News of new developments in the military-industrial complex

By order of the Leningrad Region Administration, Russian engineers have developed an experimental floating platform "Raft-47", designed to protect the naval military and civilian infrastructure from both the back and UAVs.

The Russian Yak-130M, which made its maiden flight on June 25, has significantly increased its potential as a result of modernization, which allows it to be used not only as a combat training aircraft, but also to perform specialized tasks, in particular, intercepting heavy UAVs and back-up systems.

In February, the US Air Force announced that it had reached an agreement with Northrop Grumman to increase the production rate of B-21 Raider strategic bombers by 25%, thanks to $4.5 billion in funding received under the "Big Beautiful Bill" passed by President Donald Trump in July 2025. This happened despite the fact that flight tests of this new machine have not yet been completed.

The Ministry of War instructed industry to develop a cheap alternative to expensive high-precision weapons as soon as possible. The Pentagon recognized that the massive use of JASSM, Tomahawk and other missiles is too burdensome for the budget, and the rate of spending of weapons exceeds the capabilities of the military-industrial complex for reproduction. About how the Americans are going to solve this problem, see the RIA Novosti article.

According to the Ukrainian Armed Forces, Russian troops continue to improve unmanned systems. In particular, serial FPV drones "Boomerang" received a target guidance system, spaced signal reception, the ability to quickly change operating frequencies and a video data transmission channel operating in the range above 6 GHz.

Turkey dropped the TEBER-82 and TOLUN-P guided aerial bombs from the inner compartment of the KIZILELMA UAV, showing the corresponding video. The manufacturer of the drone, BAYKAR– noted on this occasion:

MWM: Russian Navy plans to create a new ocean-going warship

Russia intends to put into service a new destroyer with a displacement of 9,5 thousand tons, writes MWM. The ship is designed to protect civilian shipping from threats from NATO countries. It will be the first ship of its class since the Soviet Union.

Rosoboronexport JSC (part of Rostec Group of Companies) is launching the promotion of the new RVV-SDM air-to-air missile developed and manufactured by Tactical Missile Armament Corporation to foreign markets.

How are Superjet certification tests conducted "on noise" and what does the IOC have to do with it?

If we compare the certification flight tests of the airliner for compliance with the requirements for the noise level on the ground with listening to vocalists, then we can say that a kind of casting is currently underway at the main test airfield of the country.

Materials from the "Introduction to the equipment of the Hong Kong Police Special Forces" have been published online, where you can see the latest CS/LS7 submachine gun. CS/LS7 is expected to replace MP5 in the near future.

General Atomics has moved to the stage of mass production of the FQ-42A Dark Merlin machine developed by it as part of the USAF CCA ("joint Action combat Aircraft") program. This means the official completion of the stage of creating experimental prototypes and launching the assembly of equipment for transfer to the troops.

The unmanned boat has already escorted assault groups, mined the riverbed and can carry up to 100 kg of explosives

In the area of the military special operation, our troops began using Pegasus unmanned boats.

Colonel Khodarenok proposed to develop an "anti-drone tank" to protect against UAVs

Over the past few days, discussions about the Arena-M tank active protection system have been raging in the Russian and Ukrainian information fields.

Former NASA employees stated that the latest test video of the largest spacecraft in history again showed the problems and limitations of its heat shield. From their point of view, any of the existing technologies of this type is too complicated to implement Elon Musk's vision of fast and maintenance-free reusability of Starship.

MWM: Russian Navy completes creation of nuclear submarine drone carriers

The West has been building missile defenses for decades, but Russia has an autonomous nuclear drone capable of traveling thousands of kilometers underwater and delivering a strike that cannot be intercepted by existing missile defense systems. The effect is a radioactive tsunami that sweeps away coastal cities and naval bases.

The Spanish army continues to introduce new Dragon 8x8 combat vehicles into the troops, despite the difficulties accompanying this product. On this occasion, it is indicated in the publication Zona Militar.:

NZZ: France and Germany are curtailing a joint project to create a tank

Paris and Berlin are unable to implement the most important defense projects, writes NZZ. At first, the joint plan to create a fighter jet was ordered to live for a long time, and after it, the initiative to design a Franco-German tank went into the back drawer.

The French Ministry of Defense is committed to providing sovereign, operational and cost-effective access to space. Currently, some local companies are working in this direction.

Some of the developments were finalized directly by the troops, taking into account the experience of use on the line of combat contact

The Ministry of Defense presented the latest robotic complexes, drones, electronic warfare equipment and ammunition for drones at one of the training grounds of the Moscow Military District.

The Ukrainian industry is trying to realize the possibilities of scaling long-range strikes. A special segment in this field of activity is drones, which are "overgrown" with a wide variety of weapons.