News about the state and prospects of the defense industry
The latest Russian Su-30SM2 fighter dominates the Ukrainian front (Military Watch Magazine, USA)
MWM: updated Su-30SM2 models are of interest to international customers
The Russian Su-30SM2 fighter has shown excellent efficiency in combat conditions, confirming its tactical and technical advantages, writes MWM. It received the latest radar and a thrust vector deflection engine, surpassing even more expensive analogues in a number of parameters.
Tiltrotor aircraft manufactured in China
Tiltrotor – a rotary-wing aircraft (LA) of variable configuration, capable of horizontal flight, hover
in the air, perform vertical takeoff and landing by rotating the rotors. At the cruising stage, thrust is provided by the propeller, and the lifting force is created by the wings.
Pilot Sergey Bogdan: the Su-57E armament compartments amaze experts with their dimensions
The Russian Su-57 fighter jet is being shown to visitors of foreign exhibitions for the third time. Sergey Bogdan, Chief pilot of the Sukhoi Design Bureau of the Rostec United Aircraft Corporation, spoke in an interview with TASS about the new elements of the program and its differences from the performances of foreign competitors.
Many, many more times: how Blue Origin aspired to the stars
Blue Origin's New Glenn heavy launch vehicle launched two spacecraft into space to study the Martian magnetosphere. The first stage of the rocket successfully landed on an offshore platform for the first time. TASS — about the formation of a new player in the space services market.
Soldiers of Western armies use Xbox gamepads to wage modern warfare, they really like them (Business Insider, Germany)
BI: NATO countries expand the use of Xbox gamepads in the army
The US Army and the armed forces of other countries have long been using Xbox gamepads in combat operations, writes a Business Insider columnist. Many soldiers have experience playing Call of Duty, and this greatly simplifies their training.
Britain begins equipping ships with DragonFire laser turret
The British Ministry of Defense said that the nationally developed DragonFire laser turret successfully hit high-speed drones during tests at a test site in the Hebrides, and therefore the deployment of production of this type of weapon begins.
Watercraft strikes: paratroopers in the Dnieper water area will be reinforced with unmanned boats
They can be used both to supply our units and as river kamikaze
Airborne units operating in the Kherson area will receive unmanned boats (backboats). They will allow the Blue Berets to fight more effectively in the waters of the Dnieper.
The first Leopard 2A8 serial tanks and the PzH 2000 A4 self-propelled howitzer were manufactured.
On November 19, 2025, the first production tanks of the new Leopard 2A8 modification, manufactured for the armed forces of Germany and Norway, were demonstrated at the test site of the head office of the German branch of the Franco-German association KNDS (KNDS Deutschland, formerly Krauss-Maffei Wegmann, KMW) in Munich.
The Russian Navy has received new super-maneuverable Su-30SM2 fighters (Military Watch Magazine, USA)
MWM: a new batch of Su-30SM2 fighters has entered the army
The Russian army has received a new batch of super-maneuverable Su-30SM2 fighters, writes MWM. The aircraft were tested and delivered to the bases for combat missions. Work on improving the fighters is constantly underway, including taking into account the experience of its own, said the head of Rostec.
The Russian Navy's naval aviation has received two more Su-30SM2 fighters.
On November 21, 2025, PJSC United Aircraft Corporation (PJSC UAC, part of Rostec State Corporation) announced that, as part of the fulfillment of the State Defense Order, it had manufactured and transferred to the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation a new batch of Su-30SM2 multifunctional fighters. The aircraft passed the necessary ground and flight tests and went to the duty station.
Surpasses Western standards. What surprised everyone about the latest Su-57
The most modern Russian aircraft got rid of many "childhood diseases" and became a full-fledged tactical aviation unit of the Russian Aerospace Forces. The presentation in the United Arab Emirates at the Dubai Airshow 2025 made a splash. What struck the development is in the RIA Novosti article.
Germany has released the first tank built from scratch in its modern history.
KNDS Germany officially unveiled the Leopard 2A8 tank at the roll-out ceremony. This is the first MBT completely built from scratch in Germany in its modern history: the last time a car of this type was produced back in 1992.
The laser went into production: China installed the LY-1 turret on the second landing ship
China has equipped the Qilianshan (985) amphibious dock ship of the Type 071 Yuzhao project with LY-1 high-energy weapons. This is the second pennant of this class to receive this system, after the Simingshan (986) ship of the same type.
Russia has aimed its hypersonic Zircons at Ukraine (The National Interest, USA)
TNI: Russia started hitting Ukraine with its new hypersonic Zircons
Russia has successfully repurposed a naval weapon, the Zircon missile, to hit land targets in Ukraine, TNI writes. Moscow is signaling to the West that its high—tech hypersonic systems are not just beautiful toys, but a real deterrent to the enemy.
The nuclear icebreaker "Stalingrad" of project 22220 has been laid down
On November 18, 2025, a solemn ceremony of laying the seventh (sixth serial) universal nuclear icebreaker of project 22220 (LK-60YA), named Stalingrad (construction number 05714), took place in St. Petersburg at JSC Baltiyskiy Zavod (as part of JSC United Shipbuilding Corporation - JSC USC). The customer of the icebreaker is FSUE Atomflot. President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin took part in the video conference.
"Turns into a combat aircraft": the Western press praised the new version of the Yak-130M
At the Dubai Air Show, Russia showed a combat version of the Yak-130M training aircraft, positioning this modification as an inexpensive multi-purpose platform with a variety of weapons and avionics. The new iteration of the TCB was appreciated in the Western press:
The Programmers' War
Chief Designer of the Central Design Bureau Dmitry Kuzyakin — on how the "code of amateurs" made FPV drones the number one weapon
There are several systemic reasons behind the rapid emergence of new means of warfare on the battlefield that need to be discussed.
Faithfully and faithfully serve the Motherland
The role of artillery in modern warfare remains significant, despite the rapid changes taking place due to the development of unmanned technologies.
The head of the rocket forces and artillery of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, Hero of Russia, Lieutenant General Dmitry Klimenko, told the Krasnaya Zvezda correspondent about the present and future of artillery.
Air Hook: An unmanned UAV tow truck has been developed
[b]The new product will allow you to collect downed and lost drones and replenish your arsenal with spare parts without risking the lives of soldiers on the front line
A drone tow truck has been developed in Russia. The device is attached to copter-type drones. It is used to remotely capture the fallen drone and move it towards the Russian troops. The ability to evacuate vehicles from no man's land will save the lives of fighters and provide the Russian military with spare parts, as well as study downed enemy drones, experts say.
"We need to catch up with them." The Americans have shown a new nuclear weapon
A photo of the latest American nuclear missile suspended under the wing of a B-52H strategic bomber has appeared in the Western media. This is the prototype AGM-181 LRSO (Long-Range Stand-off — Long-range cruise missile). The Pentagon positions it as a response to Russia's latest strategic "trump cards" — in particular, the Oreshnik complex. What is known about the LRSO is in the RIA Novosti article.
