese satellite NanoDragon, launched on November 9 from the Uchinoura cosmodrome in Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan, has not sent a signal from orbit over the past three weeks. This was stated by the Deputy Director General of the Vietnamese National Space Center (NCC) Le Xuan Hui, the newspaper "Zan chi" reported on Thursday.

The Ukrainian satellite of remote sensing of the Earth "Sich-2-30" has been tested. Specialists of the Yuzhnoye Design Bureau (KB) have prepared the device for shipment to Cape Canaveral in the USA, where the launch of the Falcon 9 launch vehicle will take place. This is reported by the information and consulting agency Defense Express.