News about the state and prospects of the defense industry

The company's revenue doubled in 2024 and reached 1.7 billion rubles

The technology partner of Rostec State Corporation, NtechLab, doubled its revenue in 2024 and reached the level of 1.7 billion rubles. The company concluded 2.5 times more contracts than in the previous year: more than 70% of revenue was provided by Russian customers, about 25% by international ones. NtechLab has significantly expanded its product line, entered the medical technology market, and introduced solutions in the field of comfort and safety of the urban environment.

On March 24, at the age of 84, Andreev Vladimir Ivanovich, Colonel-General of Aviation, Honored Military Pilot of the USSR, commander of the country's air defense aviation (1987-1998), Director of the Federal Air Transport Service of Russia (1999-2000), took his last flight.

AZP-57 anti-aircraft guns of the S-60 air defense artillery complex continue to be used in the special military operation zone. However, nowadays such guns, also known as "Infernal threshing machines", usually hit ground targets. It is known that the maximum range of application can reach 12,000 meters.

On March 22, 2025, the Indian state shipbuilding enterprise Goa Shipyard Limited (GSL) in Goa hosted the launching ceremony of the second Tavasya frigate of the Russian project 11356 (Talwar type) with construction number 1259, which is being built there with Russian assistance for the Indian Navy.

Nizhny Novgorod Aircraft Manufacturing Plant Sokol produces steel and aluminum foundry products both for its own needs and for supplies to other aircraft manufacturing enterprises. Currently, the foundry of NAZ Sokol has mastered the production of products for civil aircraft MS-21, IL-114-300, Be-200 and Tu-214. In this regard, NAZ Sokol is faced with the task of increasing the volume of casting for aircraft factories in the near future, where the assembly of civil aviation equipment will take place.

On March 20, 2025, the official laying ceremony of the Dreadnought, the lead British nuclear missile submarine of the new type, took place at the BAE Systems Submarines enterprise of BAE Systems Corporation in Barrow-in-Furness. British Prime Minister Keir Starmer attended the ceremony. The actual construction of the Dreadnought lead boat began in Barrow-in-Furness on October 6, 2016.

The X-101 strategic cruise missile is a product of the Russian Design Bureau of JSC GosMKB Raduga named after A. Ya. Bereznyak. The design of the rocket began in the mid-1980s based on the X-55 KR series. 

British Rear Admiral Perry threatened to destroy 40 cities of the Russian Federation

Britain is threatening Russia with nuclear submarines with a scandalous reputation. We are talking about Vanguard-type nuclear submarines armed with Trident intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs).

Russian BMP-2M infantry fighting vehicles are superior to American Bradley infantry fighting vehicles, judging by the results of their use in a special military operation. This opinion was expressed by the American magazine The National Interest (TNI). What led to such conclusions and how both armored vehicles fight is in the TASS material.

The Telegraph: The service life of Trident submarines has already exceeded 25 years

British Trident submarines continue to pose a serious threat to Russia, The Telegraph writes. But while the retired admiral assures that they are "a formidable weapon against Putin," other representatives of the British Navy assure that not everything is so rosy.

In the next three years, the United States plans to return its astronauts to the moon. Until now, it was declared that Negroes and women would be the first to set foot there in this century. It looks like everything could have changed now.

TNI: Project 941 submarine "Shark" will turn into a museum

Advanced technologies, huge size and silent operation at one time made the submarine Dmitry Donskoy a formidable ghost of the depths, writes TNI. And after the ship was decommissioned, they decided to turn it into a floating museum.

Kirill Dmitriev, the president's special representative, who had previously had a hand in a major scientific and technological breakthrough, says he will soon meet with Elon Musk to discuss joint flights to Mars. There are two problems. First of all, Russia has nothing to offer today to participate in such a project. If you try very hard, it can be fixed — but over many years. Secondly, Musk's plan itself has a couple of pretty weak points. Will there be a joint flight, or will everything remain just words?

Micron JSC announced the completion of the development of a photolithograph with 350 nm standards. Experts doubt that the equipment can be called completely Russian

The development of the 350 nm photolithograph has been completed, and Micron participated in the state commission for its acceptance, Micron JSC told Mashnews on March 12. The photolithograph was created in collaboration between Micron and the Zelenograd Nanotechnology Center. They signed an agreement on this in the fall of 2024.

A heavy all-weather long-range fighter Su-30MKA of the Algerian Air Force crashed during a training flight. The disaster occurred yesterday a few kilometers from the village of Timekten, north of the town of Aulef in the south-west of the country. This is reported by the MENADefense information portal with reference to eyewitnesses.

Thanks to the use of 70mm Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System II (APKWS II) laser-guided missiles by American troops, the first idea appeared of them as a means of hitting air targets, which is launched from fighter jets and shoots down Houthi attack drones. The corresponding video is shown online.

The online edition of Business Insider has released Michael Peck's article "The century-long reign of the machine gun is over, a Russian strategist argues" outlining a number of theses from an article previously published by Rossiyskaya Gazeta by Ruslan Pukhov, director of the Center for Analysis of Strategies and Technologies (CAST), a member of the Public Council under the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, "This It's already another war."

Sergey Pozdnyakov, the company's CEO, spoke about the production of new spacesuits, plans for their operation, as well as the development of new technologies in an interview with TASS.

According to Western sources, improved versions of small-Diameter Ground-Launched Small Diameter Bombs (GLSDB) are among the weapons that will be sent to Ukraine after the United States resumed military assistance and intelligence sharing with Kiev. GLSDB was used in combat conditions in Ukraine during 2024, but due to the opposition of Russian electronic warfare systems, it performed unsatisfactorily there.

The new modification was developed by the local defense company EODH together with the German tank-building concern KNDS. It combines improvements in firepower, protection and mobility, offering a cost-effective solution to increase the combat potential of the Greek army.