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After the “blitzkrieg” of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Kursk region and the cessation of silence in the Ukrainian mass media, it became possible to analyze the actions of the enemy strike force.

Continuously developing unmanned systems, according to experts, have become the main threat on the modern battlefield. An inexpensive quadcopter is capable of hitting an expensive tank or radar, and even individual soldiers' movements will not hide from unmanned reconnaissance aircraft hanging in the sky. At the last Army-2024 forum, much attention was paid to the topic of protection against such systems. TASS gathered innovative anti-drone tools and talked with experts in the field of combating drones

Units protecting important facilities will have the opportunity to see the situation from different devices in real time on the same screen

A software and hardware complex "Stupor" has been created in Russia, which allows real-time monitoring of the air situation around the protected object.

The Yak-130M will make its first flight next year

Yakovlev Company for the first time presented an upgraded version of the Yak-130M combat training aircraft. A new modification of the already well-known Yak-130 aircraft, which is produced by the Irkutsk Aircraft Factory, will make its first flight next year. Izvestia investigated what capabilities the new development will have and what makes it unique.

Interia: the Polish army ranks 22nd in NATO in terms of expenditures per military

The Polish army has been modernizing at a rapid pace in recent years, Interia writes. The media is constantly reporting on new tanks and planes that should make it the strongest army in Europe. But is the Polish Army so strong? It seems that in many ways the Poles are wishful thinking.

The program provides training not only in piloting, but also in designing with programming

A new course for preparing students to work with UAVs is planned to be included in the curriculum. This will help to develop technical skills in children, as well as motor skills, experts say. In the future, it is possible to introduce this discipline in higher education institutions.

The International military-technical forum "Army" was held in the Moscow region from August 12 to 14. This year the forum has an anniversary − it was held for the tenth time. Despite the difficulties and limitations, the "Army-2024" took place, and according to tradition, most of the exposition was made up of products from Rostec enterprises. Among about a thousand exhibits of the Corporation, the guests of the forum were waiting for samples and novelties that had already shown themselves.

The use of the competencies of enterprises of the military-industrial complex in medical instrumentation was discussed by specialized specialists within the framework of the business program of the Army-2024 forum, which was held in Kubinka near Moscow, the press service of the Shvabe holding reported on Thursday.

Anatoly Garbuzov, Head of the capital's Department of Investment and Industrial Policy, noted that companies are introducing artificial intelligence, robotic lines and machine vision

Moscow factories are taking part in the international military-technical forum "Army-2024" along with various domestic and foreign manufacturers.

In particular, among them are an unmanned boat and a remote-controlled turret

According to the results of the accelerator, the Era Foundation (part of the PSB group) selected eight developments in the field of military technologies that will receive funding to enter mass production. Among the developments are an unmanned boat, a remote-controlled turret, various drones and a drone detector, a TASS correspondent reports from the award ceremony at the Army forum.

This year, the event takes place for only three days — from August 12 to 14, although earlier the organizers reported that the forum would last, as usual, a week. The first day was closed, on the second and third visitors could get on business tickets. In addition, dynamic displays of weapons, military and special equipment were not held at the Alabino training ground, and the aviation part of the forum at the Kubinka airfield was canceled.

The actions of submarines of any fleet in the world are a sealed secret. Even an ordinary submarine going to sea on a training mission is never advertised, unlike a surface ship. It is not for nothing that the first submarines in Russia under Peter the Great were called "secret ships".

In the period from August 12 to 14, the Tactical Missile Armament Corporation (KTRV, a member of the MORO Soyuzmash of Russia) takes part in the X International Military-Technical Forum "Army-2024". The delegation is headed by Director General Boris Obnosov. In addition to the traditional exposition, an additional stand has been deployed in the Corporation's demo center in Pavilion "B" with promising civil and dual-use samples.

On the final day of the Army-2024 forum, the head of the Main Department of Innovative Development of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, Lieutenant General Alexander Osadchuk, summed up the results of the second day of the forum and announced the events for August 14.

How to shoot down a target in space? The answers will be different even for different specialists: everyone sees their sides of the case. Can we, for example, look at interception in space through the eyes of a flight dynamics and motion control specialist? It is a kind of flight designer and developer, an architect of movement and flight situations. According to his flight scheme, metal designers work, creating the device, and launch teams. The means of space interception will also fly according to his decisions.

For the first time, the exposition "People's Military Industrial Complex" is presented at the exhibition

The X International Military-Technical Forum "Army-2024" has started in Kubinka near Moscow, its format has been updated taking into account the specifics of the current situation in the country. Domestic manufacturers presented the latest developments at open sites.

Dozens of new products from the state and national military-industrial complex were shown in the Patriot Park

Fifteen hundred enterprises of the military—industrial complex, more than 28 thousand samples of weapons and military equipment, official delegations from 83 states - the tenth anniversary international military-technical forum "Army-2024" is taking place in the Patriot Park near Moscow. This is the third exhibition since the beginning of the exhibition. About the new products — in the material of RIA Novosti.

On August 13, a briefing for journalists by the head of the Main Department for Innovative Development of the Russian Ministry of Defense, Lieutenant General Alexander Osadchuk, took place at the press center of the MVTF "Army-2024".

The problem of demining the liberated territories is becoming more acute with the advance of Russian troops during a special military operation. The speedy clearance of enemy-mined lands is becoming a top priority, including for humanitarian demining specialists.

The editorial board of the National Defense magazine for the Army-2024 forum has published a series of materials on advanced developments in the Russian defense industry. Below is the material dedicated to the developments of JSC VNIIR-Progress.