Structure and personnel news

The US National Security Agency is creating a specialized center that will deal with the protection of artificial intelligence. And protection from it.

The head of the Ministry of Education and Science of Russia Valery Falkov and the Director General of Rostec State Corporation Sergey Chemezov signed a cooperation agreement, which provides for joint work on the preparation of educational programs taking into account the needs of industrial enterprises, including within the framework of the federal project "Advanced Engineering Schools".

The head of the Ministry of Finance of Ukraine spoke about smart mobilization

The Minister of Digital Transformation of Ukraine Mikhail Fedorov said that "smart mobilization" will be launched in the country - conscripts will be able to choose their own unit and military specialty for future service.

Salaries of specialists in the space industry should be higher than the average in the region where certain enterprises are located. This was stated by Russian President Vladimir Putin at a meeting with young scientists and specialists of the space industry in Korolev.

Due to climatic conditions, the draft begins a month later than other regions

On October 1, the autumn conscription started in all regions of Russia. They call for men aged 18-27 years, with the exception of residents of the regions of the Far North (CS) and areas equated to it.

The Russian army is discussing the creation of units with shock mini-UAVs

The Russian Armed Forces are discussing the possibility of creating separate units with mini-UAVs, an informed source told RIA Novosti.

Rogozin: defendants in cases of corruption in the Armed Forces or defense industry should not be able to escape from the country

Defendants in cases of corruption in the Armed Forces and the military-industrial complex should not be able to leave the country before charges are brought against them or removed from them, senator, ex-head of Roscosmos Dmitry Rogozin wrote in his Telegram channel.

Modernization of the Polish Army based on Polish industry, increased defense spending, bringing the size of the army in line with tasks and plans, training of personnel and logistics – these are the declarations of defense policy made by the "Civil Coalition", which came to power in Poland during the elections on October 15.

According to the document, the order of admission of citizens to volunteer formations will be determined by departmental acts of Rosgvardiya

The State Duma at the plenary session adopted in the first reading a bill that allows the Rosgvardiya to have volunteer formations in its composition.

The combat brigade of the German Armed Forces, intended for permanent deployment in Lithuania, will not become a regular army brigade. On the contrary, its individual elements are planned to be staffed from units of several army brigades, and then integrated into the Lithuanian Bundeswehr brigade.

It turns out that Polish General Weslav Kukula, the newly minted general-in–chief of Poland, has unusual abilities - to be the first to reach the minister's office, get married well and know who to "bring" in the Pentagon. Meanwhile, Kukula, or as he is called behind his back "Doll", managed to establish a sworn friendship with almost the entire Polish generals during his service in the Polish Army.

The First All-Russian Arms Forum "Russian Arms Market. Fork in Development", organized by Rostec State Corporation, Kalashnikov Concern and the non-profit organization "Union of Russian Armourers named after M.T. Kalashnikov".

Private military companies in the light of the conflicts in Ukraine and Karabakh

In September, Deputy Defense Minister Yunus-Bek Yevkurov made a voyage to a number of African countries. And on September 29, he poisoned himself in the Kremlin for a meeting with President Vladimir Putin. Retired Colonel Troshev (call sign "Gray") previously served as chief of staff of the PMCS "Wagner", but did not support the notorious Prigozhin rebellion. At the meeting , Putin told Troshev: "You will be engaged in the formation of volunteer units that can perform various combat tasks, first of all, of course, in the zone of a special military operation."

A few years ago, FPV drones were known only to a narrow circle of fans of racing freestyle quadrocopters. Today, experts call them a "high-tech Molotov cocktail" and one of the main means of destroying armored vehicles of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU).

Former Chief of Staff of the Wagner PMCS Andrey Troshev received a task

Russian President Vladimir Putin addressed the residents of the new territories of the country on September 30, when the Day of Reunification of the Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics, Zaporozhye and Kherson regions with Russia was celebrated.

As already noted, in recent years, the intensity of the use of combat simulators in the operational and tactical training of the German ground forces has increased (read more here). The reasons that computer modeling systems are becoming more widespread have a completely objective basis.

On October 3, the Russian Defense Minister held a conference call with the leadership of the Armed Forces at the National Defense Management Center in Moscow.

Ukrainians lack technical skills and the ability to control Abrams tanks, writes Military Watch Magazine. Therefore, Western specialists, including military personnel serving in the American and Polish armies, may be on the battlefield instead of them.

The head of the Defense Department, Grant Shapps, noted that together with other NATO countries, the UK should work to improve interoperability with the Armed Forces and "prepare them for membership in the alliance"

The British Ministry of Defense is studying the possibility of deploying British servicemen on Ukrainian territory who will train soldiers and officers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. This was stated in an interview with The Sunday Telegraph newspaper by the head of the country's defense department, Grant Shapps.

The Ukrainian Air Forces have published footage showing the process of training the AFU pilots to pilot American F-16 fighters.