Electronics and optics news

Elbit Systems Ltd. announced the successful completion of the acceptance tests of the new patrol boats of the Greek Coast Guard.

The scientific and Production association "Vavilov State Optical Institute" (NPO GOI) is developing the production of infrared optical glasses of a special composition, the press service of the Shvabe holding, which includes the enterprise, reports.

The promising Russian planning aircraft bomb "Drill" has passed tests that confirmed its combat effectiveness. This, as reported by "Interfax", said the Deputy Prime Minister of Russia Yuri Borisov. According to him, the new aircraft munition is planned to be adopted by the Russian Aerospace Forces by the end of 2021.

The arsenal of the Russian Armed Forces received 19 new samples of electronic warfare (EW) equipment, including aviation. On Sunday, May 9, said the Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Yuri Borisov.

The US authorities have declared a regional emergency in connection with the suspension of the work of the largest operator of the United States, Colonial Pipeline, engaged in the transportation of fuel through the pipeline.

American pilots can now see targets in full color. On May 5, the press service of Northrop Grumman announced the delivery of advanced LITENING guidance modules to the US Air Force and National Guard.

The Americans first tested a prototype artificial intelligence system for unmanned Skyborg wingmen in flight. According to the US Air Force, the "brain" was installed on the UTAP-22 tactical drone of the Kratos company. The tests were successful.

The US military has tested the U-2 reconnaissance aircraft as a repeater for the fifth-generation F-22 and F-35 fighters. According to Lockheed Martin, during the tests, one F-22 Raptor and five F-35 Lightning II successfully exchanged data with each other using the gateway on the U-2 and transmitted them to the ground.

The International Charter on Space and Major Disasters has been activated in order to monitor floods in the Irkutsk Region, Roscosmos reported.

The Falcon 9 heavy launch vehicle on Tuesday, May 4, successfully launched another batch of 60 mini-satellites into low-Earth orbit, which should replenish the orbital grouping of the global Internet coverage of the Starlink system. This was announced by the developer company SpaceX on Twitter.

The device has no analogues in the world

JSC " Scientific and Production Corporation "Precision Instrument Systems" (NPK "SPP", part of Roscosmos) is developing digital glasses for emulating binocular vision for the rehabilitation of people with one seeing eye. This is stated in the draft plan for the implementation of the company's diversification program until 2025 (available to TASS).

To develop a computer program for the needs of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, recognizing the substitution of faces in videos (the so-called "deepfake" technology), the scientific and industrial company "High Technologies and Strategic Systems"will have to.

The head of the Czech military intelligence, Jan Beroun, said that Russia was ready for accusations of involvement in the explosions at the warehouses in Vrbetice. His words are quoted by RIA Novosti.

The American company SpaceX is preparing on Sunday to put into orbit the second batch of 60 Starlink Internet satellites in a week, the specialized website Spaceflight Now reported.

Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin has signed a government decree on submitting a proposal to the President of the Russian Federation to denounce the Open Skies Treaty (DON).

European countries have started implementing the PILUM project. On May 3, the press service of the European Defense Agency (EDA) announced the official start of work on the creation of an experimental electromagnetic weapon.

The sensor is designed to determine the spatial orientation of the spacecraft relative to the inertial equatorial stellar coordinate system

The small-sized star sensor AZDK-1 for small spacecraft, created in Azmerit LLC (RKS holding, part of Roscosmos), has begun to pass flight tests. This is stated in the message of the holding, distributed on Tuesday.

The functionality of the spacecraft has been fully restored

The Meteor-M hydrometeorological satellite No. 2 is again operating normally. This was reported to TASS on Tuesday in the press service of JSC "Corporation "VNIIEM".

The failures with the Altay tank only encourage Turkey to reduce its dependence on imported military technologies. Yesterday, May 3, portal defenceturk.net he reported that the company Aselsan has started testing a new tank fire control system VOLKAN-M.

As of May 4, 22 spacecraft are operating as part of the Russian GLONASS orbital constellation, the Information and Analytical Center for Coordinate-Time and Navigation Support said on Tuesday.