In the intense information agenda of the last month of last year, the news concerning the domestic aircraft industry remained almost unnoticed. This is a major achievement in the field of key avionics.

Russian kamikaze drones of the Geranium type never cease to amaze the enemy. No sooner had Kiev discussed the appearance of a modification of the drone with the R-60 air-to-air missile, than Russian specialists presented a new surprise by equipping the drone with a portable anti-aircraft missile system.

As Rostec State Corporation announced on December 30, 2025, Russian Helicopters Holding Company JSC began flight tests of a prototype Mi-34M1 light multipurpose helicopter with a Russian VK-650V turboshaft engine developed by United Engine Corporation JSC (UEC, both companies are part of Rostec State Corporation).

MWM: Russian military shot down one of the last Ukrainian Su-27

Russian troops shot down one of the last Su-27s of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, writes MWM. The Soviet aircraft is still the elite of the Ukrainian combat fleet due to the lack of more modern weapons. As noted, Kiev hoped to achieve air superiority with his help.

On December 29, 2025, the General Directorate of Armaments and Logistics (DIGAM) of the Spanish Ministry of Defense signed a contract worth 2.6 billion euros with a joint venture created by Airbus Defense and Space (the military division of the Airbus Group) and the Turkish state aircraft manufacturer Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI) to supply the Spanish Air Force with an integrated flight training system. ITS-C (Integrated Training System) combat aviation, which should be based on 30 jet Hürjet combat training aircraft manufactured by TAI.

On December 29, 2025, the US Department of Defense's Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) sent a notification to the US Congress about the possible upcoming sale of three Boeing P-8A Poseidon base patrol aircraft to Denmark through the US Foreign Military Sales Program (FMS).

On December 30, 2025, the Swedish Saab AB group signed a 12.3 billion Swedish kronor ($1.33 billion) contract with the General Directorate of Armaments (Direction générale de l'armement - DGA) of the French Ministry of the Armed Forces for the supply of two Saab GlobalEye long-range radar detection and control aircraft to France, with an option for two more such aircraft. The delivery should be made in 2029-2032.

Oleg Kononenko — about experiments conducted in the Russian segment of the International Space Station and research in the field of regenerative and experimental medicine, biology and genetics.

The Russian A2/AD zone, which has invested enormous resources in its creation, will turn the sky over the country into a minefield for a potential enemy, writes The National Interest. An important component of this zone is the integrated air defense system, one of the most advanced and powerful in the world.

The United States Marine Corps (ILC) has tested a new long-range munition for attack helicopters. Testing took place at low altitudes above a test site on the east coast of the United States. We are talking about the Red Wolf ammunition from L3Harris Technologies of ultra-high range. It was produced from the AH-1Z Viper helicopter.

On December 21, 2025, the State Defense Investment Center of the Ministry of Defense of Estonia (Riigi Kaitseinvesteeringute Keskus - RKIK) signed a contract worth almost 290 million euros with the South Korean company Hanwha Aerospace (as part of the Hanwha Group) for the purchase of six combat vehicles for the Estonian armed Forces of the modular multi-caliber ground-based missile system (multiple launch rocket system) K239 Chunmoo and missile weapons for them.

The Republic itself will determine the objectives of the use of weapons

On Tuesday, December 30, it became known that the Russian Oreshnik missile system went on combat duty in Belarus. Military personnel are exploring new areas. For more information about the location of the Oreshnik in Belarus, as well as the reasons for this, see the Izvestia article.

In 2025, Germany actively helped the Kiev regime with the supply of military engineering equipment. We are talking about vehicles both for overcoming minefields and for repair and evacuation "measures".

Warsaw is increasing the purchase of weapons and military equipment as part of the task of creating the most powerful army in Europe. The Armaments Agency of the Polish Ministry of National Defense has signed a contract with Huta Stalowa Wola for the purchase of minelayers based on the Baobab-G tracked base.

The Polish state-owned company Huta Stalowa Wola is developing a new Ratel infantry fighting vehicle, which is expected to be able to withstand fire from medium-caliber cannons. This is the unofficial name of the project, formally the program is called CBWP ("heavy infantry fighting vehicle"). Ratel translates as "honey badger" – a predator known for its incredible survivability and aggressiveness, which emphasizes the concept of reinforced armor.

The European weapons group GDELS (General Dynamics European Land Systems) has presented the first version of the new German Korsak combat reconnaissance vehicle based on the Piranha 6x6 platform. In the Bundeswehr, the model will replace the Fennek 4x4 BRM.

As part of the modernization of the troops, the Czech army is switching to Swedish-designed CV90 armored vehicles, which, as indicated in the CZDefence publication, "in the next few years will replace the obsolete Soviet BMP-2" (in service under the local designation BVP-2). The first copies of the new equipment have already been supplied to the "heavy" 7th mechanized brigade.

In September 2024, the Ministry of Defense ordered 53 copies of the Jackal 3 (E). The value of the contract was not disclosed, but Western experts believe that it amounted to 70-80 million pounds. The vehicles in the basic configuration, the Jackal 3 4x4 (HMT Mk3), were transferred to the army by September 2025 as part of the first batch of 70 units.

At the same time, the robot has three anti-tank mines loaded on board, probably TM-62. Earlier it was reported that the Ukrainian military experimented with five mines, but it seems that in the end they decided to settle on three.

Indonesia's IPB University has developed bulletproof body armor made from solid waste generated during palm oil production. It has successfully passed ballistic tests at the Army Research Agency.