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Elon Musk's SpaceX has bought a satellite startup
The American company SpaceX, owned by entrepreneur Elon Musk, has bought a satellite startup. The company became the owner of Swarm Technologies. The company specializes in satellite data, the Izvestia TV channel reports. The company manages the SpaceBEE network — these are the smallest satellites in space.
Ukraine on the border with Belarus was protected by "Oreanda"
The Air Forces of Ukraine (AFU) on the border with Belarus have put on combat duty the machines of the automated control system (ACS) for aviation and air defense "Oreanda", Defense Express reports.
A new way of performing complex quantum algorithms on traditional computers has been found
A group of researchers from the Swiss Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL) and Columbia University has found a new way to perform complex quantum algorithms on a traditional computer.
Shvabe Holding will release upgraded sights for rifled weapons
The Novosibirsk Instrument-Making Plant (REFINERY) has developed modifications of optical sights for working at small and medium distances, the press service of the Shvabe holding, which includes the enterprise, reports.
In Russia, they decided to use a virtual reality helmet when recruiting staff
Researchers from Samara State University (SamSU) have developed a test to assess the psychological qualities of an applicant using a virtual reality helmet. Such an idea will help employers to assess a person's personality when recruiting staff, Izvestia writes.
They want to connect the ISS to GLONASS for accurate docking of ships
The Russian segment of the International Space Station (ISS) is going to be connected to the navigation equipment of the domestic GLONASS satellite system to help with the docking of spacecraft. This is reported in the scientific journal of the operator of the Russian segment of the station and the manufacturer of domestic spacecraft — the Rocket and Space Corporation (RSC) Energia.
IDC: AI spending will exceed $ 500 billion in 2024
The specialists of the analytical company studied the situation on the market of solutions in the field of artificial intelligence (AI) and published a forecast.
Round table "Domestic ECB for AI technologies as a driver for increasing the degree of UAV autonomy"
On October 6, 2021, as part of the section of the Scientific Conference No. 10 " Neuromorphic computing. Artificial intelligence "of the Forum" Microelectronics 2021 " will host a round table "Domestic ECB for AI technologies as a driver for increasing the degree of UAV autonomy"
Shoigu: Drones and combat robots have become a serious force
On Friday, at a meeting with employees of the Krasmash enterprise in Krasnoyarsk, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu told how technological progress has affected the quality of the Russian Armed Forces.
Almaz-Antey Concern is being transferred 11% of the shares of the Khabarovsk Radio Engineering Plant-document
Almaz-Antey Aerospace Defense Concern JSC will receive more than 11% of the shares of Khabarovsk Radio Engineering Plant JSC from federal ownership, according to the decree of Russian President Vladimir Putin.
The Tu-142 was aimed at the target for hitting the ship's missiles
The ship's strike group of the Northern Fleet, operating in the areas of the North-Eastern Atlantic as part of the command and staff training on the management of forces and troops of the Northern Fleet, conducted a missile strike exercise for a ship's group of a conditional enemy.
Source: preliminary design of the Marathon-IoT grouping will begin within six months
In total, the grouping will include 264 satellites
The preliminary design of the Marathon-IoT satellite constellation for the Internet of Things will start within six months. This was reported to TASS by a source in the rocket and space industry.
In the US, they were afraid of the Russian "Robocatyusha"
The report that Russian engineers are engaged in automating the rocket artillery system has caused serious concern in the United States.
The launch of the Galileo satellite from Kourou is scheduled for November 23
In 2021, Russia plans to carry out 10 launches of Soyuz-2 and Soyuz-ST launch vehicles in the interests of foreign customers
The launch of the satellite of the European global satellite navigation system Galileo from the Kourou cosmodrome in French Guiana is scheduled for November 23. This was reported to TASS by a source in the rocket and space industry.
Russia has developed a complex for tracking the volume of logging from space
The complex is equipped with a subscriber terminal "Gonets", which provides a stable data transmission channel anywhere in the Russian Federation
The software and hardware complex "CEDAR" for tracking the location of logging equipment, its technical condition, the volume of logging and other parameters using satellite communications was developed in the Russian Federation. This was reported to TASS by Pavel Cherenkov, general director of the Gonets Satellite System company (part of Roscosmos).
The Russian telescope "Spektr-RG" confirmed the Big Bang theory
A number of discoveries with the help of the Russian-German space telescope "Spektr-RG" confirmed the cosmological model of the origin of the Universe as a result of the Big Bang, scientific secretary of the Institute for Space Research Andrey Sadovsky said on Friday, August 6.
A device for ensuring the stable operation of electronics in the aerospace industry was developed in the capital's SEZ
Import-substituting technologies for aviation and space were presented by a resident of the Technopolis Moscow SEZ, the general director of the capital's special economic zone said Gennady Degtev.
The US army has miserably lost the virtual battle for Taiwan
According to the results of working out several scenarios of war games in order to check the combat readiness of the US army units by the Pentagon in October last year, the latter suffered a crushing defeat.
China has successfully launched two small telecommunications satellites Beta
The launch was carried out using a CZ-6 rocket from the Taiyuan Cosmodrome
China on Wednesday successfully launched into orbit two small telecommunications satellites Beta, designed to provide multimedia services. This was announced by the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC).
China highly appreciated the S-500 "Prometheus" missile defense system"
The latest anti-aircraft systems, reflecting the latest achievements of China in the field of anti-missile technologies, were not even close to the S-500. If an export version of Prometheus appears , you need to buy it! This, in short, is the essence of the publication in the Chinese edition of Paper, where the author does not skimp on flattering assessments of the new Russian technology. The translation of the article is provided by the InoSMI portal.
