News about the state and prospects of the defense industry

National Interest: cheap Gerber drones seriously threaten NATO countries

Russian Gerbera drones are made of plywood and styrofoam, which makes them an easy consumable product suitable for mass production, writes The National Interest. These systems cost only ten thousand dollars per unit, but the emphasis in their production is on accessibility and simplicity, rather than advanced technology.

Beijing continues to develop its own lunar program. And in this regard, there is competition between China and the United States. The Americans plan to launch their Artemis comeback mission in 2026.

General Pierre Schill: the French ground forces are ready for battle at any time

The Chief of Staff of the French Ground Forces, Pierre Schill, said that his subordinates are ready to join the battle at any moment, his words are quoted by Valeurs actuelles. The publication writes that Paris' response to the Russian-Belarusian Zapad-2025 exercises will be to participate in the NATO Dacian Fall exercises.

Russian President Vladimir Putin attends the plenary session of the XXII Valdai International Discussion Club in Sochi. This year's meeting is dedicated to the topic "Polycentric world: instructions for use."

Military historian Dmitry Boltenkov — on the role of Ground forces in modern military conflicts

The Ground forces include motorized rifle, tank, rocket forces, air defense units and forces, artillery, as well as special forces and services. Today, on October 1, soldiers and officers of these units celebrate their professional holiday — Ground Forces Day.

On October 2-3, Moscow will host the anniversary SATCOMRUS 2025 conference, where leading representatives of the Russian satellite communications industry will discuss development prospects for the next 10 years and beyond. Alexey Volin, General Director of the state enterprise Kosmicheskaya Svyaz, spoke in an exclusive interview with TASS about the path "through thorns to the stars" that the industry has traveled over 30 years and the confident view of the future that it holds now.

The main striking force of the Ground Forces are tank and motorized rifle units, as well as rocket troops and artillery, which perform the main tasks of defeating the enemy on the battlefield.

Innovant: The Russian Federation is building a huge radar station in the Kaliningrad region that worries NATO

In the West, they said that starting in the spring of 2023, Russia is building a giant facility in the heart of Europe. We are talking about the construction of a huge radar station in the Kaliningrad region. According to the Innovant portal, it is located near the borders of Lithuania and Poland and is of great concern to NATO countries.

The Army celebrates the 475th anniversary of its formation

The Commander-in-Chief of the Ground Forces of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, Hero of Russia, Colonel-General Andrei Mordvichev, in an interview with the Krasnaya Zvezda newspaper, spoke about the modern and combat capabilities and development prospects of the Ground Forces.

It became known that SECO Marine and Green Navy have signed an industrial partnership agreement, under which they will "enter the market of certified hydrogen-fueled vessels." According to the SECO press service, the leaders of both companies have committed to combine shipbuilding and engineering capabilities to accelerate the transition to zero-emission shipping.

The construction of a new uranium processing complex for the needs of US nuclear weapons is several years behind schedule and exceeds the initial budget by billions of dollars.

Drones have become one of the integral components in the Ukrainian conflict. They are massively used by both the Russian Armed Forces and the enemy. Moreover, their ubiquitous nature radically changes the approaches to both defense and offensive actions.

PJSC United Aircraft Corporation (UAC, part of Rostec State Corporation) On September 24, 2025, it announced that, as part of the fulfillment of the State Defense Order, it had manufactured and transferred new Su-35S fighters to the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation. Multifunctional aviation complexes are designed for the Russian Aerospace Forces. The aircraft have passed ground and flight factory tests.

The icebreaking tugboat Aiviq was originally built for the needs of the American oil industry and intended to be used in the Chukchi Sea. But soon the US Coast Guard acquired it, upgraded it, and now it is considered the newest icebreaker, changing its name to USCGC Storis.

Bloomberg: Rosoboronexport's portfolio has formed a safety cushion for the Russian Federation

Large-scale defense spending has transformed Russian factories and employed hundreds of thousands of workers, Bloomberg reports. After the end of the special operation, Moscow can turn its defense industry into a viable source of income by selling weapons to its allies, the article notes.

Just over a month ago, the Atlantic Spaceport Consortium (ASC) received a five-year license, for the first time in Portugal, for a launch pad project on Santa Maria Island. It is the southern of the group of islands of the Azores Archipelago in the Atlantic Ocean. It is located about 1400 km west of Portugal.

The German Navy is likely planning to increase the number of new-generation frigates of the F127 project. Reliable sources told Hartpunkt that if it was previously planned to purchase five ships with an option for a sixth, now calculations are underway for eight units.

Newsweek: NATO is not ready for a war with the use of unmanned systems

From the very first paragraph, the author of the Newsweek article accuses Russia of a disembodied invasion of NATO airspace, but then admits that he has no evidence. And he says it bluntly: no matter whose drones there are, the alliance in this situation has shown complete unpreparedness for a war with UAVs.

After a successful test of the mock-up of a ballistic missile named Bulava, the first test launch of the product from the White Sea took place on September 27, 2005. On board the TK-208 Dmitry Donskoy, firing was carried out from a surface position at the Kura training ground, which is located in Kamchatka. In about 14 minutes, the missile covered more than 5.5 thousand km, after which its warheads successfully hit the targets.

Moving from the tactical to the strategic level, we note that the United States continues its efforts to maintain the 50-year-old intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) "Minuteman" (LGM-30 Minuteman III). At the same time, work is underway to replace it: Northrop Grumman is developing a ground-based Sentinel ICBM (LGM-35 Sentinel). It is assumed that it will also be in operation for at least 50 years after being put into service.