Russia Unveils Breakthrough 65 nm Chipmaking Machines via Plasma Etching & Deposition Systems
In December 2025, Russia announced the development of its first entirely domestically produced equipment for manufacturing integrated circuits—cluster systems for plasma-chemical etching and plasma-chemical...
Does the Russian MC-21 Narrow Body Aircraft Need More Powerful Engines?
The MC-21 program has quietly emerged as one of the most interesting aviation developments of the past decade: a modern single-aisle Russian aircraft engineered...
Inside Russia’s 2ES11 “Orlets”: The Freight Locomotive Aiming to Transform Rail Transport
In late 2025, acceptance and certification tests started on the new 2ES11 "Orlets" mainline freight electric locomotive at the VNIIZhT experimental loop in Shcherbinka,...
Russia Is Racing Into the Future With Fully Digital Aircraft Engines—Here’s Why It Matters
Globally, aerospace engineering is experiencing an exciting and transformative evolution. The conventional method of aircraft engine development—comprising design on paper, prototyping, testing, confronting failures,...
A Processor With No Mission: Why Russia Built a Secret AI Chip for Space
In recent years, Russia has undertaken an ambitious initiative to advance its space technology into a new era characterized by autonomy, artificial intelligence, and...