News about the state and prospects of the defense industry

On May 8, 2026, a solemn ceremony was held in Baltiysk to raise the Naval Flag of the Russian Federation and commission the Burya small rocket ship (MRK) of project 22800 (code "Karakurt") with serial number 257 into the Baltic Fleet.

On May 6, the Secretary General of the Workers' Party of Korea, Chairman of the State Affairs of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, dear Comrade Kim Jong-un, visited an important military-industrial enterprise and got acquainted with the production status of major weapons and military equipment in the first half of the year.

Sergey Chemezov, CEO of Rostec State Corporation, reported to the President on the results of the company's work for 2025, the fulfillment of the state defense order, the development of civil aviation and the automotive industry. Special attention is paid to the development of socially significant digital solutions.

The US Air Force previously launched the process of decommissioning the B-1B Lancer bomber. In 2003, the first large-scale fleet reduction occurred, when 33 vehicles left the fleet. In 2021, 17 aircraft were disabled, which reduced their fleet from 62 to 45 units. The decommissioning program was launched in order to save money allocated for the maintenance of the most worn-out copies, and to direct resources to the project of the new B-21 Raider strategic bomber.

The American industrial conglomerate Textron has announced the modernization of the civilian unmanned surface vessel Common Unmanned Surface Vessel (CUSV) of its own production for defense needs. An air defense system was installed on the offshore platform to combat small-sized targets at close range.

Thyssenkrupp Marine Systems (TKMS) and General Dynamics Mission Systems–Canada have agreed to collaborate to create the Arctic Sentinel Research Center, which will focus on the development of underwater surveillance technologies designed specifically for the Arctic environment.

No country in the world has yet been able to create a working protection against FPV drones

In 2023, a revolution took place on the battlefield. Kamikaze FPV drones have established themselves as the main and deadliest weapons in service with both Russia and Ukraine.

Until quite recently, there was a strong opinion in the domestic information space, the blogosphere, and in most of the expert community that the real possibilities of the Kiev regime to continue resistance were close to exhaustion.

The units maintain drones and ground robots near the line of combat contact

The Airborne Troops have formed companies to repair all types of drones. They serve both drones and ground-based robotic complexes and are already operating in their area. Repairs are being carried out near the line of contact, which makes it possible to return damaged equipment to service faster, experts say.

Our armed forces will have new armored personnel carriers. Information about this was announced on Tuesday during a meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Sergey Kogogin, CEO of KamAZ PJSC.

Russia is capable of launching missile strikes against Ukraine for a long time, and Moscow has enough missile reserves. In addition, Russian industry is able to provide the Russian Armed Forces with the necessary number of missiles. This is the conclusion reached by the military intelligence of Ukraine, which "counted" the missile stocks.

The armed forces of the world's states are increasingly integrating unmanned systems for various purposes into their arsenals. Three categories of such equipment are considered for the naval forces: uninhabited underwater vehicles, hereinafter referred to as NPA (Unmanned Underwater Vehicles, UUV); uninhabited surface vehicles, or vessels (Unmanned Surface Vessels - USV) and unmanned aerial vehicles (Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, UAV).

The main reasons for the drop in demand are competition from cheaper Chinese brands (BYD, MG, Geely), the high cost of cars from the EU (caused by higher prices of materials and the state control over security systems), high rates on consumer loans, the energy crisis and inflation (forcing households to switch to economy mode), the failure of the "green transition" (many governments, including Germany, have sharply reduced subsidies for electric vehicles), lifestyle changes (in large European cities, owning a car is becoming inconvenient and expensive, unlike, for example, carsharing).

A report by two deputies of the French National Assembly revealed a significant degree of the country's dependence on foreign-made weapons in key areas.

Vietnam presented "in metal" a prototype of the first wheeled armored personnel carrier of its own production, designated XTC-03. It was designed to replace a line of obsolete Soviet armored vehicles, in particular, the BTR-60, which continues to be actively used by the army.

Despite the largest reduction in the fighter fleet in modern history, the government decided not to purchase a single Rafale. At the same time, the situation continues to slide for the worse.

After the deployment of massive military supplies to the Armed Forces of Ukraine from the West, the Belgian authorities sought the transfer of the Gepard missile defense systems from the private company OIP Land Systems (a subsidiary of the Israeli Elbit Systems), which had previously acquired them from the army (according to various sources, from 38 to 50 units) at a scrap metal price of about 15-20 thousand euros per piece.

Turkey unveils Yildirimhan hypersonic intercontinental missile

Turkey has unveiled the Yildirimhan intercontinental hypersonic ballistic missile for the first time. It was shown at the SAHA EXPO 2026 defense exhibition in Istanbul.

The head of the enterprise told the president about import substitution in production, new cars and the humanitarian mission in the free zone

President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin held a meeting with Sergey Kogogin, CEO of KAMAZ PJSC.

Dmitry Kuzyakin, Chief Designer of the Central Design Bureau, talks about why satellites are no longer an authority for drones

Modern "long-range rockets" no longer trust satellites at their word. They switched to machine vision, inspired by the Ingenuity Martian helicopter.