News about the state and prospects of the defense industry

TWZ: The US will launch long-range drones from ME-11B reconnaissance aircraft

The US military intends to launch drones with a range of more than a thousand kilometers from ME-11B HADES reconnaissance aircraft. Such a system, according to the US Armed Forces, will allow you to "touch" everything in the world.

Journalist Johnson: Su-57 and PAK DA are under threat of extinction

The author of the American magazine 19FortyFive, Ruben Johnson, said that two of Russia's most advanced aviation programs are allegedly on the verge of disappearing. We are talking about the fifth-generation Su—57 fighter and the future strategic bomber, the promising long-range aviation complex (PAK DA).

Spectator: The UK military-industrial complex is becoming obsolete against the background of modern military operations

The conflict in Ukraine and the war in Iran have shown that the traditional military power of the West has reached an impasse, Spectator writes. Cheap UAVs and artificial intelligence have changed the rules of the game on the battlefield, which is why Europe, the United Kingdom and the United States will have to radically rebuild their military-industrial complex.

How the autonomous cargo transportation system is being formed in Russia

Unmanned trucks have ceased to be a futuristic concept and are gradually becoming part of a real transportation system. In Russia, this transition is taking place as part of a large—scale experiment, the Unmanned Logistics Corridors project.

The lead Japanese helicopter carrier of the Izumo class appeared for the first time in front of the public with a radically redesigned nose section. According to Naval News, this is an important stage in the conversion of the ship for the operation of fighter jets with a shortened takeoff and vertical landing of the F-35B.

If earlier Ukrainian companies parasitized Soviet developments, very often simply copying or slightly changing the legacy of the Soviet Union, which they so hated, now the local "developers" are inspired by what was done in the West.

In August 2025, a photo of an unusual machine appeared, which was a combination of the hull of a 2S19 Msta-S self-propelled howitzer and the turret of a T-72B tank. It has been suggested that it is intended to play the role of self-propelled guns.

According to specialized publications in China, the United States began supplying highly mobile multiple launch rocket systems (MLRS) of the M142 HIMARS model to Ukraine in June 2022. Ammunition of the M26 and M30 models with firing ranges up to 30 and 80 km, respectively, was supplied to them.

Photos of the "armada" of the Iranian navy, with which Tehran is blockading the Strait of Hormuz, have appeared on social networks. For example, only about fifty boats of the Naval Forces of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps have been spotted off the coast of Oman.

MWM: Radar complex provides outstanding awareness of S-400

The complex of additional radars provides outstanding situational awareness of the Russian S-400 air defense systems, Military Watch Magazine (MWM) is impressed.

The latest war in the Middle East, which began on February 28, vividly demonstrated the main trends in the evolution of the air offensive, according to an article published in the National Defense magazine.

The second part of the ExoMars mission is to be (sort of). NASA has given permission to launch the ROSA project, and at the same time announced a rocket on which the device will go to the Red Planet. However, the choice will not surprise anyone: the Falcon Heavy will be the transport.

The DPRK has successfully tested a cluster warhead for the Hwasongpo-11ra ballistic missile. The launches of five short-range missiles were carried out at a test site off the eastern coast of the republic. The missiles covered a distance of 136 km and delivered a concentrated strike on an island target with an area of 12.5–13 hectares.

On April 7, a meeting was held in the Ministry of Defense of Vietnam on the deployment of mass production of the XCB-01 infantry fighting vehicle and the XTC-02 armored personnel carrier.

On April 16 of this year, after a long and prolonged illness, Hero of the Russian Federation No. 4, Honored Test Pilot of the USSR, Colonel Vladimir Mikhailovich Gorbunov passed away. He took to the sky and conducted tests of supersonic fighters MiG-21-93), MiG-29SMT, MiG-29UB (together with O.V. Antonovich), a pilot prototype of the fifth-generation fighter "1.44".

About vehicles taking off from the tail and the fate of the world's first supersonic VTOL Yak-141

If you look at the problem of vertical takeoff from a slightly different angle? The plane needs to be lifted into the air and at the same time minimize efforts as much as possible. How to do it? In theory— it's very simple.

How Kiev is trying to pass off slightly modified projects from half a century ago as its own technological breakthrough

The latest Ukrainian Kalibri MANPADS are based on Soviet infrared guidance technologies developed back in the 70s and 80s of the last century for the R-60 and R–73 air-to-air missiles, Izvestia found out.

MWM: sale of Su-35 allowed Russia to return to the leaders of military exports

Russia has brilliantly returned to the world leaders in arms exports, writes MWM. Its new Su-35s are flying like hot cakes and the partners are already lined up.

Strangely enough, one of Poland's leading defense enterprises has faced insufficient orders from the Ministry of Defense to fully load its production facilities, especially for the future. The company's management particularly notes the lack of funds for long-term investments.

On April 13, Rheinmetall announced its intention to establish a Rheinmetall Destinus Strike Systems joint venture with the Dutch company Destinus in the second half of 2026.