Electronics and optics news
Facebook stopped the activity of Iranian hackers against the US military
Facebook on Thursday announced that it had taken measures against a group of Iranian hackers who used the platform of this social network to conduct operations aimed at American military personnel and defense companies.
Russia has allocated 3.7 billion rubles to create an analog of the Hubble telescope
About 3.7 billion rubles were allocated for the creation of the Russian ultraviolet space telescope "Spectrum-UV" in the period up to 2025. The device will become an analogue of the American Hubble telescope. This is reported by RIA Novosti with reference to the data of the public procurement website.
The gamer declassified the drawings of the tank for the sake of the authenticity of the game
The gamer posted a secret document on the network with the characteristics of the British Challenger 2 tank. This is written by the UK Defense Journal.
Roscosmos noted the growth in revenue of services based on remote sensing of the Earth
According to the first deputy director of the state Corporation for Economics and Finance Maxim Ovchinnikov, it has doubled
The revenue received on the basis of remote sensing data of the Earth was doubled. This was reported to TASS by the first Deputy Director General of Roscosmos for Economics and Finance Maxim Ovchinnikov.
The gunners of the Central Military District automated the fire control system using radio communications
The military personnel of the Central Military District artillery unit stationed in Kuzbass developed and presented for the first time an automated fire control system, which included the R-187 "Azart" radio station and an automated workplace for a senior battery officer.
NASA has successfully switched Hubble to work with a backup computer
Observations will resume in the next two days after the engineers have completed the verification and calibration of all scientific instruments
TASS, July 16. NASA engineers have successfully completed the procedure for switching the Hubble orbital observatory to work with a backup onboard computer after part of the spacecraft's electronics failed in mid-June.
The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation reported an attack on its website by hackers from abroad
There were no violations in the operability of the software and technical infrastructure of the department's website. The website of the Russian Defense Ministry was subjected to a DDoS attack from abroad, the ministry said on Friday.
Cubesats will help test the communication architecture of hypersonic weapon detection satellites
The US Missile Defense Agency launched two cubesats into low-Earth orbit to test the communication architecture of a group of promising HBTSS hypersonic missile detection satellites on them. According to the US Department of Defense, the demonstration will last 90 days, but the mission can be extended up to a year.
The error of GLONASS will be reduced by 50 times
In the future, the location error of the Global Navigation Satellite System (GLONASS) can be reduced by 50 times, Roscosmos reports.
Shvabe will present a unique space optical equipment "Aurora" at MAKS-2021"
According to its technical characteristics, Aurora has no analogues, said Alexey Patrikeev, CEO of the holding company
Shvabe Holding of Rostec State Corporation will present a unique Aurora optical device for spacecraft at the upcoming MAKS-2021 air show. This was reported to journalists on Thursday in the press service of Shvabe.
IL-114-300 can become a sea scout
They want to make a sea scout out of the new Russian passenger aircraft Il-114-300. It is supposed to be used to search for submarines and surface ships.
"Kids" will allow the latest AK-12 to destroy the enemy more effectively at night
Modern sights "Kid" were received by the motorized rifle units of the Amur Combined Arms Association. This is reported by the press service of the Eastern Military District.
A military expert appreciated the idea of turning the Il-114 into a marine reconnaissance aircraft
The new Russian IL-114-300 aircraft was proposed to be used to search for surface and underwater objects. On the air of Sputnik radio, military expert Dmitry Litovkin commented on this idea.
Rostec and its comrades want to create an "unreal" 12-nm RISC-V processor for 28 billion
Rostec intends to develop the first Russian processor of a new generation on the open RISC-V architecture for computers and servers.
The Turkish army received a Turkish-made short-range air defense system
The first Turkish short-range anti-aircraft missile systems Hisar A+ entered the army in full configuration. According to Defense News, now the Roketsan company is preparing to start mass production of Hisar O+medium-range anti-aircraft missile systems. The military should receive them in 2024.
Research Institute "Voskhod" received 216 million rubles from the government for the project of transferring Bauman Moscow State Technical University to domestic software
Published on Monday by the decree of the government Research Institute "Voskhod" from the reserve fund allocated 216,445,9 thousand rubles of subsidies for the transfer of the Bauman Moscow State Technical University "for the use of domestic and (or) freely distributed software".
More than 10 thousand servicemen are involved in a comprehensive training on the combat readiness of the Central Military District troops
A comprehensive training on the combat readiness of troops has started in the Central Military District( CVO), more than 10 thousand servicemen are involved in it, the press service of the CVO reports on Wednesday.
The source announced the postponement of the Soyuz launch due to the unavailability of OneWeb satellites
The launch of the Soyuz-2.1 b carrier rocket from Baikonur with the British OneWeb communication satellites, scheduled for August 5, was postponed for at least a week due to the unavailability of the devices. This was announced on Wednesday, July 14, RIA Novosti reports, citing three sources in the rocket and space industry.
"Kids" will help to destroy the enemy at night
A batch of the latest night sights "Malysh" has entered service in the motorized rifle unit of the Amur Combined Arms Association of the Eastern Military District (VVO).
The Infauna electronic warfare system, which has no analogues in the world, will arrive in Ussuriysk
The Infauna complex of electronic warfare (EW) of the combined-arms army of the Eastern Military District (VVO) in Primorye, which has no analogues in the world, will be presented by EW specialists to residents and guests of the city of Ussuriysk. The event will be held at the main demonstration site "Baranovsky" as part of the military-technical forum "Army-2021".
