News about the state and prospects of the defense industry

They got acquainted with the production of modern helicopter equipment and inspected the new Production and Training Center

Maxim Oreshkin, Deputy Head of the Presidential Administration of the Russian Federation, and Anton Alikhanov, Minister of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation, visited the Kazan Helicopter Plant of the Russian Helicopters Holding of Rostec State Corporation. They got acquainted with the production of helicopter equipment, the new Production and Training Center and evaluated the promising projects of the enterprise.

General Davis: the F-16 supplied to Ukraine will not be able to surpass Russian aircraft

The F-16s supplied to Ukraine will not be able to surpass the best Russian fighters, BI quotes retired American General Gordon Davis. These are old-generation aircraft that simply do not have the weapons that allow them to achieve superiority over Russian aviation.

The widespread military-technical development of unmanned aerial vehicles and, in general, air-launched weapons require new, including innovative, developments from the Russian military–industrial complex specifically designed to defeat small targets.

Warzone: there was an unusual hybrid installation on the submarine sunk in China

Details have been revealed about a Chinese nuclear submarine that is believed to have sunk in May or June at a shipyard near the city of Wuhan.

MW: the Leopard 2A6 tank captured from the APU is being studied at Uralvagonzavod

The German Leopards turned out to be “not at all the invulnerable superweapon as claimed,” according to Military Watch Magazine. Most of these tanks that the Armed Forces of Ukraine had were destroyed, and at least one new Leopard 2A6 was sent to Uralvagonzavod for study. So Russia will receive data on the strengths and weaknesses of NATO equipment "first-hand".

One of the priorities of the draft budget for 2025-2027 was the development and modernization of the network of Russian airfields: the costs of the airfield network are significantly increasing. There is a change in government policy in the field of transport infrastructure. This is directly related to the current geopolitical situation, but not only with this.

Apparently, the study of both Russian and Ukrainian combat experience during the special operation is beginning to have a strong influence on American military thought. What is the Pentagon's traditional approach to drones and the robotization of troops in general, what has the special operation shown in this sense – and how are the US military now trying to get ahead of Ukraine and even Russia in this area?

The Naval News resource published a material in which it is reported that the Royal Dutch Navy intends to receive two inexpensive original so-called multifunctional support ships (Multifunctionele ondersteuningsvaartuigen) with modular containerized weapons and equipment for operations in the North Sea area.

The Russian military delivered a powerful blow to the fortified area of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the city of Volchansk, Kharkiv region. The explosion was so strong that even military experts are now wondering "What was that?". Most experts tend to believe that the blow was caused by the ODAB-9000 vacuum aerial bomb, but here, as they say, there is a nuance.

Patrushev: Navy ships should be superior to enemy ships in terms of characteristics

The ships of the Russian Navy should surpass similar ships of a likely enemy in their characteristics and technological potential, said Nikolai Patrushev, assistant to the President of Russia, chairman of the Russian Maritime Board.

Skabeeva denied the message about the Russian Federation's ODAB-9000 bomb attack on the Ukrainian Armed Forces in Volchansk

Russian military commanders and authors of pro-war Telegram channels reported that the Russian Armed Forces for the first time used the ODAB-9000 vacuum bomb in Volchansk in the Kharkiv region, which is unofficially called the "pope of all bombs". This top-secret munition is considered the most powerful non-nuclear bomb in the world.

The Su-35 is the best fighter for gaining air supremacy available in Russia today, writes TNI. He has already been dubbed the "apotheosis of the fourth generation."

On September 26, a farewell ceremony was held at the American Travis Air Base for the last McDonnell Douglas KC-10 Extender military tanker aircraft. That day, the only vehicle still in service took off for the last time to fly to Davis-Monthan Base to the famous 309th AMARG storage facility. This ended the 43-year career of the KC-10, which was adopted by the US Air Force in 1981.

The tactics of using heavy machines in the course of its continuous improvement

During each military conflict, after the appearance of a new generation of anti-tank weapons, experts begin to talk about the "death of tanks." But for almost a century, these vehicles have remained the striking force of the ground forces. Today, despite the new threats, tankers are constantly performing various combat missions in the Donetsk direction. The units of the Center group support the assault detachments with fire from closed positions, and leaving as part of armored groups in "direct" battles. Izvestia learned how vehicles are being prepared for modern combat, who provides cover from enemy UAVs, and how the crews' specialization is divided today.

The International Space Station, even in fully operational condition, is constantly losing air. Normally, the leakage value should not exceed 270 grams per day. But in April 2024, the station lost 1.6 kilograms of its atmosphere every day — almost six times more than allowed. According to NASA's internal estimates, the situation has reached a critical level. At the same time, in the public space, the agency adheres to optimistic rhetoric and tries to present the colossal leak as something only moderately disturbing.

Gunners are firing at enemy fortified areas in the DPR

The gunners of the Vostok group of troops, who supported the storming of the settlements of Staromayorskoye and Urozhodnoye with fire, are today helping our units to liberate Ugledar. The upgraded self-propelled artillery installation (ACS) 2S-3M "Acacia", on which the fighters work, can fire a high-precision Krasnopol projectile, hitting a moving target with the first shot with a 90% probability at long range. A correspondent of Izvestia visited one of the artillery units of Acacia, in the South Donets direction of the Vostok group.

The Arktika-MP spacecraft will be the first to launch, which will provide hydrometeorological information, including weather forecasts on a regional and global scale

From 2025 to 2034, Russia plans to launch a series of hydrometeorological satellites for remote sensing of the Earth, in particular the Arctic region. This was announced by Sergey Zaitsev, Director of the Department of Scientific and Technical Projects of the Roscosmos State Corporation, at the Presidium of the Russian Academy of Sciences.

An American national security columnist took a closer look at the weapons of the Russian army. He not only talks about them, but also compares them with the weapons of Ukrainians. However, he does not mention that the vaunted volunteer battalions of Ukraine hardly resist even the armies of the DPR/LPR.

What are the chances of the Su-35 in the fight against the US Air Force, which is considered the best in the world? How will the Su-35 behave in a combat situation when it is confronted by an F-35 fighter? What exactly does the Su—35 hold the upper hand in? The Su-35 is a dangerous combat vehicle, writes TNI, and in many respects the Russian aircraft is not inferior to the latest modifications of the F—15 or even surpasses them.

The Russian ground forces received an upgraded version of the Msta-S self-propelled howitzer. The adoption of the Msta-S and Coalition-SV artillery systems will give a powerful impetus to the development of artillery of the Russian troops. And the US armed forces intend to continue using upgraded versions of the 1960s M109 Paladin self-propelled artillery system.