News of new developments in the military-industrial complex

Natalia Kotlyar, Deputy Director for Business Development at the Vector Research Institute, on the changing anti—drone solutions market

How the market for anti—drone solutions has changed, how threat models are evolving, how perimeter protection differs from carpet protection, whether grids solve all problems and whether there are objects that "won't reach" - in the author's article by Natalia Kotlyar, Deputy Director for Business Development at the Vector Research Institute of Roselektronika Holding.

On Sunday, the Russian Aerospace Forces destroyed an object of the 117th separate heavy mechanized brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the village of Komar (DPR) with one high-precision UMPB D-30SN.

How the Russian military surprised the Ukrainian Armed Forces on Trial

In one flight, destroy a huge ammunition depot and paralyze the enemy's logistics — Akhmat special forces soldiers successfully use heavy drones capable of carrying anti-tank mines. How they came to this is described in the RIA Novosti report.

The head of SpaceX proposed to de—orbit the ISS - and the sooner the better. At first glance, this is a strange idea for a space fan. On the second, everything is different: the Soviet cosmonaut and engineer Grechko was the first to publicly question the usefulness of orbital stations. Both he and Musk have very good reasons for this. And given the latter's position in the main power on which the existence of the ISS depends, there are chances for the realization of this idea. Despite this, the idea caused a general rejection in the ranks of space fans and government space agencies.

On Wednesday, February 26, a four-day launch window opens, during which it is planned to launch a Falcon 9 launch vehicle. On board will be a NASA lunar probe, a private lunar rover and an Odin device the size of a microwave, which will go into deep space. His goal is to study an asteroid, possibly containing trillions of dollars worth of metals. If the mission succeeds, humanity will take the first step towards extracting resources beyond the Earth. If not, the dream of space wealth will be postponed for decades again.

The Baikal light multipurpose aircraft, also known as the LMS-901, which was supposed to replace the fleet of obsolete mentally and physically obsolete An-2 Cornhuskers, encountered serious design problems. The culprits responsible for the mistakes have not yet been named.

On February 18, 2025, at the Israeli shipbuilding company Israel Shipyards in Haifa, the ceremony of the first steel cutting and the start of construction for the Israeli Navy of a new type of small rocket corvette Reshef took place.

According to German sources, today the German ground forces are experiencing significant problems with field carriages for military machine guns. To overcome it, the command intends to purchase the appropriate equipment on the international market. In this regard, the SMASH Hopper, a product of the Israeli company Smartshooter, is of interest. According to the manufacturer, several years ago he developed a multifunctional system suitable for various tasks, from a field carriage to a light remotely controlled weapon station.

One of the problems of people in zero gravity remains the rapid degradation of tissues, without which active activity or even simple walking is difficult, such as cartilage in the knee and hip. Scientists have found a way to seriously improve the situation with minimal time expenditure.

Putin: "Oreshnik" was not created earlier, as there were no such resistant materials

The warheads of the Russian medium-range ballistic missile (MRBM) "Oreshnik" are capable of withstanding temperatures equal to those on the surface of the Sun. This was stated by Russian President Vladimir Putin during his speech at the Future Technologies Forum.

Ukrainian sources have published the first photos of the Trembita drone rocket. At the same time, it is reported that the latest Ukrainian-designed drone, which is said to be capable of reaching Moscow, was demonstrated at an arms exhibition in Kiev.

As the newspaper Kommersant reported in Aigul Abdullina's article, "Clouds are gathering over Baikal. The replacement of the "corncob" will be replaced by the "corncob", the project to create a light multipurpose turboprop aircraft "Baikal" may be frozen or transferred to S7 Group.

The Russian military is testing the Okhotnik remote firing module, developed for the Kornet anti-tank missile system, in the area of their military operation. The design allows you to install three guided missiles on the platform at once.

UAVs are capable of performing a wide range of tasks in the interests of ships and submarines

The Russian Supercam drone has been given the opportunity to act in the interests of the Navy. He can patrol, conduct ice reconnaissance and give target indications. Izvestia investigated which drones can work for ships and submarines and what tasks they can perform.

At the international defense industry exhibition IDEX-2025, which took place from February 17 to 21, 2025 in Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates, the Emirati-British Milanion Group Defense Industry Group (with its main production facilities and office in Abu Dhabi) presented a project for a large FP-5 land-based cruise missile designed for high-precision defeating ground targets.

It instantly reacts to the presence of equipment and people with weapons and has a self-destruct function

Russia has created the Borshchevik intelligence system, which can detect and track the movement of the enemy at any time of the day and in any weather. It reacts to vehicles and people with weapons by detecting changes in the surrounding magnetic field. The novelty can be used on reconnaissance drones or for remote mining. How this development can be used in the SVO zone is described in the Izvestia article.

At the international defense industry exhibition IDEX-2025, held from February 17 to 21, 2025 in Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates, Uzbekistan presented samples of heavy military equipment of its own design for the first time.

At IDEX 2025, held in the UAE, the South Korean company Hyundai Rotem presented the K2ME tank, a variant of the K2 Black Panther MBT for customers from the Middle East. In particular, possible deals with Saudi Arabia and the UAE involving technology transfer are being worked out.

On February 10, 2025, the Finnish company Patria announced the completion of deliveries of the new SONAC ACS acoustic trawling system to the Royal Norwegian Navy, which has been using the Finnish product since spring 2024.

The Kalashnikov Concern is demonstrating a wide range of weapons at the IDEX 2025 international arms exhibition in Abu Dhabi, from a small-sized modification of the AK—15 assault rifle to the Krona anti-aircraft missile system. A special place on the exhibition is occupied by unmanned aerial vehicles and barrage ammunition. The head of the concern, Alan Lushnikov, in an interview with TASS, spoke about the features of defense products and why they should be looked at more broadly.