The Russian Defense Ministry will receive six Mil Mi-8AMTSh choppers and three Mi-8AMTSh-VA ‘Terminator’ military and transport helicopters for Arctic operation this year, Ulan-Ude Aviation Enterprise Managing Director Leonid Belykh said. “Under the state defense contracts that have been signed, three Mi-8 helicopters are planned for delivery in 2016 and two in 2017 for Arctic…
The Russian Aerospace Forces put into service 4 jets, 23 helicopters and 15 drones in the second quarter of 2016, Anatoly Gulyaev, head of the Armaments Department of the Russian Defense Ministry, said. Gulyaev also noted that several Mi-8AMTSh (Hip) helicopters were delivered ahead of schedule. He added that the repair work on seven Il-76MD…
Russia’s MiG-31BM and Su-27 fighter jets have been put on alert for tactical flight exercises in the Tver Oblast in the country’s west, the Western Military District said. The fighters’ crews will perform tasks of intercepting aircraft violating the state border, electronic launches against cruise missiles and strategic bombers of the simulated enemy. (Russian Aviation/Business…
Russia has offered its latest aircraft carrier design, Project 23000E Shtorm, to the Indians. The offer came amid discussions between India and the United States on the prospects of the transfer of military technology for India’s future nuclear-powered aircraft carrier. A diplomat at the Russian Embassy in Delhi confirmed that a delegation of Russian officials…
Ukraine is preparing another batch of Oplot combat tanks, being manufactured at Malyshev plant (Kharkiv), for transfer to Thailand within the framework of a $200 million contract signed in 2011. According to a report on the website of the tank plant, the production of another batch of Oplot tanks is at the stage of final…
The Russian United Instrument Manufacturing Corporation (UIMC) presented the first ever unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) to be built in the country using a three-dimensional printer, the corporation’s press service said in a statement. “The United Instrument Manufacturing Corporation has presented at the Innoprom trade fair Russia’s first unmanned aerial vehicle that was created entirely by…
Southern Military District artillery units of Russian army are using Takhion unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) in an exercise in Dagestan in south Russia, the district’s press office said. The Takhion is a Russia-made mini-UAV developed to conduct reconnaissance missions in support for ground forces with a maximum range of 40 km. The Takhion can be…