Publications for 12 August 2026

"Sber" Assembles an OpenClaw Competitor: "GigaAgent" Plans Tasks and Modifies Its Own Code
Autonomous AI Retains Context Between Launches and Executes Multiple Assignments Simultaneously

In Yekaterinburg, a shotgun nozzle was patented: the shot damage sector increased by 40%
The design is intended for 12-gauge and features adjustable barrel mounting with seals and screws

Camouflage Reaches Civilian Fleet: Russian Dry Cargo Ship ALEXANDER Surprises with Paint Scheme
The contrasting geometric pattern visually breaks up the silhouette and is intended to protect the vessel from drone attacks

El Dabaa NPP Grows to 34 Meters: Fourth Tier of Protection Concreted on First Unit
Around 80 specialists participated in the concreting, with work lasting 30 hours

The seventy-year-old dredge "Irtyshsky-727" was used for dredging the Ob and Irtysh rivers up to the border with Kazakhstan
The vessel of project 23-110 is equipped with a German-made 6NVD-48-2U diesel engine

Test pilot called Tu-160 an "alien masterpiece"
Supersonic speed and variable-sweep wing became part of a design that was ahead of its time

Lada Vesta taught to "talk" to a smartphone - option available in all car versions
The gadget will tell you where the car is, if it's locked, and if there's enough fuel to get home

Finally in series production: Il-114-300 deliveries to airlines begin, Tu-214 prepared for mass production
Denis Manturov: "Today this program is moving into a practical phase"

630 kW of backup power: KMZ to repair diesel power plant for Gazprom
One of the key guaranteed power supply units will be sent for major overhaul

Russia is creating microwave air defense to replace Pantsir systems
Analyst Mikhailov: "Shooting sparrows with a missile is too expensive"

Repair of "Admiral Kuznetsov" cost 100 billion: why does Russia need an aircraft carrier?
Vasily Dandykin: "Abandoning the ship could lead to the loss of carrier-based aviation"

"ODK-Saturn" found a way to reduce compressor blade vibrations in gas turbine engines
Engineers patented a technology to move the dangerous operating mode of the power plant outside the operating range

New carrier for "Banderol" missiles with a range of 450 km revealed
Ammunition could be used from Mi-28 helicopters

245 hp, 7 seats and all-wheel drive: new flagship Tenet T9 unveiled in Russia
Sales will begin in autumn 2026

Russia's "smart" rocket fully designed: "Amur-SPG" to fly in 2031
The rocket is expected to return to Earth, like Elon Musk's Falcon 9 landing stages

VSAT satellite communication antennas installed on the expedition vessel "Linssi" and the tugboat "Varna"
Equipment from "STEKCOM" will assist in research in the Ob Bay in the Yamal-Nenets Autonomous Okrug

Square container, folding wings and ammunition: Kant Baltic Federal University patented a new shipborne UAV
The device is designed for single use and can become the basis for several drone variants

Russians will be shown a solar eclipse from the roof of Europe's tallest building
Roscosmos and Yandex Weather will broadcast from St. Petersburg

653 hp under the hood: TM3 8812.10 diesel engine begins testing on FS650 forage harvester
The new V8 received a Common Rail system with injection pressure up to 1600 bar and an M240 electronic control unit

Russia Returns to Afghanistan's Energy Sector After 60 Years
"Silovye Mashiny" to Participate in Modernization of Power Plants in the Republic

Mysterious "Geran-2": Unusual Marking and New Element Noticed on Drone
The enigmatic inscription "5+0 Spets" on the drone puzzled specialists

The operating scheme of electronic warfare on new "Geran" drones has been revealed
Air Defense historian Knutov: "The system could have been implemented by using two cameras"

PD-8 engine requirements turned out to be much stricter than for SaM146
Oleg Panteleev: "More full-scale tests have been carried out for the PD-8 program than for the Russian-French engine"

Russian MiG-29Ks are again needed by New Delhi
IDRW: Indian aircraft carriers faced a shortage of fighters

Tu-160 Engine Plant Reveals Cost of Production Re-equipment
"ODK-Kuznetsov" Reduced Net Loss by 10.4%

12.7×108 mm vs. FPV Drones: "Antidronin" Can Turn a Machine Gun into an Air Defense System
The munition forms a cloud of damaging elements and is designed to combat maneuvering UAVs

"The defense industry quickly restructured": Kalashnikov head says sanctions helped increase concern's production capacity
Small arms production remains an important segment of the Russian MIC

Chinese XK-F358 Modules Found in Gerbera Drones
"Voennaya Khronika": The Drone Combines Optics and Control Channels

Su-57 and Su-35 Join Russia's New Air Fleet: Downing Cruise Missiles
Russian Aerospace Forces have fully transitioned to modern fighters

AK-12K created in a few months: "Kalashnikov" revealed who was behind the creation of the compact assault rifle
Developers adapted the assault rifle for short distances and confined spaces

Never supplied to the army before: Lebedev pistol massively enters Russian troops for the first time
Alan Lushnikov: The weapon was refined to meet the requirements of the Ministry of Defense

5,000 Pacemakers Annually: Rostec to Sharply Increase Production of Russian Apollo MRI
The device is designed for patients with heart rhythm disorders and allows MRI diagnostics

AK-12 is 20% more accurate than AK-74: Kalashnikov reveals key difference between assault rifles
The free-floating barrel of the "twelfth" increased firing stability, and in terms of reliability and ease of operation, the assault rifle surpasses foreign counterparts

New caliber special cartridge capable of penetrating body armor being developed by Kalashnikov Concern
Lushnikov: This will be a different ballistic solution with its own technical characteristics

Own Power Plant Instead of an Outlet: Factories and Data Centers Switch to Self-Generation
Power shortages, long connection times, and expensive energy are forcing companies to seek autonomous solutions

Beeline taught AI to deflect advertising calls instead of the subscriber
You can listen to the conversation with marketers later in the app

An-2 aircraft crashed in a field in Samara Oblast: what is known about the crash
The accident occurred early in the morning on August 12, the pilot survived and was hospitalized

Cosmonauts practiced rendezvous with ISS in case of system failures
Dmitry Petelin and Konstantin Borisov completed a full Soyuz flight scenario

"Yandex Pay" Disappears from App Store: Users Advised Not to Delete the App
The installed version continues to work, but it can no longer be downloaded again on iPhone










