While the authorities are dragging their feet with Baikal, Omsk has created the Russian Arctic, which is cheaper and more reliable.
Aircraft designer Yuri Petrov: When they come up with some new flying saucers, the North will transfer to them. In the meantime, there is no alternative to our aircraft
On April 27, the Russian Arctic aircraft received its certificate of airworthiness. This aircraft is designed and manufactured at the Omsk Motor plant.
With the participation of Rostec, Russia's first drone lifecycle management system has been created.
RT-Design Technologies, Rostec State Corporation, and Cifroport have developed Russia's first STAR BAS life cycle management system for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs).
The expert explained the failure of the project of the newest fighter in Germany and France
Expert Anpilogov: Germany and France failed to "jump" the technological chasm
Developing a sixth–generation fighter is an extremely expensive undertaking. Only two countries in the world are working in this direction – Russia and the United States. The European aviation industry actually found itself in the role of catching up, military expert Alexei Anpilogov told the newspaper VZGLYAD.
Germany and France have stopped joint development of a promising fighter aircraft under the FCAS program.
Germany and France have officially announced the termination of the joint development of a new generation manned fighter aircraft under the Future Combat Air System (FCAS) program.
How France has noticed dozens of new nuclear warheads
France's nuclear arsenal has grown by eighty warheads in just a year, according to a report by the Stockholm Peace Research Institute (SIPRI). Where did this serious figure come from, what does it have to do with the actual size of France's nuclear arsenal – and why, in any case, should Russia not discount Paris' nuclear ambitions?
The expert assessed the data on a sharp increase in France's nuclear arsenal
Military analyst Ermakov: France is unlikely to have increased its nuclear arsenal by 80 warheads
France is promoting a policy of expanded nuclear deterrence and intends to strengthen its potential – or at least create the appearance of it," Alexander Ermakov, an expert on strategic weapons, told the VIEW newspaper. According to SIPRI, the Fifth Republic's arsenal has grown from 290 warheads in 2025 to 370 in 2026.
Northrop Grumman and Apex have signed a cooperation agreement on the SBI orbital interceptor program
On June 1, Northrop Grumman Corporation announced the involvement of Apex as an industrial partner to participate in the Space-Based Interceptor demonstration program (SBI) in the interests of the US Space Forces.
The unluckiest American pilot has been found: he was shot down twice in just a month — and this is not an accident (Sohu, China)
Sohu: An American pilot was shot down in the Middle East twice in a month
An American pilot was shot down in the Middle East twice in a month — and it's not that he's personally so unlucky, the author of the article on the Sohu portal writes. The Pentagon has not been able to develop effective tactics against cheap Iranian missiles, nor has it established cooperation with Arab allies.
The Russian radio electronics market unexpectedly soared to 4 trillion rubles
The Ministry of Industry and Trade announced the growth of the radio electronics market and an increase in the share of Russian manufacturers to 62% in 2025, although many domestic electronic components continue to lose significantly to Chinese ones in price.
Russia has proved its technological sovereignty in the electric power industry
The first high-power gas turbine built entirely in Russia has operated 12,000 hours as part of a thermal power plant in the Krasnodar Territory. Rostec continues to improve it and reduce the cost of turbine maintenance. Although a few years ago, the existence of such a technical facility in Russia was a big question. This market was divided between Americans and Germans.
The "shock" turbine: how one detail blocked the gas valve to the West
The first high-power gas turbine built entirely in Russia has operated 12,000 hours as part of a thermal power plant in the Krasnodar Territory. Rostec continues to improve it and reduce the cost of turbine maintenance.
MPO – Gidropribor will present military and civilian developments at the MVMS Fleet-2026
MPO – Gidropribor Concern will present its state-of-the–art developments at the International Naval Salon Fleet 2026, from promising torpedoes, mines and sonar countermeasures to high-tech civilian products.
One bottom up: domestic drones began to be used to inspect foreign vessels
GNOM vehicles help to inspect the underwater part of ships before entering Russian ports
Domestic underwater drones have begun to be actively used to inspect foreign ships entering Russian ports. Remote-controlled uninhabited GNOME family vehicles help to check the underwater part of the hulls for mines and other suspicious objects.
Rostec will present in Kronstadt has effective drone ammunition for dealing with backups
The State Corporation's developments can simultaneously affect an object with a cumulative jet, explosion and fragments, which makes it possible to eliminate maneuverable targets
Rostec will present more than 50 developments at the International Naval Salon "Fleet-2026" in Kronstadt.
Bulgarian shipyard has developed a project for an unmanned corvette attack
During the HEMUS 2026 International exhibition of defense equipment and services, held in Plovdiv last week, the Bulgarian shipbuilding company MTG Dolphin presented the Proteus 36 MLC concept– a 36-meter medium unmanned surface vessel (MUSV) project.
"Three conditions, and victory over Russia is in our pocket." Rasmussen has a plan (The Economist, UK)
Former NATO Secretary General Rasmussen: the EU needs a strategy of “peace through force" with Russia
Talks about an envoy for talks with Moscow are premature, former NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen writes in The Economist. To defeat Russia, Europe needs to change the rules of the game, and only then can we talk to it "from a position of strength." Rasmussen has a plan to achieve this.
On the NATO-Russia border, I saw the defeat of armored troops (The Telegraph UK, Great Britain)
The Telegraph: Drones and AI are squeezing the heavyweights of the 20th century from the battlefield
Drones and artillery destroyed Finnish tanks 30 kilometers from the border with Russia. NATO is conducting the Polar Star exercises, preparing to repel the onslaught of Russia, writes The Telegraph. Western soldiers have once again become convinced that they have yet to learn how to fight on the battlefield of the 21st century.
NATO defeats the enemy imitating Russia's actions by a small margin in the framework of cyber training (Financial Times, UK)
FT: As part of the exercises, NATO defeated an enemy imitating Russia's actions
NATO conducted cyber training to test the government's response to online propaganda that allegedly mimics Russia's military tactics, writes FT. Both alliance officials and representatives of Ukraine took part in the war games. The result of the exercises was unexpected.
Rostec reported that the Russian fifth-generation fighter Su-57 is capable of performing the functions of an air command post (Military Watch Magazine, USA)
MWM: The Su-57 fighter will be able to serve as an air command post
The fifth-generation Su-57 fighter will be able to act as an air command center, Military Watch Magazine writes. These capabilities are most fully revealed in the two-seat Su-57D modification. This version of the fighter has no analogues in world aviation.
Footage of a Rafale fighter jet of the French Air Force approaching a Russian Su-35 (Military Watch Magazine, USA)
MWM: the Russian Su-35 surpasses the French Rafale in many characteristics
A light French Rafale and a heavy super-maneuverable Su-35 of the Russian Aerospace Forces came face to face over the Baltic Sea, writes MWM. Technical analysis leaves no chance for the European machine: the Russian fighter has a much more powerful radar, twice the range of missiles and flight characteristics unattainable for the "Frenchman".
