India has agreed to lease a second Akula-class nuclear powered submarine Nerpa from Russia. "India agreed to lease a project 971 submarine which will be withdrawn from the Russian Navy,"
Russia has postponed deployment of its Ballistic missile RS-26 Rubezh to 2017. The deployment has been postponed several times although it has been said that it is ready for deployment
A number of Russian Mi-28NE and Ka-52 attack helicopters are reported to have landed in Syria on the day Moscow recalled more than half of the deployed fighters and bombers. Russian President Vladimir Putin had announced on 14 March that Russia would withdraw the ‘main part of its forces in Syria
Iran has sent a list of military hardware that includes Su-30SM fighters, Mi-8 and Mi-17 choppers, Yak-130 advanced jet trainer along with other weapons in a $8 billion arms deal from Russia. "Tehran has already sent a list of military hardware that Iranian Armed Forces would like to purchase from Moscow," Kommersant news daily reported citing unnamed sources
Russia's advanced supermaneuverable Su-35S fighter jets have started performing combat missions in Syria last week, the Defense Ministry spokesman said Monday. "Supermaneuverable Su-35S fighters started to carry out military tasks last week at Khmeimim airbase", Maj
Russian law enforcement authorities have arrested a defense ministry official on charges of attempting to obtain 48 million rubles (US $67 thousand) bribe. The authorities arrested the director of department of audit of state contracts of the defense ministry, Dmitry Shortfall on allegations of corruption
Bangladesh Air Force received Yakovlev Yak-130 multi-role helicopter and Agustawestland AW139 search and rescue helicopter on Sunday. The Yakovlev Yak-130 is a subsonic two-seat advanced jet trainer and light attack aircraft or lead-in fighter trainer
Russia has signed a contract with China to sell 24 Sukhoi 35 multi role fighter aircraft worth US$ 2 billion. Russias state technologies corporation, Rostec head Sergey Chemezov announced that Russia and China have signed a contract, estimated to be worth $2 billion, on the delivery of 24 Russian Sukhoi Su-35 fighter jets
Russia has reached a compensation deal with France for the non-delivery of two Mistral warships after eight months of negotiation. "The negotiations are completely finished, everything has already been decided, both the time-frame and the amount," President Vladimir Putin's adviser for military and technical cooperation, Vladimir Kozhin was quoted as saying by various media today
Head of Russian arms export agency Rosoboronexport, Anatoly Isaikin has confirmed that China has signed a contract to purchase advanced Russian-made S-400 air defense systems, Kommersant reported Monday. Isaikin did not disclose much details about the contract but said that China will become the first buyer of the Russian air defense system