In accordance with the rearmament plan of the Southern MD troops, formations and military units of the 4th Air Force and Air defense army is to receive about 80 pieces of new armament and military hardware. The formations have already received about 30 pieces of modern armament and hardware, including about 10 Mi-8AMTSh and Mi-8MTV5,…
Crews of the Caspian Flotilla ships and radiotechnical service held joint exercise on detecting surface and aerial targets, says press center of RF Defence Ministry. Podsolnukh, over-the-horizon radar, was operated during the exercise. Podsolnukh is capable of detecting naval surface and aerial targets at different altitudes within line-of-sight distance and beyond the horizon. Dagestan and…
Russian Aerospace Forces Commander Viktor Bondarev said that the construction of sixth generation of jet fighters was not far off. Russia is simultaneously developing both manned and unmanned sixth-generation jet fighters. “Simultaneously, of course… Work is in progress here as well as abroad. We have an excellent aviation industry and design bureaus. I think that…
In 2016-2017, Russia will export the Mil Mi-8/17 and Mi-24/35 helicopters to Angola, Mali, Nigeria and Sudan, Yury Demchenko, the head of the delegation for Russia’s arms exporter, Rosoboronexport, said. Demchenko pointed out that helicopters remained one of the most sought-after types of military hardware in Africa. In 2014-2016, Russian-made helicopters were exported to Angola,…
The Moscow Automobile and Road Construction State Technical University (MADI) has started developing a versatile amphibious platform for light, extra light and heavy vehicles operational with the Airborne Force, the Airborne Force’s press office said. “The Airborne Force and top specialists of the Moscow Automobile and Road Construction State Technical University have started jointly developing…
The U.S. has lifted some of its sanctions imposed on Russian defense company Rosoboronexport so that the countries are able to cooperate under a helicopter project, Zamir Kabulov, director of the Second Asian Department at Russia’s Foreign Affairs Ministry, said. “We supplied 63 Mi-17 helicopters to Afghanistan in the previous year and in the year…
The state-run enterprise Konotop Aircraft Repair Plant Aviakon (Sumy region), part of Ukroboronprom Concern, has modernized three attack helicopters Mi-24PU-1 for the Armed Forces of Ukraine. The helicopters are ready to be handed over to the Land Forces, the concern’s press service reported. During Mi-24PU-1 development special attention was paid to attack helicopters’ security enhancing.…