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At the International Military-Technical Forum "Army-2021", 50 new models of weapons and military equipment will be demonstrated. This was announced by Dmitry Lelikov, Deputy General Director of the Rostec State Corporation, at a briefing for foreign military attaches on Thursday.

The American short-range laser air defense system showed "phenomenal results" in tests. August 18, portal defensenews.com He reported that Northrop Grumman dropped out of the tender, and only a prototype of the DE M-SHORAD system from Raytheon participated in its final tests.

The pavilion of the enterprises of the military-industrial complex will host the international exhibition "Products of the leading enterprises of the defense industry of Russia"

The exhibition of military equipment aimed at foreign markets will be presented within the framework of the international military-technical forum "Army-2021", said the Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation Valery Gerasimov.

In addition, the exhibition of the technopolis "Era", the exhibition "Day of Innovations of the Ministry of Defense of Russia", the exhibition "Diversification of the military-industrial complex of Russia" and the specialized exhibition "Arctic"will be shown for the first time.

Novikombank, the main bank of the Rostec State Corporation, has planned to sign agreements with leading enterprises of high-tech industries within the framework of the Army-2021 MIFTF.

The complex detects enemy artillery not with the help of radar, but thanks to the new principle of combining thermal and sound intelligence The

holding company " Roselektronika "of the Rostec State Corporation will present for the first time at the international forum" Army-2021 "the complex of sound and thermal intelligence" Penicillin "in the export version. It is also planned to demonstrate its work within the framework of the forum, the Rostec press service told reporters on Thursday.

Technodinamika Holding of Rostec State Corporation has created an intelligent simulator that teaches the production and repair of ammunition for the Grad rocket launcher in virtual reality. The equipment has already begun to be used at the developer plant.

The Turkish defense company Meteksan Defense Industry Inc. has announced the development of a new ground-based laser system called NAZAR.

This is a missile defense system. It was first presented at the 15th International Defense Industry Exhibition IDEF 2021.

In 2021, the PRC should carry out at least 40 launches and set a new national record

China successfully launched the second group of Tianhui-2 scientific and experimental satellites into orbit on Thursday. This was announced by the Chinese Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation.

The reaction time and decision-making is much faster, but the machine itself does not yet know how to think, said Mikhail Osyko, a member of the board of the Military-Industrial Commission of Russia

The current level of development of artificial intelligence in the Russian Federation allows it to be used for target recognition and assistance in piloting. This opinion was expressed in an interview with TASS on the eve of the international forum "Army-2021" by Mikhail Osyko, a member of the board of the Military-Industrial Commission (MIC) of the Russian Federation.

This will increase the effectiveness of combat operations and reduce personnel losses, said Mikhail Osyko, a member of the board of the Military-Industrial Commission of the Russian Federation

The Russian military intends to pay special attention to the creation of ground-based robotic systems that will increase the effectiveness of combat operations and reduce personnel losses. This was stated in an interview with TASS on the eve of the international forum "Army-2021" by Mikhail Osyko, a member of the board of the Military-Industrial Commission of the Russian Federation.

A 3D environment of the training ground and a model of the upcoming battle were created on the interactive screen

Servicemen of the Eastern Military District at the Russian-Lao exercises "Laros-2021" in Primorye simulated a battle with an illegal armed group using interactive equipment with artificial intelligence. This was reported on Thursday by the press service of the district.

The document will help accelerate cooperation in various sectors, including global climate change, agriculture, the ministry noted

The agreement on the exchange of remote sensing data of the BRICS, signed on Wednesday by the member countries of the association (Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa), was the first step in the cooperation of the "five" in space. This was stated by the representative of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of India, which this year chairs the "five", the BRICS Sherpa Sanjay Bhattacharya.

In the near future, testing of unmanned vehicles without a test engineer on board may begin in some Russian cities, the Rossiyskaya Gazeta reports, citing a source in the Ministry of Transport.

The US Army tested a Stryker armored vehicle with a prototype of a 50-kilowatt laser installation during a live-fire exercise at the Fort Sill base in Oklahoma. The military plans to receive four such vehicles by October. They will use a laser to fight drones, artillery and mortar shells.

The Ministry of Industry and Trade asks Russian software developers to speed up the adaptation of their products to Russian processors "Elbrus" and "Baikal". Deputy Head of the Ministry of Industry and Trade Oleg Bocharov sent a corresponding letter with a request to Russian software developers at the end of July.

The American company GA-ASI reported that the US Army drone "Avenger" is now able to track targets offline. It uses the Lockheed Martin Legion sensor system to detect military and civilian objects.

The kit provides various types of maintenance of components of air defense systems

The Russian defense company JSC "GPTP " Granit", a subsidiary of JSC " Concern of East Kazakhstan Region "Almaz-Antey", presented a mobile set of repair and diagnostic equipment "REDCOM"in Istanbul on Wednesday. This was reported to the TASS correspondent by the company's representative Yevgeny Gladilin.

The heads of the space departments of the BRICS countries signed an agreement on cooperation in the field of exchange of satellite data for remote sensing of the Earth (remote sensing), Roscosmos reported.

The peculiarity of the" Sula " is the compact size of the antenna web, which allows you to track the movement of satellites, the Almaz-Antey concern reported

The newest radar station (radar) for observing space objects "Sula" developed by the company " Radiophysics "(part of the concern of East Kazakhstan Region "Almaz-Antey") it is capable of detecting space debris at a distance of up to 6 thousand km.