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The European Space Agency (ESA) has ordered 12 second-generation navigation satellites. With their help, the European satellite system "Galileo" (Galileo) will be strengthened. The satellites are planned to be put into orbit from 2024 and strengthen the 28 satellites already there. Airbus Defence and Space and Thales Alenia Space have received an order for six satellites. The first generation of satellites was mainly supplied by OHB, which this time did not work out.

Israeli mines will fly at the behest. On March 14, the Associated Press news agency reported that the IDF has completed acceptance tests of "smart" Iron Sting artillery mines.

Thanks to the achievements of modern technologies, our clothes are gradually becoming more functional. This is confirmed by the latest development of scientists from the Chalmers Technical University (Sweden), who managed to create a conductive cellulose thread.

The launch of two European Galileo navigation satellites is scheduled for the first quarter of 2022. To do this, instead of the European Arian 6 rocket, the Russian Soyuz-ST launch vehicle will be used. This was announced on Sunday, March 14, RIA Novosti reports, citing a source in the rocket and space industry.

The crews of the Su-25SM3 attack aircraft of the aviation regiment of the Southern Military District, based in Stavropol, during the planned flight and tactical training, attacked the air defense facilities of the simulated enemy at night as part of a flight and a squadron.

According to the Internet portal Yahoo News Japan, these unmanned self-exploding aircraft have a number of advantages. In particular, they are able to stay in the air for a long time, move at high speed to the target unnoticed by the enemy, and strike from above.

The Baikal-GVD neutrino telescope, the largest in the Northern Hemisphere, will be launched on March 13. This was reported on Saturday in the press service of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation.

Russia has supplied Belarus with new radar stations (radars). This was announced on March 11 by the head of the Federal Service for Military-Technical Cooperation (FSMTC) of the Russian Federation Dmitry Shugaev.

American submariners will soon receive an air assistant. March 12, portal thedrive.com He reported that the US Navy is purchasing a large batch of Blackwing drones for its submarines.

The state corporation reported that the ban is related to the need to secure the data

The State Corporation "Rostec" confirmed the existence of restrictions for employees to use such foreign applications as Zoom, Skype and WhatsApp, specifying that these applications are prohibited to install on corporate laptops and computers. This was reported to journalists on Thursday in the press service of Rostec.

The Techmash Concern, which is managed by the Technodinamika holding of the Rostec State Corporation, has started mass production of icing sensors with artificial intelligence elements.

The Arleigh Burke-class destroyers of the US Navy, based in Spain, have electronic warfare systems (EW) AN / SLQ-62 Portable Electronic Warfare Module-Speed To Fleet (TEWM-STF), capable of "killing" Russian anti-ship missiles P-800 "Onyx", writes The Drive.

The ship "Eagle" is being created as part of the Russian lunar program

A flight model of the navigation system designed for the promising manned spacecraft "Eagle" will be delivered to the Rocket and Space Corporation (RSC) "Energia" next year. This was reported to TASS by the head of the Department of Optical and Physical Research of the Institute of Space Research (ICI) RAN Roman Bessonov.

New army glasses for the US Army-Integrated Visual Augmentation System (IVAS) will help soldiers get important visual information without leaving the APCs and other combat vehicles. The command plans to purchase tens of thousands of such points.

France conducts first military exercises in space

The French military is conducting exercises to test the capabilities of its space command in dealing with threats to its satellites. Near-Earth space has become the" real national security problem " of the Fifth Republic. The exercise is part of France's strategy to become the world's third-largest space power.

The US Space Force, together with the Air Force Research Laboratory, launched a weather rocket, the Terrier-Terrier-Oriole, on March 3, 2021, with experimental equipment for studying the Earth's ionosphere. This, according to SpaceNews, was stated by the head of the project for the study of the ionosphere at the US Air Force Research Laboratory, Todd Peterson.

The US Army will receive the most powerful laser weapons in the world

The United States is developing a new pulsed laser weapon. According to the expectations of the US military, it should become more powerful than all currently existing models, and at once by three orders of magnitude.

The US Army is studying the possibility of using Israeli missiles on its air defense systems. March 5, portal breakingdefense.com He announced that the SkyCeptor missiles of the David's Sling complex are now available for Patriot missile systems.

Roscosmos plans to conduct ten launches with spacecraft of the British company OneWeb in 2021, the head of the state corporation Dmitry Rogozin said.

The creation of the Liana naval reconnaissance and target designation system in orbit is nearing completion.

Unique satellites will be able to detect enemy ships from thousands of kilometers away in any corner of the World Ocean and accurately aim at them with winged "Calibers", as well as hypersonic "Daggers" and "Zircons".