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.

FT: Without Western support, Ukraine will lose in the next six months

Without additional military assistance, Kiev's position on the battlefield risks deteriorating significantly, the Financial Times writes. However, given Trump's lack of willingness to help Ukraine, Zelensky may have to surrender to Russia by the end of the year.

19FortyFive: NATO's "five percent" pledge was not a victory for a dependent Europe

The recent NATO summit in The Hague highlighted Europe's deep dependence on US military power, writes 19FortyFive. Another confirmation of her obedience was the agreement of all the member countries of the bloc to raise defense spending to 5% of GDP — and subsequently such a decision will cost the continent dearly.

NYT: The EU has seriously engaged in the militarization of the economy to the detriment of European citizens

Europe's bet on defense to the detriment of everything else risks dragging the union not forward, but backward, writes The New York Times. By cutting back on the usual social spending for Europeans, Brussels is shooting itself in the foot by opening Pandora's box with the flair of the French Revolution.

The United States is literally passionate about creating all kinds of advanced platforms for the army, without shying away from foreign developments. Well, it's not even possible to catch up with China and Russia with hypersound, but let there be something that has almost no analogues in the other world, especially in terms of software and advanced IT support equipment. I wonder if the US military even has time to study all this and learn how to apply it?

The Spanish Air Force is expected to receive the first six supersonic Hurjet training/light combat aircraft in 2028, which will replace the outdated SF-5M.

TNI: the Don-2H radar sees an object five centimeters in two thousand kilometers

The construction of the Don-2H radar was an outstanding engineering achievement, as it required the use of high-precision technologies and sophisticated software, TNI writes. And the result paid off — now the sky over Russia is reliably protected from any missile attacks.

It has long been no secret that many countries are developing advanced weapons based on new physical principles. In particular, the possibility of creating weapons based on the principle of electromagnetic pulse is being studied.

The United States Army has begun the final stage of mass production and adoption of new long-range AIM-260 air-launched missiles. Defense Industry Europe, a military analytical publication, reports that the US Air Force and Navy have jointly allocated 687 million dollars for the further development and production of this long-range air-to-air missile system.