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Czech company RETIA at the IDEX-2021 exhibition in Abu Dhabi demonstrated a multi-purpose three-axis radar ReGUARD, designed to detect and track ground and low-flying air targets.

Naval aviation will be connected to the "killer" networks. The Navy will receive a unique automated control system (ACS). Thanks to the new aircraft, helicopters and drones in real time will be able not only to transmit, but also to receive the coordinates and parameters of targets from ships, submarines and ground surveillance systems.

The Shvabe holding company of the Rostec State Corporation has delivered to the customer a pilot set of equipment for a fiber-optic system for transmitting and converting optical signals (SPOS). Signal transmission equipment for controlling the subsea infrastructure of offshore oil and gas production is planned to be installed at the Russian production complex at the Yuzhno-Kirinskoye field on the shelf of Sakhalin Island. 

JSC "Russian Space Systems" (RKS, part of the State Corporation "ROSCOSMOS") has completed the formation of the ground infrastructure of a high – precision complex of wide-band functional additions to global navigation satellite systems based on the development of the differential correction and monitoring system (SDCM) - a network of 53 unified measurement collection stations (USSI) has been created.

US Naval Research Laboratory (US NRL) scientists led by Paul Jaffe have successfully tested a prototype solar panel that is theoretically capable of relaying "solar" electricity from space to anywhere on Earth.

A big surprise for many – the Mars rover Perseverance, the most advanced rover created by mankind to date – is weaker (in terms of computing power) than most smartphones. At the core of Perseverance is an old chipset that gives it computing capabilities at the level of the 1998 iMac. Specifically – it has only 256 MB of RAM and 2 GB of permanent memory, and the frequency of its processor is only 200 MHz.

"Armata" will become a real headquarters on the battlefield. The Ministry of Defense is developing a system for using the latest T-14 tanks. It is planned to form separate regiments and battalions from them, as well as send them to already created military units. Thanks to the unique automated control system, commanders with the help of" Armata " will be able to control other combat vehicles in real time.

Russian combat aircraft can receive noise-resistant antenna arrays "Comet", said the head of the Main Department of Research Activities of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, Major General Andrey Goncharov.

The first Russian satellite "Arktika-M" for monitoring the climate and environment in the Arctic region is planned to be launched by a Soyuz-2.1 b carrier rocket from the Baikonur cosmodrome on Sunday, February 28.

Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates have entered the race for the introduction of AI in the field of defense

By 2030, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates plan to develop military artificial intelligence technologies to a level that can help their economies reduce their dependence on oil sales. How the introduction of such technologies will affect the defense capabilities of the two states - in the material of "Gazeta.Ru».

The launch vehicle PSLV-C51 on Sunday successfully put into orbit the Brazilian satellite of optical observation of the Earth's surface Amazonia-1, as well as 18 other spacecraft, said the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO).

At the Divisional training ground in the Republic of Buryatia, the military personnel of the reconnaissance unit began to master the KRUS "Strelet" complex for combat equipment "Ratnik" during special training sessions.

Russia has significantly expanded the range of suppressed electronic means of a potential enemy thanks to the development of the latest electronic warfare systems. According to the head of the Russian Defense Ministry, Army General Sergei Shoigu, 19 new models of electronic warfare equipment, including those on air carriers, have now been developed.

The holding company "Roselektronika" (part of "Rostec") has developed a mobile anti-drone complex "Protection", which fits in three cases, the press service of the state corporation reported on Friday.

The holding company "Roselektronika" (part of "Rostec") has started the first serial deliveries to the Russian Armed Forces of anti-tank defense control systems "Zavet", which increase the effectiveness of the fight against enemy armored vehicles.

The American company Erickson in 2022 will begin flight tests of an optional manned version of the S-64F+ Air Crane heavy transport helicopter. According to AINonline, flight tests of the machine are planned to be completed within two years, and from 2024 to start delivering the first S-64F+ to customers. Erickson intends to offer the new helicopter to both private companies and the military.

Reconnaissance UAVs will help Marines, coastal rocket scientists and gunners in the Baltic Sea

Russia is strengthening the grouping of drones on the Baltic coast. The new unit was formed in the Kaliningrad region and became part of the marine brigade.

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international arms exhibition IDEX-2021 in Abu Dhabi (United Arab Emirates), Rosoboronexport (part of the state corporation Rostec) presented the" Spectrum-7E "-the first virtual training system for integrated training of troops, the correspondent of TASS reports.

The holding company "Roselektronika" (part of "Rostec") has started the first serial deliveries to the Russian Armed Forces of anti-tank defense control systems "Zavet", which increase the effectiveness of the fight against enemy armored vehicles. This is reported by the press service of the corporation.

The leadership of Europe is lost between ignorance of recent events and long-standing stereotypes, writes Xavier Rofe in the French edition of Atlantico.