Norwegian fishermen discovered a Beluga whale on April 25 fitted with a camera harness, trained by the Russian navy as part of a programme to use underwater mammals as a special ops force, according to a report by
Russia's Yantar shipyard has started work on building two project 11356 frigates for the Indian Navy as reported by the press office of Rosboronexport, Russias state arms exporter. "Rosoboronexport sees the Yantar Shipyards big potential for developing and producing hi-tech products supplied as part of military and technical cooperation
In what could be a record arms sales for Russia, the country's state-run Rosoboronexport has signed contracts worth $5.2 billion and its order book has reached $52 billion in the first four months of 2019
Ukraine has been developing a number of defense equipment and weapons meant for combat helicopters. The countrys state-run Ukroboronprom has developed gyro-stabilizing platforms for use in Mi-type combat helicopters, in cooperation with PJSC "Motor Sich" and a number of other private enterprises
Russia may offer its latest aircraft such as the Su-35 and the Su-57 stealth jets if Turkey seeks an alternative in the event of the United States cancelling the sale of F-35 fighters to Ankara. Alexander Mikheev, head of Russian state arms exporter Rosoboronexport, said on April 24 that Russia is ready to discuss the possibility, according to Interfax news agency
South Korean firm LIG Nex1 and Indian enterprise Adani Group have signed a MoU on the production and marketing of the K-30 Biho anti-aircraft system. The MoU was signed on the sidelines of a one-day seminar in Delhi yesterday to promote defence industry cooperation between Seoul and New Delhi
Russias arms export agency, Rosoboronexport plans to hardsell Russian weapons and security solutions at the Eighth Moscow Conference on International Security (MCIS 2019) to be held at the Patriot Park outside the capital between April 23-25, 2019. “Our agenda includes meetings and talks with military delegations at the level of ministers of defence, their deputies and chiefs of defence from over 30 countries
Syria is planning to sign an agreement to lease Tartus seaport to Russia in this week for 49 years, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Yuri Borisov said Saturday after his meeting with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. Assad and Borisov met to discuss trade and economic cooperation between the two countries, “particularly in the fields of energy, industry and increasing trade”
The United States (US) has suspended the Cooperation Afloat and Readiness Training (CARAT) drill with Sri Lankan military scheduled to take place this week in wake of series of eight explosions that ripped through the country on Sunday. The blasts were targeted at the island nation's Catholic churches and hotels
Cancellation of a $500 million deal to sell F-16 jets to Croatia led to a fall in Israeli defence exports from $9.2 billion in 2017 to $7