Electronics and optics news
The Americans showed a mock-up of a tracked robot that carries fifty kamikaze drones
General Dynamics Land Systems has presented a mock-up of the TRX ground robot, which will act as a carrier of kamikaze drones. In addition to them, he received a quadcopter.
The NSDC Secretary announced the adoption of a new information security strategy for Ukraine
The National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine has approved the country's information security strategy, NSDC Secretary Oleksiy Danilov said.
NASA delivered the James Webb telescope for $10 billion to the Kourou Cosmodrome
NASA has delivered the James Webb telescope to the Kourou Cosmodrome in French Guiana. The cost of the equipment is estimated at $10 billion, the Izvestia TV channel reports.
Finnish company UPM postponed the launch of a nanosatellite made of wood
Finnish woodworking company UPM announced the postponement of the launch into space of the world's first satellite made of wood WISA Woodsat for the first half of 2022. This was reported on Friday, October 15, on the company's website.
Russia has introduced a gun to combat drones
The LPD-801 radio-electronic rifle was presented in Russia. A device for jamming the control channels of drones was demonstrated at the International Exhibition of Weapons and Hunting Goods ORELEXPO-2021. This is reported by TASS.
The launch of Soyuz-ST-B with Galileo satellites is scheduled for December 1
The rocket will be launched from the Kourou cosmodrome in French Guiana
The launch of the Soyuz-ST-B carrier rocket with Galileo spacecraft from the Kourou cosmodrome in French Guiana is scheduled for December 1, 2021. This was reported on Friday in Roscosmos.
Shoigu ordered to provide airborne training institutions with virtual landing simulators
The Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation, Army General Sergei Shoigu, during a visit to the Omsk Cadet Military Corps, where a unique interactive airborne training complex has been created, ordered to provide all amphibious educational institutions of the Russian Defense Ministry with interactive virtual landing simulators by the end of the year.
Russia and Venezuela to develop a secure messenger
Russia and Venezuela are jointly developing a secure messenger. This was announced by the deputy head of Rostec, Alexander Nazarov, whose words are quoted on Friday, October 15, on the website of the state corporation.
China's orbital station does not plan to exchange telemetry data with Russia yet
At the same time, the PRC does not exclude that such interaction between the two countries is theoretically quite feasible
The Chinese orbital station does not yet plan to exchange its telemetry data (flight parameters) with the Russian space communication centers. This was reported to the TASS correspondent on Friday by the deputy head of the Manned Space Flight Program of the People's Republic of China Lin Xiqiang.
Advanced technologies of JSC GLONASS are presented at the World Congress on Intelligent Transport Systems
The participants of the World Congress on Intelligent Transport Systems - ITS (Intelligent Transport Systems) World Congress, held in Hamburg (Germany), got acquainted with the unique experience of Russia in ensuring transport security, the press service of GLONASS JSC reports.
Russia has delivered OneWeb satellites into orbit
OneWeb satellites launched from the territory of Russia were put into orbit. 36 vehicles were delivered by the Soyuz-2.1b rocket. This is reported by the Telegram channel Zvezdanews with reference to the state corporation "Roscosmos".
Scientists in Russia have developed an aeroplatform for stratospheric research
The aeroplatform is capable of climbing to a height of 20-40 km and moving along a given route for several months
Specialists of Tomsk State University of Control Systems and Radioelectronics (TUSUR, Tomsk) have developed a new type of high-altitude balloon that can reduce the cost of scientific research in the stratosphere. This was announced on Thursday by the press service of the university.
The intelligence units of the Ground Forces receive modern means of intelligence
In order to increase the combat capabilities of the reconnaissance units of the Ground Forces, the delivery of the second-generation Sagittarius-M intelligence, control and communications systems (KRUS) is planned.
The dismissed Pentagon employee announced the victory of China over the United States
China has already defeated the United States in an arms race using cyber capabilities, machine learning and artificial intelligence (AI), The Drive reports a statement by former Pentagon software director Nicholas Chaillan.
SPUR: the robot predicted by the "Black Mirror"
Four-legged drones can push snipers on the battlefield. On October 13, Ghost Robotics and SWORD Defense Systems presented a joint development - a sniper fire system for the Vision-60 robot at the US Army Association (AUSA 2021) exhibition.
The Americans dropped a 2.3-ton concrete bomb
The US Air Force has completed a series of tests of the new GBU-72 concrete-piercing bomb weighing 2.3 tons, during which it was dropped from the F-15 Strike Eagle heavy fighter-bomber. The striking capability of the GBU-72 will be significantly higher than that of the comparable GBU-28, which the US military has been using for three decades.
The sight of ultra-high multiplicity was developed in Russia under the brand "Zenit"
The multiplicity of the sight is variable and ranges from 5 to 20
The sniper sight of large multiplicity with a wide range of corrections was developed in Russia at the Krasnogorsk Plant named after S. A. Zverev (KMZ, part of the Shvabe holding of Rostec State Corporation). This was reported to TASS by the General director of KMZ Alexander Novikov.
Patrushev: terrorists create cyber units, provoking conflicts between countries
Terrorists are already creating their own cyber units, this can, for example, lead to acute interstate conflicts up to armed clashes, said Russian Security Council Secretary Nikolai Patrushev at a meeting of special services in Moscow.
Hydra has learned how to shoot down drones
Seventy-year-old HYDRA 70 rockets have received modern capabilities. On October 12, the press service of BAE Systems announced the successful use of APKWS ammunition against aerial targets.
The United States did not invite Russia to the first multilateral meeting on combating cyber extortion
The United States did not invite Russia to the first multilateral meeting dedicated to developing a strategy to combat ransomware viruses, but does not exclude its participation in such events in the future, said a senior representative of the American administration.