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The US Department of Defense has approved an agreement with SpaceX to purchase Starlink terminals and services for Ukraine, which company founder Elon Musk will not be able to disable at will. This is stated in an article by The New York Times. As noted, in June 2023, Pentagon chief Lloyd Austin approved the Pentagon’s […]
A few days ago, an F-35 Lightning II squadron arrived in the Middle East. Despite the presence of fifth-generation fighters, Russian aircraft continue to pursue and provoke American MQ-9 Reaper drones. What is known The arrival of the F-22 Raptor in the Middle East in June was associated with aggressive flights by Russian aircraft, but […]
NASA intends to launch an on-demand streaming service, as well as update its app and redesign its websites to make it easier to access the agency’s content. “Our vision is to inspire humanity through NASA’s only world-class web resource,” says Jeff Seaton, NASA Chief Information Officer. To accomplish this goal, the nasa.gov and science.nasa.gov websites […]
Nike, one of the world’s leading sportswear brands, has unveiled a special version of its Air Force 1 sneakers. It is designed for lovers of beer and other refreshing drinks, GQ reports. What it means Many people have probably experienced situations where a cool bottle is warming in their hand in the hot summer, but […]
Google’s DeepMind team presented a new artificial intelligence algorithm RT-2, which allows robots to effectively transfer concepts obtained from relatively small data sets to different scenarios. According to the developers, RT-2 demonstrates improved generalization abilities, as well as semantic and visual understanding beyond the data obtained by the robot. This includes interpreting new commands and […]
The smuggled cigarettes were valued at UAH 36 thousand, and the car at ten times that amount (UAH 358 thousand). Border guards have a list of cars that are most often used by citizens of neighboring countries to smuggle contraband across the border. Of course, they won’t take any chances with expensive cars, because if […]
The distance from this airport to the border with Ukraine is only 700 kilometers, and this distance is covered by the combat radius of this aircraft. Satellite images have been released to the public, showing that the Russian Aerospace Forces have deployed Tu-22M3 strategic bombers, which can carry X-22/X-32 missiles, for the first time in […]
On Friday, July 28, an occupation ammunition depot exploded in occupied Sevastopol in Kazachya Bay. The GUR reports a sabotage This was reported by the Main Intelligence Directorate of Ukraine. “It was loud in Kazachya Bay of the temporarily occupied Crimea around ten in the evening on July 28,” the statement said. It is noted […]
Northrop Grumman continues to work on the next-generation B-21 Raider nuclear bomber. The company recently launched a strategic aircraft for the first time. The test took place in the second quarter of 2023. This was announced the day before by Kathy Warden, CEO of Northrop Grumman. She also confirmed that the company will not apply […]
On July 29, at 03:04 UTC (06:04 Kyiv time), a satellite was launched from the LC-39A pad of the Konstantinov Space Center. A Falcon Heavy rocket was launched at JFK. The super-heavy-class carrier launched the EchoStar 24 spacecraft into a geotransition orbit. The satellite weighs 9200 kilograms and has a communication channel capacity of 500 […]