Technologies 2024, November

Helicopter-type UAV Skeldar from Saab

One of the main novelties of recent times is the Uran-6 robotic mine clearance system. This system, built on the basis of a remotely controlled vehicle, is designed to clear various areas and perform some related tasks. For the first time, the military showed this

In the space industry, the age-old dispute between physicists and lyricists has transformed in the 21st century into a debate about what is more important for mankind - automatic or manned astronautics?

Combat multifunctional robotic complex "Uran-9" A look at technology, developments, the current state of affairs and prospects of land mobile robotic systems (SMRK). Development of new operational doctrines, especially for urban combat and asymmetric

Throughout the history of railway transport, new bold projects regularly appear that can lead to a real revolution in this area. Nevertheless, not all such proposals reach practical use. Most of the bold projects remain in history

The West, led by the United States, is furious with the "Russian revolt" against the dominance of "liberal values". The Pentagon is preparing a "hypersonic blitzkrieg" for Russia. 5-6 years later, after the massive introduction of new generation hypersonic missiles and aerospace aircraft into service with the US Army, Washington

It is too early to talk about an arms race in this area - today it is a technology race. Hypersonic projects have not yet gone beyond the ROC: so far, mostly demonstrators are sent on flight. Their technological readiness levels on the DARPA scale are mostly in the fourth to sixth position

In 1934, a cadet of the V.I. Dzerzhinsky B.P. Ushakov presented a schematic design of a flying submarine (LPL), which was subsequently redesigned and presented in several versions to determine the stability and loads on the structural elements of the apparatus

When reading victorious reports about our achievements in the field of automation of command and control of troops (especially ground troops, especially in the tactical echelon), which have recently appeared en masse in the military and paramilitary press, you feel, in addition to a sense of pride in our country and its

The development of the "Skif" laser combat station, designed to destroy low-orbit space objects with an on-board laser complex, began at NPO Energia, but due to the high workload of the NPO, since 1981 the "Skif" theme for the creation of a laser combat station

The Gnomad system from ITT Exelis is available in portable and transportable configurations. The Gnomad satellite terminal can transmit data at speeds of up to two Mbps Modern armies rely on high frequency (HF) communications, very

For 5.5 thousand years, mankind has experienced 14 thousand wars, in which 4 billion people died. Only two World Wars of the 20th century killed 50 million. Between 1945 and 2000, more than 100 military conflicts claimed the lives of about 20 million people. The most bloody is the Korean War, which brought 3.68

No sooner had the excitement around the first flight into orbit of the commercial ship Dragon subsided when new reports arrived from this area. This time the news concerns the development of the private company SpaceDev. This division of the Sierra Nevada corporation has recently begun testing its reusable

The era of American reusable shuttles - long, great, very dramatic and extremely controversial - is over. Now, for some time, the Russian disposable Soyuz spacecraft will be the complete masters of near-earth space. It is on these spacecraft that the honorary

In recent years, active work has been going on in various countries to create combat lasers. A promising weapon of this class is expected to have high performance and can have a serious impact on the face of future armed conflicts. In the field of laser combat systems, some

To restore justice and remind everyone about the greatness of the Soviet Union, about the forgotten victory of domestic designers, who outstripped their project of an intercontinental cruise missile, time itself is dedicated … The history of the Tempest project. 1953. USSR conducts successful tests

The Novosibirsk Akademgorodok has recently presented to the general public a new development created jointly with the Design and Technological Institute of Applied Microelectronics of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences and Progresstech LLC - a thermal imaging sight. The new development is intended for observation and aimed shooting at

Last summer, in my blog, I raised the topic of comparing Russian and American navigators used by the military departments of the two countries. After a while, the developers of the Russian navigator came to me and offered to show their brainchild and tell me more about it

After nearly 40 years of working with technologies that allow manned spacecraft to be launched no further than near-earth orbit, the American space agency NASA, apparently, has decided to invest money in deep space. In particular, NASA plans to create a space

In the USA, in the field, they began to test the development of HULC (Human Universal Load Carrie). We are talking about power frames made of metal and composite materials - exoskeletons, which can reward anyone with extraordinary strength. Dedicated on-board microcomputer with sensor system tracks movements

Military-technical incidents of the mid-twentieth century War and preparation for it always stimulates the development of not only conventional weapons, but contributes to the creation of unusual inventions by military designers that can unexpectedly change the course of the battle and lead to victory over the enemy. V

He shared his grandiose plans with the journalists of Roscosmos. Representatives of this organization announced that by 2022 they are going to launch a spacecraft into relatively deep space, namely to Jupiter. More precisely, not to Jupiter himself, but to one of the so-called Galilean

The American company Boston Dynamics, which belongs to the transnational corporation Google, has presented an updated version of its promising android robot Atlas. It is reported that in June of this year, the android will take part in the final stage of the competition, which was announced by DARPA

Astronomers all over the world do not stop their observations of the flight of Apophis, an asteroid, which after a while will approach a very small distance to the Earth. A few years ago, the message about this rapprochement very worried the public, but now people are practically talking about it

Just a few months ago, the United States of America declassified some documents that reveal some very interesting developments and their characteristics. This is a prototype flying saucers. For example, in September of this year, the American National Archives published an excerpt from

American experts are actively working on the project of the unmanned shuttle X-37B. It is reported that the shuttle is currently being prepared for the third mission (OTV-3). This mission should be carried out in October. I would like to consider the mission in detail, but, for obvious reasons, work is underway

According to the strategy of space activities of the Russian Federation, developed by Roskosmos, it is planned to fly around the Moon and land on its surface by cosmonauts from Russia by 2030

Currently, a fundamental important question is being resolved, who will become the master of space for the next 2 decades. For almost half a century, when mankind poked into the immediate vicinity of the Earth, not fully understanding why it was doing this, unless only to get ahead of its competitors, they came to

In Russia, work is underway to create a revolutionary nuclear reactor belonging to the fourth generation. We are talking about the BREST reactor, on which enterprises that are part of the state corporation Rosatom are currently working. This promising reactor is being built as part of the Breakthrough project. "BREST"

By the beginning of August 2016, the total time spent by the aircraft fleet of unmanned strategic reconnaissance aircraft of the RQ-4C family in test flights and air reconnaissance operations exceeded 200 thousand hours, which is more than 22.8 years. This was announced at the end of July by the development company and

There are so many legends about the real effective reflective surface (EOC or EPR) of the 5th generation American fighters F-35A "Lightnung" and F-22A "Raptor"! From machine fans and pro-Western observers, one could hear thousandths and even ten-thousandths of a square

The process of placing the decoy missile "MALD-J" on the suspension point of the strategic bomber B-52H According to the information and analytical resource "Military Parity" on July 12, 2016, citing Western sources, the US Navy signed a 35 million contract with the company "Raytheon" on

No one was surprised by the fear of the Americans about the tests of promising hypersonic gliders, which were able to cover huge distances from 100 to 120 km in just 1 minute, which Russia and China had successfully carried out. And it is not surprising, because already at the beginning of the 20s, by no means experienced products will be

Six months have passed since the presentation of the plastic "World's First Fully 3D Printed Firearm". And so engineers from Texas-based Solid Concepts printed a metal pistol for the first time in the world. They did this to demonstrate the capabilities of modern

The American court returns to the consideration of the lawsuit against the Pentagon. Zoltek Corp. accuses the US military and its contractor of stealing stealth technology. In the twentieth anniversary of the filing of the first lawsuit, Zoltek Corp. from St. Louis back to the old business. Rather

Professor of Aston University (England) Mikhail Sumetsky and research engineer from ITMO University (St. Petersburg National Research University of Information Technologies, Mechanics and Optics) Nikita Toropov created a practical and inexpensive technology for the production of

The mysterious radio station from Russia, which received the unofficial nickname "buzzer", continues to disturb the minds of Western inhabitants for decades, now and then getting on the pages of various media outlets. She also fell in love with lovers of conspiracy theories. According to the German newspaper Bild, some

Abstracts of the speech at the round table "Combat robots in the war of the future: conclusions for Russia" in the editorial office of the weekly "Independent Military Review" Moscow, February 11, 2016 The answer to the question, "What kind of combat robots does Russia need?" Is impossible without understanding what combat robots are for

Concern "Sozvezdie", which is part of the "United Instrument-Making Corporation" of the State Corporation Rostec, is preparing to put into serial production a new military development - a robotic small-sized monitoring system 1K144 for reconnaissance units of the ground forces. Equipped

The American company Raytheon offers technology for 3D printing guided missiles directly on the battlefield. According to company representatives, it is already possible to print 80% of all parts of missile weapons, including the warhead of a guided missile. Today