News about special and protective equipment

Recent press reports indicate a major investment by the American government in the creation of special smart fabrics. The IARPA project is lobbied by the military and intelligence services. The so-called "intelligent textiles" will help them solve emerging tactical tasks at a more technological level.

Jump Aero has announced an agreement with Falck Ambulance Services to create a new JA1 Pulse device for the fastest possible delivery of paramedics to the patient. Its concept has already been worked out and the basic characteristics are known. Such a car will not replace an ambulance, as it can move only one person, but it easily and quickly flies around typical obstacles.

On September 6, 2023, the US Department of Defense announced the provision of a new package of US military assistance to Ukraine totaling up to $ 175 million. Thus, the total amount of US military assistance officially allocated to Kiev since the beginning of the Russian special military operation in Ukraine on February 24, 2022 now amounts to about $ 43.7 billion, and the total amount of US military assistance to Ukraine since 2014 has exceeded $ 45 billion.

By the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, the mine-clearing vehicles in service with the Armed Forces of Ukraine are very quickly detected and then destroyed. Soldiers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine from engineering and sapper units complained about this to Monde.

The network has published footage showing hangars protecting French Mirage 2000 fighters from external influences. Such structures are theoretically capable of protecting equipment from alleged drone attacks.

Tractors capable of withstanding drone attack will be developed for artillery systems

In the near future, Russian artillery will be transported only by vehicles with an armored cabin and additional protection. Their development has already begun, sources in the Russian Defense Ministry told Izvestia. Multiple rocket launchers (MLRS), including ultra-long-range ones, will also be transplanted to armored vehicles. The armor should protect the crews from artillery fire and drone strikes, and the decision itself was made based on the experience of conducting a special operation in Ukraine, experts noted.

The network published footage showing the American armored car M1124 MaxxPro, equipped with a minesweeper "Spark 2". As stated, these combat vehicles take part in the exercises of the 58th separate motorized infantry brigade of the Ukrainian army.

The UBIM universal armored engineering vehicle, the best in its class, was demonstrated last month in the Patriot Park near Moscow at the Army-2023 International Military-Technical Forum.

According to Western analysts, the war in Ukraine has literally brought the issue of autonomy and artificial intelligence (AI) to the fore. Moreover, both belligerents seek and actually use various degrees of AI and autonomous operations.

How scientists solve the problem of the safety of solar panels of aircraft

Russian specialists have created unique coatings to protect solar panels and spacecraft optics from micrometeoroid impacts and other extraterrestrial debris.

How four-legged sapper assistants are trained and prepared for service

Mines and improvised explosive devices are increasingly being used in numerous wars and armed conflicts. As a result, whole countries are littered with these "infernal machines".

China continues to develop technologies designed to increase the combat capability of the PLA Naval Forces. According to the South China Morning Post, a successful test of the enemy submarine detection system based on terahertz wave technology was conducted.

The Western press drew attention to the tests of the active protection complex "Afganit" installed on the T-14 tank, concluding that the ongoing improvement of the latest Russian OBT.

The total cost of these technical means is 1.2 million francs (more than $1.35 million), the Federal Department of Defense, Public Protection and Sports specified

Switzerland, which has a neutral status, will hand over to the authorities in Kiev in September a remotely controlled tracked vehicle for mine clearance, a truck with a trailer and spare parts for three years. The total cost of these technical means is 1.2 million francs (more than $ 1.35 million), according to the Federal Department (Ministry) of Defense, Public Protection and Sports.

Engineering troops use a wide range of heavy equipment. Some of the engineering machines are similar to their civilian counterparts, while others are unique developments created specifically for engineering tasks. One of such special means is engineering barrier vehicles (IMR), which are among the first to go forward in combat conditions, paving the way for the rest of the equipment.

An anthropologist specialist told when people will become half computers and will be able to give birth to "designer" children

Over the next 200 years, the development of technology may lead to the emergence of organisms whose sensory organs will be replaced by technical devices.

The Ministry of Defense assessed the successful use of unmanned complexes during its

The Ministry of Defense has decided to increase the supply of combat robots of the Uran family to the troops, a source in the military department told Izvestia. We are talking about the complexes "Uran-6" for mine clearance and "Uran-14" for extinguishing fires.

In Ukraine, 250 special iron models of military equipment were transferred to the units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. These are so–called "deceptions" designed to distract the attention of Russian troops on the battlefield.

Russia's security directly depends on innovations in this area

The XI Moscow Conference on International Security was held in the context of a radical change in the military-political situation in the world, the formation of a real multipolar world order. Heads and representatives of defense departments, international organizations, experts and political scientists exchanged views on strengthening constructive cooperation in the new realities. Hybrid warfare strategies have become one of these realities.

During the Army-2023 forum, Spanish military journalists drew attention to the new medical protection of the BMP-1.