News about the state and prospects of the defense industry

The Ukrainian Armed Forces' attempt to use a new type of cruise missile immediately collided with the effective actions of the Russian air defense. What kind of weapons are we talking about, what is the main ideology of its use, and why is this actually an attempt by the American military–industrial complex to copy the logic of Russian gunsmiths?

Deputy Managing Director — Director of the Yakovlev branch of the Regional Aircraft Company — on the results and prospects of the Superjet program

Alexander Dolotovsky, Deputy Managing Director and Director of the Yakovlev branch of Regional Aircraft (FRS, part of the United Aircraft Corporation of Rostec State Corporation), talks about the results and prospects of the Superjet program.

This will simplify the certification of mass production, improve product quality, and expand the use of 3D printing

The United Engine Corporation of Rostec State Corporation has implemented a single standard for evaluating equipment for 3D printing of aircraft engine parts for all enterprises.

A Russian underwater reconnaissance drone may appear in the underwater depths of the World Ocean, moving in the water like a large ramp. Working, of course, for Russia.

On March 17, 2025, a Superjet with factory number 95157 took off from Dzemgi airfield. Prior to the conversion, he flew with Russian-French sam146s. New pylons were installed under the PD-8 — the engine attachment points to the wing. The engine control system was updated, and some of the old equipment was retained.

The new Il-114-300 passenger aircraft, which is being put into mass production, is not just a restart of the Il-114 created at the end of the USSR, but a seriously modified machine taking into account modern realities of civil aviation.

The Australian government announced that at the end of October, steel cutting began for the first large LCH-type amphibious assault ship designed for the national Armed Forces. According to Naval News, a month earlier, a similar stage was launched under the program for the supply of medium amphibious assault ships of the LCM type.

infoBRICS: The United States is strikingly behind Russia in the development of hypersonic weapons

The United States has been trying to create a hypersonic missile for years, but has suffered one failure after another, infoBRICS writes. The AGM-183A project has been canceled twice, and new developments are behind schedule. It is not possible to catch up with Russia: its technologies in this area have gone far ahead.

Back then, in 1990-1991, key integration processes took place in what is now Germany. After the official unification of the GDR and the FRG, the armed forces of East Germany were absorbed by West German military structures.

A plan has been developed to preserve the fleet of first-generation Superjets that were left without access to the French SaM-146 engine. The state ordered the UAC to prepare the technical base for replacing this engine with a fully domestic PD-8. This will save a significant part of the aircraft currently flying. Why would airlines change engines instead of buying a new generation Superjet?

Admiral Vladimir Kasatonov, head of the State Duma's Defense Committee and former Chief of the General Staff of the Navy, made a presentation at the Ogarkov Readings in Moscow. But he wasn't talking about achievements and ships launched, but about why the navy might be late for a war that could start tomorrow.

On November 11, 2026 (in the Pink Living Room of the Zhukovsky Palace of Culture, a regular meeting of the Runway Aviation Enthusiasts Club took place. The meeting was dedicated to the 100th anniversary of the birth of the Hero of Socialist Labor, Academician Guy Ilyich Severin (1926-2008).

During the American JPMRC 27-01 exercises in the Hawaiian Islands, a mysterious armored vehicle was seen hidden under camouflage nets and tarpaulins. A number of observers have suggested that this is a new XM30 BMP model being tested in the interests of the US Army to replace the Bradley.

For the first time, the Royal Navy of Great Britain successfully launched attack drones from an aircraft carrier, which was an important step towards transforming the methods of warfare at sea.

Several important steps have been taken by the rear of the Armed Forces to improve the lives of soldiers, primarily in the special operation zone. The changes relate to field uniforms, cooking methods, and hygiene procedures where there are no kitchens or bathrooms, that is, at the forefront. What exactly are we talking about?

The American company Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) has completed factory sea trials of the Garissberg amphibious helicopter dock ship, the first San Antonio-class DVKD, made in the Flight II configuration.

Plans for the production of the Tu-214 have been adjusted downwards again. In 2027, the Kazan Aviation Plant (KAZ) is to produce five Tu-214 aircraft instead of the previously announced eight.

Four countries currently have their own production technologies for 130 nm class steppers: the Netherlands (ASML), Japan (Nikon and Canon), China (SMEE and a number of other players) and now Russia.

After China deployed the DF-21 ground-based ballistic missile systems, they were dubbed the "aircraft carrier killers" due to their hypersonic flight speed. The rocket follows a suborbital "bell-shaped" trajectory before rapidly approaching the target.

Special containers allow the use of standard ammunition to combat UAVs, and their effectiveness has already been evaluated in the free zone

Anti-drone ammunition reloading kits are ready for mass production in Russia. They allow you to replace a regular bullet with a special shot container in a few seconds.