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Axiscades Technologies has announced a defence electronics order worth ₹100 Cr through its subsidiary, Mistral Solutions, for the Low Level Transportable Radar Ashwini system. 🇮🇳 The LLTR Ashwini radar is an indigenous system developed by DRDO in partnership with BEL. LLTR Ashwini is a mobile, low-level surveillance radar designed...

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Sputnik

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Look closely at a roughly $109 million F-35B and the remarkable feature is what you barely see, fastener heads, wide panel gaps or steps between sections. That apparent single shell contains more than 40,000 threaded fasteners and over 1,000 measured seams in between panels. Despite weighing up to 27 tons and measuring 15.6 m long with a 10.7 m wingspan, the F-35B has an estimated frontal radar cross section of just 0.001 m², roughly a metal golf ball once in the air. Even advanced airborne AESA fighter radars and ground based long range SAM engagement radars like the S400 system, typically cannot detect or lock it until within 25-40 km, making long range air-to-air or surface to air missiles extremely hard to employ against it. Radar does not see a “smooth”surface as we do. The aircraft’s shape redirects energy away, while low observable materials absorb part of it. But a single raised fastener head, open or uneven panel gap or small step becomes a new edge or cavity that creates a radar signature. It disrupts electrical currents across the surface and can scatter energy back which advanced radar can pick up. Composite skins are formed on precision tools that set the exterior contour, then drilled to fit the structure beneath. The fasteners are not hidden inside, countersunk heads pass through the skin, are set flush or recessed, measured, filled until the curve is restored, and measured again. Exact F-35 tolerance limits are not public, but the inspection tool repeats to better than 0.001 inch, about 25 micrometres. Seams are separately checked for gap and vertical mismatch, conductive gap fillers and low-observable coatings help stop those transitions becoming strong reflectors points. Fourth-generation fighters already used flush fasteners for reducing aero drag. The real fifth-generation leap is treating every minute seam, material change and removable panel as radar geometry, then reproducing that finish across a fleet. At sea, salt, moisture, fluids and panel removal make preserving it a permanent maintenance discipline. A stealth outline can be copied from a photograph. The real manufacturing capability is making tens of thousands of parts and panels behave like one electromagnetic surface and restoring it for decades. Source, Pacific Airshow
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Look closely at a roughly $109 million F-35B and the remarkable feature is what you barely see, fastener heads, wide panel gaps or steps between sections. That apparent single shell contains more than 40,000 threaded fasteners and over 1,000 measured seams in between panels. Despite weighing up to 27 tons and measuring 15.6 m long with a 10.7 m wingspan, the F-35B has an estimated frontal radar cross section of just 0.001 m², roughly a metal golf ball once in the air. Even advanced airborne AESA fighter radars and ground based long range SAM engagement radars like the S400 system, typically cannot detect or lock it until within 25-40 km, making long range air-to-air or surface to air missiles extremely hard to employ against it. Radar does not see a “smooth”surface as we do. The aircraft’s shape redirects energy away, while low observable materials absorb part of it. But a single raised fastener head, open or uneven panel gap or small step becomes a new edge or cavity that creates a radar signature. It disrupts electrical currents across the surface and can scatter energy back which advanced radar can pick up. Composite skins are formed on precision tools that set the exterior contour, then drilled to fit the structure beneath. The fasteners are not hidden inside, countersunk heads pass through the skin, are set flush or recessed, measured, filled until the curve is restored, and measured again. Exact F-35 tolerance limits are not public, but the inspection tool repeats to better than 0.001 inch, about 25 micrometres. Seams are separately checked for gap and vertical mismatch, conductive gap fillers and low-observable coatings help stop those transitions becoming strong reflectors points. Fourth-generation fighters already used flush fasteners for reducing aero drag. The real fifth-generation leap is treating every minute seam, material change and removable panel as radar geometry, then reproducing that finish across a fleet. At sea, salt, moisture, fluids and panel removal make preserving it a permanent maintenance discipline. A stealth outline can be copied from a photograph. The real manufacturing capability is making tens of thousands of parts and panels behave like one electromagnetic surface and restoring it for decades. Source, Pacific Airshow

Ammanichanda

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🚨 THE RACE TO 6G JUST ACCELERATED. Northrop Grumman has developed a W-band GaN chip operating at up to 110 GHz and took it from concept to market-ready hardware in less than six months. The new gallium nitride chip operates in the W-band (75–110 GHz), a frequency range that delivers massive bandwidth, extremely high data rates, and much lower latency than current systems. What makes this impressive is the speed: the chip went from concept to market-ready hardware in less than six months through a U.S. government-backed microelectronics program. That’s unusually fast for advanced defense-grade semiconductors. The chip acts as a high-power signal amplifier that can strengthen wireless links while shrinking the size and power consumption of the hardware. It’s designed for military radar, secure satellite communications, and the coming wave of 6G networks. Why this matters: • W-band offers far more spectrum than current 5G bands, enabling much faster data transmission and higher-resolution sensing • Gallium nitride can handle significantly higher power and frequencies than silicon, making it ideal for these demanding applications • The rapid development cycle shows how public-private collaboration can accelerate critical semiconductor technologies • The same tech that strengthens military radar and satellite links will directly feed into future commercial 6G infrastructure The deeper implication: We’re watching the foundation of next-generation wireless and sensing systems being laid in real time. High-frequency GaN chips like this won’t just improve existing radar and satellite systems they’re likely to become core building blocks for 6G, autonomous systems, and advanced defense platforms. The fact that this moved from lab to market in under six months suggests the pace of high-frequency electronics is accelerating dramatically. The future of wireless isn’t just faster. It’s operating at frequencies most people have never heard of and it’s being built right now. How soon do you think W-band and GaN technology will start appearing in everyday 6G devices? Follow for more frontier semiconductors, defense tech, and next-generation wireless systems.
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🚨 THE RACE TO 6G JUST ACCELERATED. Northrop Grumman has developed a W-band GaN chip operating at up to 110 GHz and took it from concept to market-ready hardware in less than six months. The new gallium nitride chip operates in the W-band (75–110 GHz), a frequency range that delivers massive bandwidth, extremely high data rates, and much lower latency than current systems. What makes this impressive is the speed: the chip went from concept to market-ready hardware in less than six months through a U.S. government-backed microelectronics program. That’s unusually fast for advanced defense-grade semiconductors. The chip acts as a high-power signal amplifier that can strengthen wireless links while shrinking the size and power consumption of the hardware. It’s designed for military radar, secure satellite communications, and the coming wave of 6G networks. Why this matters: • W-band offers far more spectrum than current 5G bands, enabling much faster data transmission and higher-resolution sensing • Gallium nitride can handle significantly higher power and frequencies than silicon, making it ideal for these demanding applications • The rapid development cycle shows how public-private collaboration can accelerate critical semiconductor technologies • The same tech that strengthens military radar and satellite links will directly feed into future commercial 6G infrastructure The deeper implication: We’re watching the foundation of next-generation wireless and sensing systems being laid in real time. High-frequency GaN chips like this won’t just improve existing radar and satellite systems they’re likely to become core building blocks for 6G, autonomous systems, and advanced defense platforms. The fact that this moved from lab to market in under six months suggests the pace of high-frequency electronics is accelerating dramatically. The future of wireless isn’t just faster. It’s operating at frequencies most people have never heard of and it’s being built right now. How soon do you think W-band and GaN technology will start appearing in everyday 6G devices? Follow for more frontier semiconductors, defense tech, and next-generation wireless systems.

TheNewPhysics

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🚨🇷🇺 ZELENSKY IN PANIC: Russia's New Defense System Makes NATO Drone Swarms Obsolete Rostec just dropped the ZAK-30 “Citadel” — Russia’s latest anti-drone system designed to shred NATO UAV tactics in real time. 🔸 The ZAK-30 Citadel packs a 30mm cannon that fires intelligent smart shells which automatically calculate the optimal detonation point based on the drone’s exact flight path, delivering lethal precision while dramatically conserving ammunition. 🔸 Each combat module carries a full 300-round load and can destroy aircraft-type drones at oblique ranges up to 1,000 meters and small multicopters at 800 meters, supported by integrated surveillance radar plus optical-electronic tracking. 🔸 The entire system operates with a remote command post positioned safely up to 1 km away from the firing modules and requires only 5 crew members for continuous 24/7 performance. 🔸 Already battle-proven and deployed in the special military operation zone, the Citadel has confirmed its high effectiveness against real-world Western-supplied drone attacks. Do you think NATO can catch up to Russian anti-drone technology?
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🚨🇷🇺 ZELENSKY IN PANIC: Russia's New Defense System Makes NATO Drone Swarms Obsolete Rostec just dropped the ZAK-30 “Citadel” — Russia’s latest anti-drone system designed to shred NATO UAV tactics in real time. 🔸 The ZAK-30 Citadel packs a 30mm cannon that fires intelligent smart shells which automatically calculate the optimal detonation point based on the drone’s exact flight path, delivering lethal precision while dramatically conserving ammunition. 🔸 Each combat module carries a full 300-round load and can destroy aircraft-type drones at oblique ranges up to 1,000 meters and small multicopters at 800 meters, supported by integrated surveillance radar plus optical-electronic tracking. 🔸 The entire system operates with a remote command post positioned safely up to 1 km away from the firing modules and requires only 5 crew members for continuous 24/7 performance. 🔸 Already battle-proven and deployed in the special military operation zone, the Citadel has confirmed its high effectiveness against real-world Western-supplied drone attacks. Do you think NATO can catch up to Russian anti-drone technology?

NewRulesGeopolitics

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😓 Air India 🇮🇳 Flight AI171 with fully loaded Boeing 787-7 Dreamliner fatal accident: I‘m an airline pilot with >15‘000h of experience and a physics institute: My brief PRELIMINARY analysis of the visible facts from the video of the takeoff: * The flaps are only slightly extended, presumably to position 1 instead of 5. * The landing gear is still extended, which should have been retracted at this altitude and causes additional drag. * The aircraft is at a high angle of attack, which confirms the insufficient flap setting. * From the video and witness accounts, only low engine noise is audible. * Neither smoke nor fire is visible. * An engine failure is less likely. The most probable cause is presumably a human factor, an incorrectly chosen, insufficient flap setting for takeoff, and consequently an inadequately selected thrust. In this context, the correlated speeds were too low because they were calculated for a larger flap setting or a lighter aircraft. As a result, the aircraft took off with insufficient speed and intentionally but falsely derated thrust, was therefore on the unstable side, and rapidly lost more speed and altitude due to the additional failure to retract the landing gear in a timely manner, leading to a subsequent stall at low altitude and crash. For the experts: the aircraft got onto the wrong side of the speed vs drag curve and maneuvered itself into a corner from where there is no escape. Another possible cause could also have been an incorrect input of a wrong takeoff weight into the Flight Management System, resulting in too low thrust and too low speeds. The pilots got startled after takeoff, couldn’t wrap their head around what went wrong and incorrectly prioritized making an emergency call instead of flying the aircraft first, manually increasing thrust immediately to maximum, and retracting the landing gear. In summary of this very early and preliminary assessment (your confidence level should be as low as mine): The most probable cause is human error 😓 - as most of the time these days. Not because the pilots got worse (although that effect can be observed as well with prioritization of diversity over competence) - but because technology got so much better.
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😓 Air India 🇮🇳 Flight AI171 with fully loaded Boeing 787-7 Dreamliner fatal accident: I‘m an airline pilot with >15‘000h of experience and a physics institute: My brief PRELIMINARY analysis of the visible facts from the video of the takeoff: * The flaps are only slightly extended, presumably to position 1 instead of 5. * The landing gear is still extended, which should have been retracted at this altitude and causes additional drag. * The aircraft is at a high angle of attack, which confirms the insufficient flap setting. * From the video and witness accounts, only low engine noise is audible. * Neither smoke nor fire is visible. * An engine failure is less likely. The most probable cause is presumably a human factor, an incorrectly chosen, insufficient flap setting for takeoff, and consequently an inadequately selected thrust. In this context, the correlated speeds were too low because they were calculated for a larger flap setting or a lighter aircraft. As a result, the aircraft took off with insufficient speed and intentionally but falsely derated thrust, was therefore on the unstable side, and rapidly lost more speed and altitude due to the additional failure to retract the landing gear in a timely manner, leading to a subsequent stall at low altitude and crash. For the experts: the aircraft got onto the wrong side of the speed vs drag curve and maneuvered itself into a corner from where there is no escape. Another possible cause could also have been an incorrect input of a wrong takeoff weight into the Flight Management System, resulting in too low thrust and too low speeds. The pilots got startled after takeoff, couldn’t wrap their head around what went wrong and incorrectly prioritized making an emergency call instead of flying the aircraft first, manually increasing thrust immediately to maximum, and retracting the landing gear. In summary of this very early and preliminary assessment (your confidence level should be as low as mine): The most probable cause is human error 😓 - as most of the time these days. Not because the pilots got worse (although that effect can be observed as well with prioritization of diversity over competence) - but because technology got so much better.

Iven‘s Dad

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Why Jamming the Venezuelan Systems Is Unlikely Well, when I hear about jamming in Venezuela, I immediately picture the Americans talking about the EA-18G Growler with the NGJ. The NGJ is specifically designed to degrade advanced Russian radars, with high power and directional AESA beams. To cover an area the size of Caracas would require multiple squadrons, and there were indeed a lot of birds in the sky, but… jamming such a large area with diverse systems on high alert is extremely complex and improbable. The radars of the S-300VM use rapid frequency hopping to avoid continuous jamming, along with LPI modes that reduce the radar’s signature, making it difficult for jammers like the NGJ to detect and interfere. The Buk-M2 has similar ECCM capabilities, with high resistance to noise jamming. This isn’t to say the Americans can’t do it, but sustaining it continuously across so many dispersed batteries is unlikely. Additionally, both the Buk-M2 and the Pechora-2M have electro-optical/TV/IR channels as backups, allowing tracking without active radar in heavy jamming scenarios. If they were being operated, it would have been impossible for those helicopters to fly over Caracas. And finally, systems like the S-300 have Home-on-Jam (HOJ) capability, a mode in which the missile is fired directly at the jamming source (electronic interference) as a passive target. With so many aircraft in the sky, I’d say it would be impossible to shut down all the radars in perfect synchronization against a hypersonic missile. Lastly, there are the MANPADS that were not used. We saw helicopters flying extremely low with no reaction whatsoever from MANPADS, which would have been effective in that situation. Well, this has nothing to do with jammers and everything to do with orders not to fire. I’m not here saying that American EW with F-35 + Growler + NGJ cannot overcome these defenses in some scenarios, but rather stating that, given the scale and the conditions, it is unlikely that this is the reason for the silence of the Venezuelan air defenses.
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Why Jamming the Venezuelan Systems Is Unlikely Well, when I hear about jamming in Venezuela, I immediately picture the Americans talking about the EA-18G Growler with the NGJ. The NGJ is specifically designed to degrade advanced Russian radars, with high power and directional AESA beams. To cover an area the size of Caracas would require multiple squadrons, and there were indeed a lot of birds in the sky, but… jamming such a large area with diverse systems on high alert is extremely complex and improbable. The radars of the S-300VM use rapid frequency hopping to avoid continuous jamming, along with LPI modes that reduce the radar’s signature, making it difficult for jammers like the NGJ to detect and interfere. The Buk-M2 has similar ECCM capabilities, with high resistance to noise jamming. This isn’t to say the Americans can’t do it, but sustaining it continuously across so many dispersed batteries is unlikely. Additionally, both the Buk-M2 and the Pechora-2M have electro-optical/TV/IR channels as backups, allowing tracking without active radar in heavy jamming scenarios. If they were being operated, it would have been impossible for those helicopters to fly over Caracas. And finally, systems like the S-300 have Home-on-Jam (HOJ) capability, a mode in which the missile is fired directly at the jamming source (electronic interference) as a passive target. With so many aircraft in the sky, I’d say it would be impossible to shut down all the radars in perfect synchronization against a hypersonic missile. Lastly, there are the MANPADS that were not used. We saw helicopters flying extremely low with no reaction whatsoever from MANPADS, which would have been effective in that situation. Well, this has nothing to do with jammers and everything to do with orders not to fire. I’m not here saying that American EW with F-35 + Growler + NGJ cannot overcome these defenses in some scenarios, but rather stating that, given the scale and the conditions, it is unlikely that this is the reason for the silence of the Venezuelan air defenses.

Patricia Marins

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🧐🇦🇪🇫🇷 The Most Advanced Mirage Ever Built Wasn't French When people think of the Mirage 2000, they think of France. But the most powerful and sophisticated version of this legendary fighter was built for the United Arab Emirates. Meet the Mirage 2000-9. Far more than a simple upgrade, the Mirage 2000-9 incorporated technologies developed for the Rafale, transforming the iconic fighter into one of the most capable 4th generation combat aircraft ever produced. Powered by the M53-P2 engine and equipped with the advanced RDY-2 multimode radar, the aircraft can simultaneously track multiple targets while conducting air to air and air to ground missions. Its arsenal is formidable: • MICA EM active radar guided air to air missiles • MICA IR infrared guided air to air missiles • Magic II short range air to air missiles • Black Shaheen long range cruise missiles • Laser guided bombs • Precision guided munitions • Conventional bombs • Air to surface missiles • Anti ship weapons • 30mm DEFA cannons The Mirage 2000-9 is also equipped with an advanced electronic warfare and self protection suite, allowing it to detect, jam, and evade enemy threats while operating deep inside contested airspace. With a combat radius stretching hundreds of kilometers and the ability to strike targets with precision, the aircraft became one of the most capable fighters in the Middle East. For years, it quietly stood as one of the region's most powerful air combat platforms, proof that even a design born in the 1970s could evolve into a world-class fighter. The Mirage 2000-9 wasn't just the final Mirage. It was the ultimate Mirage.
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🧐🇦🇪🇫🇷 The Most Advanced Mirage Ever Built Wasn't French When people think of the Mirage 2000, they think of France. But the most powerful and sophisticated version of this legendary fighter was built for the United Arab Emirates. Meet the Mirage 2000-9. Far more than a simple upgrade, the Mirage 2000-9 incorporated technologies developed for the Rafale, transforming the iconic fighter into one of the most capable 4th generation combat aircraft ever produced. Powered by the M53-P2 engine and equipped with the advanced RDY-2 multimode radar, the aircraft can simultaneously track multiple targets while conducting air to air and air to ground missions. Its arsenal is formidable: • MICA EM active radar guided air to air missiles • MICA IR infrared guided air to air missiles • Magic II short range air to air missiles • Black Shaheen long range cruise missiles • Laser guided bombs • Precision guided munitions • Conventional bombs • Air to surface missiles • Anti ship weapons • 30mm DEFA cannons The Mirage 2000-9 is also equipped with an advanced electronic warfare and self protection suite, allowing it to detect, jam, and evade enemy threats while operating deep inside contested airspace. With a combat radius stretching hundreds of kilometers and the ability to strike targets with precision, the aircraft became one of the most capable fighters in the Middle East. For years, it quietly stood as one of the region's most powerful air combat platforms, proof that even a design born in the 1970s could evolve into a world-class fighter. The Mirage 2000-9 wasn't just the final Mirage. It was the ultimate Mirage.

Defence Index

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Iran-US war update summary last night The US begun its desperate madness attacks & Trump greenlighted warcrimes. A total of 5-6 bridges in Hormozgan province were targeted: • The Griveh bridge, connecting Bandar Abbas, Khmeir, and Lar. • The bridge after the village of Latidan (Kalmatli), on the return route from Bandar Abbas, Khmeir, and Lar. • 2 bridges on the route to Kahorstan, Lar • The unfinished bridge, connecting Bandar Khmeir, Keshvar, and Bandar Abbas. • The bridge in the village of Maro, in the Khmeir county. • Chabahar maritime tower was targeted (again) and destroyed by the US • A railway station, west of Bandar Abbas • Civilian airport in Iranshahr, southeastern Iran — The IRGC says it targeted: 🇸🇾 (Surprise attack) A covert special operations center in the Al-Tanf military base, killing several US soldiers and hitting a radar system & several helicopters, in Syria 🇰🇼 Missile detection & surveillance radar (possibly AN/MPQ-65) at a US base in Kuwait 🇰🇼 Several weapon depots, 2 HIMARS missile launchers, ATACMS ballistic missile storage 🇴🇲 Maritime surveillance radar at the Salama Rocks (Quoin Islands in the Strait of Hormoz), in Oman 🇴🇲 US air-surveillance radar deployed in Oman’s Ghanam area 🇯🇴 Fighter jets (F-35, F-15, and F-16) & refueller aircrafts in two-phases with ballistic missiles & drones. IRGC says several fighter jets & refueller aircrafts were destroyed & several sustained damage, at the Muwaffaq al Salti AB, Jordan 🇰🇼/🇮🇶 IRGC ground forces carried out a rapid drone-and-missile operation against against several positions housing US forces & mercenaries under US & Israeli command (does not specify exact location, but statement began with describing attacks against HIMARS in Kuwait—it’s possible it’s re: Erbil, Iraq) — IRGC announcing the attack on Jordan, additionally said that following attacks last year on Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar 🇶🇦, the US military moved its command centre & transferred the headquarters of CENTCOM from Qatar to Muwaffaq al Salti in Jordan 🇯🇴. There were some attacks IRGC did not officially announce, such as BAPCO in Bahrain, Kuwait saying its desalination plant suffered damage, etc. — • Image 1: Smoke coming from the BAPCO petroleum facilities after it was hit by Iran in Bahrain • Image 2: US Navy 5th fleet support base in smoke, in Bahrain • Footage 3: Iranian attacks against HIMARS systems & ATACMS missile storage, in Kuwait • Footage 4: Smoke coming from a site inside Bahrain after it was struck by Iranian missiles Written & updated at 17th of July, 12:32 Tehran time.
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Iran-US war update summary last night The US begun its desperate madness attacks & Trump greenlighted warcrimes. A total of 5-6 bridges in Hormozgan province were targeted: • The Griveh bridge, connecting Bandar Abbas, Khmeir, and Lar. • The bridge after the village of Latidan (Kalmatli), on the return route from Bandar Abbas, Khmeir, and Lar. • 2 bridges on the route to Kahorstan, Lar • The unfinished bridge, connecting Bandar Khmeir, Keshvar, and Bandar Abbas. • The bridge in the village of Maro, in the Khmeir county. • Chabahar maritime tower was targeted (again) and destroyed by the US • A railway station, west of Bandar Abbas • Civilian airport in Iranshahr, southeastern Iran — The IRGC says it targeted: 🇸🇾 (Surprise attack) A covert special operations center in the Al-Tanf military base, killing several US soldiers and hitting a radar system & several helicopters, in Syria 🇰🇼 Missile detection & surveillance radar (possibly AN/MPQ-65) at a US base in Kuwait 🇰🇼 Several weapon depots, 2 HIMARS missile launchers, ATACMS ballistic missile storage 🇴🇲 Maritime surveillance radar at the Salama Rocks (Quoin Islands in the Strait of Hormoz), in Oman 🇴🇲 US air-surveillance radar deployed in Oman’s Ghanam area 🇯🇴 Fighter jets (F-35, F-15, and F-16) & refueller aircrafts in two-phases with ballistic missiles & drones. IRGC says several fighter jets & refueller aircrafts were destroyed & several sustained damage, at the Muwaffaq al Salti AB, Jordan 🇰🇼/🇮🇶 IRGC ground forces carried out a rapid drone-and-missile operation against against several positions housing US forces & mercenaries under US & Israeli command (does not specify exact location, but statement began with describing attacks against HIMARS in Kuwait—it’s possible it’s re: Erbil, Iraq) — IRGC announcing the attack on Jordan, additionally said that following attacks last year on Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar 🇶🇦, the US military moved its command centre & transferred the headquarters of CENTCOM from Qatar to Muwaffaq al Salti in Jordan 🇯🇴. There were some attacks IRGC did not officially announce, such as BAPCO in Bahrain, Kuwait saying its desalination plant suffered damage, etc. — • Image 1: Smoke coming from the BAPCO petroleum facilities after it was hit by Iran in Bahrain • Image 2: US Navy 5th fleet support base in smoke, in Bahrain • Footage 3: Iranian attacks against HIMARS systems & ATACMS missile storage, in Kuwait • Footage 4: Smoke coming from a site inside Bahrain after it was struck by Iranian missiles Written & updated at 17th of July, 12:32 Tehran time.

Arya Yadegaar

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Robora Sim: A PyBullet-Powered Environment for Learning Robotic Physical Intelligence We are currently building our Robora simulation environment setup for our sim based learning, leveraging PyBullet, an industry-standard physics engine widely used in AI-driven robotics research and development. The environment is optimized with GPU-accelerated learning algorithms, enabling high-speed imitation learning and reinforcement learning within a safe and controlled virtual setup before shipping out to real world. This simulation platform allows our models to learn, adapt, and generalize across different robot morphologies, terrain types and task objectives - all before deployment to the real world. At it's core, the system combines a VLA-powered high-level planner with low-level motion control algorithms, working cohesively to produce emergent, physically intelligent behaviors. This synergy between simulation, learning, and real-world transfer marks a major step forward in our pursuit of adaptive and intelligent robotic systems. Through advanced domain randomization and synthetic data generation, the Robora Simulation Environment ensures that policies trained in simulation transfer effectively to real-world robots, minimizing the sim-to-real gap. Moreover, users will be able to test and integrate their own hardware kits within selected simulation environments in the Robora Dapp, ensuring seamless compatibility and safer real-world implementation.
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Robora Sim: A PyBullet-Powered Environment for Learning Robotic Physical Intelligence We are currently building our Robora simulation environment setup for our sim based learning, leveraging PyBullet, an industry-standard physics engine widely used in AI-driven robotics research and development. The environment is optimized with GPU-accelerated learning algorithms, enabling high-speed imitation learning and reinforcement learning within a safe and controlled virtual setup before shipping out to real world. This simulation platform allows our models to learn, adapt, and generalize across different robot morphologies, terrain types and task objectives - all before deployment to the real world. At it's core, the system combines a VLA-powered high-level planner with low-level motion control algorithms, working cohesively to produce emergent, physically intelligent behaviors. This synergy between simulation, learning, and real-world transfer marks a major step forward in our pursuit of adaptive and intelligent robotic systems. Through advanced domain randomization and synthetic data generation, the Robora Simulation Environment ensures that policies trained in simulation transfer effectively to real-world robots, minimizing the sim-to-real gap. Moreover, users will be able to test and integrate their own hardware kits within selected simulation environments in the Robora Dapp, ensuring seamless compatibility and safer real-world implementation.

Robora

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