Electronics and optics news
Sergey Dmitrochenko: "The most important task is to reduce import dependence"
The Shvabe Holding of Rostec State Corporation unites dozens of industrial facilities and research centers throughout Russia. Today it is the core of the optical industry of the Russian Federation. By the end of 2021, the portfolio of intellectual property objects of the holding amounted to 2,597 units, the range of products – more than six thousand items.
Shvabe plans to sign technology transfer agreements at the exhibition in Uzbekistan
The line of medical equipment, the latest SWIR camera, a water purification unit, and other products are presented by Shvabe at the Innoprom international exhibition that opened in Tashkent, the press service of the holding said on Monday.
Roselectronics will supply components for Gonets terminals
Roselectronics Holding of Rostec State Corporation is ready to supply domestic element base for subscriber terminals of the Gonets low-orbit satellite system.
"A man in the dogfight of the future will become superfluous." What is NGAD
The Pentagon told how the sixth-generation fighter will work
The Chief of Staff of the US Air Force, General Charles Brown, spoke about some of the features of the sixth-generation fighter being created as part of the Next Generation Air Dominance Program (NGAD, Air Superiority of the new generation). Read more about the promising American project in the material "Gazeta.Ru».
How can America defeat the air defenses of China and Russia
How the US Navy intends to defeat the Chinese and Russian air defenses
The command of the US Navy conducted a very important evaluation of the project to create a new generation jammer, writes National Interest. The AN/ALQ-249 electronic jamming station manufactured by Raytheon will become the most important element of the US Navy EA-18G Growler aircraft in countering modern Russian and Chinese-made S-400 and HQ-9 anti-aircraft missile systems.
Economic Suppression Airliners
Western countries will leave Russia without civil aviation
The new Tupolev-214 passenger liners will be delivered to airlines from 2024, and more than 70 units of finished products will be shipped within six years. If this April promise of industrialists comes true, the domestic aviation industry will provide real practical support to the air transport industry. It will help her to survive difficult times and at the same time prevent the disruption of the center's aviation communication with peripheral areas, as well as the most important international routes.
Made in Russia: Top 10 from Roselectronics
Today, thousands of products are manufactured at the enterprises of the Rostec State Corporation's Roselectronics Holding – from electronic components to optical equipment, medical devices, complex software systems and systems. Many of them are presented in the online catalog of civil products of the radio-electronic complex of the Corporation. We are talking about ten products of "Roselektronika" – the most interesting and in demand.
The Ukrainian military framed Elon Musk
"Accessible Internet anywhere in the world for everyone" – under such slogans, American billionaire Elon Musk is promoting one of his key projects – the Starlink satellite constellation. And until recently, it seemed that everything was exactly like that. However, now it turns out that Starlink has actually become part of the military infrastructure of the Ukrainian armed forces – and that's not all.
In the US, they suggested better monitoring Russia from space
The Pentagon would get a much greater return from missile defense (ABM) if all satellites located in different orbits could interact with each other, in particular, exchange data via optical communication channels. The corresponding proposal of Lockheed Martin Corporation is reported by SpaceNews.
Google has opened free access to high-resolution satellite images of Russian military facilities
Google Maps has provided free access to satellite images of Russian military facilities. Now visual information about the military infrastructure of the Russian Federation can fall into the hands of the Ukrainian armed forces.
Meeting of the Board of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation
According to the Department of Information and Mass Communications of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, on April 19, 2022, a meeting of the Board of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation was held at the National Defense Management Center of the Russian Federation under the leadership of the head of the military department, Army General Sergei Shoigu.
In the USA, they told about the giant Chinese radar watching Japan
In the Chinese province of Shandong, a giant radar was built aimed towards Japan, which allows you to observe the launches of ballistic missiles, says the American edition of Defense News, referring to satellite images obtained in February by Maxar Technologies.
The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation has published footage of electronic warfare systems
For the first time, the Russian Defense Ministry has published footage of electronic warfare systems operating during a special military operation.
Perhaps this is not as impressive a sight as missile launches or air strikes. However, the military knows what a difficult and responsible mission is carried out by electronic warfare specialists in a combat situation. Their main task is to cover groups of Russian troops from enemy missiles and aircraft. Calculations of electronic warfare complexes cope with this task successfully.
Serbia announced plans to combine the Chinese FK-3 air defense systems and the Russian Pantsir-S1 air defense systems into one network
Serbia has confirmed receipt of the FK-3 anti-aircraft missile systems delivered by military transport planes of the PLA Air Force to Belgrade. The official display of the new SAMs will take place at the end of the month.
Neural networks on the battlefield
The special operation emphasized the role of precision weapons
The United States and Britain have today retargeted their commercial satellite systems Starlink and OneWeb to collect intelligence information in the interests of the armed formations of Ukraine. A plan is being hatched to disconnect Russia from the GPS system. How can all this, coupled with the ban on the import of software (software), affect the performance of combat missions by our troops in the combat zone, the production of high-precision weapons by the defense industry?
Small-sized radar "Volna" are being put into trial operation
The small-sized radar station (MRLS) "Volna", designed for round-the-clock and all-weather search, detection and tracking of ultra-small drones, is being put into trial operation.
SberAutoTech has started a test transportation of passengers on drones
SberAutoTech has started testing drones in the passenger transportation service mode. The fleet of self-driving cars has been on the roads of Moscow and the Moscow region since December 2020. Cars are being tested in conditions of dense urban traffic, taking into account various weather conditions and time of day. In the spring of 2022, the company started the next stage — testing the unmanned passenger transportation service.
NATO goes online
The numbers are getting bigger, but the future is getting harder to calculate
In March 2022, the Russian Ministry of Defense received another proof of the high level of cooperation between the Ukrainian military and the military of the NATO bloc.
"The United States has found a new way to combat drones. It doesn't work"
Experts explained why the American HELWS laser will not be able to shoot down drones in combat conditions
The United States tested the High Energy Laser Weapon Systems (HELWS) system with a laser cannon, which was integrated into the Norwegian Advanced Surface to Air Missile System (NASAMS) anti-aircraft missile system. "Newspaper.Ru" was looking into how the US is doing with the development of laser weapons and what its main problem is.
The future of space instrumentation
Yaroslavl Radio Plant joined the RKS holding
The new production asset will allow the Russian Space Systems Holding to increase capacity to expand the range of space products. Yaroslavl Radio Plant has become an active participant in the Program of Strategic Transformations of Space Instrumentation Enterprises.