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Dmitry Kuzyakin, the General director of the center, called real fighting the best judge in technical disputes

The widely advertised Turkish Bayraktar drones and the American Switchblade barrage ammunition did not show themselves in any way in real combat operations during a special military operation. Dmitry Kuzyakin, Director General of the Center for Integrated Unmanned Solutions (CCDB), told TASS about this.

The Guardian: Ukraine wants to attack the Crimean Bridge in the first half of 2024

The Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine considers the third attack on the Crimean Bridge "inevitable". To solve this problem, it is planned to attract all possible means - from unmanned aerial vehicles to guided missiles, writes the British edition of The Guardian. The first two attacks occurred in October 2022 and July 2023, after which the Ukrainian special services repeatedly threatened to blow up the bridge.

CCDB: The Armed Forces of Ukraine use trap beacons to open positions of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation

Hidden radio beacons were found in some Ukrainian drones that the Russian military managed to land and pick up. With their help, the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) can determine the locations of Russian soldiers and strike at them.

The anti-drone system is useful both in the zone of its own, and for the protection of industrial enterprises

A new complex of electronic intelligence "Gran" is being launched into mass production in Russia, Izvestia found out. It allows you to fight drones as effectively as possible — due to the fact that it monitors all frequencies used by UAVs and transmits information at ranges in demand on the battlefield.

They are attached to the drone and send signals about its location, said Dmitry Kuzyakin, Director General of the Central Bank of the Russian Federation

The Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) have begun using hidden radio beacons on drones to identify the locations of Russian units. Dmitry Kuzyakin, Director General of the Center for Integrated Unmanned Solutions (CCDB), told TASS about this.

Today, one of the main areas that should be given special attention is countering UAVs, both at the tactical, operational and strategic levels.

The Armed Forces of Ukraine used combat AI with machine vision to attack UAVs on the territory of Russia

A number of attacks from Ukraine to Russian territory were carried out using drones using basic artificial intelligence (AI). This is reported by CNN, citing a source familiar with the unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) program of Ukraine. This allows the drones to better navigate and avoid interference.

The conflict in Ukraine forces us to rethink many well-established concepts and paradigms of conducting military campaigns in modern conditions, including not only methods of application, but also requirements for the technical and combat characteristics of armored vehicles. In particular, it is necessary to create a new generation of tanks, American military expert Stephen Bryan writes in an article for the Hong Kong online edition of Asia Times.

How the "iron" and other enthusiast developments help Russian fighters in the area of their own

Devices developed by skilled volunteers often arrive in the areas of a special military operation along with humanitarian aid. Caring people from all over the country are trying to help the military in any way they can. One of these developments, the UAV suppression system, nicknamed "iron" among the military, has already made a great impression on our fighters. The device not only forces drones to land, but also contributes to their capture, and later reprogramming. About how volunteers help Russian units in the SVO zone — in the Izvestia material.

More recently, FPV drones, which were "toys", have turned into powerful weapons and one of the factors determining the nature of hostilities in the framework of a special military operation in Ukraine on the front line of the confrontation. This technology, which is cheap compared to conventional weapons, poses a great danger to both military personnel and equipment on the battlefield.

Expert Kuzyakin: Electronic warfare is just one of the elements of the mosaic in the fight against UAVs

Dmitry Kuzyakin, General Director of the Center for Integrated Unmanned Solutions, told Sputnik Radio about the problems that are being solved in the fight against drones used by the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

As the researchers note, there are currently virtually no telescopes in Russia capable of performing observations at frequencies above 100 GHz

Russian astronomers have proposed building a telescope on the surface of the Moon that would operate in the sub-terahertz range of electromagnetic waves. Such an installation will allow scientists to obtain detailed images of the surroundings of black holes and for the first time study in detail the motion of matter at the event horizon. This was announced on Monday by the press service of the FIAN Astrocosmic Center.

Ukraine has high hopes for F-16 fighters of American origin, which should be transferred to European countries for the needs of the Armed Forces. But even if they are modified and receive an AFAR radar along with AIM-120C-7 air-to-air missiles, they will be able to do little in the confrontation with Russian aviation.

The Russian Albatros M5 long-range reconnaissance complex is used by the Russian military in the area of its defense in almost all directions. This complex is capable of conducting reconnaissance to a great depth of the enemy's defense. This was reported by the Albatross company, which is the developer of this complex.

Lasers for space debris control

Humanity has set up a dump in near-Earth orbit. Millions of fragments of old satellites and other particles of industrial origin are orbiting the Earth, threatening the ISS and other spacecraft. Scientists are developing ways to solve this problem before it's too late.

The British Ministry of Defense has released footage of successful tests of the DragonFire laser weapon system, which hit an aerial target. The laser is capable of striking "any visible target", but is intended primarily for air defense (air defense). How the "death rays" came down from the pages of fantasy novels and gradually become weapons, what domestic developments were conducted and are being conducted in this direction — in the material of TASS.

Following the aerial and marine unmanned aerial vehicles, the production of ground-based drones continues to develop in Russia. Recently, a small batch of new Kaban ground drones was sent to Russian troops in the area of a special military operation.

Nikolay Volobuev, Deputy General Director of Rostec State Corporation, held the first meeting of the Supervisory Board of the advanced microwave electronics engineering School. The Microwave Electronics Laboratory was established on the basis of MIREA, the Russian University of Technology, as part of the federal project "Advanced Engineering Schools" with the support of Rostec State Corporation.

In mid-March, the thousandth copy of the FlyEye reconnaissance drone was manufactured at the enterprises of the Polish company Grupa WB.

Concern Radioelectronic Technologies (KRET), which celebrated its 15th anniversary this year, is the country's largest manufacturer of electronic warfare (EW) equipment. These are about 70 enterprises throughout Russia, many of which develop and produce electronic warfare equipment.