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The launch of the orbiter is scheduled for 2024

The lunar gamma - ray and neutron spectrometer (LGNS) for geological exploration of the Earth's natural satellite from orbit will be created and will be tested in 2022-2023. This was reported to TASS by the head of the Department of nuclear Planetology of the Institute of Space Research (ICI) RAS Igor Mitrofanov.

American special forces will be able to hit without a miss, even on drones. March 25, portal thedrive.com He reported that the Israeli company Smart Shooter has created a new optics in the framework of the IWOO program.

Russia considers it necessary to achieve universal international agreements on conflict prevention and building mutually beneficial partnerships in the information space, while supporting the inviolability of the digital sovereignty of all states, Russian President Vladimir Putin said.

The United States of America has donated $ 3.3 million worth of radio equipment to the Estonian Defense Forces to support the Integrated Air and Missile Defense (IAMD) system.

As reported in the company Arianespace, by the end of 2022, they expect to complete the deployment of a group of satellites in orbit

The next launch of the Soyuz rocket with OneWeb satellites from the Vostochny cosmodrome will take place on April 25. This was announced on Thursday by the CEO of the French company Arianespace, Stefan Israel.

The spacecraft is designed for the organization of digital television and radio broadcasting, high-speed Internet access and the provision of communication services on air and sea vessels in Russia and abroad.

The Soyuz-2.1 b rocket launched from the Vostochny cosmodrome at 05: 47 Moscow time. The launch of the vehicles by the upper stage took almost 4 hours

All 36 British OneWeb satellites launched from the Vostochny cosmodrome on a Soyuz-2.1 b rocket have been successfully launched into their calculated orbits using the Fregat upper stage. This was reported to TASS by the Director General of Roscosmos Dmitry Rogozin on Thursday.

The development of an ultralight rocket in Russia is dictated by the need to launch multi-satellite groups into Earth orbit and maintain them, said Sergey Zhukov, co-head of the working group of the National Technology Initiative Aeronet.

Lockheed Martin said yesterday it is joining forces with communications service provider Omnispace to develop a 5G space network for both commercial and government use.

KRET Holding of Rostec State Corporation with the support of the Industrial Development Fund (VEB Group.Russia) will launch the first mass production of ultra-fast charging stations (UBZS) for public electric transport in Russia. The devices are characterized by increased speed of operation, their cost is 20% lower than imported analogues.

According to sources in Reuters and Bloomberg, the command of the People's Liberation Army of China (PLA) has imposed a ban on the use of Tesla electric vehicles on the territory of military facilities in the country out of fears that they can perform espionage functions.

On March 17, 2021, the European Missile Association MBDA announced that it had received the first launch contract for the supply of the new Teseo Mk 2/E (Teseo Evolved) anti-ship missile system to the Italian Navy.

The pilot will be able to see the cabin space at night and in difficult weather conditions, as well as when performing complex maneuvers, the United Aircraft Corporation noted

A helmet with augmented reality elements that will help the pilots of the Russian fifth-generation Su-57 fighter in controlling the aircraft and pointing weapons at the target is being tested. This was reported to TASS in the press service of the United Aircraft Corporation (part of Rostec).

The US uses the Zumwalt stealth destroyer to control drones

American stealth destroyers Zumwalt found a new application-ships of this type in the upcoming naval battles will control unmanned ships and unmanned aerial vehicles. During the upcoming exercises in the Pacific, the US Navy intends to get the first idea of what such operations will look like.

The Russian advanced long-range aviation complex (PAK DA) will be able to surreptitiously overcome the borders of the air defense of NATO countries, RIA Novosti reports, citing a source in the military-industrial complex.

Yuri Gektin, Deputy Head of the department for the development and Creation of multi-zone scanning systems in the RCS, noted that such delays are not critical

Russian satellites lag behind their foreign counterparts in some technical parameters, but this is not critical. This opinion was expressed in an interview with TASS by the deputy head of the department for the development and creation of multi-zone scanning systems in JSC "Russian Space Systems" (RKS) Yuri Gektin.

On February 28, the Soyuz-2.1 b launch vehicle with the Fregat upper stage launched the first hydrometeorological satellite Arktika-M into orbit, and on March 22, Roscosmos published the first images obtained from it.

At a ceremony held on March 19 in Paris, the European Organization for Cooperation in the Field of Armaments (OCCAR) signed a contract for the development of a new generation SAMP/T NG (New Generation) air defense system for the Armed Forces of France and Italy.

The participants of the Air Combat Evolution project have published a report on their first phase. Among other achievements, it describes the successful simulation of close-range air combat with the participation of smoothly working in a pair of F-16 fighters, controlled by AI.

In the Eastern Military District, modern security systems for important objects were installed - remote transport stop devices "Shield", observation towers" Murena-1SV "and electronic complexes"Sagittarius - Sentry".