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Former US military captain of the first rank of the US Navy, retired Harry Tabach, compared the Russian army with the "Zaporozhets", and the NATO forces with Tesla. This was announced on Saturday, July 3, according to InoSMI.

China is engaged in the introduction of artificial intelligence (AI) systems in manned fighter jets, which turns the latter into partially or completely unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), says the American edition of The Drive.

On July 2, the US Space Command explained the situation with an American satellite "secretly launched" from the ISS as an error. The day before on a specialized website space-track.org there was information that the American satellite BD-28 was launched from the ISS.

The Israeli company Polaris Solutions, in partnership with the Ministry of Defense of the country, has developed a modern camouflage system for military personnel - Kit 300. It makes the soldiers invisible to thermal imagers.

According to the developer, one simulator allows you to train up to three anti-aircraft gunners both in the classroom and in the field

A modern training system for the latest portable anti-aircraft missile system (MANPADS) "Verba" was developed in Russia. This was reported to TASS by Alexander Skorkin, Deputy General Director for Science of JSC "Simulator Systems" (the simulator developer company).

Alexander Skorkin, Deputy General Director for Science of the company "Simulator Systems", said that Russian simulators are in demand both on the domestic and international market

The latest Russian electronic simulators designed for the training of military units can reduce the training time of personnel by six times. This was reported to TASS by Alexander Skorkin, Deputy General Director for Science of the company "Training Systems".

The British company OneWeb plans to complete the deployment of the entire satellite constellation to provide global coverage by June 2022, the company said in a statement published on its website.

The Skyborg artificial intelligence system for unmanned wingmen has taken to the sky for the second time — this time on the Avenger jet unmanned aerial vehicle. According to the US Air Force Research Laboratory, the flight lasted two and a half hours.

The American company Sierra Nevada Corporation presented the MC-145B Wily Coyote combat aircraft. According to The Drive, it is based on the Polish PZL M28 Skytruck and can carry AGM-144 missiles, GBU-39/B aerial bombs, small drones and other ammunition.

The formation of unmanned logistics corridors can become an extremely promising step for the development of cargo transportation in Russia and increase the attractiveness of Russian transport routes for foreign contractors. This opinion was expressed in an interview in the journal "Vestnik GLONASS" by the head of the Research Department of integrated transport development of JSC NIIAT Tatyana Mikheeva. 

The removal of the devices by the upper stage will take about four hours

The Soyuz-2.1 b carrier rocket with the Fregat upper stage and 36 British OneWeb communication satellites launched from the Vostochny cosmodrome.

According to the scientist, Russia will be able to launch the Millimetron space observatory only in the mid-2030s. Among the tasks of the device is the study of the global structure of the Universe.

This is necessary so that the telescope can resume observations

TASS, July 1. NASA engineers are preparing to turn on the backup units of the on-board computer of the Hubble orbital observatory, some of the components of which failed in mid-June. The NASA Space Flight Center writes about this on its website. Goddard.

The Falcon 9 launch vehicle on Wednesday successfully put 88 satellites into orbit, including four vehicles in the interests of the US military department, the developer company SpaceX said.

The director of Orbital Space, Bassam al-Feili, stressed that the launch of the satellite should inspire many young people to connect their future with outer space

Kuwait has launched its own satellite into space for the first time in history. This was announced on Wednesday evening by the founder and CEO of the Kuwaiti company Orbital Space, Bassam al-Feili.

The European Data Protection Board (EDPB) and the European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS) last week published a "joint opinion" on the "Proposal on the regulation of artificial intelligence based on the European Approach"released in April.

In the Kaliningrad Region, the Borisoglebsk-1 electronic warfare system was successfully used against drones.

A patent for an invention for a new electrically conductive coating that can withstand thermal effects up to 250 degrees Celsius was obtained by engineers of the Shvabe holding company from Kazan.

In the United States, when preparing for future conflicts, we should pay attention to modern technologies that will significantly affect the pace of hostilities. It is clear that we are talking about a military strategy to confront, first of all, Russia and China.

The official launch of the telescope is scheduled for 2027

SKA, the world's largest radio telescope under construction, will be equipped with equipment that will allow it to become part of the largest global networks that combine the capacities of the largest radio telescopes in the world. This was announced to TASS by the director General of the SKA Observatory, Professor Philip Diamond.