News about the state and prospects of the defense industry
Why the higher education reform initiated by Vladimir Putin is stalling
Two months ago, as part of his address to the Federal Assembly, the President of Russia proposed to return to the traditional system of education in universities in order to reduce the shortage of engineering personnel.
The deadly "Harpy" and its relatives
The creation of barrage ammunition radically changed the nature of the fighting
The history of the development and combat use of barrage ammunition (BB) for various purposes – anti–radar and multi-purpose - has been going on for more than a decade. The first attempts to create this kind of precision weapons were made in a number of countries back in the late 1970s.
The expert believes that the creation of a centrifuge for ROS will help astronauts maintain their health
The development also has a promising practical application in the field of healthcare, said Milena Koloteva, head of the Laboratory of Acceleration and Artificial Gravity Physiology at the Institute of Biomedical Problems of the Russian Academy of Sciences.
The war on the seabed: responses from NATO and EU member States
The increasing risk of confrontation with Russia and acts of sabotage that occurred on September 26, 2022 on the Nord Stream-1 and Nord Stream-2 gas pipelines in the Baltic Sea accelerated the implementation of plans in NATO and European countries to protect underwater infrastructure, such as communication cables, oil and gas pipelines, and production sites in waters of the exclusive economic zone.
Development of the Bundeswehr: what did the new head of the German Defense Ministry Pistorius achieve? - Opinions of TASS
Vyacheslav Filippov — on the reorganization of the Ministry of Defense and rearmament of Germany
Almost three months ago, on January 19, Boris Pistorius (the Social Democratic Party of Germany, SPD) took up his duties as Minister of Defense of Germany, having received a heavy inheritance from Kristine Lambrecht (also SPD). The shortage of equipment and military equipment; the need to repair barracks in a deplorable state; the slow pace of arms purchases — all this is not a complete list of problems of the German army.
Borisov: the Russian orbital station will be "stuffed" with modern equipment
The head of Roscosmos said that Russia will lose manned cosmonautics if it does not make a new orbital station
The appearance of the Russian Orbital Station (ROS) will be different from the appearance of the International Space Station (ISS). This was announced on Friday by the Director General of Roscosmos Yuri Borisov at the International Film Festival of Films and Programs about Space (ICF) "Tsiolkovsky" in Kaluga.
Within the framework of the "Week of High Technologies", they talked about the mechanisms of accelerated innovation implementation for the Russian Defense Ministry
Effective practices and mechanisms for accelerated innovation implementation became the subject of the business agenda at the thematic session devoted to the development of dual-use technologies and technological sovereignty of Russia.
European interplanetary station launched into orbit, began flight to Jupiter
The Ariane V heavy-class launch vehicle successfully launched the JUICE (Jupiter ICy moons Explorer) automatic interplanetary station into orbit on Friday The European Space Agency (ESA), which is heading to Jupiter to study its three natural satellites, said the operator company Arianespace.
The minesweeper Lev Chernavin of project 12700 was launched
On April 14, 2023, at JSC Sredne-Nevsky Shipbuilding Plant (SNSZ, part of JSC United Shipbuilding Corporation - USC) in St. Petersburg, the launching ceremony of the mine defense ship (minesweeper) "Lev Chernavin" project 12700 (code "Alexandrite") under construction for the Russian Navy took place with the factory number 528. This is the eighth launched ship of Project 12700.
These professions of the future are not afraid of artificial intelligence
Founder and Chairman of the Association of Artificial Intelligence Policy of Turkey Zafer Kucukshabanoglu wrote about how AI will affect professions and which of them will come to the fore with the development of artificial intelligence.
Russian Aerospace Forces pilot: "Now a Ukrainian pilot is a suicide bomber"
"The Ukrainian troops have nothing to shoot down such a bomb with, and the effectiveness of its use is the highest." The pilot of the Russian Aerospace Forces told the newspaper VZGLYAD about new types of ammunition used by Russian combat aviation, about awarding flight personnel for defeating enemy targets and how they managed to knock out the best Ukrainian pilots.
Launch situation: which rocket was tested by the Ministry of Defense on Cosmonautics Day
The new system will become an important element in the development of Russian hypersonic weapons
Behind the training and test launch, which took place on the night of April 11-12 this year from the Kapustin Yar test site, there is a lot of experimental design work to create a new experimental missile system that will replace the Topol-E.
A new 5.7-megapixel map of Mars will allow you to see every crater
A team of scientists from the California Institute of Technology has developed a map of Mars with an incredible resolution of 5 meters per pixel. It covers at least 99.5% of the planet's surface. To create the map, a database of 110,000 images captured by the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter camera over a 17-year observation history was used.
The Turkish Navy has adopted the Anadolu UDC (L400)
At Sedef Shipyard in Tuzla (Istanbul) On April 10, in the presence of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, an official ceremony was held for the adoption of the new Anadolu UDC (L400) by the Turkish Navy.
Rostec has launched the production of assault bulletproof vests of increased protection class
The Oktava plant (part of RT-Capital, part of Rostec State Corporation) has launched the production of assault body armor "Obereg".
The Soviet legacy did not help Kiev much
Huge arsenals of military equipment have fallen into disrepair
The overwhelming majority of even the developed countries of the world could only dream of the military power that Ukraine received after the collapse of the USSR. Problems arose only with the fleet due to the persistence of the Black Sea sailors. On the ground and in the air, the Soviet legacy inherited by Kiev was truly luxurious.
When the machines rise up
Ground combat robots are coming not quickly, but inevitably
Ground-based unmanned systems, or simply robots, are not developing as fast as their "flying counterparts", that is, UAVs. But even here the trend is obvious: machines will increasingly replace people on the battlefield.
The Union State will be strengthened by microelectronics
The topic of restoring the release of microchips has acquired new details
The meeting of the Supreme State Council of the Union State, held by Russian President Vladimir Putin and RB Alexander Lukashenko on April 6 in Moscow, was devoted to reviewing the progress of 28 joint sectoral and 60 scientific and technical programs.
The Crimean sky is kept under control
How the personnel of the air defense forces are preparing to repel enemy strikes
It is difficult to overestimate the role of Air Defense Forces in a special military operation (SVO). The advantage in the air and the reliable cover of army units, units and formations allows for successful ground operations.
Andrey Komarov: "We expect to reach the world level at a faster pace"
Andrey Komarov, Director of Digital Transformation at Rostec State Corporation, took part in the International Conference on Machine Learning, Data Analysis and AI Technologies Data Fusion 2023, which takes place on April 13-14 at the Skolkovo Innovation Center. Andrey Komarov spoke about what results the State Corporation plans to achieve under the roadmap "New Industrial Software" by the end of 2023.
