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The United States intends to modernize the missile defense software due to the appearance of hypersonic weapons in Russia, RT reports, citing a document from the American Missile Defense Agency.

A unique simulator for training parachutists, which includes a virtual reality helmet, was created by the Technodinamika holding, part of the Rostec State Corporation. As the general director of the holding, Igor Nasenkov, told TASS in an interview, during training, a parachutist can practice jumps, both during the day and at night, in various weather conditions.

The Russian Fregat upper stage has completed a mission to put 38 satellites into their calculated orbits after the launch of the Soyuz-2.1 a rocket from Baikonur. This was announced on March 22 by the General Director of Roscosmos Dmitry Rogozin.

What simulators will soon be available to the troops, what new products are already being developed for the Russian army, as well as the most advanced air exercise machines on a movable base that allow you to experience the feeling of a real flight.

On March 15, 2021, the Express-80 communication and broadcasting satellite was put into operation as part of the FSUE Kosmicheskaya Svyaz orbital group (SE KS) at the position of 80° V. D. Flight tests of the Express-80 spacecraft were carried out in full and with positive results.

The US Navy will soon order the American company Northrop Grumman to finalize the deck-based E-2D Advanced Hawkeye long-range radar detection aircraft. According to Flightglobal, the company will have to upgrade on-board computers and information display systems so that aircraft crews can control several unmanned aerial vehicles.

Director General of Roscosmos Dmitry Rogozin said that the export of the RCN to the launch complex will take place on March 22

The State Commission has decided on the readiness of the Soyuz-2.1 b launch vehicle (RCN), which is to launch 36 British OneWeb communications satellites into orbit, for export to the launch pad of the Vostochny cosmodrome on March 22. This was announced on Saturday by the Director General of Roscosmos Dmitry Rogozin.

The Bundeswehr is digitalizing its soldiers. On March 19, the press service of the German Defense Ministry reported that the Panzergrenadier system was recognized as suitable for combat and will go to the troops.

The military checked how the system of search, recognition and transmission of information about air objects operates in the north-east of the country. First of all, the generals were interested in the effectiveness of this system in the Arctic zone of Russia.

This rocket on March 20 should put into orbit 38 satellites from 18 countries

The Soyuz-2.1 a launch vehicle, which is scheduled to launch 38 satellites from 18 countries into orbit on Saturday, has passed general tests. This was announced by the Director General of Roscosmos Dmitry Rogozin.

A team of researchers and engineers from the Canadian company Xanadu Quantum Technologies Inc., working together with specialists from the American National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), has developed an architecture for a programmable and scalable photonic quantum chip that can perform one of a number of available quantum algorithms.

The Japanese space agency JAXA has found itself in a difficult situation – it can not decide what to do with a pair of 50-kilogram satellites. Both devices now simply occupy a useful place in the cramped space on board the ISS, but it is impossible to get rid of them or use them for their intended purpose. The fact is that these satellites were created for Myanmar, in which a month ago there was what was officially called a "military coup".

The US Air Force has released a request for information on technologies and systems that will create a "smart" electronic warfare system for F-15 Eagle fighters, including the latest modification of the F-15EX Advanced Eagle. According to Flightglobal, the new system will automatically recognize enemy radars and communication devices and select methods to suppress them.

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.