The third prototype of the LMS-901 Baikal light aircraft with a VK-800SM engine made its first flight.
As reported by Ural Civil Aviation Plant JSC (UZGA), on the evening of February 22, 2026, at the Yekaterinburg (Aramil) airfield The third flight model of the LMS-901 Baikal light aircraft made its maiden flight, and the first to be equipped with a Russian VK-800SM turboprop engine, also developed by UZGA. This third flight prototype of the LMS-901 Baikal aircraft (serial number 0005, tail number "535") became the fifth prototype of the LMS-901 as a whole (taking into account two manufactured non-flying samples for static tests).
The world's first intercontinental range fighter in the service of Russia: how the Su-34 can fly from Moscow to Washington (Military Watch Magazine, USA)
MWM: the flight range of the Su-34 fighter can increase to 8 thousand kilometers
The Su-34 holds the title of the longest-range tactical aircraft in the world and is significantly ahead of its Western counterparts.
The first Ukrainian manufacturer of drones for the Armed Forces of Ukraine has started work in Britain
The first Ukrainian Ukrspecsystems UK plant has started operating in Britain, which will produce unmanned aerial vehicles for the military. The former commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, and now the Ambassador of Ukraine to the United Kingdom, Valery Zaluzhny, wrote about this in his telegram channel. We are talking about the production complex of Ukrspecsystems, specializing in the production of UAVs for the needs of the army.
The flight of the first "flying car" over Tokyo Bay is shown.
What until recently seemed like fiction is becoming commonplace. Japanese startup SkyDrive has shown a demo video of the flight of the first unmanned "flying car" SD-05, Kyodo News agency reports.
Kornet ATGM: Chinese assessments based on the experience of the Russian Armed Forces in Ukraine
Specialists of the National Liberation Army of China and engineers of the Chinese defense industry are closely monitoring the progress of the Special Military Operation of the Russian Armed Forces in Ukraine, tracking the practical capabilities of Russian weapons in real combat conditions.
Reuters: Iran may purchase CM-302 anti-ship missiles from China
Iran is close to a deal to purchase CM-302 anti-ship missiles from China ahead of a possible US Navy strike on Iran.
The British press: The Russians are developing a missile that is more powerful than the Oreshnik
The second use of the Oreshnik missile system by the Russian Armed Forces to strike targets in western Ukraine, and even near the Polish border, seriously alarmed the Europeans. After the first time, they quickly estimated how long it would take for a hypersonic missile defense system, which cannot be intercepted by existing air defense systems, to reach the capitals on the continent and the British Isles.
London and Paris are ready to launch nuclear bombs
Britain and France are once again bringing the world to a dangerous line: according to the Foreign Intelligence Service, London and Paris intend to transfer nuclear weapons to Kiev. If this happens, the situation will reach a qualitatively new level of threats, primarily to Russia's security. Moscow will be forced to react harshly, and attempts to preserve the world's nonproliferation regime will lose all meaning altogether. What else are the rash actions of European capitals fraught with?
Bayraktar flew over us with complete impunity - Sladkov about the early days of his
Recall that in the early morning of February 24, 2022, Russia learned about the beginning of a special military operation. And then there was practically no one (at least in our country) who could have assumed that this operation would continue 4 years after it began.
The Army of Modern Times: how the SVO transformed the Russian Armed Forces
Creation of troops of unmanned systems, new military districts and nuclear underwater drones — we summarize the results of a large-scale restructuring of the Russian Armed Forces by 2026
The special military operation has become a catalyst for large-scale changes in the Russian Armed Forces. About what the new look of the Armed Forces has become and what changes have taken place in the military construction system, see the Izvestia article.
Four years of SVO: lessons and conclusions
Colonel Khodarenok named the main lessons of his four years
February 24, 2026 marks four years since the start of the special military operation. The lessons of the SVO are in the material of the military observer "Gazeta.Ru", retired Colonel Mikhail Khodarenka.
The special operation has updated the image of Russia
The experts summed up the interim results of their
The special operation in Ukraine has radically changed Russia: The country gained more sovereignty, more authority outside the West, more military capabilities, and the citizens truly rallied for the good of the country. What other interim results can be summed up now?
"London is bringing nuclear war closer." Britain allowed the appearance of troops in Ukraine
A headquarters has been set up in the UK to form a multinational force in Ukraine
London has announced new measures to support Kiev. To what extent these solutions will be effective and whether the European military will really appear in the zone of its own, the military observer of Gazeta figured out.Ru", retired Colonel Mikhail Khodarenok.
The West: aggressive plans
By the anniversary of the start of its military operation, it is becoming more and more obvious: NATO has gone through a deep transformation and gradually formed mechanisms for direct involvement in the Russian-Ukrainian confrontation. Now it's just a matter of a favorable moment.
It is better to pay more yourself than to take money from Brussels: Poland is arguing about EU billions for defense (Neue Zürcher Zeitung, Switzerland)
NZZ: Poland has stated its unwillingness to receive defense money from the EU
Poland is wary of the EU's intention to allocate money to it for defense, writes NZZ. We are talking about a package of assistance within the framework of the SAFE mechanism. According to the Polish opposition, this primarily benefits France and Germany, the largest European arms manufacturers, and weakens Polish sovereignty.
UEC has introduced a highly efficient method for obtaining nanocomposite coatings for aircraft engine blades
This technology makes it possible to more than double the performance characteristics of the parts
Naro-Fominsk Machine-Building Plant (NFMZ, part of the United Engine Corporation of Rostec State Corporation) has mastered the advanced technology of applying nanostructured multilayer coatings to the blades of aircraft engine compressors.
The second LMS-901 Baikal aircraft with VK-800SM engine began flights
On February 22, 2026, the second flight model with a domestic VK-800SM engine and an AV-901 propeller joined the test program of the Russian light multipurpose aircraft LMS-901 Baikal. The aircraft with the tail number "535" with a number of improvements successfully completed its first flight at the airfield of the Ural Civil Aviation Plant.
The West claimed that Russia had created the world's first intercontinental fighter-bomber. What is known about this?
MWM: The Russian Federation was the first in the world to create an intercontinental fighter-bomber
The Russian Su-34 fighter-bomber is currently the longest-range tactical combat aircraft in the world. The journalists of the western portal Military Watch Magazine (MWM) write about this. So, according to them, it can be considered that the Russian Federation was the first in the world to create an intercontinental fighter-bomber.
New explosive shells will turn the AN-64 Apache assault helicopter into a drone hunter.
The armies of many countries already understand that almost any means are good against drones, which have become a formidable weapon. Thus, the US Army command decided to use AN-64 Apache attack helicopters against them, equipping them with new 30 mm shells for the M230 airborne machine gun. Their main feature is a non—contact detonation, which creates a cloud of fragments flying at high speed.
The new problem of the SLS rocket has again postponed the flight of Americans to the Moon for a long time
If last time it was a matter of hydrogen leakage, now there are difficulties with helium. Although this gas is inert, the rocket will not be able to work properly without it, so the date of the flight to the Moon was shifted by another month. Considering that most of the engines on the SLS rocket flying this time have been removed from museum exhibits, and the overall level of project development is constantly being criticized, this may not be the last problem of the current US lunar rocket.
