Budgetary allocations in the military industry will grow by 122% in 2020, Hakob Arshakyan, Minister of High-tech Industry, declared. “Out of the AMD 12.5 billion ($26.3 million) to be allocated to the Ministry of High-tech Industry, AMD 6.3 billion ($13.3 million) will be spent on military industry,” Arshakyan said. Some of the expenses, the minister…
Thanks to the attention and care of the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan, the Supreme Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, confident reforms are being carried out in the field of military capability development, improving the service, social and living conditions of military personnel, protecting the health of servicemen, strengthening the logistic support of the…
Former CEO of Kharkiv-based Malyshev Plant Oleksandr Khlan has said the Ukrainian Oplot tanks have several advantages over the Russian models, while many foreign armies are interested in the Ukrainian MBT. Thailand, where large-scale exercises have recently taken place with the participation of Oplots, is very pleased with the Ukrainian tanks, which boast high fire…
Ukraine has tested the Vilkha-M (“Alder”) multiple launch rocket system, a high-precision upgrade of the Vilkha complex, which in turn is a deeply modernized version of the Soviet “Smerch”. “Another stage of factory tests of the Vilkha-M high-precision MLR system took place on July 24. During the tests, more tasks for checking and improving a…
The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine has allocated UAH 32.5 million for an international audit of the State Concern Ukroboronprom. The relevant decision was made at a government meeting on June 19. “We are forced to make changes in the issue of international audit of Ukroboronprom. We have adjusted the amount up to UAH 32.5…
Ukraine and France are planning to jointly produce patrol boats for border guards, Ukrainian Interior Minister Arsen Avakov stated during a meeting with French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire on June 18, the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine reported. “Together with France’s Minister of Economy and Finance Bruno Le Maire, we discussed the joint…
In the near future, Defense Minister Stepan Poltorak plans to sign an order on the acceptance of the Vilkha missile system and the Vilkha-R multiple rocket launcher for the service with the Armed Forces of Ukraine. “Peculiarities of the system and ammunition lay in the fact that, firstly, it significantly exceeds the tactical and technical…