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"Went to self-destruct." Where did the rocket that killed two people in Poland come from
CNN: Ukraine has recognized the use of air defense near the site of the missile crash in Poland
Ukraine informed NATO allies about the deployment of an air defense system on November 15 near the border with Poland, where two people were killed when a rocket fell on the same day, CNN writes. The Polish president admitted that it was a Ukrainian air defense missile. Military observer of the Newspaper.Ru" tells where the projectile came from and why its fall led to human casualties.
MIET and ZNTC will work on the production of photonic integrated circuits
The intersectoral photonics cluster was formed by the decision of the Moscow government on the platform of the Moscow Innovation Cluster. About half of the four dozen companies already registered in the cluster are microelectronics enterprises that are residents of the Technopolis Moscow Special Economic Zone (SEZ).
ZALA told about a simulator for shock drone operators
ZALA: The "Product-52/51" attack drone simulator can simulate any combat missions
The simulator of Russian barrage ammunition "Product-52" and "Product-51" (formerly "Lancet") allows you to simulate combat missions of any level of complexity, ZALA, a drone developer, told RIA Novosti.
Project Convergence 2022: British Rangers in the Mojave Desert
The Command of the future of the US Army (Army Futures Command, AFC ) in the period from September 19 to October 18, 2022 completed the next stage of the integrated program "Project Convergence" (Project Convergence).
Canada sends intelligence equipment to Ukraine as part of new military aid package
Canada has announced the allocation of another military aid to Ukraine, the statement of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was made during the G20 summit in Indonesia.
Paris updates military doctrine: what is already known now
Dmitry Gorokhov — about Macron's plans to adjust his own military strategy
On board the landing ship Dixmude, French President Emmanuel Macron announced a list of new tasks to the armed forces of the republic. And although the future military program is designed for 2024-2030, the French leader decided to present it now, in his November speech at the naval base in Toulon. He also did not wait for its January consideration in the country's parliament. What made the president hurry?
Yaroslavl Radio Plant will become an industrial training ground for workers for the radio-electronic industry
Yaroslavl Radio Plant (YARZ, part of the holding "Russian Space Systems" of the State Corporation "Roscosmos") it will become one of the basic regional industrial platforms for training and advanced training of workers for the radio-electronic industry. This provides for an agreement signed by the Director General of YARZ Sergey Yakushev and the director of the Center for Advanced Vocational Training of the Yaroslavl region Natalia Kosterina.
Chinese combat helicopters have begun to be equipped with the Eagle Pupil night vision system
An exhibition of aerospace products Airshow China 2022 was held in China, where a number of new products were presented. Much attention of local observers was attracted by the Eagle Pupil night vision system, which began to be equipped with combat helicopters of the PRC.
ISS Reshetneva CEO: we are developing five satellite groupings for the Sphere - TASS interview
Russia has started deploying a satellite constellation under the Sphere program. The Skif-D spacecraft was launched from the Vostochny cosmodrome on September 22 to protect the orbital frequency resource of the Russian Federation. The satellite was created in JSC "Information Satellite Systems im. Academician M.F. Reshetnev" (part of Roscosmos). The systems and payload of the Skif-D spacecraft have already been tested.
The big race of medium-range missiles
The Kremlin and the White House went to disarmament for a long time, and then abandoned it
The Treaty between the USSR and the United States on the Elimination of Intermediate-Range and Shorter-range Missiles (INF) officially terminated on August 2, 2019. The parties that concluded it in December 1987, apparently, reacted to this event without much regret. And there were plenty of reasons for this.
China for the first time presented a 10-meter space radar at the Zhuhai Air Show
It is a radar station with an active phased array antenna
The Chinese Electronic Technology Group for the first time presented its 10-meter SLC-18 space radar at the International Airshow China in Zhuhai in the south of the country. As the Global Times newspaper reported on Friday, this development attracted a lot of attention from visitors.
To catch the "dragon": why the US is turning transporters into bombers
The US military has tested a new system of covert application of massive missile strikes near the coast of Russia
In early November of this year, over the Norwegian Sea, US special operations forces defiantly tested the latest American Rapid Dragon missile system ("Fast Dragon").
The British edition analyzed the "cold war" in the semiconductor industry
Recently, the global semiconductor industry has been facing serious problems. This is written by the British edition of Verdict. According to the author of the publication, there is already a shortage of microcircuits and advanced microprocessors in the world.
Turkey has developed the OZGUR radar with AFAR for fighter jets and attack drones
The Turkish defense company Aselsan presented a radar with an active phased array antenna (AFAR), developed in-house within the framework of the OZGUR project. It is planned to equip F-16 fighters of the Turkish Air Force and Akinci attack drones with this onboard radar.
The element of network-centric control of troops: The US Army chooses the military space guidance system of the Convergence project
The Convergence project, led by the army and supported by all military services, is aimed at demonstrating the joint organization of command and control on the battlefield. This is a connection of departments of the US Department of Defense, networked and connected to a common database. Profile exercises with the test use of system elements began in October in the western United States and in the Pacific region and continue to this day.
In Germany, the military decided to protect themselves from "Russian reconnaissance drones"
The German military department decided to speed up the process of acquiring special means to suppress drones - HP47, writes Der Spiegel.
China unveiled electronic reconnaissance UAVs and new aircraft at the China Air Show in Zhuhai
The China Air Show aviation exhibition opened in Zhuhai City in Guangdong Province (China) on November 8. It presents the products of Chinese aircraft manufacturers – both civil and military purposes. The event will last six days.
The regular satellite system for Internet access "Skif" will begin to be deployed in 2025
According to the General director of JSC "Information Satellite Systems named after Academician M.F. Reshetnev" Evgeny Nesterov, it is planned to launch two prototypes of the spacecraft
The start of the deployment of the regular Russian grouping of the Skif satellite system, designed for broadband Internet access, is scheduled for 2025. This was announced in an interview with TASS by the General director of JSC "Information Satellite Systems named after Academician M. F. Reshetnev" (ISS) Evgeny Nesterov.
In the United States, under a contract with the Navy, they are increasing the number of marine drones with the stated purpose of "mapping the seabed and exploring the depths"
Saildrone, an American manufacturer of small and medium-sized unmanned surface ships, expects an increase in the number of seabed exploration tasks that its platforms will perform in 2023 in the Atlantic, Pacific Ocean, and the Middle East. This was stated in one of his interviews by the company's CEO Richard Jenkins.
Head of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine: We need to negotiate with foreign countries on financing the Starlink satellite communication system
Ukrainian officials confirm the problems that have arisen with the use of the Starlink satellite communication system from Elon Musk's company.
