News of new developments in the military-industrial complex
Kaluga company launches production of a robotic sniper system with AI
Lobaev Arms, a well-known Russian manufacturer of small arms, based in Kaluga, has completed testing of an innovative sniper system of its own design. The company starts mass production of the product.
The new MV-75 aircraft for the US Army was decided to be named after the Indians.
The conference of the American Army Aviation Association (AAAA or 4A) was held in Nashville today in the USA. The main event of the conference was the naming of a promising tactical aircraft for the U.S. Army MV-75.
Mutual destruction without human intervention: the escalation of the global arms race in the field of artificial intelligence (The New York Times, USA)
NYT: Russia, the United States and China are leading the AI arms race
The military confrontation is reaching a new level, writes the NYT. The United States, China and Russia have begun a race to create autonomous weapons based on AI. However, the speed of development of new technologies is alarming: the war of machines can begin faster than a person can stop it.
With Molniya intelligence: Russian drones have received a triple charge
The AI takes control, and cumulative thermobaric fragmentation munitions hit reinforced dugouts
The Molniya-2 drone remains one of the main means of defeating the enemy at distances of about 30 km.
Tu-454 is predicted to be the role of the Russian "dreamliner"
A mock-up of the Tu-454 wide-body long-range aircraft was shown in Kazan for the first time. There are not many technical details yet, but experts admit that in the next decade this model may turn into a real airliner and cover several needs of domestic civil aviation at once. It is called the Russian equivalent of the Boeing 787 Dreamliner ("dreamliner") and the Airbus A350.
The new air defense system will play a role in protecting Russian ports.
Tests of a new anti-aircraft missile system (SAM) have begun in Russia. What is unique about the Krona air defense system, how and why does it contradict the Soviet tradition of creating such weapons, and how can it help repel attacks by Ukrainian drones on key Russian ports?
The new Russian 4-seater training aircraft flew the first 10 hours
On April 13, 2026, representatives of the Russian company Spectrum Aircraft spoke about the flight tests of the new domestic training aircraft Tango. The first aircraft has already completed 16 flights with 49 landings, and the second one will join it soon.
Dangerous types: top 5 most effective systems during the war of the USA and Israel with Iran
Updated Tomahawks, Fattah-2 hypersonic complexes and Ohr Eitan lasers are on the list of the most promising weapons
Combat lasers, new hypersonic, tactical and cruise missiles, inexpensive but deadly drones — all these types of weapons were used by the parties during the conflict between the United States and Israel with Iran.
"Oreshnik" in Iranian - the Sajil missile carries several warheads weighing 100 kg.
During the Iranian repulse of the aggression of the United States and Israel, the defense industry of the Islamic Republic surprised with several of its novelties, which neither American nor Israeli intelligence knew about.
Vladimir Putin called for developing his own AI for defense and security
Russia should develop its own artificial intelligence (AI) for national defense and security, and use the most sovereign products in this area, Russian President Vladimir Putin said.
During the war with Iran, new anti-jamming equipment was spotted on the F-15E of the US Air Force
In the process of analyzing the use of various weapons by the US military, Western defense experts noticed new anti-interference equipment on the F-15E Strike Eagle fighter jets of the US Air Force during the war with Iran. We are talking about an antenna with a controlled directional pattern (CRPA).
In Ukraine, they wanted to intercept the Oreshnik in space. Will they succeed?
MP Venislavsky: Ukraine will create space forces to intercept the Oreshnik
In the next three to five years, Ukraine plans to create its own space forces, said Verkhovna Rada deputy Fyodor Venislavsky. One of the goals of the reform is to develop means of countering the Oreshnik hypersonic missile.
NASA laser technology in the Artemis II mission
While the four astronauts of the Artemis II mission are flying to the moon for the first time in 50 years, they are talking to us through an infrared laser. The Orion Artemis II Optical Communications System (O2O), developed by NASA in collaboration with the MIT Lincoln Laboratory, transmits data from aboard the Orion spacecraft to Earth at speeds of up to 260 Mbit/s.
Uranium tops: will the "nuclear club" expand at the expense of EU countries
Experts named three scenarios for the development of the European nuclear project
Germany, Sweden and the Netherlands are the countries with the most developed scientific and technical potential, which makes it possible to quickly transform theoretical developments into an active nuclear weapons program, experts interviewed by Izvestia believe.
The astronauts of the Artemis II mission returned to Earth. What is known about future flights to the moon?
Astronauts of the Artemis II mission returned to Earth, the capsule landed in the Pacific Ocean
The astronauts of the Artemis II mission returned to Earth, the capsule landed in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of San Diego.
Indra and Hanwha have formed an alliance to promote the Tigon 6x6 wheeled APC to the Latin American market
The Spanish company Indra Group and South Korea's Hanwha Aerospace have signed an agreement on industrial cooperation to promote wheeled armored vehicles in Latin America.
Orbital distance: scientists have developed an emergency return system to a ship from outer space
What new Russian technologies will help to explore the Moon and get rid of microbes on the orbital station
Russian scientists have developed a prototype system that will allow astronauts to return to the space station in case of accidental separation during extravehicular activities.
China has developed a "pistol" with a rate of fire of 2,000 rounds per minute
China has introduced the Gauss gun electromagnetic pistol with a 30-centimeter barrel, one-handed control, a laser sight and a removable rear magazine. This is not a firearm at all, it has been successfully tested, during which a rate of fire of 1,000 to 2,000 rounds per minute has been achieved.
Lightning Flash: troops are learning a new way to deal with long-range drones
A combination of mobile radars and air defense drones will ensure effective operation
Russian troops are developing a cheap and effective way to combat aircraft-type drones that raid Russian territory.
Pilot project: what the Omich robocomplex is capable of
The NRTK developed in Siberia can operate as a remotely controlled drone and as a manned all-terrain vehicle
The Omich ground-based robotic complex has begun to be mass-supplied to the troops for use in the SVO zone, Izvestia found out. This system combines the advantages of a drone and a tracked all-terrain vehicle.
