Pentagon officials say National/Norwegian Advanced Surface-to-Air Missile Systems (NASAMS) will help Ukraine counter advanced aerial threats, including unmanned aerial vehicles, helicopters and cruise missiles. The Army awarded a not-to-exceed letter contract for $182 million on August 26 to Raytheon Missiles and Defense for delivery of two NASAMS batteries, training and logistical support to Ukraine's military and security forces
Iran exhibited its prominent attack/reconnaissance drone, the Mohajer-6 at the Army 2022 event in Moscow in mid-August but denied it sold the same or any other UAV to Russia.
Foreign buyer interest in Russian weapons has increased after their performance in Ukraine going by the number of international delegations visiting the just-concluded Army 2022 arms show near Moscow. According to Dmitry Shugaev, Director of Federal Service for Military-Technical Cooperation (FSMTC), “the special military operation in Ukraine has significantly increased the interest of foreign partners in Russian weapons
The Republic of Korea Air Force (ROKAF) scrambled F-16 fighters after Russian Tu-95MS bombers allegedly entered South Korea's air defense identification zone (KADIZ). Seoul's Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) confirmed that Russian military aircraft entered the zone, prompting the Air Force to scramble fighters into the scene
Russian specialists are carefully studying foreign military equipment such as M777 howitzers and HIMARS multiple rocket launchers captured in Ukraine to order to develop means to ‘suppress them. “Of course, both our science and our industry are dealing with trophy weapons
The Russian Su-57 fighter displayed at the Army 2022 event in Moscow is equipped with a never-before-seen-in-public engine design that sports a jagged edge exhaust nozzle which could be the much-anticipated second-stage engine, expected to power the production versions of the stealth jet.Comparison photographs of the engines of the Su-57 flown at the MAKS 2021 event and the one in static display at the Army 2022 show a clear difference between the exhaust nozzles
Rosoboronexport, part of Russias state-owned Rostec, won contracts worth over $14.5 billion combined at the ongoing Army 2022 Forum
Russia has tested Sirius and Orion drones as part of a reconnaissance/strike system operating jointly with piloted aircraft. "Our Sirius and Orion UAVs are capable of operating as part of a reconnaissance/strike system together with piloted aircraft
The Aviation industries' Corporation of China (AVIC) has for the first time displayed an armed version of its BZK-005E drone as a scale model at the Army 2022 event in Moscow. The high-altitude drone, also called 'Long Eagle,' is the biggest military drone in service with the Peoples' Liberation Army (PLA)
Nevskoye Design Bureau, subsidiary of Russias state-owned United Shipbuilding Corporation, unveiled a scale model of a multi-purpose amphibious assault ship at the ongoing Army 2022 international military-technical forum. The ships mock-up is on display in USCs demonstration pavilion in the Patriot Congress and Exhibition Center near Moscow