News about special and protective equipment

The Ministry of Internal Affairs has started using a new system for recognizing faces, silhouettes of people and cars in Russia. "The system is already being used in five regions of the country," Andrey Telenkov, CEO of the Ntechlab developer company, is quoted by TASS. - The solution for silhouettes causes serious interest of our customers, we have a lot of requests."

Rostec reported that the product is twice as superior to foreign analogues in terms of operating time, radiation strength and the degree of protection of the aircraft

The new L376-2 "Yagel" trap cartridge for the protection of combat aircraft will be presented at the International Exhibition of Weapons and Military Equipment MILEX-2021 in Minsk. This was reported to journalists on Wednesday in the press service of the Rostec state Corporation.

The Australian company XTEK and the Estonian Milrem Robotics intend to cooperate in order to develop light armor for the THeMIS remotely controlled ground vehicle in accordance with the memorandum of understanding (MOU) signed at the Land Forces 21 exhibition in Brisbane.

Last week, a photo report appeared on the website of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation from the Kadamovsky training ground (Rostov Region), where shooting was carried out with the participation of commanders of combined-arms units of the Southern Military District.

In Volgograd, a unique transition of pontoon units of the engineering troops, dedicated to the 80th anniversary of the beginning of the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945, was completed. According to the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, the head of the engineering troops of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, Lieutenant General Yuri Stavitsky, as well as the city's leadership and public organizations took part in the solemn event in Volgograd.

The main part of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation is vaccinated against coronavirus - more than 900 thousand people have been vaccinated, Defense Minister General of the Russian Army Sergei Shoigu said at a conference call in the military department on Tuesday.

The video diary of innovations of the forum “Army 2021 " is a series of video broadcasts about innovative products of the most advanced enterprises of the military-industrial complex. The broadcasts will be held from August 23 to 27, 2021, during the Army-2021 forum, and are aimed at the heads of the main enterprises and the command of the Ministry of Defense.

Military personnel of the special purpose unit of the Central Military District during a tactical flight exercise in the Novosibirsk region for the first time conducted a mass landing in the rear of a simulated enemy from 11 helicopters.

Experts from Russia and the United States are considering the possibility of modifying people who will have a long-distance space flight, for example, to Mars. In particular, it is discussed whether the spleen should be removed by astronauts to reduce radiation damage. This is reported by RIA Novosti with reference to the director of the Institute of Medical and Biological Problems (IBMP) RAS Oleg Orlov.

Specialists of the Russian Ministry of Defense have started developing a new drug aimed at combating coronavirus infection. It is noteworthy that it will not be in the form of tablets or injections, but in the form of chewing gum.

Equipped with a new anti-tank missile defense system, the T-72B3 was demonstrated at the Kadamovsky training ground in the Rostov region.

Tank crews fired at emerging or moving targets at distances from 300 to 2000 meters. During the combat shooting, the generals, as reported by the press service of the Southern Military District, fired from T-72B3 cannons with a regular shell, as well as from a large-caliber anti-aircraft machine gun.

The new de-icing system sensors can be used on both military fighters and civilian aircraft

Advanced military aviation systems will be equipped with sensors of the de-icing system with elements of artificial intelligence (AI). Serial production of the new sensors has already begun, the press service of the Technomash concern (part of the control circuit of the Rostec Technodinamika holding) told TASS on Thursday.

Armored ambulances "Lens" were delivered to the motorized rifle division of the 58th Combined Arms Army of the Southern Military District (SE) in North Ossetia.

The next attempt will take place in suitable weather, ESA reported

High-altitude tests of the parachutes of the Exomars-2022 lander, which consists of the Russian Kazachok landing platform and the European Rosalind Franklin rover, have not yet been successful, the next attempt will take place in suitable weather.

Teledyne FLIR will develop personal chemical detectors for the US military. According to Teledyne FLIR, the device will detect chemical warfare agents, toxic industrial chemicals, flammable gases and low or high oxygen levels, which may indicate an explosive environment.

Military innovation Technopolis "Era "within the framework of the" Russian High-Tech Week-2021", which takes place in Moscow from June 15 to 18, presented more than 20 promising developments.

In the interests of the engineering troops of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, work continues continuously on the development and creation of new engineering weapons that meet modern requirements.

What many experts from different fields call "intuition" and "professional flair", it will soon be possible to develop through simple training from scratch. This conclusion was reached by experts from the Research Laboratory for the Development of combat Capabilities of the US Army. They were interested in the project of researchers from Augusta University (USA), who developed a method for recognizing camouflaged objects.

The Ukrainian complex of protection of military transport aircraft of the An-26 type from guided missiles with infrared homing systems has passed state tests. According to Defense Express, it includes combined devices for the release of false thermal targets and an optoelectronic suppression station.

"We have completed vaccination by almost 93 percent, including not only military personnel, but also their relatives," Sergei Shoigu said on Wednesday at a plenary meeting of the Public Council under the Russian Defense Ministry.