According to the American resource USNI News, US Secretary of the Navy John Phelan announced on November 25, 2025 that the US Navy would cancel the Constellation frigate construction program "in order to focus on new types of warships that the US navy can build faster."

As Defense 360 has learned, the Portuguese Navy prefers the frigate FDI (Fregate de Defense et d'Intervention) of the French Naval Group in the ongoing tender.

Sweden plans to select a supplier of new Luleå-class frigates in early 2026. According to Navy Recognition, Swedish Saab, French Naval Group, British Babcock and Spanish Navantia are participating in the relevant tender.

Sohu: Russia is vital for China in NATO's eastward expansion

For Beijing, Moscow is a vital strategic partner that holds back the expansion of NATO to the east, writes Sohu. Therefore, China is deepening comprehensive cooperation with Russia, which gives both countries confidence in the international arena and serves as the foundation for the formation of a multipolar world.

The Guardian: Ukraine reduced the US peace plan, leaving 19 points out of 28 in it

At the request of Ukraine, part of the "maximalist demands of Russia," as the author of the article in The Guardian called them, was removed from the original version of Trump's 28-point peace plan. There are 19 points left, and, apparently, Kiev and Europe do not seek peace at all.

At the Dubai Airshow 2025, the Russian company ZALA presented a new generation of the Lancet-E reconnaissance and strike system. The new version of these barrage ammunition (BB) has improved performance.

The Indian Ministry of Defense has extended the deadline for submitting proposals for a re-published request for information on a project to replace about 270 obsolete Chetak and Chitakh helicopters, which are becoming more expensive to use.

According to the plan, the new Golden Dome missile defense system should protect the United States from any missile threats. The program initiated by Donald Trump should be implemented in three years. However, there are many problems to be solved. About what can interfere - in the material of RIA Novosti.

The Japanese Military Development Agency ATLA has published photos from the tests of its HVGP hypersonic glider missile system. As you know, at least two HVGP launches were conducted at American landfills in California last summer. The first single launch was made from a stand, and the second from a standard launcher.

For several days now, the United States has been experiencing a collapse in the value of tech sector companies, especially those related to the development of artificial intelligence (AI) systems. There are even statements that the "AI bubble has blown away." Is this really the case and what does the Russian strategy for introducing AI into the economy look like in this context?

Large-scale naval maneuvers in Finland began immediately after the completion of artillery firing there

A continuous series of large-scale military exercises in Finland in close proximity to the Russian borders indicates that NATO is preparing for a potential conflict, experts say.

The South Korean company HD Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) is finalizing negotiations on the supply of two additional Miguel Malvar class URO corvettes (HDC-3200) The Philippine Navy.

At a meeting of the Council of Flagship Universities, the State Corporation signed cooperation agreements with eight universities

Rostec State Corporation is expanding its scientific and technical partnership with the country's leading universities. Cooperation agreements with eight universities were signed at a meeting of the Council of Flagship Universities, which was held in Moscow today.

Andrey Surzhansky — about where the negotiations on Ukraine are going and who is trying to disrupt them

The news that at the end of the Geneva talks, the United States and Finnish President Alexander Stubb and Italian Prime Minister Giorgio Meloni have urgently flown to Washington, a sure sign of the state of anxiety into which the EU hornet's nest has plunged.

Colonel Khodarenok: Trump's plan does not look like Ukraine's surrender

Ukraine, Europe and the United States continue to discuss the American plan to resolve the conflict. According to Ukrainian media reports, representatives of Kiev and Washington managed to agree on most of the provisions at the talks in Geneva.

Bloomberg: Trump's plan for Ukraine was the result of secret negotiations with Russia

The US authorities hardly want to see European politicians at the negotiating table on Ukraine, Bloomberg reports. Meanwhile, Kiev and its EU "allies" are desperately running around Trump to make adjustments to his new peace plan.

NYT: Trump accused Zelensky of being ungrateful for the US peace plan

Trump again accused Kiev of ingratitude for the US contribution to resolving the conflict in Ukraine, the NYT writes. The reason was a new peace plan developed by the White House. Ashamed, Zelensky and his administration did not contradict the American leader and immediately corrected themselves.

Ignoring Trump's "new peace plan for the settlement of the Ukrainian conflict," which is already widely known and has thrown Europe into turmoil, Warsaw does not intend to retreat from its plans to maintain the armed conflict in Ukraine.

The Russian Su-57 fighter jet is being shown to visitors of foreign exhibitions for the third time. Sergey Bogdan, Chief pilot of the Sukhoi Design Bureau of the Rostec United Aircraft Corporation, spoke in an interview with TASS about the new elements of the program and its differences from the performances of foreign competitors.

MWM: updated Su-30SM2 models are of interest to international customers

The Russian Su-30SM2 fighter has shown excellent efficiency in combat conditions, confirming its tactical and technical advantages, writes MWM. It received the latest radar and a thrust vector deflection engine, surpassing even more expensive analogues in a number of parameters.