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A friend among strangers: an unusual version of the T-72 was created in South Africa
The Soviet T-72 tank in the 90s was one of the most common modern tanks in the world. Therefore, it is not surprising that proposals for their further modernization have begun to appear in many countries.
Defense Ministry: Armed conflict penetrates into space and cyberspace
Russian Deputy Defense Minister Colonel-General Alexander Fomin spoke about the threats in the near future that the Russian military sees. According to him, the most serious security challenges and threats are caused by several recent trends in the world.
Polish general talks about deadly Russian weapons
Former Polish army commander Waldemar Skrzypczak believes that Russia has weapons equipped with artificial intelligence systems. He said this in an interview with the Internet portal Onet.pl.
The draft law on remote sensing of the Earth was submitted for public discussion
According to the developers, the adoption of the bill will create conditions for the development of the commercial sector of the DSZ from space and will contribute to the development of the Russian data market
The draft federal law on remote sensing of the Earth from space, which will eliminate legislative gaps and help the development of the private sector in this area, is undergoing public discussions. This is stated on the official portal of regulatory legal acts.
The date of the appearance of 6G in Russia is named
The sixth generation of cellular communication (6G) may appear in Russia in 2035. Izvestia writes about this, referring to the forecast of the Radio Research Institute (NIIR) and the Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology.
The Foreign Ministry told about contacts with the United States on the cyberattack on JBS
Moscow and Washington are in contact about a hacker attack on JBS, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said on Wednesday.
Ukraine has signed a contract for the withdrawal of the Sich satellite from the SpaceX site
The State Design Bureau Yuzhnoye named after M. K. Yangel of Ukraine has signed a contract with ISILAUNCH for the launch of the Sich 2-30 (2-1) remote sensing satellite from the SpaceX launch pad. This was announced on Monday, May 31, by the Minister for Strategic Industries of the country Oleg Urusky.
Plans for the development of the microelectronic industry: 300 design centers by 2030, 6 thousand specialists by 2024 - a representative of the military-industrial complex
The share of foreign electronics in public procurement in 2020 decreased from 51% to 43%, and should decrease even more due to the government decree on the minimum share of purchases of goods of Russian origin, which entered into force on January 1, 2021, a member of the board of the Military-Industrial Commission (MIC) said at the plenary session "Electronic industry as a technological basis for sovereign and innovative development" of the first International Industrial Forum "Intelligence of Machines and Mechanisms", held in Sevastopol.
The launch of the latest Russian radar satellite was postponed for a year
The launch of the first radar Earth observation satellite "Obzor-R" is planned for next year. This, as reported by "RIA Novosti", said the deputy director of the Department of navigation space systems of Roscosmos Valery Zaichko.
The Ministry of Defense will create a department for working with artificial intelligence by December 1
The Office will have its own budget
The Ministry of Defense will form an office for working with artificial intelligence with its own budget by December 2021. This was announced on Monday by Mikhail Osyko, a member of the Military-Industrial Commission under the Government of the Russian Federation.
The Ministry of Industry and Trade wants to return the money for the transition to domestic electronics
The Ministry of Industry and Trade proposed to return half of the costs of Russians when switching to domestic electronic components and software.
Mass media: Iran plans to launch several satellites of its own production
According to the IRNA agency, first of all, we are talking about launching satellites into low-Earth orbit of the Earth - from 160 to 2 thousand km
The Iranian authorities are working on several satellites of domestic production, five of which are planned to be launched in the near future. This was reported on Friday by the IRNA news agency.
All 36 OneWeb satellites successfully launched into orbit
This is the seventh launch of OneWeb satellites and the fourth fully commercial launch from the Eastern
All British OneWeb communications satellites launched from the Vostochny cosmodrome on a Soyuz-2.1 b carrier rocket have successfully separated from the Fregat upper stage. This is stated in the message of Roscosmos, distributed on Saturday.
Two Resurs-P satellites to be launched in 2022-Roscosmos
Two Resurs-P Earth remote sensing satellites will be launched next year, said Valery Zaichko, deputy director of the Department of Navigation Space Systems of the state Corporation Roscosmos.
Russian drones will be equipped with ultra-precise autonomous navigation
The KRET holding company of the Rostec State Corporation will supply unique platform-free inertial navigation systems for domestic unmanned aerial vehicles. The advantage of the development is high accuracy and the possibility of autonomous operation. The system can determine the coordinates and parameters of the movement of objects even in the absence of land, sea or space landmarks.
OneWeb plans to start providing communication services after the next launch of its satellites
The company said that it had established communication with all 36 satellites put into orbit on the night of May 29
The British company OneWeb will be able to start providing communication services after the next launch of its satellites into low-Earth orbit.
SpaceX has launched a new group of Starlink Internet satellites into orbit, bringing the grouping to 1,735 vehicles
The Falcon 9 heavy launch vehicle on Wednesday successfully launched another batch of 60 mini-satellites into low-Earth orbit, designed to continue the deployment of the global Internet coverage of the Starlink system, the developer company SpaceX said.
The Glonass-M satellite was returned to the orbital group after maintenance
It was withdrawn for maintenance on May 25
The Glonass-M spacecraft No. 732 (23rd point) was transferred from maintenance to the main part of the orbital group. This is stated on the website of the Information and Analytical Center for Coordinate-time and Navigation Support.
The troops of the Western Military District received about 300 units of military and special equipment.
Since the beginning of the year, the troops of the Western Military District (ZVO) have received about 300 units of military and special equipment under the state defense order, said the commander of the troops of the ZVO, Colonel-General Alexander Zhuravlev.
Sber showed the taxi of the future
The company SberAutoTech, part of the Sber ecosystem, has presented a prototype of an autonomous electric transport FLIP, which can become a prototype for the taxi of the future, the company said in a statement received by the editorial office of <url>.