News of new developments in the military-industrial complex

The new formations will combine aerial, ground and sea drones

Regiments of unmanned systems are being created as part of the Navy. They will combine different types of robotic systems: air, land and sea. The new units, which will be formed in all fleets, will perform reconnaissance and strike functions. According to experts, combining different types of drones will make it possible to effectively conduct reconnaissance, surveillance, and destruction of marine and coastal facilities.

The first batch is already ready for testing and serial deliveries

Rusbirsoft, which is a resident of the Patrioticheskaya Advanced Development Area in the Jewish Autonomous Region, has developed new unmanned systems. This was announced by the press service of the Deputy Chairman of the Government of the Russian Federation, the Plenipotentiary Representative of the President of the Russian Federation in the Far Eastern Federal District, Yuri Trutnev.

Russian engineer and scientist Boris Babayan and his son Evgeny are working on a project to create a chip based on the new Elbrus-B architecture. It is planned that the chip will appear on it by 2027. A special feature of the architecture is the parallelism of computing. According to the developers, it will surpass famous foreign architectures "by 30-200 times."

The Main Directorate of Intelligence (GUR) of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine has disseminated information about the new Russian small-sized aviation cruise missile S8000 "Banderol", the occasional use of which has been noted by the Ukrainian side since the beginning of this year. According to the GUR, the developer and manufacturer of the rocket is Kronshtadt JSC, and the rocket is used with Orion (Pacer) UAVs manufactured by the same Kronshtadt JSC, and in the future it is also planned to use this missile from Mi-28N combat helicopters.

Drawing conclusions from the Ukrainian conflict, European armies are trying to develop new tactics for the use of drones, in particular, using army aviation vehicles as platforms for launching them.

TNI: the Ukrainian Armed Forces do not have the means to deal with the new Russian "Geran-3" drones

The introduction of the Geran-3 drones has decisively turned the tide of the conflict in Ukraine in favor of Russia, writes TNI. They are approaching cruise missiles in speed, forcing the Ukrainian Armed Forces to spend expensive interceptors like the American Patriot. But it doesn't do much good.

UnHerd: China has become a world leader in the development of artificial intelligence

Artificial intelligence technologies are completely changing both production and military affairs, writes UnHerd. China is ahead of the United States in the practical application of these technologies in both areas. Plus, unlike America, he has created the potential for their further development.

When launching the new Sentinel ICBM program, the Pentagon initially planned to place them in already constructed silos housing Minuteman III nuclear missiles. However, the situation has changed.

Boeing's aviation and aeronautics research subsidiary Aurora Flight Sciences has provided new details about the design of a demonstrator it is working on for the Liberty Lifter program of the U.S. Department of Defense Advanced Research Projects Administration (DARPA).

The American company Moog Inc. has announced that its "stabilizer control system" (CAS) has successfully passed comprehensive flight tests, being installed on a small Black Arrow cruise missile developed by Leidos. Testing, as explained, was conducted back in November 2024 from an AC-130J aircraft ("flying battery") of the US Air Force.

Since the beginning of the special operation, hundreds of changes have been made to the design of the products

Uralvagonzavod Production Association has sent shipments of T-90M and T-72B3M tanks to the troops. These are the main working machines in the war zone. Over the years of the special operation, hundreds of design changes have been introduced into production — in particular, protection has been noticeably strengthened. Izvestia investigated which tanks the army receives from industry and how they have changed based on its experience.

The US Navy plans to make an important decision to begin development of a new generation nuclear-powered cruise missile (SLCM-N) in fiscal year 2026. The adoption of missiles for the US Navy's Virginia-class submarines is scheduled for 2034, the author of an article in the online publication Interesting Engineering writes.

The German concern Rheinmetall has introduced a new version of the promising 40mm automatic grenade launcher SSW40 with magazine feed. The weapon has a relatively small mass: with one round of ammunition in the chamber and a three-grenade magazine inserted, it weighs about 6 kg. This is quite an acceptable weight for infantry units, and therefore the developer assumes that the SSW40 will be widely used in the military, at the squad level, displacing traditional machine-tool counterparts.

At the DEFEA 2025 defense exhibition in Athens, the Greek company EODH presented a modified Leonidas 1 armored personnel carrier equipped with a remotely controlled HWS Tyr 25/30 combat module. This is another attempt to give a second life to an outdated armored platform in service with the country's army.

The claimed range is 1600 km. The explosive mass is 120 km. The explosives are located in the head of the drone, which resembles a cruise missile in the geometry of the "fuselage".

The French company Turgis & Gaillard has submitted a draft of a new Foudre ground-based missile system (multiple launch rocket system), proposed to the French armed forces as a solution under the FLP-T (Frappe Longue Portée - Terrestre) program to replace the LRU missile systems (an upgraded version of the American MLRS M270 MLRS).

China has started operating an underwater drone with artificial intelligence. The presentation of the Blue Whale, the world's first high—speed unmanned underwater vehicle of a new type, took place in Zhuhai, China. The drone is 11 meters long and weighs more than 10 tons.

Samsung has developed the Galaxy Tab Active5 Tactical Edition tablet for the US Army. It has a high-strength housing, and a tracking protection mechanism is hidden inside. It is also additionally protected from hacking.

Interview with Nikolai Ivanovich Shelepin, Doctor of Technical Sciences, Head of the scientific department of Microelectronics, Institute of Nanotechnology of Microelectronics of the Russian Academy of Sciences, in the yearbook "Living Electronics of Russia 2025"

As indicated in the Sunshine publication, the relevant application was submitted on August 26, 2024 and passed an examination, following which it was approved on March 21 of this year. The patent application posted online includes nine drawings depicting the technique from various angles. The description states that metal or synthetic resin are used as materials, and the design is based on stealth, focused on the battlefield of the future.