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Ground-based robotics complexes of Russia: foreign assessment
According to Western analysts, the war in Ukraine has literally brought the issue of autonomy and artificial intelligence (AI) to the fore. Moreover, both belligerents seek and actually use various degrees of AI and autonomous operations.
Tested on exercises in the Far North: Norway is armed with Mission Master XT unmanned all-terrain vehicles
The Norwegian army received the first unmanned all-terrain vehicle Mission Master XT. The effectiveness of the all-terrain vehicle was tested during the Arctic Mobility military exercises in the Finnish Far North.
"Prototypes are already being installed on aerial platforms": Turkey is developing a MURAD radar with AFAR
The Turkish company ASELSAN has made significant progress in the development of an AFAR radar, designated MURAD. Soon it should be adopted by combat aviation.
"Shortest guidance time": NATO artillery is equipped with a new Geonyx inertial navigation system
In 2018, the French company Safran introduced a new Geonyx inertial navigation system with the latest generation HRG CRYSTAL gyroscope, which has a guaranteed service life of 1 million hours.
"Israel will become the first country with laser protection": delivery dates of new Iron Beam air defense systems are named
Israel is one of the leaders in the field of creating laser weapons that can act as an effective means of air defense. According to the head of the defense company Rafael, which also works in this area, in 2024, deliveries of laser systems to the troops responsible for the air defense perimeter, which is built around the state, will begin:
How is Russia going to defeat NATO artillery
Self-propelled gun "Coalition–SV" - the secret of counter-battery domination of Russia
Since the beginning of deliveries of modern long-barreled 155-mm self-propelled artillery units of Western production with a barrel length of 52 caliber (L52) to the combat units of the AFU barrel artillery.
New horizons of the X-35U anti-ship missiles. How was the S-300PS of the APU destroyed near Nikolayev
New horizons of X-35U anti-ship missiles
The range of these products is about 180-250 km when launched from medium and high altitudes and a high-altitude flight profile in the rarefied layers of the stratosphere in the altitude range of 15-17 km.
A system capable of detecting submarines based on terahertz wave technology has been tested in China
China continues to develop technologies designed to increase the combat capability of the PLA Naval Forces. According to the South China Morning Post, a successful test of the enemy submarine detection system based on terahertz wave technology was conducted.
Russia has created an unmanned complex to counter micro- and mini-UAVs
The drone body was made in the form of a flying wing in the form of a center section with two consoles
The Military Academy of Strategic Missile Forces named after Peter the Great has developed an unmanned aviation complex to counter the micro and mini-UAVs of the enemy. The corresponding document was published on the official website of the Federal Institute of Industrial Property (part of Rospatent).
The Nettle combat control system for the APU
The ongoing war in Ukraine has led to some technological innovations in the field of combat control systems (SBU) on the part of the country's defense industry. In particular, the competence of Ukrainian programmers allowed us to create a technological product for tablets and smartphones called "Nettle".
"For fighters at sea, on land and in the air": the USA has developed a powerful small-sized laser system
The American company Northrop Grumman demonstrated its new development, commissioned by the US government, a powerful small-sized laser installation, designated Phantom.
Bones from the future: the time of the appearance of super cyborgs on Earth is named
An anthropologist specialist told when people will become half computers and will be able to give birth to "designer" children
Over the next 200 years, the development of technology may lead to the emergence of organisms whose sensory organs will be replaced by technical devices.
Russia has developed a radio-electronic complex "Triton" to protect armored vehicles from FPV drones
A complex of electronic protection against FPV drones has been developed in Russia, the system has already passed preliminary tests in the special operation zone and has shown excellent results. This was told by Denis Oslomenko, CEO of the Laboratory for Countering Industrial Espionage.
China has shown two options for upgrading the Su-27 fighter
The PLA conducted naval strike and air combat exercises in the Southern Theater with the participation of recently improved fighters operating from an unnamed island airfield.
Nikolay Volobuev spoke about the training of specialists in the program "Advanced engineering Schools"
The X International Forum of Technological Development "Technoprom-2023" was held in Novosibirsk. Within its framework, Nikolay Volobuev, Deputy Director General of Rostec State Corporation, member of the Bureau of the Union of Machine Builders of Russia, spoke at the panel discussion "The appearance of a new type of engineer: a competency portrait of a graduate of an Advanced Engineering School that meets the needs of the real sector of the economy" and spoke about the work that Rostec is doing to train highly qualified engineering personnel within the framework of the Advanced Engineering Schools program (WRITE).
Why does Russia need ultra-low satellites
The top leadership of Russia drew attention to the outer space closest to our planet: an instruction was given to create domestic satellites designed to operate in so-called ultra-low orbits. What kind of orbits and satellites are we talking about, why is the creation of such devices the most fashionable trend of space technologies today – and what exactly can they give Russia, including from the point of view of defense and security?
Russia was accused of a hacker attack on the largest Polish military institution
The largest Polish military institution – the Academy of Military Arts – was attacked by a hacker group CyberTriad, reports Onet. Its targets are NATO and Ukraine. The traces of the group, according to the former head of the Polish Military Counterintelligence Service, General Peter Pytel, lead to Russia. But there is no direct evidence.
Russia has approached the creation of the microPVO system
Experts: Russia's air defense needs a short-range defensive triad
A laser cannon was successfully tested in Russia. It is noted that with the help of the installation, it is possible to hit drones of both aircraft and quadrocopter type. What are the features of such developments, how are similar tasks solved in other countries and how can lasers simplify the protection of residential areas from possible enemy attacks?
Causing "Hail", "Hurricanes" and "Tornadoes"
As a designer, Ganichev created Grad and made the Russian Federation a leader in the production of MLRS
August 25 marked the 105th anniversary of the birth of the founder of the Russian school of multiple launch rocket systems, designer Alexander Ganichev.
"The fact that the ISS began to "crumble" and it is necessary to "run away" from it is an extreme judgment"
Roscosmos Executive Director Krikalev: many ISS systems need to be changed
The International Space Station (ISS) was and remains one of the most ambitious projects in the history of mankind. On his birthday, the executive director of Roscosmos for manned space programs, Sergey Krikalev, told the newspaper.Ru", how Russia and the USA interact on the project in conditions of political tension, why the station works after the end of the warranty period and how to deal with cracks that appear for unknown reasons.
