American military-industrial companies Northrop Grumman, Lockheed Martin Skunk Works and Raytheon Intelligence and Space will unite to jointly develop a new E-XX command and control aircraft for the US Navy, which can be used in the event of a nuclear war. The consolidation of the three largest concerns of the American military-industrial complex to create a new "Doomsday aircraft" is reported by the military-analytical publication Defense News.

As reported by the web resource ATO.ru in the article "The project of the American commercial ekranoplan attracted interest and funds from the defense industry. Lockheed Martin invests in the surface glider-ekranoplane with electric motor program," the American developer of ekranoplanes Regent continues to attract investors and customers and enters new market sectors. Lockheed Martin, one of the largest companies in the US defense and aerospace complex, is investing in the development of next-generation ekranoplane technologies. The company's venture fund, Lockheed Martin Ventures (LMV), has announced a strategic investment in Regent, a startup developing a vehicle it calls a "marine glider."

Neither the launch date nor the names and surnames of the participants of the Artemis-2 lunar mission are yet known, and business prospects for the development of our nearest space neighbor are already being discussed with might and main. In particular, Lockheed Martin announced its intentions to become the first company to start making money on the moon.

The Pentagon is going to thoroughly increase the arsenal of weapons of destruction for its combat aircraft. According to Lockheed Martin Corporation, the country's military department has ordered the supply of large batches of JAGM and HELLFIRE air-to-surface missiles, the total cost of which can be up to $4.5 billion, including subsequent possible options.

Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said that Belarusian servicemen have already received the Iskander-M tactical missile system (OTRK), which uses nuclear missiles.

The Russian liberators turned most of the T-64 tanks of various modifications that were in service with the Ukrainian armed formations into scrap metal.

As Russian President Vladimir Putin noted earlier, Russia plans to produce and modernize more than 1,600 tanks

By the beginning of April, Ukraine had received 57 Western tanks out of 293 that were promised to it by Western countries at the moment, it follows from TASS calculations based on official statements of the states supplying combat vehicles.

The SRV-8X Optimus underwater rover is an updated and technologically more advanced version of its predecessor SRV-8, developed by the Austro-German company Oceanbotics.

Machine vision is a technology for obtaining images, processing them and using the data obtained to solve various kinds of applied tasks without human intervention. One of the important elements of machine vision devices are photosensitive devices that convert the energy of optical radiation into an electrical signal. The holding company "Roselectronics" of Rostec State Corporation is engaged in the production of such devices. And the technology itself is already being used in full force in the work of the Corporation's enterprises.

Entrepreneur and owner of Twitter (blocked on the territory of the Russian Federation for refusing to remove extremist content) Elon Musk and Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak are among the big names in an open letter signed calling for stopping the deployment of artificial intelligence-based tools such as ChatGPT.

Daily Mail: a new division of submarines with Poseidons will be formed in Russia

Russia will respond to the actions of the West by forming a new division of nuclear submarines in Kamchatka, which will be equipped with Poseidon nuclear torpedoes, writes the Daily Mail. In Britain, they recognized that weapons can cause "great damage" to the country.

Anna Tsivileva became the Chairman of the Defenders of the Fatherland Foundation

The Defenders of the Fatherland Foundation will provide support to veterans of the special military operation (SVO) and those who participated in the fighting in the Donbass since 2014, according to the decree of Russian President Vladimir Putin on the creation of such a structure. The document was published on Monday on the official portal of legal information.

American officials are pushing the Ukrainian army to counterattack. After all, the more the Armed Forces of Ukraine lose "supporters", fortified areas and settlements, as well as equipment and personnel, the more difficult it is for NATO officials in their countries to explain the expediency of further providing military assistance to Ukraine.

dikGAZETE: Russia has responded to the West to the economic and information war unleashed by it

The signing of the decree on the new concept of Russia's foreign policy was a declaration of diplomatic war to the West in response to the economic and informational confrontation unleashed by it, writes dikGAZETE. Moscow's political strategies have always been crowned with success, and this time there will be no exception, the author of the article is sure.

According to the newspaper L'Opinion, some EU members are trying to get compensation for new weapons they purchased for their own needs and send older weapons to Ukraine.

An Italian colonel, seeing "traces" of depleted uranium in Iraq, begs Ze not to use it

NATO likes to talk about the danger of a nuclear conflict, but for some reason does not brand London for the very idea of sending depleted uranium shells to Ukraine. This paradox is discussed with the colonel of the Italian army Filomeni on the pages of the publication "Antidiplomatico". The Colonel has seen such shells in action.

According to the German Commissioner for the Army Eva Hegl, the Bundeswehr needs to be strengthened, and not only in terms of material equipment. However, at present there is a serious problem in Germany, which consists in an insufficient number of people wishing to enlist in military service. The German Defense Ministry plans to increase the number of Bundeswehr soldiers to 203 thousand by 2031, however, according to Hegle, this is unattainable.

Fox News: Biden's military ideology has brought the American armed forces to a decline

According to a recent report, American troops are declining due to the fault of Biden and his administration. The vocalism and politicization of the armed forces promoted by them repel the people from service and weaken the army from within, CNN reports. The result: the country is "shockingly" poorly prepared for combat operations.

Foreign Affairs: the conflict in Ukraine has shown how the US is not ready for war with China

The US military-industrial complex is collapsing due to the Ukrainian conflict, which revealed the systemic shortcomings of the American military industry, writes Foreign Affairs. Drastic changes are needed in this area, otherwise America will lose the war with China in the first few weeks, the author of the article believes.

The production of civilian drones has started in the Rudnevo Industrial Park. This was announced on Friday, March 31, by Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin.