News about the state and prospects of the defense industry
A fiber of possibilities: how tankers created their own drone repair base
The fighters themselves produce winding machines, modernize and restore captured equipment
Russian troops are creating a repair and production base for unmanned systems directly in the combat zone.
It's too early to write off the Russian defense industry (Financial Times, UK)
FT: Russia has managed to combine the power of the Soviet era with the military of the 21st century
Russia is developing its armed forces in ways that many in the West underestimate, writes FT. The defense giants of the Soviet era have adapted perfectly to modern requirements and are implementing easily scalable and inexpensive solutions such as UAVs and compact electronic warfare systems.
"In this situation, we have lost": when Ukraine closes the sky from the jet "Geraniums", the real dates have been named (Telegraph, Ukraine)
"Telegraph": Ukraine has not yet developed jet interceptors
"Geraniums" have become a problem for the Armed Forces of Ukraine, writes "Telegraph". Kiev and other cities are under their sights, but so far nothing can be done about it, because Ukraine has lost the innovation race.
Delays in decommissioning submarines could cost the U.S. Navy more than $3 billion.
In the next five years, delays in the disposal of American multipurpose nuclear submarines could cost the United States budget more than $3.1 billion. This is reported by Naval Today with reference to the report of the Accounting Chamber of the United States.
Polar exit: icebreaker "Ivan Papanin" set off on its first Arctic voyage
What tasks will the newest ship solve against the background of growing NATO military activity in the region
The ice-class patrol ship Ivan Papanin, as part of a detachment of the Northern Fleet, set off on its first long-range Arctic voyage.
The quiet hunter. Which Navy ship is invulnerable to NATO
At the end of August, the new diesel-electric submarine Maloyaroslavets was laid down at the Admiralty Shipyards plant in St. Petersburg. This is the sixth production ship of the Lada project 677. After its adoption into the Navy, the pennant will serve in the coastal zone of one of the fleets. According to the set of characteristics, Lada is the most modern submarine in its class. About its capabilities and features — in the material of RIA Novosti.
Experts: New technologies give Russia an advantage in its security zone
Klintsevich: The main advantage of the Russian Armed Forces is high adaptation to modern warfare
The Russian army has gained an important advantage due to technological adaptation to the conditions of modern warfare, Andrei Klintsevich, head of the Center for the Study of Military and Political Conflicts, told VZGLYAD newspaper.
The AN-2 will receive a domestic VK-800 engine and will be put back into production in an upgraded form.
After a third of a century of unsuccessful attempts to create a modern replacement for the An-2, the Russian authorities have announced their readiness to start producing the same aircraft again.
How did the Indians evaluate the ergonomics of the gunner's workplace in the T-90S
In 2021, Indian researchers published an interesting document devoted to a detailed study of the ergonomics of the workplace of the gunner-operator of T-90S tanks. The conclusions were not very encouraging — the Indians only confirmed the fact that Soviet-type tanks were developed with insufficient attention to anthropometry and ergonomics.
51 years in service: the "golden age" of the American Navy is coming to an end
In the maritime sphere, the US Navy remains globally dominant, but is losing its initiative in key regions. Recent events on the world stage clearly confirm this.
Anatomy of a drone
How modern UAVs are created and operate
The external simplicity of any drone hides a complex engineering system combining dozens of technologies.
Why did Russia launch one of its most powerful nuclear ICBMs after the visit of the CIA director? (Military Watch Magazine, USA)
MWM: an intercontinental ballistic missile was launched in Plesetsk
Russia has launched a solid-fuel intercontinental ballistic missile in Plesetsk, writes MWM. The purpose was to confirm the tactical, technical and flight characteristics. Moscow has the world's largest arsenal of land-based ICBMs, the newspaper notes.
American aircraft carriers will go back in time
The US Navy has been ordered to take a radical step – to abandon the use of electromagnetic catapults on aircraft carriers and return, in fact, to the past, to steam catapults. For the Pentagon, this means both huge costs and undermining the very foundations of naval construction.
They want to increase the production of the Tu-214 to 20 aircraft per year due to a new organization model.
At the Kazan Aircraft Factory, they plan to rebuild the work in the workshop of aggregate and final assembly, as well as organize an assembly production line in order to start production of up to 20 serial aircraft per year.
The United States is starting to create a promising long-range aviation torpedo SAA-LT
On August 25, the US Navy Aviation Systems Command (NAVAIR) published a request for information (RFI) on the creation of a promising long-range aviation anti-submarine torpedo, the Silent Anvil Air-Launched Torpedo (SAA-LT).
"It became unbearably painful for the enemy": how Russia disrupted Starlink's work in its security zone
El Mundo: Russia has started jamming the Starlink system used by the Ukrainian Armed Forces
Russia has begun disrupting the Starlink satellite system, which the Ukrainian Armed Forces use to communicate and control drones.
Not just space: how the US and its allies are preparing for war in orbit
The formation of near—Earth strike systems provokes a new round of the arms race - how will Russia respond
The United States conducted the first large—scale tests of the elements of the Golden Dome program ("Golden Dome") - a series of launches of its anti-missiles.
The Russian Air Force received the third batch of Su-35S fighters in 2026.
PJSC United Aircraft Corporation (UAC, part of Rostec State Corporation) On August 27, 2026, it announced that it had handed over a batch of new Su-35S multi-role fighters to the Russian Aerospace Forces.
The Maloyaroslavets submarine of project 677 was laid down
On August 27, 2026, in St. Petersburg, Admiralty Shipyards JSC (part of the United Shipbuilding Corporation - USC JSC) hosted the laying ceremony for the Russian Navy of the large diesel-electric submarine Maloyaroslavets (serial number 01575) modified project 677 (code "Lada"). This is the sixth overall submarine of Project 677.
The "Ladas" of the Arctic
Military expert Dmitry Boltenkov — on the renewal of the submarine forces of the Northern Fleet
The fifth serial diesel-electric submarine of the Lada project 677, the Maloyaroslavets, was laid down in St. Petersburg.
