Electronics and optics news

The Ministry of Defense of Russia denied the information that appeared about the alleged "hacking" by hackers of the official departmental website.

A set of compatibility tests of the Termidesk virtual workplace connection manager with the zVirt virtualization system versions 4.3 and 4.4 has been completed, the press service of the Astra Group of companies reports.

It was developed by schoolchildren together with specialists of NIS LLC and VIZARD LLC

The VIZARD-SS1 nanosatellite, which will allow schoolchildren to study ice drift and navigation safety in the Arctic Ocean, will be launched in 2022. This was reported to TASS by the press service of Sitronics Group on Thursday.

Northrop Grumman has received a contract to develop a space surveillance system

The Space Systems Command of the US Space Forces has signed a contract with Northrop Grumman to develop a radar tracking system for geostationary orbit. As part of the Deep-Space Advanced Radar Capability (DARC) program, three ground stations will be built, Army Recognition reports.

Russia to hold talks with Argentina and Africa on Spektr-M tracking stations

Russia wants to build tracking stations for the Spectrum-M astrophysical space observatory in Argentina and Africa. This was reported to TASS by the head of the FIAN astrocosmic Center Sergey Likhachev.

Astronomers have proposed chlorofluorocarbons as a sign of an alien civilization

The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is capable of detecting signs of activity of alien civilizations on exoplanets by atmospheric pollution. This is reported in the preprint of the article published in the arXiv repository. Briefly about the study tells the publication Universe Today.

Academician Zeleny called the Spektr-UV space telescope a "new Hubble"

The Spektr-UV space telescope will allow observation in the ultraviolet part of the spectrum, which is inaccessible to observations from Earth. This will allow the Russian telescope to take the place of the American Hubble. This was announced by the Deputy chairman of the RAS Council for Space, Academician Lev Zeleny, RIA Novosti reports.

It significantly increases the accuracy of the RPC

Rostec State Corporation has equipped a number of weapons samples, including the upgraded Pantsir-SM anti-aircraft missile and cannon complex (ZRPC), with the latest algorithm that significantly improves navigation accuracy. This was reported to TASS by the press service of the High-Precision Complexes holding (part of Rostec).

The holding company "Roselectronics" of Rostec State Corporation will carry out work on the design of the infrastructure of the liquefied natural gas transshipment complex in the port of Murmansk. One of the key facilities will be an automated radio engineering post of the vessel traffic control system, which will ensure the safety of navigation in the waters of the port in the Bay of Ur.

Fly Drone, a portfolio company of the RT-Business Development holding of Rostec State Corporation, which is a resident of the Skolkovo Innovation Fund, presented Uber for unmanned aerial vehicles at the UMEX 2022 exhibition. The platform allows you to quickly find a performer for any task that requires the use of a UAV. The exhibition takes place on February 21-23 in Abu Dhabi.

The rocket will launch 46 satellites into low Earth orbit

SpaceX on Monday launched a Falcon 9 launch vehicle with another grouping of Starlink microsatellites. The broadcast is conducted on the company's website.

The training network of the Strategic Missile Forces has unique training systems for training the on-duty forces of the Strategic Missile Forces.

It will use GLONASS navigation when jamming signals

An interference-resistant antenna for the control, navigation and communication equipment of the combat equipment kit will allow the Russian army to access GLONASS signals even in conditions of electronic suppression. Ashot Oganesyan, Deputy Director of the Moscow branch of JSC VNIIR-Progress, told TASS about this during the Navigation-2021 conference.

At the final stage of the joint operational exercise of the armed forces of Belarus and Russia "Allied Resolve-2022", the communications troops of the Armed Forces of Belarus are returning to their permanent locations, the press service of the Ministry of Defense of the Republic reported on Saturday.

Rostec has equipped the Pantsir-SM ZRPC with a unique navigation system

The Russian upgraded anti-aircraft missile and cannon complex "Pantsir-SM" has received a unique navigation system developed by the Signal Research Institute (part of the High-Precision Complexes holding), and it is currently being tested. This was announced by Bekhan Ozdoev, Industrial director of the Rostec Corporation's weapons complex.

The center will employ about 100 designers and production workers

The Center for Marine Robotics, created by the Central Design Bureau "Rubin", began work in Kronstadt. This was reported to journalists on Friday in the press service of the Central Bank.

Popular Science: Russian Krasukha electronic warfare systems can block GPS signals

The Krasukha-2 and Krasukha-4 electronic warfare systems are capable of blocking signals from the Global Positioning System (GPS) satellite navigation system. A similar assessment of Russian weapons was given by the American magazine Popular Science.

Russian electronic warfare systems can create big problems for high-tech armies. Tanks, artillery installations and drones equipped with various electronic devices can fail due to electronic warfare systems.

Specialists of the IDC analytical company expect that the revenues of suppliers of solutions in the field of artificial intelligence (AI), including software, equipment and services, will grow by 19.6% in 2022 compared to 2020.

Specialists of the analytical company Juniper Research conducted a study, the results of which allowed them to predict that by 2026 the volume of the global cellular Internet of Things (IoT) market will reach $ 61 billion.