Ukraine and France have signed a plan of bilateral cooperation for 2017 between the Defense Ministry and the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the Ministry of Defense and the Armed Forces Staff of the French Republic. The document was signed after a meeting of the Ukrainian-French commission on bilateral cooperation. The…
Bulgaria recently signed a 29-million euro deal with Russia to purchase 10 new engines for its MiG-29 fighter aircraft. According to Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov, the agreement was signed on November 9, though he was reluctant to disclose any additional details about the contract. Borisov also announced that Sofia sought to purchase maintenance rights…
“Antonov” aircraft, Ukrainian armored vehicles and other developments of the SC “UkrOboronProm” attracted the most attention not of the visitors’ only, but also hosts of international exhibition Indo Defence-2016. Ukrainian specialists held talks with many Indonesian national security, defense and law enforcement agencies, most of which were held directly at the stand of the State…
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Russia conducted the joint “Clear Sky 2016” International command-staff exercise. Central Asian military pilots are currently carrying out joint exercises to repel missile strikes over the region. The main purpose of this exercise is to achieve interoperability between the staff that are interested in obtaining military assistance and assistance to other states.…
Ukraine is preparing the expansion of military and technical cooperation with Indonesia: the sides are holding negotiations on a possibility of supplying Ukrainian An-148-300MP maritime patrol planes to the Asia-Pacific Region (APR). The press service of Ukrspecexport state-run company reported that during the negotiations between Ukrspecexport Director General Pavlo Bukin and Indonesian Navy officers at…
Ukroboronprom State Concern will continue buying steel for new Dozor-B armored vehicles on the European Union (EU) market. The press service of the concern reported that the conditions of developing international industrial cooperation under the Dozor-B program were discussed during the negotiations with Poland’s Huta Stali Jakosciowych S.A., the European supplier of certified armored steel.…
Ukraine’s Pivdenne (Yuzhnoye) Design Bureau is stepping up the international military and technical cooperation and together with a foreign partner is developing a new short-range anti-aircraft artillery complex in the interests of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. The new weapons are intended to replace Soviet anti-aircraft systems such as ZSU-23-4 Shilka self-propelled radar guided anti-aircraft…