Almaz, a subsidiary of Almaz-Antey East Kazakhstan concern and Rostecs Fly Dron signed an agreement with two specialized committees of the government of St. Petersburg on the implementation of a pilot project aimed at creating a system to monitor flights of unmanned aircraft
Russias Federal Air Transport Agency has allowed Rossiya Airlines to conduct maintenance on foreign-made aircraft – including Airbus and Boeing planes– registered in the state register of the Russian Federation. The agency said in a statement that the extended FAP-285 certificate will allow the carrier's aviation technical support department at the Pulkovo base to carry out the technical operation of the entire fleet of operated aircraft
Azimut company, a subsidiary of Russian government-owned Rostec, has tested Jupiter complex, designed to organize the movement of drones in an urban environment. The tests took place on the basis of the Skolkovo Innovation Center in the experimental zone of urban air mobility, which is being developed with the support of the Moscow government
Thailands procurement of S26T diesel-electric submarines from China has hit rough seas with Germanys MTU refusing to supply engines that power the vessels. The Asian country decided in 2015 to buy three S26T submarines, an export version of the Type 039A (Yuan class)
Russias United Engine Corporation (UEC), a subsidiary of Rostec, has created an automatic control system (ACS) for the new PD-8 aircraft engine, which will power the SSJ-NEW passenger airliner. The equipment that controls the operation of the power plant, including thrust parameters and fuel consumption, is assembled on the basis of 100% Russian components and materials
The Kalashnikov Group's kamikaze drone KUB-E guided munitions system has received export permit form Russian authorities making it possible to promote this product abroad. “The Kalashnikov, Group, together with Rosoboronexport, is ready to start promoting the KUB UAV on the international market, including during intergovernmental commissions and international exhibitions
Germany has blocked the sale of Airbus A400M transport aircraft to Kazakhstan after protests erupted in the country over rising fuel prices. "This prohibition is necessary, given the situation in Kazakhstan," a government official was quoted as saying by Radio-télévision belge de la Communauté française (RTBF), the Belgian Radio-television of the French Community
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Canadian firm Telemus Systems Inc. has gone bankrupt after it had to stop supplying military equipment components to Turkey following the Ottawas embargo on defense exports to Turkey
Interview with Maria VOROBIEVA, Director for Public Relations of Kalashnikov, Russia, to Defenseworld.net 1