

Dear readers! We present to you a fresh issue of the magazine dedicated to current issues in the logistics industry.
Dear readers! We present to you the first issue of 2026, in which we have collected a number of interesting materials on issues of modern logistics.
We are pleased to present to you the final issue of the journal in 2025 and inform you that LOGISTICS is opening a new page in its development by starting cooperation with the Crystal Growth Foundation, which means that the information saturation of the publication will change for the better. The first issue is dedicated to one of the innovative domestic developments, AI-Kantorovich, which the Crystal Growth Foundation created together with Hive Mind AI.
Annotation. The article substantiates the necessity of optimization of Defense Procurement and Acquisition and describes the ways of optimization based on the current approaches to supply chain management.
Key words. State defense order, cooperation of the head contractor, supply chain, optimization.
Annotation. In the article a model for the formation of the optimal region transport infrastructure is proposed. The model is based on the task of finding the optimal location of vehicle fleets and terminals on the basis of the formed network of distribution and sorting warehouses and the demand uncertainty on the part of goods consumers served by this warehouse infrastructure.
Key words. Тransport infrastructure, vehicle fleets, distribution and sorting warehouses, stochastic model, stochastic demand.
Annotation. In the article, the concept of «logistics» as a basic factor in the organization of various systems in transport, as a philosophy of adaptive survival of complex systems, is the interconnection of individual elements with each other, thereby determining the integrity of these systems. The logistic element acts as an indivisible set of actions in the form of unbreakable mutual obligations, described by random processes with a history and consequences.
Key words. Logistics, transport, social systems, socio-technical systems, organization, efficiency.
Annotation. The article considers and analyzes the main methods and approaches to determining the throughput capacities of elements of logistics systems and links of logistics supply chains in various industries.
Key words. Bandwidth, railway line, railroad, railway crossing, railway station, port, berth, metro, automobile checkpoint, airport, stadium, piping, station complex, information channel, sewage.
Annotation. The paper analyses methods to assess the potential, status and forecast future needs in parking space in the megapolis. Most effective methods for typical tasks of infrastructure development are identified, their benefits and limitations are defined.
Key words. Megapolis, parking place, parking space assessment methods.