Electronics and optics news

Russian energy companies continue to use foreign software and hardware, which makes them vulnerable from the point of view of cybersecurity. Such conclusions were made following the results of the next meeting of the interdepartmental commission of the Security Council of Russia on information security.

Roselectronics Holding of Rostec State Corporation installed and put into operation radar equipment ahead of schedule during the modernization of the airfield base of the Belbek civil airport under construction in Sevastopol.

The design of highly elliptical and small navigation satellites of the GLONASS system is beginning in Russia, Nikolay Testoyedov, CEO of Reshetnev Information Satellite Systems, said in an interview with RIA Novosti.

The American company SpaceX plans to launch another batch of 51 Starlink Internet satellites into orbit in mid-October, according to data from the specialized website Spaceflight Now.

The creation of new GLONASS-K2 satellites costs ROSCOSMOS twice as much as the GLONASS-K spacecraft of the previous generation, Nikolay Testoyedov, CEO of Information Satellite Systems (ISS), told RIA Novosti, calling it an absolutely natural process.

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.