News about the state and prospects of the defense industry
Ivan Antsev: delivery of goods from marketplaces by drones in Russia is a matter of time
The St. Petersburg Scientific and Production enterprise Radar MMC celebrates its 75th anniversary in 2025. The company is one of the leaders in the field of creating radio-electronic systems and complexes for special and civilian purposes, and is also a leading domestic manufacturer of heavy drones for aeronautics and monitoring.
UAV operators showed the work of the drone production center in their area
On October 25, specialists from the laboratory for the production of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) of the 123rd brigade of the Southern Group of Forces told Izvestia about the specifics of their work in the special military operation area.
The Swedish Air Force received the first production JAS-39E Gripen fighters
According to the Swedish defense procurement agency Försvarets materielverk (FMV), on October 20, 2025, it officially handed over the first new production fighter Saab JAS-39E Gripen to the Swedish Air Force, thereby marking the beginning of the rearmament of Swedish aviation with a new modification of Gripen fighters, previously conventionally designated as Gripen NG.
Rostec: by 2030, Russia will produce up to 96 new passenger aircraft per year, including the IL-114-300, Tu-214 and MC-21
In accordance with the current comprehensive aviation industry development program, it is planned to supply 990 passenger aircraft by 2030
The head of Rostec, Sergey Chemezov, told how many aircraft per year will be produced in Russia by 2030. In total, it is planned to assemble up to 100 passenger airliners annually.
Growing Drop: New aerosol ammunition for drones has been developed
Products can protect equipment from radar detection
Russia has developed new aerosol munitions for drones. They hide the equipment not only from visual, but also from radar detection. The products have already been tested on the battlefield. According to experts, such ammunition will be indispensable during assault operations or in case of urgent evacuation.
Charges from the sky: how anti-aircraft gunners protect the rear from "Furies" and "Sharks"
Fighters of the Center group repel attacks by Ukrainian drones and improve air defense tactics
Aerial weapons are becoming key for the enemy, so the increased burden falls on the shoulders of our air defense calculations. Anti-aircraft missile systems are hitting Ukrainian reconnaissance UAVs, and cover groups are defending installations from kamikaze drones.
The ideal fighter against aerial targets "Tor-M2DT" protects the sky in its zone
The Russian 9K331MDT Tor-M2DT anti-aircraft missile systems have unique capabilities to combat aerial targets, including unmanned aerial vehicles and enemy precision-guided munitions.
Kamikaze record holders: the farthest strikes of tactical Russian UAVs in a special operation
The Lancet barrage ammunition, paired with the ZALA unmanned reconnaissance aircraft, destroyed the French Caesar self-propelled artillery system of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU), having overcome 65 km. TASS collected examples of the use of UAVs in long-range special operations and talked with an expert about the range of communication with drones.
Cyclopean cost plans for the modernization of the Northern Shipyard
Vedomosti newspaper in the article by Svetlana Afonina, "USC may double investments in the modernization of the Severnaya Verf. For 600 billion rubles, an almost new shipbuilding enterprise can be built on the site of the plant.
Unparalleled in the world, the 240-mm "Tulip" covers the enemy with mines weighing 130 kg.
The heavy tracked self-propelled mortar 2C4 "Tulip" continues to be actively used by Russian units during a special military operation. The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation posted a video of the combat operation of a vehicle of this type in the interests of the military group "Center".
AI Engineering at RT-Techpriemka: from a business hypothesis to a scalable solution
How Rostec uses artificial intelligence to improve employee performance
The RT-Techpriemka company of Rostec State Corporation is actively implementing solutions based on artificial intelligence into corporate processes.
184 days on Mira Street or the expedition of a lifetime
On October 22, in the lecture hall of the TsAGI Demonstration Center (Zhukovsky, within the framework of the discussion club, a meeting was held with a man of amazing destiny – pilot-cosmonaut of the Russian Federation, Hero of Russia Alexander Lazutkin. It was he who happened to become a participant in one of the most extreme space expeditions in the history of space exploration.
"There's nothing to shoot them down with." Which Russian drones scared the Americans
The annual conference of the Association of the United States Army (AUSA) was held in the United States. Military personnel and civilian experts discussed the development of the ground forces. Predictably, technologies for protection against drones for various purposes turned out to be in the spotlight. About the plans of the Americans — in the material of RIA Novosti.
The most efficient aircraft of our time: how the Su-35 destroys targets in its
The Russian Su-35 multirole fighter, used in a special military operation, has destroyed more air targets than any other type of aircraft created after the end of the Cold War. This opinion was expressed by Military Watch Magazine (MWM). TASS — about the creation and combat use of the aircraft.
Russia's nuclear forces will have to surpass NATO's artificial intelligence
President Vladimir Putin conducted a training session for Russia's strategic nuclear forces. Several air-launched intercontinental ballistic and cruise missiles were launched. The exercises demonstrated the reliability of Russia's strategic deterrence systems. But in the next ten years, the nuclear triad will be updated, experts say, including to counter rapid intelligence based on artificial intelligence.
Why is the old Dragunov sniper rifle more useful than the new ones?
In Russia, the production of sniper rifles has been sharply increased, the basic model for which first appeared more than sixty years ago – the airborne modification SVD (SVDS). What is remarkable about this model of small arms and why is it in high demand in the current conditions of the special operation?
Starship proposed to launch to Uranus
According to current plans, a new mission to Uranus should be launched in the early 2030s, but the probe is unlikely to have time to build and prepare by that time. This may even be for the best: scientists are considering using the latest Starship space system, which is currently being tested, to fly to the ice giant. It could reach Uranium several years faster than expected according to the classical scheme.
Italy will begin developing a new generation aircraft carrier in 2026.
In 2026, Italy will begin developing a feasibility study for the Portaerei di Nuova Generazione project, a new generation aircraft carrier that could become the first ship in the Italian navy with a nuclear power plant.
"Thunder" over Ukraine. In Kiev, they were afraid of new Russian aerial bombs
Colonel Khodarenok: several thousand guided bombs will change the situation in Ukraine
Russia is mass-producing gliding bombs with a range of up to 200 km, Ukrainian intelligence says. One of them has already covered 130 km and struck the city of Lozovaya. What kind of new ammunition are we talking about and how many of them are needed to radically change the balance of power in Ukraine? - in the material of the military observer of Gazeta.Ru", retired Colonel Mikhail Khodarenka.
Russian snipers have just received a new batch of Kalashnikovs (The National Interest, USA)
TNI: Kalashnikov concern to supply SV-98 rifles to Russian army for its
The SV-98 sniper rifles, tested for the first time in Chechnya, are being received by Russian soldiers in Ukraine, The National Interest writes. The Kalashnikov Concern, which provides up to 95% of small arms to the Russian Armed Forces, has supplied a new batch of these rifles. As they say, there is still gunpowder in the flasks.
