News of new developments in the military-industrial complex

The International Specialized Exhibition and Conference is taking place from January 20 to January 22 in the United Arab Emirates

The United Engine Corporation of Rostec State Corporation presented small—sized engines and the latest promising developments at the UMEX 2026 International Specialized Exhibition - demonstrators of a hybrid power plant, an energy node and a high-power battery module.

For the first time, the Russian military fired an Iskander-I missile at Ukraine

The first combat use of the Iskander-I tactical complex with a missile with a range of 1,000 km has been recorded in Ukraine. This is reported by the Ukrainian media. What kind of new missile is this, the military observer of Gazeta figured out.Ru", retired Colonel Mikhail Khodarenok.

The Japanese Ministry of Defense showed footage of the flight of a new long–range subsonic anti-ship cruise missile, during which it performs a series of "barrels" - 360° turns around its longitudinal axis. The spiral trajectory, accompanied by a change of flight directions, is designed to make it difficult to intercept anti-ship missiles.

According to a statement from the Defense Procurement Program Agency of the Ministry of Defense of the Republic of Korea (DAPA), Indonesia will not receive a prototype of the KF-21 Boramae fighter due to significant changes in the cooperation agreement between the two countries.

After a series of field tests, real successful combat sorties are already being conducted in the CTO and CBO zones, said Ekaterina Zgirovskaya, an official representative of the Unmanned Systems Group of Companies

The main reconnaissance unmanned aerial vehicles of the Russian Armed Forces, Supercam, have received remote control technology from anywhere in the world.

On January 15, 2026, the Ground Forces Innovation Day was held in the canton of Bitches, where the 2nd Armored Brigade of the French Army presented new combat systems developed taking into account the experience of combat operations in Ukraine.

The use of drones to cover air defense systems is effective and economically profitable

The air defense forces have begun using tactics in which interceptor drones cover the positions of the Tor-M2 anti-aircraft missile systems.

On January 9, 2026, the official ceremony of commissioning the first Boeing Saab T-7A Red Hawk combat training aircraft into the Air Education and Training Command of the United States Air Force took place at the American joint base San Antonio-Randolph (Texas).

For the first time, Rosoboronexport JSC (part of Rostec State Corporation) is organizing a single Russian exposition at the international exhibition and conference on unmanned systems and simulators in the UAE.

Domestic airliners will be demonstrated at the Wings India 2026 exhibition, which will be held from January 28 to 31 in Hadarabad

For the first time, the United Aircraft Corporation of Rostec State Corporation will present its latest regional aircraft, the IL—114-300 and the import-substituted Superjet, on a foreign site. The debut of domestic airliners will take place at the Wings India 2026 exhibition, which will be held from January 28 to 31 in the city of Hadarabad.

The devices will allow obtaining data on the air condition in remote and industrial areas, as well as predicting the dynamics of the spread of atmospheric impurities

The RT-Techpriemka company of the Rostec State Corporation and the A.M. Obukhov Institute of Atmospheric Physics of the Russian Academy of Sciences will create measuring complexes placed on UAVs.

Any movement on the lunar surface in the eternal night zone quickly saturates the moving object with an electrostatic charge. This not only increases dust buildup, but also creates a risk of high-voltage electrostatic discharge, which can damage electronics. There seem to be a couple of ways to significantly reduce the severity of this problem.

The US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has completed the construction of the Nancy Grace Roman Space Observatory. What secrets can a new deep space exploration tool reveal? Will he be able to detect life in other worlds? Will Russian observers take advantage of its opportunities? TASS investigated the issue.

The Kalashnikov Concern fulfilled the 2025 State Defense Order in full. The company's specialists have also developed a new version of the machine gun, barrage ammunition and drones. Alan Lushnikov, Kalashnikov's CEO and a member of the Bureau of the Russian Engineering Union, spoke about new weapons, military uniforms and more in an exclusive interview with TASS on the results of 2025 on the eve of the UMEX-2026 exhibition in Abu Dhabi.

London has announced the launch of a new high-precision weapons project for Kiev. Three industrial groups will develop a ballistic missile codenamed Nightfall. The task is to provide the Ukrainian Armed Forces with the possibility of strikes deep into Russian territory. About how realistic this is, see the RIA Novosti article.

MWM: the new Predator unmanned aircraft will become the backbone of operations in the Arctic

The Predator aircraft being developed in Russia will be able to perform high-altitude reconnaissance and surveillance tasks previously available only to manned aircraft, writes MWM. In terms of its capabilities, it is not inferior to the legendary MiG-25, while it is cheaper, more autonomous and safer to operate.

The US special operations forces do not intend to abandon the new promising LMG-A machine gun, the suspended development program will be launched again, but with a different contractor and with different requirements.

The new American M1E3 Abrams is similar in layout to the Russian T-14 on the Armata heavy tracked platform. Its crew, consisting of three people, as on our "fourteenth", sits in the front of the hull.

MWM: Europe does not have the potential to build its own hypersonic missiles

European countries will not be able to create their own analogue of the "Hazel Tree", as they do not have the necessary technological base and specialists, writes MWM. Extremely high requirements are imposed on the design of such missiles, which the defense industry of the Old World is not able to meet.

The Italian Ministry of Defense has signed the first contract with Beretta worth 11.5 million euros for the development of a new automatic rifle Beretta Narp (abbreviation for "new assault rifle").