The Russian Defense Ministry has revised deadlines from 2020 to 2018 for deploying new generation Voronezh-M and Voronezh-DM radars in view of US plans for deploying missile defense systems in Europe and Alaska. The general director of the Minsk Radio Engineering Institute Sergey Boyev was quoted as saying by Tass on Tuesday, "The Defense Ministry has asked us to commission two more facilities ahead of time
Russia has developed a fuel that will enable missiles to fly five times faster the speed of sound. If the development is utilized effectively, it would make Russia a major player in a growing hypersonic arms race, a deputy defense minister told The Mascow Times
Indias Defense Research and Development Organization (DRDO) has started work on air-launched version of the Nirbhay subsonic cruise missile to arm Su-30MKI fighter and will launch it from an aircraft in a couple of months, Tass reported Thursday. According to reports, DRDO is now working on integrating it with the fighter jets systems and developing the capability of launching from low altitudes, in order to minimize its visibility to radar
India has cancelled the tender for 56 medium-lift military aircraft worth $3 billion. Instead it will now purchase Multi-Role Transport Aircraft (MRTA) manufactured jointly by Russia and India, Tass reported today
India's Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) has announced that it has successfully integrated BrahMos supersonic cruise missiles air-based version with a SU-MKI fighter jet Tass reported Tuesday. Major structural modifications of the missile that include re-distribution of loads on the lifting elements of the aircraft after the bench running have been carried out over the past seven months
Russia is planning to conduct the drop test of its Sarmat intercontinental ballistic missile this year and a test launch by 2017, according to ITAR-TASS. The new 100-ton missile is expected to enter service in 2020, and is likely to replace the Cold-War era R-36 missile
Russias intercontinental ballistic missile RS-24 Yars has been test fired from the Plesetsk military cosmodrome in the countrys northwest. The missiles dummy warheads with given accuracy hit a target at the Kura range in Kamchatka in the Russian Far East
Russias Radio Electronic Technologies concern provided the Prospective Airborne Complex of Frontline Aviation (PAC FA) T-50 with the first batch of Himalayas electronic warfare systems, according to reports. The unique air system increases fighter jets jamming resistance and damage tolerance, as well as neutralizes enemys signature control systems, Tass news agency reported
Russia has plans to build nuclear powered and gas turbine versions of Leader class destroyer; a high-ranking source from the Russian Defense Ministry was cited as saying by Tass Today. “The technical design specification prepared by the Navy command has been signed by the Defense Ministry leadership that approved the engineering design for two versions of the destroyer — nuclear-powered and gas turbine
Russia is ready to provide three additional Talwar class frigates to India after the latter sent a request, Tass reported today. Russia has supplied India with two sets of three Project 11356 Talwar frigates, with the last one being the INS Trikand