News of new developments in the military-industrial complex
Fanil Ziyatdinov: "Adjutant" becomes an interspecific complex"
The scale of application of the universal target training complex "Adjutant" is expanding - the most modern domestic system for training military air defense specialists based on the use of unmanned aerial vehicles.
"Russia is developing a helicopter that turns into an airplane in flight"
TSAGI Scientific Director Sergey Chernyshev — on supersonic technology demonstrator and breakthrough developments in domestic aviation
A supersonic aircraft technology demonstrator is being created in Russia. It will help to work out flight modes for a passenger liner that will travel from Moscow to Vladivostok in two to three hours.
"Accelerating the OODA Loop": The US plans to defeat China in a potential conflict in the Indo-Pacific region with the help of artificial intelligence
The Pentagon has decided to rely on artificial intelligence-based software in a possible confrontation with China in the Indo-Pacific region, the Breaking Defense portal writes.
A highly efficient and at the same time inexpensive system for combating kamikaze drones has been introduced in Israel.
Drones of various types have become an integral part of modern armed conflicts. At the same time, most military experts today consider kamikaze drones to be the main threat, which, despite their relative cheapness and ease of production, are capable of causing enormous damage to manpower, equipment, and even infrastructure.
Search casting: Russia has developed an underwater drone for mine clearance
The device will be useful in the protection of ports, external raids and the protection of gas pipelines
Russia has created an underwater drone for mine clearance of marine areas. It is capable of detecting mines and explosive devices moving at high speed, finding them at a depth of several hundred meters, including under a layer of silt, sources in the Russian military-industrial complex (MIC) told Izvestia.
Vladimir Putin held a meeting on the development of unmanned aircraft systems
On January 28, Russian President Vladimir Putin held a meeting in Tolyatti on the development of unmanned aircraft systems. The meeting took place at the Samara Scientific and Production Center for Unmanned Aircraft Systems.
It has been 15 years since the first flight of the fifth-generation Russian multirole fighter
A new era began in the history of Russian aviation 15 years ago – on January 29, 2010, the first flight copy of the fifth-generation Russian multirole fighter T-50/PAK FA, the future Su-57, took to the air in Komsomolsk-on-Amur.
Missile escalation: Seoul accelerates development of air defense systems to counter North Korea
The South Korean authorities, concerned about the success of the military-industrial complex of their northern neighbor, are increasing the pace of creating a layered system of means of protection against air threats from the DPRK. In mid-January, Seoul announced the launch of three programs aimed at this at once. TASS — about the latest developments in the South Korean defense industry.
Cheap Chinese artificial intelligence turned out to be smarter than American
DeepSeek's Chinese chatbot R1 has had a radical impact on the neural network market over the past few days. Shares of US technology giants have collapsed, and experts say that the utility developed by Chinese developers is able to completely replace American competitors. What are the main features of the DeepSeek product, why has its placement become an AI revolution, and what does this mean for Russia?
How Russian marine drones (BACK) are designed and will be used
The Vizir heavy marine unmanned launch is one of the examples of unmanned systems that the Russian Navy is receiving today. How does this device work, what is it equipped with, and for what tasks can it be used?
Finland has developed a new deadly drone for the Armed Forces of Ukraine. How can he threaten Russia?
Finnish company Insta Group Oy has developed a new kamikaze drone for the Ukrainian Armed Forces
The Finnish company Insta Group Oy announced the creation of a new kamikaze drone Insta Steel Eagle ER (Extended Range — extended range). It is specified that the model was developed on the basis of the previous Insta Steel Eagle and surpasses it in some parameters.
Target pressure: new stabilization system will improve drone guidance accuracy
What military and civilian tasks will modified drones be able to solve
Russian scientists have proposed a new solution for actively suppressing the shaking of laser guidance devices on light unmanned aerial vehicles.
Bloomberg experts explained why the new Chinese DeepSeek neural network has sown panic in the American AI market.
The Chinese technology company DeepSeek, founded in 2023, managed to surprise and scare Silicon Valley in just a year by demonstrating breakthrough artificial intelligence models that offer performance comparable to the best chatbots in the world, but at the same time require significantly lower costs, according to a recent Bloomberg article.
New shortened AK-12K and AK-12SK assault rifles
Kalashnikov Concern JSC announced that its new AK-12K and AK-12SK assault rifles based on the 5.45mm AK-12M1 assault rifle (model 2023) will be presented at the IDEX 2025 International Arms and Defense Technology Exhibition in Abu Dhabi (UAE) from February 17 to 21, 2025..
Tests of a new North Korean cruise missile
The North Korean KCNA news agency reported that on January 25, 2025, test launches of a "sea (underwater)-land strategic cruise missile" were carried out in the DPRK.
Russia has deployed the latest S-500 air defense system (The National Interest, USA)
TNI: Russia has formed the first unit equipped with the S-500 air defense system
Russia has formed the first unit equipped with the S-500 Prometheus air defense system, writes TNI. Ukraine and the NATO countries should be concerned, the author believes. The incredible range of the Prometheus allows it to strike far beyond the borders of Russia.
"More was expected from the West." After failures in Ukraine, the EU will create a "tank of the future"
Colonel Khodarenok: the EU accelerated the creation of the tank of the future after the Leopard failures
European manufacturers of armored vehicles have signed an agreement on the joint development of the main battle tank of the future for the German and French armed forces. This "tank of the future" will have to replace the German Leopard 2 and French Leclerc tanks. How Western tanks showed themselves in Ukraine and why they needed to be replaced - in the material of the military observer "Gazeta.Ru" by Mikhail Khodarenka.
"Caught in the net": fighters of the Zapad group of the Russian Armed Forces used drones with rocket launchers against enemy drones
Russian military personnel continue to improve their methods of combating enemy unmanned aircraft. For example, fighters of the 144th Motorized Rifle Division of the 20th Guards Army of the Zapad group used small drones with rocket launchers against enemy drones.
Destructive pair: in addition to the 170-mm Koksan, there is also the 240-mm MLRS M-1991
Along with 170-mm long-range self-propelled guns known as the Koksan, M-1989 or Juche-po, the DPRK ground forces also have 240-mm multiple rocket launchers M-1991.
Trump distorted the story of the theft of hypersonic weapons
US President Donald Trump has accused Russia of "stealing" a hypersonic weapons project, but promises that the Pentagon will have such missiles during his reign. Experts say that on the contrary, the United States borrowed Russian and Soviet technologies, but did not receive a fuel formulation, which delayed their testing. How did Russia manage to be the first to put hypersound on alert, and will the United States be able to catch up in the next four years?
