Electronics and optics news

In the course of combat training, military personnel of the RCHB intelligence units of the VVO stationed in the Trans-Baikal Territory are trained to work with the latest remote-action chemical reconnaissance devices PCRDD-3.

Engineers of the Shvabe holding company of the Rostec State Corporation have updated the software of the thermal imagers produced, as a result of which the temperature measurement algorithm has become significantly more efficient.

The Falcon 9 launch vehicle launched in the US state of Florida with another group of Starlink Internet satellites. SpaceX is broadcasting live on its Twitter page on Thursday, February 4.

The Israeli company Rafael has upgraded the active protection system of the Trophy armored vehicles. According to Jane's, the upgraded version of the Trophy received an electron-optical all-round view system, which is designed to improve the protection of tanks from certain types of shells and missiles.

A group of students of the Department of Metal Science and Strength Physics of NUST MISIS has started testing a new high-strength aluminum for 3D printing. It is expected that the technology developed by them will find application in aviation and mechanical engineering, as well as in other industries.

With the help of laser treatment by the Russian scientists together with our European colleagues have produced a highly sensitive photon detectors. The technology is based on the control of the properties of carbon nanotubes.

The acoustic non-contact target complex, which increases the effectiveness of shooting training and the accuracy of fire correction, was created by the Techmash concern. It has no analogues in Russia.

All-weather multi-purpose combat aircraft "Eurofighter Typhoon" (Eurofighter Typhoon) is designed to gain air superiority, control airspace, and intercept enemy aircraft. Its capabilities also include the suppression and destruction of air defense facilities, direct air support, attacking naval targets, participating in a strategic air strike, and conducting reconnaissance.

The President of the Russian Federation approved the list of instructions following the meeting of the Presidential Council for the Development of Civil Society and Human Rights, held on December 10, 2020.

Roscosmos noted that there is no body in the republic with the relevant government powers to implement the provisions of the intergovernmental agreement on outer space.

According to the Deputy Director General of Roscosmos, the placement of the station and its commissioning can be discussed as soon as the intergovernmental agreement with Mexico is signed and ratified.

In Japan, they plan to start developing a new system using artificial intelligence to analyze images of foreign ships passing in adjacent Japanese territorial waters, which are made with the help of satellites.

Disconnecting Russia from the global network is likely, but if such a scenario is implemented, the authorities have a plan of action ready, Deputy Chairman of the Security Council Dmitry Medvedev said in an interview with Russian media.

Dmitry Litovkin-about new artillery reconnaissance complexes and modern trends in the development of the armed forces

The new 1B75 "Penicillin" intelligence complex has entered service. The system is able to record acoustic and thermal signals from shots and bursts of artillery shells, giving out the exact coordinates of the location of enemy guns. Data about them is plotted on an electronic map, after which our guns deliver an accurate blow to the enemy.

The Urals and Siberia will close the field of electronic interference. The latest Polye-21 systems are deployed in the Urals and Siberia. They will become a barrier to satellite navigation systems, and will also prevent drone flights, cruise missile strikes and other high-precision weapons.

They also created a mock-up of an automatic landing system for an unmanned aerial vehicle on an unprepared surface in the conditions of electronic counteraction

The protocol for transmitting data from high-security satellites was developed in the Era Technopolis. This was announced by the head of the Military Innovation Technopolis "ERA" Lieutenant General Vladimir Ivanovsky in an interview with the newspaper "Red Star".

One of the satellites of the Chinese gamma-ray monitor of the whole sky GECAM registered its first gamma-ray burst. It is assumed that it may be associated with a magnetar in our galaxy or be the result of the merger of two compact objects. A circular about the discovery of the burst is published on the website of the Gamma-ray Burst Coordinate Network.

The United Engine Corporation (UEC) has started testing the VK-650V engine, which is planned to be installed on light helicopters such as the Ka-226T and Ansat-U, Rostec reported.

State tests of "Zircons" will be completed in 2021

On Friday, the Ministry of Defense held a Single day of acceptance of military equipment. About what weapons, military and special equipment entered the troops in 2020 and what weapons the army and navy expect in the near future, says "Газета.Ru".

Some American media still continue to present the 5th-generation F-35 strike fighter as the embodiment of the most advanced technologies that guarantee it victories over any enemy – which, however, is increasingly in doubt.