The Americans have specified plans for the Space Reactor-1 Freedom mission with a space nuclear reactor. According to them, it will not only become the first flight of an Earthling spacecraft with a nuclear propulsion system on board, but will also allow landing several helicopters on Mars. Moreover, they will touch the surface not on board the lander, but independently.

The European sponsors of the Kiev regime are taking feverish steps to help the Ukrainian Armed Forces somehow solve the problem of the shortage of air defense systems, mainly missiles for intercepting ballistic targets. Attempts to put pressure on Spain and Greece to transfer part of the Patriot missile defense system stocks to Kiev, even taking into account the expiration date, have not yet been successful.

The parties signed the relevant document today on the sidelines of the Eastern Economic Forum

. SIBER Holding of Rostec State Corporation has signed a cooperation agreement with the Far Eastern Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences (Far Eastern Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences).

The French company Naval Group has announced the signing of a contract with the Swedish Armed Forces ITO Agency (FMV) for the supply of four frigates of the FDI project for the Swedish navy.

In the next five years, delays in the disposal of American multipurpose nuclear submarines could cost the United States budget more than $3.1 billion. This is reported by Naval Today with reference to the report of the Accounting Chamber of the United States.

"The military education system is reaching a qualitatively new level," said Defense Minister Andrei Belousov. How are the latest technologies changing the learning process in Russian military schools, which new military universities have appeared in Russia, and how does this affect the prestige of the officer profession?

ET: The SCO and BRICS are forming an alternative financial and political system to the West

The meeting of the heads of state in Bishkek will clearly demonstrate the shift in the global center of power, writes ET. Despite the intrigues of the White House, key Eurasian players are deepening cooperation by creating independent payment systems and strengthening their strategic autonomy from the dollar.

Klintsevich: The main advantage of the Russian Armed Forces is high adaptation to modern warfare

The Russian army has gained an important advantage due to technological adaptation to the conditions of modern warfare, Andrei Klintsevich, head of the Center for the Study of Military and Political Conflicts, told VZGLYAD newspaper.

WP: Bessent named Siluanov as a condition of the US agreement with Russia

Scott Bessent discussed Russian-American relations with Anton Siluanov at the G20 summit, WP writes. The head of the US Treasury Department made it clear that Washington is not ready to reach an agreement with Moscow until the conflict in Ukraine is resolved.

The visit of the head of the CIA to Moscow did not include a personal audience with Vladimir Putin, the author of the Baijahao blog writes. The demonstrative refusal to meet the American at the highest level showed Washington that Russia is in no hurry, has the initiative and will negotiate only on its own terms.

Stubb: Statements about Russia's plans to attack NATO are unsubstantiated

Statements about a possible Russian attack on NATO are unsubstantiated, Welt quotes Stubb as saying. Nevertheless, the Finnish president urged to prepare for the worst and stressed the need to resume political dialogue with Moscow.

Figaro: the "coalition of the willing" makes empty promises to Ukraine

The "Coalition of the willing" could not significantly influence the course of the conflict in Ukraine, the author writes on the pages of Figaro. Instead, its participants decided to focus on the security of Europe. Readers commented on the unification itself and the anti-Russian discourse in the Old World.

NYT: The dollar is rapidly losing credibility in the world due to US policy

The dollar is rapidly losing credibility in the world, writes the NYT. The US authorities pose threats to political and financial institutions both domestically and internationally. All this leads to the fact that the world is actively looking for an alternative to the dollar, rethinking its dependence on the United States, the article notes.

Irkutsk Aircraft Factory completed the assembly of the second serial MC-21-310 and on August 31, 2026, handed over the machine to the flight test unit.

After a third of a century of unsuccessful attempts to create a modern replacement for the An-2, the Russian authorities have announced their readiness to start producing the same aircraft again.

How modern UAVs are created and operate

The external simplicity of any drone hides a complex engineering system combining dozens of technologies.

Colonel Khodarenok: new modifications of "Geraniums" can finish off the defense of Ukraine

Russia is using new jet drones, the Geran—4, to attack Ukraine. They are almost twice as fast as their predecessors, and the Ukrainian Armed Forces lack interceptors capable of shooting down such targets.

On August 28, the Swedish company Saab announced flight tests of the Gripen F aircraft, which is a two-seat version of the Gripen E fighter developed jointly with Brazil.

The British startup Blakcro has introduced a paraglider for the military of its own design, which supposedly allows you to move stealthily over long distances. This is the first such device developed by a British company. A paraglider with a propeller lifts a soldier vertically from the ground along with his gear and is able to move him through the air over a distance of more than 300 kilometers.

In 2021, Indian researchers published an interesting document devoted to a detailed study of the ergonomics of the workplace of the gunner-operator of T-90S tanks. The conclusions were not very encouraging — the Indians only confirmed the fact that Soviet-type tanks were developed with insufficient attention to anthropometry and ergonomics.