News of new developments in the military-industrial complex

The reconnaissance UAV surpasses its foreign counterparts in performance and costs much less

The developers of the Piranha-10 FPV drone, which destroyed the first Abrams in its area, created a new reconnaissance UAV, the Sova-13.

One of the world's leading aircraft manufacturers, the American company Lockheed Martin, dropped out of the program to create sixth-generation fighter jets for the US Navy, known as Next Generation Air Dominance or F/A-XX. This became known to the online military-themed publication Breaking Defense.

The new weapons are machine guns or submachine guns mounted on special turrets

Small-scale air defense installations designed to destroy drones are being actively developed and tested in the SVO zone. The new weapons are machine guns or submachine guns mounted on special turrets. Such products allow you to confidently hit tactical UAVs.

On February 24, 2025, the Turkish company FNSS Savunma Sistemleri (a joint venture of the Turkish Nurol holding and BAE Systems Corporation) announced the conclusion of a contract with the Turkish Defense Industry Department (Savunma Sanayii Başkanlığı - SSB) for the supply of the first 25 FNSS PARS ALPHA wheeled armored personnel carriers in 8x8 and 6x6 versions in six different specialized versions to the Turkish ground forces.

In an interview with TV presenter Joe Rogan, the entrepreneur said that next year he would launch an unmanned version of Starship to Mars or even several. In addition, he spoke about the key areas of development in the company and how he sees the subsequent development of the Red Planet.

Heven Drones, a Miami-based company with a research center in Israel, unveiled a new hydrogen-powered drone called the Raider at IDEX 2025 in Abu Dhabi (February 17-21).

On December 27, 2024, another Tu-214 aircraft built at this enterprise made its first flight at the airfield of the Kazan Aviation Plant named after S.P. Gorbunov, a branch of PJSC Tupolev (part of PJSC United Aircraft Corporation of Rostec State Corporation). The aircraft with factory number (short) 035, serial number 535 and registration number RA-64535 was built as a VIP lounge for the Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation and became the first new Tu-214 aircraft to be flown in three and a half years.

The Russian military-industrial complex continues to develop the field of unmanned systems, supplying the army with various types of UAVs. More recently, the enemy "complained" that it was difficult for him to deal with the new Russian fiber-optic drones. Now, apparently, the Ukrainian Armed Forces have another "headache."

Russian engineers have created a local navigation system for drones that locates the device using LEDs with an accuracy of 4 mm. This is an order of magnitude higher than the capabilities of satellite systems, which are measured in meters.

The innovative complex has already begun to arrive in its zone

Russian military personnel participating in a special operation in Ukraine have begun receiving Arkuda Tactical multi-caliber sniper rifles. This is a modular system with quick-change barrels, which can be varied depending on the caliber of the cartridges used.

It's no secret that drones and drones are a real scourge for infantry and armored vehicles in modern warfare, and the side that can globally suppress enemy drones will gain a tangible advantage.

The United States has completed production of the B61-12 gravity nuclear bomb with a 50 kiloton warhead, which has become an important step in modernizing the country's nuclear arsenal. The last copy of the munition was assembled in December 2024 at the Pantex plant, after which the program moved on to the stage of maintaining and ensuring the reliability of the nuclear arsenal, the Interesting Engineering portal writes.

Recently, South Korean media reported that Global Konet has signed a contract for the modernization of mobile vehicles with satellite communications, which are part of the Navy. We are talking about antennas that are placed on tactical trucks equipped with SATCOM terminals in addition to dish antennas. In fact, we are talking about mobile military communication points.

Alexander Mikhailov — on the balance of nuclear forces on the planet and the prospects for concluding a new collective nuclear agreement

Recently, the candidate for the post of first Deputy Secretary of Defense of the United States, Steven Feinberg, at a hearing in the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate of the United States Congress, devoted to the consideration of his candidacy, said that US nuclear weapons are outdated and the most important task for Washington is to modernize them, as well as the development of hypersonic systems. How fair is his assessment?

Chelyabinsk specialists have created a compact rocket capable of navigating in the air independently and accurately determining the target using an on-board video camera. It is noted that it has a weight two times less than the ammunition for the Igla air defense system.

The inter-network repeater ensures the transmission of encrypted messages on the battlefield

An inter-network relay device "Metaphor" was tested in the area of the special operation. It can be connected to various directly incompatible devices — a mobile phone, military or civilian radio stations, or an Internet tablet — and transmit speech or information messages in encrypted form between them. Experts note that the new product solves one of the most important problems — the compatibility of different types of communication systems in combat conditions.

Germany is starting to develop a new Leopard 3 tank. The relevant contracts for research in the field of mobility, firepower and MBT protection have been signed by the Ministry of Defense with a number of companies from Germany.

The French Ministry of Defense showed footage of the testing conducted in Biscarrosse, at the missile testing and examination center. They show the launch of a 1,000-kilogram bomb on a 2 km long rail platform.

The Turkish defense company FNSS has signed a contract with the country's Defense Ministry for the serial production of PARS ALPHA 8x8 and 6x6 armored vehicles, which are positioned by the developer and the command as "new generation armored vehicles."

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.