The plants of Ukroboronprom state concern have 100% fulfilled the state defense order in 2016 and military men were given 2,139 units of new and modernized weapons and equipment. Among them are 109 units of armored vehicles, 36 units of air force and air defense equipment, 766 rocket and artillery units, 712 rockets and ammunition,…
Russian aviation was redeployed from air bases in Chelyabinsk region and the air base «Kant» (Kyrgyzstan) to Tajikistan, the Assistant Commander of the Central Military District, Colonel Jaroslav Roshupkin said. «Aircrafts of operational-tactical aviation — Su-24M and Su-25 SM — were redeployed to the airfield Aini near Dushanbe for a planned joint training of units…
Exports of arms and dual- and special-purpose products by state-run Ukroboronprom Concern in 2016 grew by 25% YoY, to $756 million. These figures were announced by Ukroboronprom Deputy Director Denys Hurak at a forum on cooperation between the defense industry and small and medium-sized businesses. The concern’s state-run enterprises concluded contracts on arms exports last…
Russian Helicopters Holding will supply four Mi-35M attack helicopters to Kazakh Defense Ministry in 2018, the holding reported. The supply contract was signed within the implementation of the Treaty on military-technical cooperation between Russia and Kazakhstan and envisages payments in Russian rubles. The multirole Mi-35M helicopter is a comprehensive modernization of the Mi-24V and has…
Ukroboronprom state concern in January-September saw sales revenues rise by 28.44% YoY, to 18.536 billion UAH. According to the press service of the state concern, in the first nine months of 2016 investment in production of new military equipment during increased by 11%, to 476 million UAH. The volume of goods shipped for exports in…
Kazakhstan took delivery of a new batch of Su-30SM multirole fighter jets, the press service of the Kazakh Defense Ministry announced. These are the 5th and 6th Su-30SM fighter jets delivered to the Kazakh Air Force, after the country ordered an undisclosed number of aircraft in February 2015. “One needs to have deep knowledge and…
A squadron of the newest Sukhoi Su-34 fighter bombers has been set up in the air regiment of Russia’s Eastern Military District deployed to the Khabarovsk region, head of the district press service Colonel Alexander Gordeyev said. “This year, the newest Sukhoi Su-34 fighter bombers, received by the Eastern Military District, formed a new squadron.…