Electronics and optics news
The expert spoke about the difficulties of launching a helicopter on Mars
The rarefied atmosphere of Mars is one of the main challenges that the Ingenuity helicopter will face as part of the Perseverance rover mission. This was told to Izvestia by space expert, corresponding member of the Russian Academy of Cosmonautics (RAK) Andrey Ionin on Thursday, February 18.
MAPS will replace the Trophy?
The Americans can abandon the Israeli active protection systems for armored vehicles. On February 17, the press service of Lockheed Martin announced the signing of a contract with the US Army for the supply of a pilot batch of MAPS systems.
Led Su-57 will create an " impenetrable shield»
The Russian Defense Ministry plans to create two or three squadrons of fifth-generation Su-57 fighters with their wingmen-heavy strike and reconnaissance unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) S-70 "Hunter". This is reported by Izvestia, citing sources in the military department.
NASA reported that all the systems of the Perseverance rover are working normally and ready for landing
The Atlas V launch vehicle with the rover launched in July 2020 from the Cape Canaveral space center
Specialists of the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) believe that all the systems of the Perseverance spacecraft approaching Mars ("Perseverance") are working normally, the rover is ready for the landing scheduled for February 18. This was stated on Tuesday by Deputy project manager Jennifer Trosper at a press conference, which is broadcast on the agency's website.
Kalashnikov will present the MP-155 Ultima smart rifle abroad for the first time
The weapons will be shown at the international arms exhibition IDEX 2021, which will be held in the UAE from 21 to 25 February
The Kalashnikov Group of Companies (part of the Rostec State Corporation) will present the MP-155 Ultima smart rifle at the IDEX 2021 International Arms Exhibition, which will be held in the UAE from February 21 to 25. This was reported on Wednesday in the press service of the group of companies.
The quantum computer was stronger than the classical one in the applied problem
The quantum computer was ahead of the classical one in solving a new problem, or rather in testing this solution. Physicists have experimentally implemented a protocol for verifying the solution of a problem that cannot be solved on a classical computer in polynomial time. They showed that a quantum machine requires a thousand times less information to test. The work is published in Nature Communications.
Creation of a new electronic warfare aircraft in Japan
The Japanese Ministry of Defense announced on February 10, 2021, that the Japanese defense procurement agency Acquisition, Technology & Logistics Agency (ATLA) has awarded Kawasaki Heavy Industries Corporation (KHI) an initial contract worth 15 billion yen ($143.1 million) to begin implementing a program to create a new electronic warfare aircraft for the Japan Self-Defense Air Force based on the new Japanese medium military transport aircraft Kawasaki C-2.
New Voronezh-type radars will replace all existing radar stations
They solve the problems of obtaining and issuing data on missile launches and missile trajectories for warning about a strike at points of state and military control
All existing radar stations (radars) of the "Dnepr", "Daryal" and "Volga" types will be replaced with new radars of the "Voronezh"type. This was announced by the head of the Main Center for Warning about a Rocket Attack of the Space Forces of the Aerospace Forces, Colonel Andrey Revenok.
Production of ground infrastructure for the Arctic-KN satellites has begun"
The active life of the devices will be 8 years
The company "Barl" has started the production of ground infrastructure for the space group "Arctic-KN". This was announced by the general designer of JSC "NPK "Barl" Valery Labutin.
The general designer said that the modernization of parts of the SPRN does not disrupt its work
According to Sergey Saprykin, the missile attack warning system is able to track missile launches from anywhere in the world, including from areas of combat patrol of nuclear submarines.
Tests completed: Russia turns on missile warning system
Tests of the missile attack warning system in the Russian Federation have been completed
The Russian military and designers have finished testing the missile attack warning system. This system is designed to obtain data on enemy missile launches. In addition, the SRPN allows you to determine where the missiles were launched from and collects information about objects in space.
Rostec to launch mass production of civil tropospheric communication stations
The holding company "Roselektronika" of the State Corporation Rostec with the support of the Industrial Development Fund (FRF, under the management of VEB.Russia) will launch in 2022 the serial production of digital noise-protected stations of tropospheric communication for civil purposes "Groza".
Broadside: Russia will test joint flights of planes and drones
Two experimental zones should appear in May
Russia will start testing joint flights of planes and drones. In Tomsk and in the Tver Region, two experimental territories should appear in May, where different types of aircraft will be able to move. They will be bred in the space of a special system.
Russian radio astronomy station in Cuba proposed to be restored
Russian and Cuban scientists are considering the possibility of restoring the Havana Radio Astronomy Station. This is reported by RIA Novosti.
Robotic BMP-3 made friends with drones
Man has less and less space on the battlefield. On February 11, the TASS news agency reported that the Russian robotic complex "Udar", developed on the basis of the BMP-3 infantry fighting vehicle, passed joint tests with light robots.
"By leaps and bounds to launch". Scientist on Russia's great success on Mars
If there is life lurking somewhere on the Red Planet, it is only under the surface at a depth of more than one and a half meters, says Oleg Korablev, scientific director of the Russian part of the project, head of the Department of Physics of Planets and small bodies of the Solar System of the ICI RAS.
The NIIET microcontroller received the status of products manufactured in Russia
The Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation has assigned the K1921VK01T microcontroller, developed in JSC NIIET, the status of products manufactured in the Russian Federation. The company received the relevant conclusion in January 2021.
A new supercomputer will be sent to the ISS
It was created by HP and NASA specialists
The SBC-2 supercomputer, created by Hewlett-Packard and NASA engineers, will be sent into space aboard the NG-15 spacecraft next Saturday. This was announced by the chief developer of the computer, Mark Fernandez, at an online briefing for journalists.
The robot "Udar" will learn to fight on autopilot and interact with drones
The robotic complex was first presented at the "Innovation Day" of the Ministry of Defense in 2015
The Russian robotic complex "Udar" will be able to move independently on the battlefield, as well as interact with drones. This was reported to TASS by the industrial director of the arms complex of the Rostec State Corporation Bekhan Ozdoev.
A new single photon source with record-breaking performance has been developed
Physicists from the University of Basel, Switzerland, and the Ruhr University in Bochum, Germany, have developed a new type of single photon source that can produce billions of these quantum particles in one second. With a record-breaking performance to date, this source is becoming a new and powerful "standard block" for a range of quantum technologies, including quantum computing and communications technologies.
