Latvian State Border Guard currently evaluates offers for procurement of new helicopters. The country’s National Armed Forces, one the other hand, has no plans to procure new helicopters in the near future. Until then, old helicopters will be kept repaired and in battle-ready condition, according to available information. It should be noted that Latvia currently…
The capital assets of the Azerbaijani Armed Forces Relief Fund amounted to 84,650,521.36 manats ($49.8 million) as of September 1. Azerbaijan’s Defense Ministry reported that the Fund’s dollar account has accumulated $212,873.88, the euro account reached 8,336 euros, while the ruble account made up 5,000 rubles. The Armed Forces Relief Fund, established in 2002, targets…
A mutual contract has been signed between Latvian Defense Ministry and Danish Defense Ministry for the procurement of anti-air missile launchers used by the Danish armed forces, as confirmed by Latvian Defense Ministry. It is planned that the launchers will be delivered in the first half of 2018. As noted by Latvian Defense Minister Raimonds…
British-based Stiletto Systems Ltd. jointly with Canadian-based MAGNUM and its division Waterbury Farrel are considering the possibility of participating in a tender of the Ministry of Economic Development and Trade to create a new manufacture of shooting and artillery ammunition in Ukraine. Head of Stiletto Ukraine Roman Karpenko said the British-Canadian alliance had practical experience…
The state enterprise Iskra Scientific and Production Complex (Zaporizhia) is expanding production of new electronic reconnaissance and radioelectronic warfare devices for the Ukrainian Armed Forces, the press service of State Concern Ukroboronprom has reported. “Taking into account the need of the Armed Forces in radioelectronic warfare devices, Iskra has started production of new military equipment…
The Ukroboronprom State Concern expects that tests will be conducted and the Ukrainian Navy will accept a radiosonic system created at the enterprises of the concern and used during the Sea Breeze 2017 multinational military drills in Odessa on July 10-22 with 16 countries taking part. The press service of the concern reported that the…
The state-run Ukroboronprom Concern managed to increase the export of Ukrainian arms by 25% in 2016, Deputy General Director for Ukroboronprom development, Artur Kheryvimov stated at a press conference at Kherson Regional State Administration. “Over the past year, we (Ukroboronprom) have increased our exports by 25% – from $570 million to $770 million,” said Kheryvimov.…