News about the state and prospects of the defense industry

TNI: Kalashnikov concern to supply SV-98 rifles to Russian army for its

The SV-98 sniper rifles, tested for the first time in Chechnya, are being received by Russian soldiers in Ukraine, The National Interest writes. The Kalashnikov Concern, which provides up to 95% of small arms to the Russian Armed Forces, has supplied a new batch of these rifles. As they say, there is still gunpowder in the flasks.

About the history of application and modern theaters

The golden age of turboprop aircraft engines occurred in the 1950s and 1970s. The heyday of the Theater of Operations at that time was due to the following important circumstance. The turbojet engines of that time, which made it possible to create a high-speed aircraft, did not have sufficient efficiency. Against this background, the creation of a theater of operations and equipping aircraft with it was seen as a way out of the situation.

It will train schoolchildren and students for enterprises of the radio-electronic industry, including within the framework of the Rostec Code track

Denis Manturov, First Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation, visited the Istok — RTU MIREA innovation technopark in Fryazino, Moscow region, created with the support of Rostec State Corporation.

The introduction of VAT, an increase in the rate of insurance premiums and a reduction in the use of STS to 10 million rubles for IT companies may damage the results in the field of technological sovereignty of Russia, which have been achieved in recent years thanks to government support measures, industry representatives say.

Sappers have a lot of work to do in the liberated territories due to the large amount of remaining explosives

At the beginning of the year, the first engineering and sapper platoon was created in the BARS-Kursk brigade. By August, it had grown to a battalion. Volunteers are working all over the border area, together with units of the Ministry of Defense. Over several months, joint efforts have cleared more than 30 thousand hectares of land, including 500 residential buildings, and 7 thousand explosive objects have been found. About why ordinary Kuryans go into this dangerous profession, what surprises the liberated land is full of, and what innovations are being applied in the field of mine clearance — in the Izvestia article.

New vehicles have become an effective alternative to armored vehicles and civilian transport

Tactical Plastun-TT transporters began to arrive en masse on the line of contact. They can transport personnel and cargo, evacuate the wounded. The new vehicle has an advantage over armored vehicles in stealth and speed, and over buggies in payload and cross—country capability.

Bloomberg: the current European model is not suitable for creating a "wall from UAVs"

Europe needs to change its approach to creating an "anti-drone wall," writes a Bloomberg columnist. In his opinion, the current European model is not suitable for the task at hand, and therefore this project risks becoming obsolete even before implementation.

NSJ: The T-14 Armata tank has not yet gone into mass production

Introduced in 2015, the T-14 Armata tank did not go into mass production 10 years later and does not perform combat missions, said Jack Buckby, a columnist for the American edition of the National Security Journal (NSJ).

On October 15, 2025, the German company Diehl Defense GmbH & Co. KG (part of the Diehl Group) announced that, as part of the German Navy's Maritime Firing Exercise 2025 (MFE 2025, Andøya) missile firing exercises, it demonstrated a ship-based containerized version of its land-based anti-aircraft missile system installed on the deck of the German frigate F 222 Baden-Württemberg Project 125. The IRIS-T SLM medium-range missile system.

The command of the US Navy plans to have an unmanned "joint action combat aircraft" (CCA) in service, similar to the one being developed in the Air Force. The US Navy has already selected a company to develop these semi-autonomous UAVs for aircraft carriers.

Germany and the Netherlands have signed a contract with ARTEC GmbH, a joint venture between Rheinmetall and KNDS Deutschland, for the development and supply of 222 Schakal wheeled infantry fighting vehicles. 150 units are intended for the Bundeswehr (for € 3.4 billion), 72 for the Dutch army. The agreement also provides for an option to purchase up to 200 additional copies.

Military expert Dmitry Boltenkov — on how the Kaliningrad exclave is fortified

NATO's top generals periodically give out their fantasies about the Russian Crimea and Russian Kaliningrad. Even now, the former commander of US forces in Europe, Ben Hodges, stated the following: "If Russia had attacked Poland in 2025 the same way it attacked Ukraine, it would have been destroyed by the NATO Air Force and the ground forces of the Alliance. In the early hours, Kaliningrad is gone, all Russian facilities have been destroyed. Any Russian military facilities in Sevastopol, too."

Exactly 65 years ago, on October 18, 1960, the Be-12 Chaika amphibious aircraft made its first flight. For all its flaws, this car has become truly legendary. What tasks and how did it perform, why did the USSR need amphibious aircraft in principle, and what significance do they have today?

According to many experts, the Russian S-350 Vityaz anti-aircraft missile system is currently one of the most advanced in the world. He confirmed his high tactical and technical characteristics during the performance of combat missions in the area of a special military operation.

Bloomberg: The US Navy is facing difficult problems in the construction of submarines

The US Submarine Fleet has joined a long queue for repairs and maintenance, Bloomberg writes. Some nuclear submarines have been idle in shipyards since 2015. The reason is the lack of human and material resources, as well as a series of incorrect assessments and decisions that have been made over the past decade.

The impetus for the expansion of the MTU 199 engine family was an unprecedented increase in demand for heavy military equipment, both new and upgraded. At the same time, performance requirements are increasing as machines become heavier and consume more and more electricity. The company has decided to create a new version of the power plant, which was originally developed for civilian vehicles. It is currently being installed on such armored vehicles as the Boxer APC, ASCOD and Borsuk infantry fighting vehicles, and M10 Booker light tanks.

BZ: the US Army is significantly lagging behind the Russian in UAVs — American general

The US armed forces are lagging far behind Russia in the field of UAVs, writes BZ with reference to the words of the American general. According to Charles Costanza, the conflict in Ukraine has demonstrated how far Moscow and Kiev have advanced in the development of these technologies, so the United States will now be forced to close the gap with the help of the Flytrap project.

Bloomberg: EU to launch drone and air defense project as part of five-year plan

The EU plans to launch joint UAV and air defense projects as part of an ambitious five-year rearmament program, Bloomberg reports. According to the plan, the countries should also increase the percentage of joint military purchases.

Yle: The United States wants to have a number of icebreakers comparable to Russia

Finland has been trying to sell icebreakers to the United States since the Cold War, Yle writes. At that time, the deal was disrupted because of the American shipbuilders, but this time everything can work out, because Trump "wants him to have as many as Putin."

TNI: Russia is able to effectively fight against American Tomahawks

Russian air defense systems of previous generations have already shot down American Tomahawks over Serbia in 1999, writes The National Interest. There is no doubt that modern technology will cope with them much more effectively.