Russias single-engine Su-75 ‘Checkmate aircraft, promoted as an alternative to the American F-35 could make a pitch for the void left by the F-35, should the United Arab Emirates (UAE) abandon its quest to buy the Lockheed Martin-made fighter. “It is not by chance that the first international presentation of the new fifth generation fighter is taking place here, at the Dubai Airshow,” said the head of Russian arms export holding company, Rostec, Sergei Chemezov at the show in November
A consortium led by Eurpean naval shipbuilding firms - Fincantieri, Naval Group and Navantia and coordinated by Naviris submitted on December 9th an industrial proposal related to the Modular Multirole Patrol Corvette (MMPC) call of the European Defence Fund (EDF). The European patrol Corvette (EPC) will be the first common naval capability in Europe and the most important naval initiative within the Permanent Structured Cooperation (PESCO)
Russia will train Argentine military personnel in their country under a new agreement signed in Moscow recently. "This is an agreement to facilitate the training of our officers and NCOs in Russian military institutions and it is a step that will allow a greater relationship between both Armed Forces,” said Minister Jorge Taiana
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Kazan Helicopter Plant, a subsidiary of Russian Helicopters has received approval from the Federal Air Transport Agency to equip the Ansat helicopter with an external sling, clearing it for transporting oversized cargo and extinguish fires. The maximum take-off weight of Ansat when using an external sling has been increased from 3600 to 3800 kg
The Hellenic Navy could soon finalize a $6.9 billion deal for four Multi-Mission Surface Combatant (MMSC) ships besides another $2
The Department of Science and Technology at the Brazilian Army (DCT) signed a Technical Cooperation Agreement with Embraer to develop an Artillery Counter-battery Radar System. The Cooperation Agreement aims to promote joint preliminary studies of technical and operational concepts in Artillery Counter-battery Radar System
The French Direction Générale de l'Armement (DGA) said it received the prototype of a naval anti-mine drone system in Brest recently. The system was developed under the defense ministrys SLAM-F (future naval mine action system) project, which is intended to renew the entire French mine warfare capability
Russias state-owned Rosoboronexport has detailed the multi-million dollar AK-203 assault rifles project it signed with India, as well as others in the pipeline. On December 6, a contract for AK-203s was signed between the joint Russian-Indian company Indo-Russian Rifles Private Limited (IRRPL) which was established in March 2019 and the Indian Ministry of Defense for production of over 600,000 Kalashnikov assault rifles in India and supply to the country's security, defense and law enforcement agencies
Russia has rejected a Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) report that claimed that its arms exports declined by 6.5% from 2019 to 2020