Electronics and optics news

The UK is joining the race of combat lasers and "microwaves". September 14, portal defensenews.com He reported that the Ministry of Defense of the United Kingdom ordered the companies Thales and Raytheon to develop energy weapons.

Israeli anti-submarine warfare systems have found a customer in the East. Yesterday, on September 13, the press service of Elbit Systems announced the signing of a major contract "with the country's naval forces in the Asia-Pacific region".

The Falcon 9 heavy launch vehicle successfully launched a batch of 51 mini-satellites into polar orbit on Tuesday, Moscow time, designed to continue the deployment of the global Internet coverage of the Starlink system, the developer company SpaceX reported.

The Turkish company Roketsan has developed a new 122-mm rocket ammunition with a laser guidance system. The munition was first presented in August at the IDEF-2021 exhibition under the designation TRLG-122.

Specialists of the NASA research Center in Langley, Virginia have completed tests of the external Vision system XVS (eXternal Vision System) with a 4K video screen, which will replace the front glass of the cockpit of an experimental supersonic aircraft built using the so – called "quiet supersonic technology"-X-59 QueSST.

The strike drones have received a sight that allows them to hit ground targets with unguided ammunition from a high altitude with ultra-precision.

Russian developers have tested sighting and navigation systems on drones that allow the effective use of unguided ammunition.

Kuiper Systems, a subsidiary Amazon.com, in an appeal to the US Federal Communications Commission, sharply commented on the actions of SpaceX, accusing it of violating and ignoring general rules. This is written by Bloomberg.

All the companies that develop the Smart Voting application and website are associated with the Pentagon, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on Saturday, September 11.

In the United States, pictures of an aircraft with an unusual appearance have appeared. The designers crossed the nose of the F-16 fighter with the Bombardier CRJ-700 business jet to test the new radar. This is reported by The Drive.

According to a source in the rocket and space industry, a design that could work in operating rooms is currently being developed

JSC "Information Satellite Systems" named after Academician M. F. Reshetnev " (part of Roscosmos) with partners is developing a medical complex of radiation therapy for the treatment of cancer patients. The first samples will be ready in two years, a source in the rocket and space industry told TASS.

It will be used on the route of ships along the Northern Sea Route

Specialists of JSC " Northern Press "(part of the corporation "Tactical Missile Weapons", KTRV) have created a radar station (radar) to track the ice situation in the Arctic. This was reported to TASS by the engineer of the enterprise Vadim Ralnikov.

We are talking about a single information database containing information about each space object

Specialists of the Space Control Center of the Space Forces of the Aerospace Forces have entered into the main catalog of space objects of the Russian space control system information about a new space object-the apparatus of the Russian Defense Ministry launched by the Soyuz-2 carrier rocket.1b" from the Plesetsk cosmodrome. This was reported to journalists in the Department of Information and Mass Communications of the Ministry of Defense.

During the operational-tactical exercise of the Air Force and Air Defense Forces of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Belarus with live firing, held at the Ashuluk training ground in the Astrakhan region, another successful test of three radars developed by one of the enterprises of the Belarusian defense industry was conducted.

Any machines will be able to become "smart" and unite in the network. On September 9, the press service of the Israeli company Elbit Systems presented the universal ARCAS system, which is a computerized system for small arms.

The Israeli company Elbit Systems has introduced a system for ARCAS submachine guns, which shows soldiers information about the combat situation, including the sources of fire and ammunition levels, in augmented reality. You can control the layers of information using the joystick on the front handle of the machine.

In addition, the astronauts need to complete the operations for the final connection of the Ethernet cable to the "Science", connect the interfaces of the MLM module and the "Star", install several cables and mount the installation platform.

The corresponding draft note of the Russian Foreign Ministry suggests the extension of the agreement on duty-free import of "space" goods for a period of five years until 2026

Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin instructed the Foreign Ministry on behalf of the government to exchange notes with the United States on the extension of the duty-free import agreement for goods transported within the framework of Russian-American cooperation in the field of space exploration. The document is published on the official Internet portal of legal information.

The launch was the 388th for the Long March series rockets

China on Thursday successfully launched the Zhongxing-9B satellite from the Xichang Cosmodrome in the southwestern province of Sichuan. This was reported by the Central Television of China.

The system will allow monitoring the surface situation and preventing unauthorized navigation in the waters of the Northern Sea Route

The Corporation "Tactical Missile Weapons" (KTRV) is engaged in the creation of a coastal surveillance system of the coastal Arctic zone of the Russian Federation, which will help ensure the safety of the Northern Sea Route. This was reported to TASS in the press service of KTRV.

The US Army Research Laboratory has reported a breakthrough in two neural network projects. The first one is designed to create smart uniforms - such clothes will be able, for example, to assess the state of their carrier and transmit data. The second project is designed to facilitate the interaction of commanders with artificial intelligence.