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The private Chinese company Thrust-to-Weight Ratio Engine was able to test a rotary detonation engine on an unmanned aerial vehicle. This is the first test of its kind. Previously, only bench tests were conducted. The rotary detonation engine will pave the way for the creation of hypersonic transportation systems, including airplanes and rockets. Another feature […]
President Joe Biden’s Special Representative for Ukraine’s Economic Recovery Penny Pritzker says the United States is working to transfer Russian assets to Ukraine This was reported by the Financial Times. According to Biden’s special representative, the United States has frozen $8 billion worth of Russian sovereign assets, most of which are located in the EU […]
Tatra is testing its first self-driving car. This truck is being developed for use in the military and firefighting sector and for work in quarries. The project is being jointly implemented by Tatra, the French automotive component manufacturer Valeo, and the Mobility Laboratory of the Technical University of Ostrava. The drone was based on the […]
Footage of the crash of a transport plane in Mali, where more than a hundred Wagnerians may have died, has been posted online. The recording shows a plane landing on the runway of Gao Airport in Mali on September 23, 2023. After landing, the IL-76 flew out of the runway at high speed, collapsed, and […]
About 450 passengers on a Nordwind flight waiting to fly to Moscow from Sochi airport were trapped in a malfunctioning airplane. In addition to the fact that the Boeing 777-300ER could not take off, it also lost power, and without air conditioning, people were practically in a “bathhouse”, desperately trying to cool themselves at least […]
The dog Commander, owned by US President Joe Biden, has bitten a Secret Service agent in the White House again. The incident occurred on Monday, September 25. “Yesterday around 8 p.m., a Secret Service police officer encountered a pet of the presidential family and was bitten. The medical staff provided the officer with comprehensive care,” […]
Binance has entered into an agreement to sell its entire Russian business to CommEX. This is stated in the official blog of the exchange. To ensure a smooth transition for existing Russian users, the process will take up to one year. All assets of clients from Russia are safe and secure, Binance assures. “We are […]
The researchers found that GLONASS is the worst system of the four existing in the world, with an error of 10 meters. Russia cannot accurately target missiles in the war with Ukraine due to the imperfection of the GLONASS satellite navigation system. Bloomberg revealed the shortcomings of this technology by talking to experts. Back in […]
The Defense Committee of the National Assembly of Bulgaria supported the decision to provide Ukraine with unusable missiles for the S-300 systems. This was reported by the Bulgarian News Agency. “Bulgaria does not have the necessary capacity to repair these munitions on its own. Their use by our army would pose a serious risk to […]
Elon Musk, the owner of X (formerly known as Twitter), has disabled the ability of users to complain about election-related disinformation. The news comes amid an increase in fake news ahead of important elections in the US and Australia, Reuters reports. In 2022, the function of complaining about posts that contained misleading information about politics […]