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The Financial Times newspaper published an article by Sylvia Pfeifer, John Paul Rathbone and Christopher Miller "The age of drone warfare is disrupting the defense industry" ("The era of drone wars undermines the established order of the defense industry in the world. Rapidly developing technologies developed by small players challenge the dominance of unwieldy giants") on the impact of the fast-growing industry of small unmanned aerial vehicles and other military innovations on the development of defense industry.

Unmanned aerial vehicles launched by the Yemeni Ansar Allah movement (Houthis) were shot down by air defense means of one of the warships of the Greek Navy. Footage of the destruction of Houthi drones has appeared on the Internet.

In recent years, neural networks have become one of the most promising and in-demand technologies in various fields, from medicine to finance. Therefore, courses on neural networks have become especially relevant for those who want to develop in this direction.

During the performance of tasks in the zone of a special military operation, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation not only improve the methods of combat, but also, thanks to the hard work of Russian military-industrial complex enterprises, they constantly use new types of weapons and equipment, including shock and reconnaissance complexes.

According to the French edition of Intelligence Online, the secret Saint-Louis Institute, under the jurisdiction of the Ministries of Defense of France and Germany, is studying the combat experience of the military conflict in Ukraine to introduce the latest unmanned aerial vehicles, interception systems and artificial intelligence into the development.

The Interstate Aviation Committee (IAC) plays a very important role in flight safety, and not only in Russia. But usually it is remembered only when a plane crash occurs and the committee's specialists begin to investigate its causes. What does the IAC do the rest of the time, what people work in it, how they interact with foreign colleagues in modern political realities and, most importantly, why this work is so important right now, the chairman of the IAC, pilot Oleg Storchevoy, told TASS in an interview.

The Hill: NATO no longer meets the demands of the new era of multipolarity

On the occasion of NATO's 75th anniversary, Western leaders will surely recall what successes the alliance has achieved and what a bright future awaits it. There are big doubts about the second point, writes The Hill. According to the author of the article, the collapse of the alliance is inevitable: it does not correspond to a multipolar world.

A new production line designed for the production of 70 mm rockets has started operating in Belgium. As explained in Thales Belgium, the only company in Europe that manufactures this type of weapons of destruction, the expansion of capacities made it possible to quickly meet the demand for ammunition that is currently used in Ukraine.

Cameras for observing animals in space, super reliable alloys for marine engines of the future, unique glue for electronics – these and other developments of Rostec scientists are in the digest of science news.

Russia has created a dome-type electronic warfare system "Umbrella", which is capable of jamming enemy FPV drones within a radius of up to 500 meters. The development was initiated at the request of Russian military personnel from the combat zone. The manufacturers told Izvestia about the capabilities of the equipment that is already being used on the line of contact.

The Norwegian Air Ground Operations School (AGOS[/i]) opened a combat simulator for aviation guidance specialists and air observers at the end of May 2018 called "Advanced Training System for Aviation Gunners and Advanced Observers". As stated, this fire support simulation system is one of the most advanced in the world.

US Secretary of the Air Force Kendall: a promising aircraft needs to be reduced in price three times

It seems that the American sixth-generation fighter has problems. The timing of the creation of a promising aircraft under the NGAD (Next Generation Air Dominance) program may seriously shift to the right due to the expected astronomical cost and technological complexity of the machine. The Pentagon is not abandoning the project, but is unable to say when the fighter will enter service. About the difficulties of NGAD — in the material of RIA Novosti.

Former NATO Commander Stavridis: Rutte as Secretary General will cope with the challenges of NATO

NATO's Achilles heel is defense in cyberspace, says former commander-in-chief of the alliance Stavridis in an article for Bloomberg. Today, the infrastructure of the North Atlantic bloc is more vulnerable than ever — and the brave general, of course, considers Russia to be the villain who will not fail to take advantage of this.

Military personnel of the North group of forces of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation use the new Irbis radar station during a special military operation. This was announced on July 7 by the Russian Ministry of Defense.

Rostec State Corporation will present about 50 advanced developments at the International Industrial Exhibition Innoprom-2024 in Yekaterinburg. The key objects will be a full-size hybrid power plant demonstrator (HSU) and a mock-up of the first domestic industrial high-power gas turbine GTD-110M manufactured by the United Engine Corporation.

Rostec will support the innovative developments of its employees. The winning projects of the sixth set of the Vector program, the State Corporation's business accelerator, will receive funding. These include a neural network sensor for detecting attacks on information resources, a UAV engine control device, a laptop for monitoring the condition of power equipment, and others.

The United States has been deploying its military facilities around the world for decades, trying to get as close as possible to the borders of states that consider their opponents at one time or another. At the same time, Washington reacts very painfully when something like this happens very close to the United States.

In the period from October 2018 to the end of May 2024, 125 trouble-free launches of space rockets were carried out in Russia. Over the same 5.5 years, the rest of the world has completed 793 space launches.

Yesterday, Reuters reported that the little-known International Telecommunication Union (ITU), which seems to be a specialized agency of the United Nations, called on Russia to stop interfering with the satellite systems of some European countries. Ukraine, France, the Netherlands, Sweden and Luxembourg have filed relevant complaints with ITU. Their application was reviewed last week.

The Center will work as part of the implementation of the Priority 2030 program

The Siberian State University of Telecommunications and Informatics (SibGUTI) will open a Space Research Center in the fall of 2024, where it will analyze spacecraft signals, as well as train students to create and launch satellites, the university's press service told TASS.