Russian arms exporter, Rosoboronexport, said that Russia will complete deliveries of eight Su-30MK2 fighters to Vietnam by 2010. Russia and Vietnam had signed a $500 million agreement on the sale of eight Su-30MK2 fighters in January 2009
Russian prime minister said that Russia's Defense Ministry and the Sukhoi aircraft maker signed a 80 billion ruble ($2.5 billion) contract at the MAKS-2009 air show at Zhukovsky outside Moscow
As forecasted by IDTechEx, there has been a surge in orders for RFID in 2009. Despite the world’s largest RFID project, the $6 billion China National ID card scheme, being completed a year earlier, the global RFID market is rising 5% this year to $5
Sukhoi fighter aircraft manufacturer Irkut has displayed a compact UAV at the recently concluded International Salon "Complex security-2009" in Moscow. Irkut Corporation was awarded gold medal for the development of Irkut-10 unmanned aerial system, said a statement from Irkut
Moscow, 20th May 2009 -Russian Aircraft Corporation (MiG) officially states that Russia and Syria never signed a contract for the delivery of MiG-31E-type aircraft to Syrian Arab Republic. The information published by mass media on either signing or suspending such a contract is incorrect
In testimony to the U.S
President Dmitri Medvedev says Russia's armed forces must be modernized in response to local crises, international terrorism, and attempts to expand NATO infrastructure near the borders of Russia. Speaking at a meeting of senior Defense Ministry officials in Moscow, the Russian leader stressed the importance of re-arming troops with the latest armaments
NEWTOWN, Conn. --- Despite the sharp decline in oil prices from highs of $150 per barrel in July 2008 down to less than $40 per barrel in the first weeks of 2009, the Middle East will continue as a strong area of opportunity for defense producers
Russia could lease 'several' 'Shchuka-B' class nuclear attack submarines to India in coming years though the delivery of the first of the two nuke subs reportedly contracted by India is far behind schedule.>> The Russian offer comes as Indian Navy has formulated a 20 year plan to produce indigenously 24 conventional submarines
BAIKONUR COSMODROME, Kazakhstan --- International Launch Services (ILS), a world leader in providing mission and launch services to the commercial satellite industry, successfully carried the Ciel II satellite into space for the Ciel Satellite Group of Canada today on Russias premier heavy-lift launch vehicle, the Proton Breeze M.>> This was the sixth launch of the year, and 49th overall, for ILS