Rosoboronexport will discuss projects on behalf of third countries with Belarusian partners during the 7th International Exhibition of Arms and Military Equipment, MILEX-2014, from 9 to 12 July in Belarus. It also plans to present a wide range of Russian military products
The Belarusian army has commissioned a new indigenously developed long-range radar as it phases out Soviet-era equipment, the countrys defense ministry was quoted as saying by RIA Novosti. “The Belarusian-made Vostok-D radar has been put on combat duty in electronic warfare units,” the ministrys spokesman said
Russias state arms export monopoly said Friday that it will deliver 12 Su-30K fighter jets to a nation in southern Africa. In the wake of a visit by a high level Russian delegation earlier this year, it was widely reported in Russian media that Moscow had agreed to supply 18 of the jets to Angola
Angola will induct Su-30K fighter jets, that were originally sold to India, in a $1 billion arms deal with Russia. The deal with Rosoboronexport includes delivery of has Mi-17 transport helicopters, tanks, artillery, firearms and ammunition military equipment, building an ammunition plant and providing maintenance services
Russias Azov large landing ship will resume its mission as part of the Russian naval task force in the Mediterranean. The Ropucha-II class ship, which took part in recent Russian-Belarusian exercises Zapad-2013, left the Baltiisk base in Russias exclave of Kaliningrad on Tuesday
Belarus will present its defense industry’s capabilities at the 5th Indo Defense 2012 in Jakarta, Indonesia on 7-10 November. It will showcase products made by leading Belarusian weapons manufacturers such as design company OAO KB Radar, the design company OOO KB Indela (Independent Development Laboratory), the commercial and military vehicle vendor OOO Midivisana, OAO Minsk Wheel Tractor Plant (aka MZKT), ZAO TsNIP
Belarus will begin inducting modern Russian-made combat jets to protect the airspace over the Russia-Belarus Union State borders. Alexander Lukashenko, Belarusian President, said, “We discussed many issues related to the Air Force
The Belarus Ministry of Defense has announced that its special forces will soon be equipped with T-2M-3 ultralight aircraft and Moskit and Lastochka UAVs by 2015. As part of a rearmament program, new special-purpose small arms and reconnaissance equipment will also be provided to the armed forces
The volume of Russians arms sales abroad during nine months of the current year has considerably increased in comparison with the same-year period of 2007, deputy director of the Federal Service for Military and Technical Cooperation of the Russian Federation (FSMTC), Konstantin Biryulin told RIA Novosti. “The volume of arms deliveries has already exceeded the level reported in the same period of the previous year by 23 percent,” the official said at the opening of Euronaval 2008 international trade fair for naval defense, which is taking place in Le Bourget, France