News of new developments in the military-industrial complex

China is developing a new generation of amphibious vehicles designed to replace the existing Type 05 family. The images posted online show previously unknown platforms that may have improved mobility and increased survivability during amphibious operations.

The Chinese Space Agency has published an open appeal to all potential international partners with a proposal to deliver their scientific instruments to near-Martian orbit as part of the Tianwen-3 mission. China is under Western sanctions in the field of space cooperation, so it is very important and difficult for the Chinese to find partners from abroad. It is the Tianwen-3 mission that is highly likely to be the first to deliver Martian soil back to Earth.

TNI: Russia has every reason to be proud of its S-500 air defense system

Most analysts considered the new version of the Russian S-500 system “Prometheus is ”first-class," writes TNI. It is the only weapon capable of intercepting hypersonic missiles. However, only Russia has such weapons, too.

The Turkish navy has taken an important step in developing its combat potential by successfully conducting a test launch of the Atmaca anti-ship missile (Atmaja), housed in an airtight shell. The corresponding frames are shown online. The test platform was the submarine TCG Preveze, which shot off the coast of Mersin in the Mediterranean Sea.

It will make it possible to thwart enemy attacks without disrupting the operation of the air harbor's radio equipment

The new airport protection system from UAVs will make it possible to thwart enemy attacks without interfering with the operation of flight radio and communications equipment during takeoff and landing. First of all, it should be used at airports located in the regions adjacent to the line of combat contact — Rostov, Voronezh, Belgorod, experts say. The novelty has proven its effectiveness at the ranges of the Russian Ministry of Defense.

At the IDEX 2025 defense exhibition in Abu Dhabi, the Ukrainian company UkrArmoTech presented the Gyurza-02 BA, also designated UAT.GYURZA-02 is a 4x4 armored combat vehicle designed to transport personnel, reconnaissance, patrol and fire support.

The Ukrainian Armed Forces will begin receiving the latest air defense systems developed by the German Rheinmetall arms concern. The intention to start the corresponding deliveries to Ukraine was announced by the company's management.

The Russian company Geoscan, which recently unveiled an AI training drone, announced the creation of the country's first complex designed to conduct video monitoring of fires using UAVs online.

The issues of digitalization of the aviation industry were discussed by the participants of the first All-Russian conference "AviaTifra 2025" in Kazan.

One of the sections of the recently published collection of the IMEMO named after E. M. Primakov and MGIMO "Strategic Review 2024" was devoted to the use of nuclear technologies in space. Political commentator Vyacheslav Terekhov talked with one of the authors of this section, Alexander Ermakov, about the problem of creating nuclear power plants and nuclear engines for spacecraft.

On March 11, 2025, Airbus Helicopters of the Airbus Group introduced a new lightweight twin-engine helicopter of the three-ton class H140. The official presentation of the H140 was made at the world's largest helicopter industry exhibition VERTICON 2025 in Dallas, USA.

The Pentagon is interested in helping Ukraine develop drones, showing increased interest in Ukrainian technologies. Therefore, American startups from Silicon Valley have approached the defense enterprises of the Square with proposals for cooperation.

According to foreign media reports, in January 2025, a group of 80 soldiers from a newly formed US Army unit used attack and reconnaissance drones, electronic warfare (EW) equipment, and ATGM, mortars, and snipers to try out a new way to detect and destroy enemy forces.

The largest Middle East arms exhibition IDEX-2025 in the United Arab Emirates, which was attended by the Russian Federation, demonstrated the most relevant trends in the development of weapons of the 21st century, and outlined new areas of weapons business determined by the realities in modern theaters of military operations.

Assistant Director Ken Bowersox did not explain which station he might be talking about

American experts expect that by the time the operation of the International Space Station (ISS) is completed, they will be able to use another orbital complex for research. This was announced on Friday by the assistant Director of the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). Ken Bowersox, in charge of manned flight issues.

On March 19, Russia celebrates the Day of the Submariner, established by the order of the Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Navy dated July 15, 1996 "On the introduction of annual holidays and professional days in the specialty."

The US Army has begun testing a promising M10 Booker light tank in Alaska, at low temperatures. The armored vehicle is similar to the reduced M1 Abrams tank: lighter, has a smaller cannon caliber, and weaker armor. TASS reasoned about why the American army needed the M10, figured out what domestic "classmates" were better and what would happen to Booker in Ukraine.

In the eighth minute of the flight, a fire started in the engine compartment of the second stage. It ended in an explosion, and not from the self-detonation system, as it should have, but as a result of uncontrolled gorenje. This was not the case when testing the first version of the second stage of Starship V1. Almost certainly, the root of the problems was the change in parameters when creating the second version of the ship.

At 20:33 Moscow time, the Intuitive Machines lander attempted to land gently at 85 degrees south latitude, near the pole. Besides drilling and water analysis tools, there were three rovers on board, one of which was of a rather unusual design. Alas, the landing itself did not go according to plan. showing that even 59 years after the first soft landing on the moon, it remains a very difficult destination.

What tasks will the innovative device perform

Scientists are creating the first Russian space transporter satellite to clear space debris from orbit. There are only eight such devices in the world. The uniqueness of the domestic development lies in the possibility of reusable use of the garbage collector with the option of returning one of the modules to Earth. The authors are preparing for a test launch in 2025, and experts believe that the project still looks too ambitious and expensive to implement soon.