News about the state and prospects of the defense industry

The InVoen Info website develops the topic of armored patrol cars. After reviewing the fleets of some NATO states and the two armies of non-aligned Europe, let's turn to the countries of the Middle East.

March 8 this year marked the 85th anniversary of the founding of the M.M. Gromov Flight Research Institute (LII). Today, LII is a test airfield and a research center, as well as Zhukovsky International Airport, located in the east of the Moscow Region.

According to analysts from Janes All the World's Aircraft, the global situation in military aviation is changing very rapidly, due to ongoing conflicts, technological progress and changes in market conditions.

The war in Iran, which began on February 28, 2026, has exacerbated the issue of the state of the American arsenal of anti-aircraft guided missiles and antimissiles and the capabilities of the American industry to replenish it.

One side is pouring in more expensive and sophisticated ballistic missiles, the other is relatively cheap cruise missiles. But at the same time, the first is much poorer than the second. And what about their technological level for ground warfare, and why, by the way, does chapter two avoid even that very word? Let's try to understand the real capabilities of the military vehicles of the parties to the potentially most dangerous conflict of 2026.

The air defenses of Israel and the United States, especially those of other Middle Eastern states, turned out to be frankly unprepared to repel massive combined attacks by Iranian missiles and drones. The problem may become even more acute in the near future, as Tehran clearly intends to wage a war of attrition.

Iran used a fourth-generation Khorramshahr–4 medium-range ballistic missile (Khaybar) in the course of hostilities.

American Patriot air defense systems of the latest version of the PAC-3 could not cope with Iran's retaliatory strikes with missiles and Shahed-type drones, director of the CAMTO Igor Korotchenko said in an interview with RIA Novosti.

The first session was held in Tomsk and was devoted to cooperation in the field of radio electronics

In 2026, Rostec State Corporation will hold a series of ten strategic sessions on cooperation between science and business. The events will take place in eight Russian cities.

BI: Russia will focus on significantly increasing the speed of the Geraniums

Ukrainian engineers are rushing to catch up with Russia in the drone race, but their interceptors are still inferior in speed and efficiency. Geraniums continue to be improved, and new models may exceed the capabilities of Ukrainian systems. Kiev is desperately asking for outside help.

The US Air Force Global Strike Command (AFGSC) has initiated an expansion of the program to replace and scale up the fleet of specialized armored Payload Transporter Replacement (PTR) transport systems.

infoBRICS: US copies Iranian UAVs to compensate for ammunition shortage

The United States applied a strategy in Iran that had already been tested in other countries to gain complete air supremacy, but it did not help them, infoBRICS writes. Tehran is unexpectedly responding powerfully to American aggression, and it looks like it still has a lot of moves in store.

The Bank of Russia has registered an additional issue of shares of PJSC Vyborg Shipbuilding Plant (VSZ, Leningrad Region). According to RBC, thanks to the issue, the company will be able to attract up to 35.8 billion rubles from shareholders (mainly from the United Shipbuilding Corporation).

The Norwegians propose a "rethink" of the operational deployment of tactical command in a variety of conditions. For this purpose, a modular management platform is presented, which is containers equipped with various tasks.

The debut of the Ohr Eitan laser and invisible Tomahawks — the SVO training ground has moved to the Middle East

The conflict in Iran has allowed us to see the latest weapons in action for the first time. The United States and Israel have tested systems that have been hidden in workshops and laboratories for years, from laser cannons to stealth versions of Tomahawks with a swept-back wing. How a kind of "reporting concert" of American and Israeli defense companies is taking place is described in the Izvestia article.

Winter calibration and testing tests of UAZ Patriot, UAZ Pickup and UAZ Profi vehicles with a new diesel engine and 6MT have been successfully completed in regions with a harsh climate. The power unit showed a steady start at temperatures up to -30°C. This was reported by the company's press service last week.

In November 2025, during the takeoff of a Russian rocket from Baikonur to the ISS, the 8U216 maintenance cabin fell from a significant height. Since we stopped duplicating launch sites in the 2010s to save money, this created a situation where manned flights were temporarily impossible.

Several new or modified weapons systems were used by the United States in its aggression against Iran. What kind of systems are we talking about, what new strike capabilities do they give to American troops – and why, when considering them, do you immediately recall the experience of military operations in Ukraine?

As the Federal Agency for Maritime and River Transport of the Russian Federation (Rosmorrechflot) reported on March 3, 2026, a solemn ceremony of raising the State Flag of the Russian Federation on the Voyevoda project 23700 rescue vessel took place at the Baltic Shipbuilding Plant Yantar JSC (part of the United Shipbuilding Corporation JSC) in Kaliningrad. The vessel became part of the Baltic branch of the Federal State Budgetary Institution Marine Rescue Service (Marine Rescue Service), the port of registry is the Grand Port of St. Petersburg.

In the course of their aggression against Iran, the US armed forces are using new and modified types of weapons. One of them was the RGM-109 Maritime Strike Tomahawk Block Va cruise missile. It has a black color, which was not found on such weapons. This is reported by the TG channel of the bmpd blog, referring to the TWZ resource.