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The AC-130J Ground Forces flying support battery will be equipped with a laser cannon. The American aircraft will receive the Airborne High Energy Laser (AHEL). Air Force (Air Force) The USA received a prototype of the installation. This is reported by The Drive.

The United States Department of Defense has expressed concern for the future of artificial intelligence (AI) created by the Pentagon due to the threat of hacker attacks on it, including from hackers acting in the interests of other states. This statement was made by the director of the Joint Center for Research in the Field of Artificial Intelligence of the Pentagon, Lieutenant General Michael Gron on Friday, October 8.

The launch of the Japanese Epsilon light launch vehicle, which has already been canceled twice, is planned to be carried out at the end of October, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) reported.

The K-77M air-to-air missile of the fifth-generation Su-57 fighter can provide Russia with an advantage over NATO countries in air combat, the American magazine Military Watch reports.

The device allows you to recognize a person at a distance of up to 1.5 km at any time of the day in any weather

Unique thermal imagers, which will allow conducting reconnaissance at a distance of up to 4 km, began to be supplied to the units of the Russian border service. This was reported to TASS in the press service of the holding "Roselectronics" (part of Rostec).

The Ukrainian satellite sIch-2-30, which is scheduled to launch in December, can be used to monitor the movements of military equipment in the Donbass and ships on the Black Sea, the head of the country's State Space Agency (SCAU), Vladimir Taftai, said in an interview with RKB-Ukraine.

American businessman, head of Tesla and SpaceX, Elon Musk shared his dream. He admitted on his Twitter account that he would like to develop an electric aircraft.

At the Vostochny cosmodrome, they began testing the Marker robotic security platform. This was reported by the press service of ROSCOSMOS.

The US authorities forced Google to provide users' search queries for certain keywords. This is reported by The New York Post. According to the publication, the US government ordered the company to provide information, including account names, IP addresses and CookieID, about everyone who entered certain search queries.

The St. Petersburg Tractor Plant will launch serial production of unmanned tractors next year. This was announced by the Cognitive Pilot company, which signed an agreement with him. Under the contract, Cognitive Pilot will equip the updated model of the Kirovets tractor with autopilot systems based on artificial intelligence.

A joint venture created by Yandex, LANIT Group of companies, Gigabyte computer equipment manufacturer and VTB Bank has started construction of a plant for the production of server equipment, Yandex reported on Wednesday.

ROSCOSMOS and the Android Technology company have begun testing the MARKER robotic platform at the Vostochny cosmodrome, the state corporation reports.

According to the Director General of Roscosmos, they will be used to control cruise missiles, special forces and an agent network

Roscosmos CEO Dmitry Rogozin is convinced that Elon Musk's SpaceX Starlink satellites will be able to be used for military purposes in the future, including for controlling cruise missiles, special forces and an agent network.

The holding company "Roselectronics" of Rostec State Corporation has developed a technology for manufacturing nanofolgs for connecting electronic components. The new material has significant advantages over traditional methods, allowing soldering at room temperature in a fraction of a second.

Turkey is working on a system to protect important facilities from attacks by unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). The system is based on the Fedai kamikaze drone, which was created to combat drones. This is reported by Daily Sabah.

According to Alexey Volin, Director General of FSUE "Space Communications", it will be a large satellite weighing more than 2 tons

FSUE "Space Communications" has announced a competition for the creation of a new satellite AMU-4, which will provide communications to Siberia and the Far North, as well as ships passing along the Northern Sea Route. This was announced on Thursday by the company's CEO Alexey Volin during the Satcomrus 2021 conference.

The Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology, MIPT, the V. P. Ivannikov Institute of System Programming, Innopolis University, ITMO, and HSE have won a competition to select research centers that will receive grant support under the federal Artificial Intelligence project, the government announced on Monday.

The Israeli company Smart Shooter announced the delivery of SMASH 2000 fire control systems to the United States. Smart sights for small arms will be tested in the Laboratory of Warfare (Warfighting Laboratory) of the US Marine Corps. This is reported by the Defense Blog.

The Krasnogorsk Zverev Plant (KMZ) has signed a contract with the German company ARRI Rental, specializing in the rental of photo and video equipment for film production, the press service of the sHvabe holding, which includes the enterprise, reports.

Leonid Strugov noted that work is underway to study the functioning of the concerns included in the ILC

The Marine Instrumentation Corporation (KMP) is now at the stage of formation. This was reported to TASS by the head of the KMP Leonid Strugov on the fields of the Sevastopol Naval Salon.