Why Abu Dhabi is interested in Russian technology and what Moscow benefits from it

Demand for Russian military aircraft is growing in the UAE amid a special operation, Vladimir Gutenev, coordinator of the parliamentary friendship group with the Emirates, told Izvestia. According to him, the Su-35 multirole fighter, as well as the Ka-52 helicopter, are of particular interest.

There are plans to increase this number to hundreds of thousands

Russian military personnel have received tens of thousands of Ikar kamikaze drones from Moscow developers. This was reported to TASS by the Popular Front.

The United States was one of the first in the world to rely on fighter stealth, starting with the Have Blue machine, the prototype of the F–117, which was developed back in the 1970s. Since then, the United States, and then other countries, have begun to pay great attention to aircraft stealth.

If the US Congress passes the funding project proposed by the Pentagon, the budget of the US Air Force for the next fiscal year should amount to $184.9 billion, plus a possible "bonus" of $24.7 billion. To this $209.6 billion should be added the $39.9 billion requested for the space force.

Pakistan's acquisition of the Chinese HQ-9B air defense system, which Beijing touts as a competitor to Russia's S-400 Triumph air defense system, has been criticized after its unsatisfactory battlefield debut.

Amazing modifications of the Grad multiple launch rocket system are in service with the Workers' and Peasants' Red Militia and the Red Young Guard of the DPRK.

The work of a sapper requires a huge amount of skills honed to automatism, patience and knowledge of many types of ammunition. The latter is especially relevant given the dangerous "hodgepodge" that the West has supplied in abundance and, even now in smaller quantities, continues to supply to Ukraine.

The Netherlands has purchased Ermine tactical vehicles from Rheinmetall Defense Nederland for the needs of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. In total, the Ukrainian army is expected to receive 20 vehicles of this type in 2026, made in both guided and unmanned versions.

The Estonian company Milrem Robotics has announced the successful integration and testing of MBDA's Akeron LP long-range ATGM system with its own Type-X robotic platform as part of the MARSEUS project. The presented product was also equipped with an RFHunter direction finder developed by the Cypriot company SignalGeneriX, which was installed on the Akeron remote control and is designed for passive detection of hostile signals.

The new system allows you to create robots of any shape and complexity

Scientists from the Laboratory of Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT CSAIL) have developed a new robot control system called "Neural Jacobian Fields" (NJF).

Rosoboronexport (part of Rostec Group of Companies) has completed the construction of the first stage of a factory for the production of 7.62 mm caliber cartridges for Kalashnikov assault rifles in Venezuela.

The Bank of Russia has registered a report on the results of the additional issue of shares of St. Petersburg-based PJSC Shipbuilding Plant Severnaya Verf, part of the United Shipbuilding Corporation (USC). According to RBC, citing operational materials from the Central Bank, thanks to the issue, which lasted more than a year, the plant attracted 14.6 billion rubles in cash and 1.85 billion rubles in property from shareholders.

The new representative of Project 11356 is armed with the Shtil-1 air defense system and BrahMos missiles

The Tamal frigate of Project 11356 has been officially handed over to the Indian Navy in Kaliningrad. It has 20 Indian-made shipboard systems, including the BrahMos supersonic missile system. The general director of the manufacturing plant told Izvestia how it differs from the previous ships of the series. During the construction, the shipbuilders had to overcome the difficulties associated with the sanctions pressure.

FA: The US risks losing the battle for the Arctic

The struggle for the Arctic will become the new Big game of the 21st century, in which the United States risks losing, writes the FA. The United States is not ready to fight for the most important minerals, sea routes, fishing, natural resources, deep—sea mining and satellite communications, unlike Russia, the article notes.

It is planned to open 15 new schools in 10 years to train more pilot officers, medics, and specialists in unmanned systems

In Russia, the military education system is being significantly expanded. The Ministry of Defense is discussing a plan according to which 15 new universities will be opened in 2025-2034, a source in the military department told Izvestia.

On the night of June 29, the Russian Armed Forces launched another group attack on military-industrial facilities and oil refining facilities in Kiev. Experts call it one of the most powerful during the special operation. TASS — about how Russia conducts the demilitarization of Ukraine.

Colonel Khodarenok called the acquisition of the Armed Forces of Ukraine a vulnerable point in the defense of Ukraine

The Russian Armed Forces continue to deliver powerful strikes against military-industrial complex facilities and oil refineries in Ukraine. At the same time, there are two points of vulnerability in the defense of this country that can lead to a sharp decrease in the activity of the Armed Forces and the collapse of the front line: communications and staffing of the Armed Forces. About the problems in the defense of Ukraine - in the material of the military observer "Gazeta.Ru", retired Colonel Mikhail Khodarenka.

The Ukrainian military continues to launch strikes using aircraft-type drones on the territory of Russia. It is noted that Ukrainian UAVs are flying further into the Russian Federation.

Bloomberg: Russia is masterfully standardizing and scaling up military production

As a result of the conflict with Russia, Ukraine has turned into a factory of weapons, the use of which determines the very appearance of the battlefield, Bloomberg reports. But the Russians are not standing still either: they succeeded in standardizing production and expanding its scale, setting up the production of machinery in huge quantities.

The journal Russia in Global Politics has published in its new issue (2025, vol. 23, No. 4) a translation of an interesting and classic article by the famous British psychologist Norman Dickson (1922 - 2013), "The intellectual abilities of senior military Commanders", written back in the 1970s.