NWI - Naval Warfare
Russia finally commissions Admiral Gorshkov frigate
The long-delayed commissioning of the first ship of Project 22350 for the Russian Navy (RN) was reported on 28 July during a ceremony at Severnaya ...
LWI - Land Warfare
China receives first batch of Russian S-400s
The first S-400 Triumph surface-to-air missile systems for the People’s Liberation Army of China have been handed over in the second half of July, according ...
LWI - Land Warfare
Qatar increases Russian cooperation with defence purchases
Qatar has purchased Russian-made small arms and anti-tank guided missiles (ATGMs) and continues negotiations for the purchase of the Almaz-Antey S-400 Triumph long-range surface-to-air missile ...
DH - Defence Helicopter
Ukrainian Army Aviation takes Mi-2MSB-Vs
According to Col Igor Yeremenko, Commanding Officer of the Ukrainian Army Aviation, in early June an undisclosed army aviation brigade took on strength Mi-2MSB-V helicopters ...
-
RH - Rotorhub
Russian Helicopters considers a Ka-32 upgrade
30th August 2017
Russian Helicopters and South Korean company RH Focus Corp have held negotiations on the possibility of upgrading the existing Ka-32 fleet in South Korea to a ...
-
DB - Digital Battlespace
Russia finalises Su-57 comms testing
30th August 2017
Testing of a new advanced integrated communications system for Russia's Su-57 fifth-generation stealth fighter (previously known under its internal Sukhoi designation T-50) is slated for ...
-
LWI - Land Warfare
MSPO 2017: Romania pursues ambitious modernisation
29th August 2017
In early August the Romanian Supreme Council for National Defence (CSAT) took a broad decision to begin large-scale redevelopment of the country’s armed forces, boosting ...
-
DH - Defence Helicopter
MSPO 2017: Poland’s slow helicopter purchases continue
29th August 2017
The second iteration of the Polish tender to meet urgent requirements for new helicopters for ASW/SAR and special operations forces (SOF) support missions is proving ...
-
NWI - Naval Warfare
Russian Navy orders Kalashnikov craft
26th August 2017
The Russian Navy has placed an order for six BK-16 (Project 02510) fast patrol boats to be manufactured at the Rybinsk Shipyard, a subsidiary of ...
-
UV - Unmanned Vehicles
Orion UAV shown for first time
27th July 2017
The first Russian-made MALE class UAV, for a wide variety of military applications, was revealed at MAKS 2017 aerospace & defence exhibition near Moscow on ...
-
DH - Defence Helicopter
GTLK orders Russian-made HEMs helicopters
26th July 2017
Russian Helicopters and Russia’s state-owned leasing company GTLK signed on 20 July 2017 a contract detailing the delivery of 30 EMS helicopters under a newly-designed, ...
-
RH - Rotorhub
Russian Helicopters move into single-engine market
25th July 2017
Russian Helicopters has revealed plans for a new single-engine light helicopter. Known as the VRT500, it utilises a co-axial rotor layout with two three-blade rotors, ...
-
UV - Unmanned Vehicles
Russian Helicopters unveils VRT300
21st July 2017
The VRT300 is the latest VTOL drone to be unveiled by Russian Helicopters. It is developed by the company’s newly-established design department, VR-Technologies, it uses ...
-
DB - Digital Battlespace
New EW systems for Su-30SM delivered
21st July 2017
Russian electronics specialist KRET has delivered a new podded electronic countermeasures system (ECM) for the Su-30SM multi-role fighter.The delivery of the SAP-518SM system was announced ...
-
DH - Defence Helicopter
Mi-171Sh-VN shown for first time
18th July 2017
The latest military derivative of the Mi-8/1 family, the Mi-171Sh-VN has been revealed at MAKS 2017 near Moscow. In its new guise, this latest Hip ...
-
LWI - Land Warfare
Russia set to order tracked BT-3F APCs
3rd July 2017
The Russian MoD has indicated that it may purchase a test batch of brand-new BT-3F amphibious tracked APCs.According to Yury Borisov, deputy defence minister responsible ...
-
NWI - Naval Warfare
Croatia gets new inshore patrol vessels
26th June 2017
Earlier this month Croatian shipyard Brodosplit launched the first inshore patrol vessel (IPV) of the five-unit batch ordered by the country’s coast guard service. The ...
-
LWI - Land Warfare
Ukraine adds to diverse vehicle fleet
14th June 2017
The Ukrainian military and internal security forces continue to take delivery of two new types of domestically-manufactured 4x4 infantry mobility vehicles (IMVs), adding to an ...
-
NWI - Naval Warfare
Romania proceeds with corvette programme
12th June 2017
The Romanian MoD continues to move forward with its acquisition programme for four corvettes despite the decision to relaunch the tender originally won by Damen ...
-
LWI - Land Warfare
Russian airborne forces receive new armour
5th June 2017
Russia's airborne troops, a highly-mobile independent and elite branch of country’s military, continues to take delivery of new armoured vehicles. In April 2017, BMD-4M IFVs ...
-
DH - Defence Helicopter
HeliRussia 2017: Russian Helicopters tests its unmanned tiltrotor
31st May 2017
A new unmanned tiltrotor is undergoing vertical flight testing, with the first forward flight slated for later this year. The vehicle, driven by four tilting ...
-
RH - Rotorhub
HeliRussia 2017: Civil market boosted by government
30th May 2017
The Russian government has undertaken a series of measures to support its indigenous rotorcraft industry. According to Mikhail Kazachkov, the chair of the Russian Helicopter ...
-
DB - Digital Battlespace
EW Europe: Russia develops on-the-move SATCOM
30th May 2017
A new-generation military satellite-on-the-move (SOTM) system for seamless communications, dubbed Loshtina-GUS, was revealed by Ruselectronics holding, a Rostec company. The terminal has already passed its state ...
-
DH - Defence Helicopter
HeliRussia 2017: Russian Helicopters reduced order book
27th May 2017
Last year has proven to be a difficult year for Russian Helicopters’ business. The state-controlled umbrella holding company which controls Russia’s two design bureaus – ...
