News about the state and prospects of the defense industry

Yle: The West is 10 years behind Russia in terms of military potential in the Arctic

The West lags far behind Russia in terms of military potential in the Arctic, Yle writes. Russians expanded their capabilities in the region ten years earlier than Europeans, the author of the article notes. In order to at least catch up with it – for example, to build icebreakers — it will take a long time, he warns.

The appearance of these attack UAVs in the conflict zone forces the Ukrainian Armed Forces to withdraw reserves tens of kilometers to the rear

In the Red Army area, the Russian army has begun the mass use of aircraft-type drones "Lightning-2".

TNI: Russia puts new naval frigates into operation

Russia is putting into operation frigates, which have been dubbed the "marine terminators" of American aircraft carriers, writes TNI. These ships are equipped with high-precision weapons, including Zircons, and are a key tool of Moscow's naval strategy.

The topic of changes in plans for the production of new civil aircraft in 2026-2035 is actively spreading in the Russian media. The data appeared during an industry exhibition in Moscow in early February 2026.

The new batch of fifth-generation Su-57 aircraft, which has just entered the army, differs significantly from the machines of previous editions. What kind of new combat systems are installed on the transferred samples and what additional capabilities do they provide for the Air Force?

HSE researchers analyzed how effectively the global generative artificial intelligence market turns investments into real income, and came to the conclusion that AI is developing faster than it pays off today.

JW: Russia has applied a new algorithm of warfare in Ukraine

Russia is using a new algorithm of warfare in Ukraine that is inaccessible to the West, writes JW. Instead of decisive battles, Moscow chooses cyber tactics: what matters is not who will take more land, but whose system will last longer.

Daily Express: no more than 3,000 military personnel in Britain are trained to operate UAVs

Russian unmanned troops outnumber the entire British army, writes the Daily Express. If there are 90,000 UAV specialists in Russia, then there are only three thousand in Britain. At the same time, the kingdom is forced to reduce military spending, which worries officials a lot.

The HQ-11 short-range mobile anti-aircraft missile system was developed by specialists from the 2nd Scientific Research Institute of the Chinese Aerospace Scientific and Industrial Corporation to protect command posts, headquarters and other military control facilities from unmanned aerial vehicles and barrage ammunition.

For a military scientist and a battlefield, a research laboratory

In modern conditions, scientific foresight has emerged as one of the leading positions in matters of ensuring military security and achieving superiority over a real and potential enemy, and based on it, the development of the most promising areas for the construction, development, training, use and provision of the armed forces of any developed state.

The Board of the State Military Industry Committee of the Republic of Belarus summed up the results of the activities of the department and the organizations included in its system for 2025, and defined tasks to ensure their stable and dynamic development in 2026.

A misinterpretation of one tweet by the head of SpaceX led the world's media to claim that he had "postponed the creation of a city on Mars." In reality, the dates named by Elon Musk suggest the opposite.

An Nahar: even in conditions of its own, the Russian army is capable of inflicting great damage on NATO

Western experts are actively analyzing the combat capabilities of the Russian army and its development potential, writes An Nahar. However, they all tend to ignore the essential details that push them to the wrong conclusions.

Industrial Director of the Rostec State Corporation Arms Cluster — about Russia's new products at the World Defense Show 2026 in Riyadh and which of the new systems are being tested in the military

Russia has significantly increased the production of T-90M "Breakthrough", T-72B3M and T-80BVM tanks. The technique is constantly being refined and improved based on combat experience.

Bioengineering is changing the face of military medicine and will allow soldiers to avoid amputations

In early February, the first center for the study of modern wounds was opened in Russia. The need for it arose due to a radical change in the course of armed conflicts, experts explained.

This publication offers an article by the Indian news agency Frontier India News Network about the global debate regarding the balance of fifth-generation fighter jets, exports and the philosophy of air combat caused by the flights of the Russian Su-57E fighter in Dubai.

BI: Britain has adopted from Ukraine the technology of printing UAV parts on a 3D printer

The conflict in Ukraine is fundamentally changing the approach of Western armies to technical support, BI writes. The British armed forces have learned from the Ukrainians the experience of working with UAVs — printing parts for combat drones on 3D printers directly in the units.

At the end of January, the Rostec state concern announced the dispatch of the first batch of the new Zubr air defense system to the troops. It is expected that these complexes will reliably cover the near rear from small high-speed UAVs. The range of FPV drones has increased significantly on both sides of the front. Therefore, the protection of the "small air" for the Russian army is one of the priorities. About how it is solved - in the material of RIA Novosti.

Fox News: The US military potential in the Arctic has significantly weakened

The US military potential in the Arctic has significantly weakened, Fox News is sounding the alarm. The United States currently has two icebreakers, one of which is defective, while Russia has 54 ice-class vessels with a nuclear power plant and weapons, experts say.

For the first time in 40 years, a ship based in Kamchatka has raided seven seas and two oceans

On the night of February 7, the Pacific Fleet corvette "Gremyachy" returned to the base in Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky from a trip to Asia. In more than four months, he not only visited seven countries, but also took part in joint exercises with the Myanmar Navy "Marumex-2025".