After its successful use during Russia’s aerial campaign in Syria, the Sukhoi Su-34 fighter bomber is now set to carry even better weapons than those that made it the jihadist terrorists’ worst nightmare, Zvezda TV reported. During the Syrian campaign, the Su-34, very aptly designated by NATO as Hellduck, made effective use of its onboard…
The Indian Defense Ministry is working towards inking the final Research and Development design contract with Russia this year for the Indian “perspective multi-role fighter”, a variant of the Russian single-seat FGFA called Sukhoi T-50 or PAK-FA. India is also working on upgrading its existing Sukhoi-30MKI jets into ‘Super Sukhois’ with advanced avionics and weapons.…
India reports several troubles with the performance and maintenance of its MiG-29K/KUB (NATO reporting name: Fulcrum-F) naval multirole fighters, as well as with Vikramaditya (former “Admiral Gorshkov”/Kiev-class) aircraft carrier. The fighters built by Russia’s RSK-MiG corporation (a subsidiary of the United Aircraft Corporation, Russian acronym: OAK) come short of Indian Navy`s (IN) requirements, a source…
The enterprises of Ukroboronprom (Ukrainian Defense Industry) State Concern have provided the Ukrainian military with 1067 items of armament and military equipment. “Over the first six months of this year, the Ukrainian army has received 646 items of new and upgraded equipment. Most of them are rocket-artillery weapons, missiles, and ammunition. The military have also…
Russia’s defense and industrial sector is developing a promising aircraft carrier for the Navy worth up to $5.6 billion, which has no analogs in the world, Northern Fleet Commander, Admiral Vladimir Korolyov said. The new aircraft carrier will enable the Russian Navy to operate more effectively, the admiral said, referring to the developments by the…
Five countries consider the issue of providing Ukraine, which suffers from the Russian aggression, with lethal weapons. U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said this at the meeting with the Ukrainian Parliament Speaker Andriy Parubiy, the press service of the Ukrainian Parliament reports. “Five countries consider the issue of assistance to Ukraine (in provision of…
Ukraine has already received advance payment for the first two An-178 aircraft in accordance with the contract with Azerbaijan, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Regional Development, Construction, Housing and Utilities of Ukraine Hennady Zubko has made a statement during his visit to Antonov state enterprise. “We have the contract order for 10 aircraft. We obtained…