Robotics news

The novelty can be used as a "kamikaze" or cargo carrier

Production of multifunctional unmanned boats has begun in Russia. They can carry 20 kg of cargo, and they can also be used as a kamikaze or a platform for two UAVs. Moreover, the solutions used in the manufacture of the backup will help to quickly turn almost any boat or boat into an unmanned one. Domestic developments are now widely represented at the X International Military-Technical Forum "Army-2024".

For the first time, the exposition "People's Military Industrial Complex" is presented at the exhibition

The X International Military-Technical Forum "Army-2024" has started in Kubinka near Moscow, its format has been updated taking into account the specifics of the current situation in the country. Domestic manufacturers presented the latest developments at open sites.

Although the US Army has many years of experience using small robots in tasks such as explosive ordnance disposal (EOD), as the program for creating combat robotic vehicles progresses, it becomes necessary to provide soldiers with the opportunity to operate and fight side by side with large armed uninhabited ground systems, as well as to train the algorithms of such systems to function in an advanced environment.

Dozens of new products from the state and national military-industrial complex were shown in the Patriot Park

Fifteen hundred enterprises of the military—industrial complex, more than 28 thousand samples of weapons and military equipment, official delegations from 83 states - the tenth anniversary international military-technical forum "Army-2024" is taking place in the Patriot Park near Moscow. This is the third exhibition since the beginning of the exhibition. About the new products — in the material of RIA Novosti.

On August 13, a briefing for journalists by the head of the Main Department for Innovative Development of the Russian Ministry of Defense, Lieutenant General Alexander Osadchuk, took place at the press center of the MVTF "Army-2024".

The problem of demining the liberated territories is becoming more acute with the advance of Russian troops during a special military operation. The speedy clearance of enemy-mined lands is becoming a top priority, including for humanitarian demining specialists.

Vladimir Artyakov, First Deputy General Director of Rostec, told RIA Novosti in an interview about the new version of the Pantsir air defense system presented at the exhibition, a mini-personal electronic warfare system, a promising remote-controlled Karakal platform, preparations for the production of heavy attack drones Hunter, captured Western technology, the evolution of weapons during the SVO and many other things.

The editorial board of the National Defense magazine for the Army-2024 forum has published a series of materials on advanced developments in the Russian defense industry. Below is an article dedicated to the innovative developments of STC ELINS.

Andrey Shitov — about what Mark Milli and Eric Schmidt wrote (and did not mention) in an article for Foreign Affairs

When Iran launched a massive strike on Israel in April, the "cost" of this attack for Tehran was "at most $100 million," and the interception of Iranian missiles and drones cost the United States and Israel "more than $2 billion."

The editorial board of the National Defense magazine for the Army-2024 forum has published a series of materials on advanced developments in the Russian defense industry. Below is an article dedicated to the innovative developments of the NGO "High-precision complexes" presented at the forum.

The Russian army is gradually replenished with robotic platforms for various purposes, thanks to which such platforms have become widespread. Today, fighters use both handicrafts and industrial products. Kurganmashzavod presented one of the novelties within the framework of the Army-2024 forum. This is reported by the Rostec press service in its TG channel.

The X International Military-Technical Forum "Army" begins its work at the Patriot Exhibition Center. The events of the Army 2024 forum will be held for three days from August 12 to 14.

According to the Ministry of Defense, 110 official military delegations and enterprises of foreign countries are planning to take part in the event

The International military-Technical Forum "Army-2024" opened at the Patriot Convention and Exhibition Center. About 1.5 thousand leading Russian enterprises of the military-industrial complex will present their products. The events will be held from 12 to 14 August.

The Army-2024 forum opens in the Patriot Park near Moscow

The Army 2024 Forum opens at the Patriot Convention and Exhibition Center and will be held from August 12 to 14, 2024, with a total area of more than 340 thousand square meters.

From August 12 to 14, JSC Concern East Kazakhstan Region Almaz-Antey will take part in the International Military-Technical Forum "Army-2024", which will be held in Kubinka near Moscow on the basis of the Patriot Exhibition Center.

The Almaz-Antey Concern of East Kazakhstan Region will present civil and dual-use products at the Army-2024 International Military-Technical Forum, which will be held in Kubinka (Moscow Region) from August 12 to 14, the company's press service reported on Friday.

It will show on tablets and smartphones the contamination of the area with explosive objects

The application "Minefield Manager" (MMP) is being developed in Russia. It can be downloaded to a regular tablet or smartphone. The novelty will allow soldiers and commanders on the front line to see the location of detected minefields and areas littered with explosive objects in real time. Experts note that the application will seriously facilitate the work of combat and sapper units, and will also be useful to the sappers of the Ministry of Emergency Situations and companies engaged in humanitarian demining.

Today, military operations in the special operation zone are conducted around the clock and are impossible without the use of thermal imaging equipment that ensures effective operation at night. The UAV400T drone with a domestic thermal imager for all-weather reconnaissance purposes was one of the first to be used in SVO. Vitaly Serov, chief designer of the Astron Optical and Mechanical Design Bureau, spoke about the modernization of existing complexes and the development of technologies in an interview with TASS before the start of the Army-2024 International Military Technical Forum (which will be held on August 12-14 in Kubinka).

What caused the excitement around the Moon and its South Pole, which poles are better for Russian spacecraft to land on, what tasks are facing Luna-26 and Luna-27 and what place robots can take in these missions — about this and much more, Pro Cosmos asked the academician, scientific director of the Space Research Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences and Lev Zeleny, a member of the Roscosmos Public Council.

FA: AI systems will play a crucial role in the wars of the future

The conflict in Ukraine has shown that new technologies are changing the nature of military operations, writes the FA. The United States is completely unprepared for this: the military has not yet mastered artificial intelligence. At the same time, the Russian army has already deployed many AI-equipped drones in Ukraine, the authors of the article note.