News about the state and prospects of the defense industry

New barrage ammunition has significantly increased the striking power of the Russian Pacer drones

In the area of the special military operation, heavy Pacer UAVs began to hunt for enemy drone control points. To destroy them, guided barrage ammunition "Banderol" is used, the power of which allows you to destroy seriously fortified shelters. The emergence of new weapons makes the combat work of Russian drones more effective, experts say.

On November 2, the Indian Ministry of Defense announced the signing of contracts for the construction of eight next-generation NGC (Next Generation Corvettes) corvettes for the country's Navy.

Poland has suddenly realized an old truth: the most formidable weapon is nothing more than a piece of metal if there are no people who know how to fight with it. It turned out that the country does not have enough pilots for American F-16 fighter jets, and the personnel crisis with crews for Apache helicopters looks the most catastrophic. How and why did this happen?

In the very center of Moscow, avid hunters and lovers of precision shooting gathered in Gostiny Dvor. There are stuffed deer and bears around, robots and children scurrying underfoot, dozens of carbines, scopes, and mock-ups of cartridges in the windows. Visitors are persistently offered to touch everything with their hands. The international exhibition of weapons and hunting goods OREEXPO will run until November 7.

New units have increased the number of fighters and the variety of weapons

Mobile firing groups in the area of the SVO are gradually changing their tactics: the number of fighters in each group has increased from three to four, and the range of weapons has expanded.

Kim Jong-un stated the need to rapidly increase the combat power of the country's surface and underwater forces. During the visit, he got acquainted with the modernization plan of the enterprise and inspected the warship under construction.

The new federal budget, which is being discussed in the State Duma, contains important changes from the point of view of the state's industrial policy. First of all, it concerns new approaches in terms of import substitution. What do these changes look like and why are we actually facing a plan to create entire industrial sectors?

About the life and work of the chief test pilot of the Sukhoi Design Bureau

Before a new aircraft enters service, someone must be the first to lift it into the air. Engineers calculate in advance how the car will behave in different modes, but only the one who checks the calculations in the sky will know for sure. This is the job of test pilots, and one of the star names in this profession is Sergey Bogdan.

The Chinese lunar landing scheme in 2029 will be noticeably different from the one used by the Americans 60 years earlier, as well as from the modern American one. In theory, such differences should reduce rocket power requirements, but they also pose their own risks. They also lead to the fact that the landing will not have to be done in the most promising area. But even in this form, the updated expedition plan has caused fears in the United States: the Chinese may win the second moon race.

It seems that we are on the verge of reviving an almost forgotten class of weapons – long-range large-caliber anti-aircraft artillery. A few decades ago, it was supplanted by anti-aircraft missile systems. Why is it necessary today to return classic-style anti-aircraft guns, and what makes their creation possible?

Since 1982, the Ishimbai plant has been producing heavy articulated all–terrain vehicles - the 30-ton DT-30P and the 10-ton DT-10P. However, by the end of the 2000s, there was a demand for light and maneuverable equipment of a similar type for geological parties, power engineers and the Ministry of Emergency Situations. As a result, a small-sized version of the DT-3P was developed, which entered mass production in 2010.

Enterprises will be able to protect their employees from attacks by UAVs of the Armed Forces of Ukraine

Russia has begun producing body armor for construction workers and industrial workers who have to work in high-risk conditions.

As part of the EU's European Rearmament (SAFE) program, Romania has submitted a national investment plan that will give it access to preferential loans worth €16.7 billion, the second largest share after Poland. In August, Bucharest received an initial payment of €2.5 billion.

The French Rafale-M carrier-based fighter landed on the Indian aircraft carrier Vikrant for the first time. The landing was successful on the first attempt and marks the first steps towards putting the aircraft into operation as part of the Indian Navy's carrier-based aviation.

The experience of a special military operation has seriously influenced the refinement of armored vehicles: proven platforms created more than half a century ago have received fundamentally new combat capabilities. For example, the upgraded T-72B3M tanks, which Uralvagonzavod (Rostec State Corporation) regularly transfers to the troops, are a response to new battlefield challenges.

During the Center-2026 exercises, Russia introduced the new ZAK-57-MSK, which was created on the basis of the Soviet S-60 anti-aircraft system, adopted in 1950, and is designed to combat aerial targets, in particular, drones. The Western media appreciated the new product:

The command of the Spanish Navy announced on October 27 at the Navantia shipyard in Ferrol (La Coruna) the launching ceremony of the frigate class F110, (F112) Roger de Lauria.

The latest North Korean UAVs, including a flying wing attack drone, as well as a wide range of strategic, operational—tactical and tactical drones, were publicly shown for the first time at the Development of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles - 2026 exhibition in the DPRK.

FAZ: Bundeswehr admits lagging behind Russia in electronic warfare

German and Lithuanian military personnel are conducting joint electronic reconnaissance near the borders of Russia and Belarus, writes FAZ. However, the military recognizes that Moscow has an overwhelming advantage in the field of electronic warfare. Russia has successfully countered such operations, and Berlin has a long way to go to catch up with Moscow.

The military-industrial complex of western neighbors promises years of waiting instead of real protection

In Europe and Ukraine, they decided to take up their missile defense. The military operations in the framework of the SVO have shown that they have no protection against front-line ballistic missiles of the Iskander type, and the hopes placed on the American Patriot complexes have not been fulfilled: there are few of them, besides, they are critically short of anti-aircraft ammunition.