The Algerian Ministry of National Defense (MDN) confirmed that it had received its first Mil Mi-28NE Night Hunter attack helicopters when it released coverage of Chief-of-Staff Lieutenant General Ahmed Gaid Salah inspecting Ain Oussera Air Base, 135 km south of Algiers. Two Mi-28NEs were seen fitted with the optional N025E mast-mounted radars and pods for…
The Russian Aerospace Defense Forces (VKO) plans to order the new Kh-32 (also named X-32) cruise missiles to arm its Tupolev Tu-22M3 “Backfire” bombers. The VKO has successfully conducted Operational Evaluation trials of the Kh-32 air-launched stand-off cruise missile. The Kh-32 can use a combination of GLONASS and GPS and radar terrain mapping to achieve…
Anthony Tether, former head of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (2001-2009), has become a consultant to Ukraine’s state-owned defense conglomerate Ukroboronprom. A memorandum on cooperation between Ukroboronprom and the director of the American company Tony Tether & Associates was signed in the presence in Kyiv. Tether, the first foreign consultant of Ukroboronprom, will give…
The fight against terrorism, extremism and other threats of the modern world were discussed at the meeting of the Minister of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Tajikistan Ramazon Rahimzoda with the Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador of Qatar in the Republic of Tajikistan Ali bin Muborak al-Muhannad. The parties have also discussed the draft agreement…
The Russian government will grant 48 billion rubles of guarantees to the military companies, which are fulfilling a state order, in 2016, according to a ruling published at the government’s web site for disclosure of legal information. The guarantees will be granted against loans raised by the Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center, air…
The Armed Forces of Ukraine received more than 110 weapons and military equipment units and over 10,000 smoke hand grenades and signal sound-and-light mines last week. Spokesman for the Defence Ministry of Ukraine Lieutenant Colonel Oleksiy Chornobai said this at the briefing. “The Armed Forces of Ukraine received motor vehicles, navigation equipment, ground-based radars, and…
An agricultural battalion has been set up in Tajikistan’s armed forces. An official ceremony of the establishment of the agricultural battalion that took place in Vahdat Township on August 17, was attended by the Prime Minister Qohir Rasoulzoda. An official source in the Tajik government says the new battalion will provide units of the Tajik…