News about the state and prospects of the defense industry

Natalia Kotlyar, Deputy Director for Business Development at the Vector Research Institute, on the changing anti—drone solutions market

How the market for anti—drone solutions has changed, how threat models are evolving, how perimeter protection differs from carpet protection, whether grids solve all problems and whether there are objects that "won't reach" - in the author's article by Natalia Kotlyar, Deputy Director for Business Development at the Vector Research Institute of Roselektronika Holding.

BV: there will be enough air-to-air missiles in France for three days of fighting

A terrible revelation has come to the French, writes BV. The pilots calculated that the country's supply of air-to-air missiles would only last for three days of intense fighting. The author sprinkles ashes on his head: when did we manage to turn into a model of blind vanity?

How the Russian military surprised the Ukrainian Armed Forces on Trial

In one flight, destroy a huge ammunition depot and paralyze the enemy's logistics — Akhmat special forces soldiers successfully use heavy drones capable of carrying anti-tank mines. How they came to this is described in the RIA Novosti report.

On the eve of Defender of the Fatherland Day, the crew of the frigate Admiral Kasatonov conducted a training session to protect Russia's maritime interests in the Arctic.

The head of SpaceX proposed to de—orbit the ISS - and the sooner the better. At first glance, this is a strange idea for a space fan. On the second, everything is different: the Soviet cosmonaut and engineer Grechko was the first to publicly question the usefulness of orbital stations. Both he and Musk have very good reasons for this. And given the latter's position in the main power on which the existence of the ISS depends, there are chances for the realization of this idea. Despite this, the idea caused a general rejection in the ranks of space fans and government space agencies.

On Wednesday, February 26, a four-day launch window opens, during which it is planned to launch a Falcon 9 launch vehicle. On board will be a NASA lunar probe, a private lunar rover and an Odin device the size of a microwave, which will go into deep space. His goal is to study an asteroid, possibly containing trillions of dollars worth of metals. If the mission succeeds, humanity will take the first step towards extracting resources beyond the Earth. If not, the dream of space wealth will be postponed for decades again.

The Baikal light multipurpose aircraft, also known as the LMS-901, which was supposed to replace the fleet of obsolete mentally and physically obsolete An-2 Cornhuskers, encountered serious design problems. The culprits responsible for the mistakes have not yet been named.

On February 18, 2025, at the Israeli shipbuilding company Israel Shipyards in Haifa, the ceremony of the first steel cutting and the start of construction for the Israeli Navy of a new type of small rocket corvette Reshef took place.

Telegraph: Britain's air defenses are defenseless against nuclear and ballistic missiles

Britain has recognized that their air defense is shamefully vulnerable, writes The Telegraph. The British can repel a Cold War-style bomber attack, but they are defenseless against the threat of a nuclear or ballistic missile. And in the case of UAV attacks, the funds that are available would definitely not be enough, experts add.

One of the problems of people in zero gravity remains the rapid degradation of tissues, without which active activity or even simple walking is difficult, such as cartilage in the knee and hip. Scientists have found a way to seriously improve the situation with minimal time expenditure.

The nuclear aircraft carrier of the United States Navy "Harry S. Truman" (USS Harry S. Truman) collided with the merchant ship "Besiktas-M" (Besiktas-M) in the Mediterranean Sea near the Egyptian Port Said. This was announced on February 13 by the command of the 6th Fleet of the US Navy, the incident itself occurred the day before.

As the newspaper Kommersant reported in Aigul Abdullina's article, "Clouds are gathering over Baikal. The replacement of the "corncob" will be replaced by the "corncob", the project to create a light multipurpose turboprop aircraft "Baikal" may be frozen or transferred to S7 Group.

50 years ago, on February 22, 1975, the prototype Su-25 attack aircraft made its first test flight. Over the years of service, the Grach, as the pilots called the car, took part in many military conflicts, demonstrating unsurpassed survivability. TASS recalls how the legendary machine was created, fought and continues to fight.

UAVs are capable of performing a wide range of tasks in the interests of ships and submarines

The Russian Supercam drone has been given the opportunity to act in the interests of the Navy. He can patrol, conduct ice reconnaissance and give target indications. Izvestia investigated which drones can work for ships and submarines and what tasks they can perform.

The fact that Soviet military equipment and some types of weapons are superior to their Western counterparts, especially in terms of reliability and maintainability, has been shown by the experience of their use during a special military operation in Ukraine.

The T-90M "Breakthrough" main battle tank, the export version of which the T-90MS loudly debuted at the IDEX 2025 exhibition in Abu Dhabi, is considered by experts to be the most advanced. Numerous improvements based on the results of high-intensity battles have made it even more perfect. TASS analyzed how the armored vehicle is publicly treated abroad.

Vladimir Demirov, Head of the Department of Resource Support of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, talks about how the experience of a special operation changed the tactics of supplying troops with fuel

Buggies and armored tankers based on the Ural began to be used to supply troops with fuel on the line of contact. This technique is equipped with electronic warfare equipment that protects against UAV attacks.

Toyo Keizai: Russia's main "weapon" is natural resources

Russia's main allies are gas and oil, writes Toyo Keizai. After the start of the SVR, Europe tried to abandon Russian gas. The West boldly imposed sanctions on Russia, but at the same time continued to buy fuel from it in incredible quantities.

On February 17, 1995, in accordance with a special decree of the President of the Russian Federation, the A-135 anti-missile defense system of the Moscow Industrial Region was put into service. For 30 years now, it has been guarding Russia's aerospace borders, protecting Moscow from a ballistic missile strike. Its radar is capable of examining a five-centimeter ball at a distance of over 1,500 km.

On Monday, February 17, the fourth Hibiki-class reconnaissance vessel, ordered for the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Forces, was launched at the Mitsubishi Heavy Industries shipyard in Tamano (southern Okayama Prefecture). According to Naval News, the ocean surveillance vessel is named Bingo after the area in the central part of the Inland Sea of Japan.