Russia is eyeing to upgrade its existing naval facility in Syrian city of Tartus into a permanent naval base. Military experts believe that the Russian Defense Ministry may set up a detachment of ships in the Mediterranean armed with Kalibr-NK cruise missiles and headed by the Admiral Kuznetsov aircraft carrier,
The Indian Air Force has restarted a global contest, inviting international fighter jet manufacturers to set up a production facility in India to make single-Engine fighters. According to Business Standard report, Indian embassies in Washington, Moscow and Stockholm have written to jet manufacturers in these countries to confirm whether they would be interested in partnering with an Indian company in building a medium, single-engine fighter, with significant transfer of technology to the Indian entity
The Phililippines plans to halt 28 military exercises that are carried out with US forces each year in addition to stopping joint naval patrols in the South China Sea. Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana told local media Friday that he told the U
Russian firm, Concern Radio-Electronic Technologies (KRET) is considering adapting the BINS-2015 Inertial Navigation System (INS), originally developed for the MS-21 ( internationally known as MC-21) civilian airliner for use in military drones such as the in-development Altis. "According to our calculations, BINS-2015 will pass all testing and certification stages and will be ready for mass production by 2017
Russian United Engine Corporation has delivered over 100 turbojet engines for the Indian Navys Mikoyan MiG-29 fighter aircraft. The RD-33MK turbojet engine is a modernized modification of the basic RD-33 engine installed on all versions of famous MiG-29 fighter jet
A S-400 missile defense system hit a target at 45 kilometers height flying at a speed of 1,500 meters per second (4,000 feet per second) in trials held by the Russian Central Military District last week. A total of six missiles were launched, hitting several high speed targets which included the Kaban target missile, moving along a flat ballistic trajectory
Russia and Sudan have agreed the delivery of the MBTs. Sudan is planned to receive 150 T-72 tanks at an early date
Russian United Aircraft Corporation (UAC) has carried out a live test-fire of rapid firing auto-cannon for the T-50 fifth generation fighter aircraft outside Moscow. The company uploaded a one-minute video footage on its website and official YouTube showing a gun reportedly called 9-А1-4071K mounted on a fixed stand simulating the front part of a T-50 aircraft, RT reported Saturday
Moscow may ok Indias possible re-export of Russian-made Mi-24 helicopters to Afghanistan. "If the Indians want to sell them, there is a special procedure for that
The Russian Federation may regain T-80U main battle tanks (MBT) and BMP-3 infantry fighting vehicles (IFV) supplied to the Republic of Korea (ROK) in the 1990s and in the 2000s towards state debt payments. "Moscow is planning to regain the T-80U MBTs and BMP-3 IFVs delivered to Seoul in the 1990s towards state debt payments