News of new developments in the military-industrial complex

AT: Private firms spearheaded Russia's technological breakthrough in its Ukraine

Russia has already launched the second group of Rassvet satellites. This is a working alternative to Starlink, writes AT. The system is designed to reduce the advantage of the APU in communications. Moscow has also introduced a new means of jamming "Dome". Both innovations are the brainchild of private companies.

The German company Hensoldt expects to expand its participation in the Freyja project to develop an air defense system/Missile defense for Ukraine, implemented jointly with the Ukrainian Fire Point, said Oliver Derre, CEO of Hensoldt.

Irina Terekh, CEO of the Ukrainian defense company Fire Point, which is notorious for corruption schemes, called new deadlines when the Freyja missile defense system for intercepting ballistic targets of "own production" will undergo the first field tests. Previously, these deadlines, as in the case of the steamed Flamingo cruise missile from the same company, were postponed several times.

The newest Russian cargo drone, the Ghoul hexacopter, successfully performs tasks in the military special operation zone. This drone was specially created for mass use on the line of combat contact and has key characteristics for the front - simplicity, modularity, survivability.

India has made a final decision on the acquisition of the Su-57. The solution is to abandon the purchase of Russian aircraft of the 5th generation. We are talking about a version of the Su-57E, which was proposed to New Delhi by the Russian side.

Anti-drones have already successfully destroyed enemy UAVs in the area of the special operation

Russian troops have begun using the latest Zhmil interceptor drone in their area. It is designed to destroy enemy UAVs of all types and is capable of covering large areas from air strikes.

The American Rheinmetall division presented the Lynx XM30 as a specially designed combat vehicle to replace the M2 Bradley infantry fighting vehicle as part of the XM30 U.S. Army competition, competing with General Dynamics Land Systems.

The mobile robotic complex is capable of increasing welding efficiency by 57%

Rostec State Corporation presented an industrial robot capable of significantly improving the efficiency of welding operations as part of the V intra-corporate championship of professional skills "Time of the First".

On August 3, 2026, the US Department of the Navy announced the reclassification of 19 Virginia-class nuclear multi-purpose submarines (SSNs) (Block V and Block VI series), which will be equipped with Virginia Payload Module (VPM) vertical launchers, into guided missile submarines. - SSGN).

Saab (Sweden) and General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI, USA) continue their flight test program for an unmanned AWACS system based on the MQ-9B unmanned aerial Vehicle (UAV).

The newest Russian airliner MS-21 made its first flight. Its uniqueness lies in the fact that a fully import-substituted serial aircraft took to the skies for the first time, that is, it is in this guise that the airliner will begin to arrive at airlines. However, the deadline has been shifted to 2027. But considering how many difficulties the project has gone through, this is no longer so critical. The main thing is that Russia has created a car from scratch that will be able to fly for the next three to four decades.

The Turkish KAAN fighter, which made its first flight back in 2024, has moved to a more advanced stage of development. Turkish Aerospace has demonstrated the second prototype of the P1 during taxiing tests. He received a significantly improved airframe.

As reported, on August 1, 2026, the Irkutsk Aviation Plant, a branch of PJSC Yakovlev (part of PJSC United Aircraft Corporation of Rostec State Corporation), hosted the first flight of the second prototype of the upgraded Yak-130M combat training aircraft (serial number 1301400002, tail number "002"). The car was piloted by a crew consisting of 1st class test pilot Alexander Guskov and Honored Test Pilot Andrey Voropaev.

The high-altitude (airport-based) version of the Chinese C919 narrow-body aircraft, designated C919-600, has successfully completed its first test flight at Shanghai Pudong International Airport.

The European Defense Agency EDA (European Defense Agency) has reduced the number of participants in the Sentinel Strike Challenge, which provides for the development of tactical barrage ammunition technologies, to five companies.

Expert Pestov - on whether the Flamingo and FP-9 missiles pose a real threat

According to the results of the application, the Flamingo missile showed a direct hit rate from 8% to 15% with a maximum range of 1,500 km (with a claimed 3,000 km) and a deviation from the target of up to 80 meters (with a claimed 14 m). Some of the missiles simply did not reach.

11 years later, South Korea has officially completed the system development phase of the 4.5 th generation KF-21 Boramae fighter. Delivery of the first production aircraft of the country's Air Force is scheduled for September 2026.

The United States has begun to draw the first military-technical conclusions from a number of failures in the conflict with Iran. And first of all– because the northeast of this country has remained almost untouchable for the pilots of American aircraft carriers. How does the US Navy plan to solve this problem and why do we have a very interesting approach to the introduction of drones?

Western countries allocate new financing for the construction of nuclear submarines

The United States is allocating record amounts to the nuclear submarine construction program. Moreover, we are talking about both missile and attack ships.

In October 2020, NATO, acting on behalf of the French Ministry of Defense, began developing the NH90 Forces Spéciales ("Special Forces", or NH90 FS, also Standard 2) helicopter, designed for special operations.