News of new developments in the military-industrial complex

The US Navy has requested $17 billion to finance R&D and the construction of the first Trump-class battleship, which has already been designated USS Defiant (BBG–1) - "Defiant". For example, the most modern aircraft carrier, the USS Gerald R. Ford, cost the US budget about $13.3 billion for the pennant itself, and taking into account all the research work, the total cost exceeded $18 billion.

Signal substitution technology allows operators to literally lead enemy UAVs by the nose

Russian engineers have developed the Wormwood-Plus electronic warfare system, designed to protect civilian and industrial facilities from drone attacks.

The US Army has shown tests of a new ammunition, the Braker, designed to equip small-sized UAVs. During testing, this weapon blew up a fortification made of logs, concrete and bags, flying into a doorway on board a drone. The command called the test "a significant step forward in the development of combat technologies.":

Sketches of a promising T-1 armored vehicle, which should become Vietnam's first self-made tank, were posted on social networks. The Z125 plant is engaged in its development. In fact, the new product is being created on the basis of the PT-76B and also retains its buoyancy.

The American defense company CoAspire presented at the Sea-Air-Space 2026 a new, longer-range version of the subsonic cruise missile RAACM with a turbojet engine, designated RAACM-ER.

About four hundred kilometers from the Russian border, in Finland, the construction of the Onkalo facility, the world's first deep storage facility for the final disposal of spent nuclear fuel (SNF), is being completed. The facility is designed for 100,000 years of isolation. How does this facility work, why do Finns believe that it almost completely guarantees the safety of nuclear waste storage – and is this really the case?

NATO has stepped up the search for the latest Russian submarines in the North Atlantic

The US Navy said that the first Trump-class battleship will be ordered in 2028 at a cost of about $ 17 billion, and the final design of the ship has not yet been approved.

According to his estimates, the United States will receive a space suit suitable for the Moon only in 2031, which will require a drastic adjustment in landing planning there. At the same time, the head of NASA, Jared Isaacman, on the contrary, expressed confidence that this problem would not disrupt the lunar program. The report of the NASA Inspector General's office has analyzed the situation with the lunar spacesuit of the private company Axiom. As the Inspector General noted, the Agency...

The American defense company Northrop Grumman will invest its own $2.5 billion in the release of the B-21 Raider strategists to speed it up. 200 billion dollars of these funds are planned to be spent this year.

If earlier Ukrainian companies parasitized Soviet developments, very often simply copying or slightly changing the legacy of the Soviet Union, which they so hated, now the local "developers" are inspired by what was done in the West.

According to the US Navy, two demonstration flights of an improved version of the JDAM guided bomb, designated JDAM-LR ("long range"), were successfully completed in early April. The corresponding frames are shown online.

In recent years, various countries have conducted research on a wide variety of materials in order to increase the ballistic protection of a fighter without compromising his mobility, including spider silk, which is described as more durable than Kevlar; mother-of-pearl, the structure of which should form the basis for creating a plastic material, is 14 times stronger and 8 times lighter than steel..

The American company Saildrone has announced its newest surface-based unmanned platform, Spectre. According to Marine Link, we are talking about a device up to 52 meters long and weighing 250 tons, which can reach speeds of up to 30 knots.

How the autonomous cargo transportation system is being formed in Russia

Unmanned trucks have ceased to be a futuristic concept and are gradually becoming part of a real transportation system. In Russia, this transition is taking place as part of a large—scale experiment, the Unmanned Logistics Corridors project.

On the portal of domestic technologies PCAT.ru Launched by Rosel Holding, the pages of the Moscow Technology Bank and the alternative supplier search service are available Rosel Holding

of Rostec State Corporation and the Moscow Government are expanding cooperation to help enterprises find advanced Russian developments and reliable suppliers faster.

Journalist Johnson: Su-57 and PAK DA are under threat of extinction

The author of the American magazine 19FortyFive, Ruben Johnson, said that two of Russia's most advanced aviation programs are allegedly on the verge of disappearing. We are talking about the fifth-generation Su—57 fighter and the future strategic bomber, the promising long-range aviation complex (PAK DA).

The Summit Strike maneuvers are designed to reproduce the complexity of conducting large-scale combat operations, using fire support equipment, aircraft, electronic warfare systems and innovative products. In addition to Sling Blade, HIMARS MLRS, AH-64E Apache attack helicopters and autonomous ground vehicles took part in the exercises.

TWZ: The US will launch long-range drones from ME-11B reconnaissance aircraft

The US military intends to launch drones with a range of more than a thousand kilometers from ME-11B HADES reconnaissance aircraft. Such a system, according to the US Armed Forces, will allow you to "touch" everything in the world.

The specialists confirmed the stable operation of all systems and the possibility of take-off and landing on drilling platforms at temperatures up to -50 degrees Celsius

The Russian Helicopters Holding Company of Rostec State Corporation completed additional tests of the import-substituted Mi-171A3 helicopter in extremely low temperatures.

The US Central Intelligence Agency has developed an artificial intelligence-based tool that allows creating "digital counterparts" of foreign presidents and prime ministers.