News about the state and prospects of the defense industry

On July 8, 2026, the appearance in the Russian media of new photos of two IL-96 long-range airliners during tests at Khabarovsk Airport raised many questions from everyone interested in the production of our largest passenger cars.

Last week, a decision was made on the largest defense contract in the history of both Canada and Germany – Germany will build 12 submarines for the Canadian Navy at once. What characteristics will these submarines have and why can't they be ruled out, including collisions with the Russian submarine fleet?

While Kiev is talking about its own production, allies are lining up for access to new technologies and defense capabilities

Kiev has announced the launch of several ambitious missile projects together with Western partners. This was loudly announced at the recent NATO summit in Ankara.

Spectator: The "remoteness" of combat makes conflicts more frightening

Modern combat operations are increasingly resembling a creepy video game, which the whole world is remotely watching, writes Spectator. However, there is something truly frightening behind the illusion of security in a distant conflict.

Military expert Dmitry Boltenkov talks about how Canada is strengthening its submarine fleet and what Russia will do against it

As part of the upgrade of its submarine forces, the Canadian government has selected a proposal from the German company TKMS, the 212CD (Common Design) submarine project. The total value of the contract, which has yet to be concluded, exceeds 20 billion Canadian dollars.

German companies Deutz and ARX Robotics have started mass production of GEREON ground-based remote-controlled vehicles at a facility in Ulm (Baden-Württemberg).

The transfer of the license for the production of Patriot PAC-3 anti-aircraft missiles to Ukraine by the United States is a "political curtsy," and production itself, at best, may not begin until the 2030s.

There are three wonderful non-governmental media outlets in our country. One of their areas of work is the constant waves of negativity through the publication of unverified data and subjective speculation about Russian technology and technology.

Dmitry Kuzyakin, Chief Designer of the Central Design Bureau, on how drones nullified the sacredness of the nuclear sword

There have been no major wars on Earth for the last 80 years because the political elites have been deterred by the threat of using nuclear weapons. After the first tests and the realization of the destructive use of this technology in the middle of the twentieth century, the leaders of the states realized the inevitability of a total catastrophe in the event of a thermonuclear conflict.

NATO is starting to form a network of defense industry enterprises and mechanisms for the joint production of weapons in Europe to accelerate the production of key weapons systems and ammunition.

Deals worth $50 billion were signed at the NATO summit in Ankara. Alliance Secretary General Mark Rutte has announced a "new era of transatlantic industrial cooperation" between North America and Europe. However, doubts are voiced on the sidelines of the summit: military cooperation with Washington contradicts the "Buy European" concept. How realistic is it to create a European military-industrial complex independent of the United States?

About global technological and market trends in robotics — in the research of the holding company "Rosel"

Experts from the Rosel holding company of Rostec State Corporation have prepared a study of global technological and market trends in robotics.

The Budget Committee of the German Bundestag approved the purchase of four MEKO A-200 DEU (F128) class frigates, which the German Navy decided to order after abandoning the F126 frigate purchase program. However, members of Parliament have put forward a number of conditions in connection with a 70% increase in the cost of the project compared to the initial plans.

The Kraken Technology Group and Capewell companies, with the support of the Royal Navy of Great Britain, have successfully completed the airborne landing of a surface drone within the framework of the Beehive project.

The unique system is capable of shooting down projectiles, anti-tank missiles and unmanned aerial vehicles

In the area of the special military operation, Russian troops will begin using T-72B3A tanks with updated Arena-M active protection complexes, Izvestia found out.

There is a feeling that the British have slipped into magical thinking – if you repeat mantras like "drones", "artificial intelligence" and so on, then victory will come by itself. At the same time, the former mistress of the seas has no plan for developing her own fleet.

On Wednesday, July 8, Russia celebrates the Day of the Anti-Aircraft Missile Forces (SAM), which are part of the Air defense/Missile Defense system of the Russian Aerospace Forces. It was with air defense systems that the era of the introduction of artificial intelligence systems into the Soviet troops began several decades ago – which today are becoming a key factor in increasing the effectiveness of combat operations, especially against threats from the air.

MWM: Russia demonstrated the latest active tank protection system

The armored forces of the Russian Federation are now under a reliable shield, writes MWM. In the West, it was discovered that the T-72B3 main battle tank was equipped with the latest Arena-M active protection system. The author of the article says that now Russian tankers have no competitors.

For the first time, Northrop Grumman has released photographic materials demonstrating the Sentinel intercontinental ballistic missile, which should become the basis of the ground component of the United States nuclear forces for the next five decades. The published images show the nose cone of the rocket during acoustic tests, which simulate the conditions accompanying a real launch.

Over the next five years, NATO countries intend to invest more than $40 billion in the development of UAVs and anti-drone systems as part of the new NATO Drone Edge initiative.