Wu Yanhua, Deputy Head of China National Space Administration (CNSA), stated that Russia and China will probably sign an intergovernmental agreement on the lunar station and the related cooperation by the end of 2022. [newslist] "Currently, inter-governmental consultations between China and Russia on an agreement on creating an International Scientific Lunar Station are in full…
Securex Uzbekistan 2022: Safety & Fire Protection
The 13th Central Asian International Exhibition for Security & Defence. Safety & Fire Protection. Rescue equipment & Personal Protection Technologies. Securex Uzbekistan 2022 will take place in Taskent, Uzbekistan on November 2-4, 2022. [newslist] Securex Uzbekistan is an excellent business platform for exhibiting the latest technologies in defence industry, industrial safety and personal protection, equipment…
VR and AR in the Russian Armed Forces
Like most information technologies, augmented and virtual reality originated in the military-industrial complex. Half a century after the introduction of the technology, Virtual Reality (VR) and Augemnted Reality (AR) are gradually becoming part of the daily training of the military. [newslist] The modern global VR and AR market for military applications is estimated at billions…
Faster than Sound. Missiles in 2022
Over the years, strategists and top managers planned to launch new projects in 2022. The time is coming, and we want to remember what was going to be built, demonstrated, and launched in 2022. And most importantly, to understand how realistic the forecasts turned out to be. [newslist] The commissioning of the Sarmat missile system…
Motovilikha and Splav Modernise MLRS production
The military department of the Motovilikhinsky Plants of JSC Special Design Bureaue, and Splav Scientific Production Association named after A.N. Ganichev, which are part of the management circuit of the Technodinamika holding of Rostec State Corporation, are modernizing the production of the Grad MLRS. [newslist] Along with that, they are actively implementing a project for…
Artificial Intelligence Prosepcts in Engineering Troops
“The development of new means of engineering weapons is carried out continuously and in all directions. The latest technologies, in particular artificial intelligence, are focused on creating intelligent minefields with a "friend or foe" identification system” says the Chief of Russian Engineering Troops lieutenant general Yuri Stavitsky. [newslist] Engineer troops are one of the most…
New Algorithms For Russian Radars
Specialists from Academician A.L. Mints Radiotechnical Institute (RTI) have developed new methods of air and space control and group targets identification. The new target detection algorithm has been developed for long-range radar stations and is caused by a much more complicated electromagnetic situation in the radar location area. The developed algorithms for radars successfully detect…
First-Ever Russian Torpedo-Carrying UMV Under Development
A robotic torpedo-carrying ship is being developed for the Russian Navy. The UMV is supposed to be capable of autonomous detection and elimination of enemy submarines in Arctic latitudes and distant waters. [newslist] "Work is currently underway at the design firm’s initiative to develop an unmanned craft designated to hunt down and eliminate adversary…
Austria to Purchase 18 Leonardo AW169M Light Helicopters
Italy and Austria have signed a government-to-government (G2G) agreement for the sale and procurement of 18 Leonardo AW169M light multirole helicopters for the Austrian Armed Forces. [newslist] On the 02 December the defence ministers of Italy and Austria Lorenzo Guerini and Klaudia Tanner, signed the implementation phase of the agreement at the Italian Ministry of…
280 AIM-120C AMRAAM for Saudi Arabia
The U.S. State Department has approved a sale to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia of 280 AIM-120C Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missiles (AMRAAM) and related equipment for an estimated cost of $650 million, announced the Defense Security Cooperation Agency announced on 04 November. [newslist] The Defense Security Cooperation Agency said in a press release that…