The eighth International Maritime Defence Show (IMDS-2017) finished its work successfully. The Show is one of the world leading exhibitions in the field of shipbuilding and naval armament. The results of the Show demonstrate its high demand among marine industry enterprises. Its high status and place in the world system of defense exhibitions were…
Su-30. Russian Eagle Laying Golden Eggs
By Alexander Ermakov. This summer it will be 20 years since the maiden flight of Su-30MKI prototype, the most prominent representative of the most successful Russian family of fighters, took place. The foreign orders alone exceed already five hundred aircraft, and new contracts continue to be signed. The Su-30 program roots back to the…
“REZONANS-NE” NEW GENERATION COGNITIVE INTEGRATED RADAR SYSTEM
IRS “Rezonans-NE” for the VHF band is intended for early detection of low-signature airborne targets and is a multi-function adaptive coherent radar with a phased antenna array, which includes a complexed secondary radar to determine state affiliation and receive information in the RBS and the MX-10, 12 modes in order to resolve air traffic control…
Turkey – Russia’s “Old Friend”
On November 24, 2015 a Russian Su-24M frontline bomber was shot down on its mission against Islamist militants on the Syrian-Turkish border. An air-to-air missile launched by a Turkish Air Force F-16 fighter not only destroyed a Russian aircraft and killed one pilot, but also undermined the Russian-Turkish relations, which had supposedly thrived and gained…
Arms Export: Weapon Generation Change Around the Corner
According to reliable sources, including Western expert community, Russia continues to hold its position as the world’s second largest arms exporter. By Leonid Nersisyan For example, the research group for the U.S. Congress states that in 2014 the arms export income of Russian companies totaled $10.2 billion, maintaining the same level in comparison…
«Turn-Key» Defense Capacity
Stuffed canard In the first decade of September 2014 Russian military-industrial complex was shocked by surprising news: quite respectable mass media, including international ones spread the information that the President of Russia after consultations with the Prime Minister (and possibly – by the initiative of the latter) abolished … Rosoboronexport. However, quite soon it turned…
Import Substitution: Next Step
“Defence industry is the significant scientific potential, the crème de la crème of engineering society, and companies that are able to meet today's challenges of any kind. These are the companies with the biggest scientific and engineering potential. Demonstration of our military equipment is a clear proof of this point” Oleg Sienko, CEO of Research…
RAE-2015: Import and Export
The 10th Anniversary Russia Arms Expo (RAE) 2015 was held in Nizhny Tagil. This year 250 Russian and foreign arms makers demonstrated their products at the exhibition. Over 25,000 guests including delegations from 65 countries (including the USA and Western Europe countries) visited exhibition pavilions with arms prototypes and military products. Most of the event…
12th International Aviation and Space Salon MAKS-2015: Demonstrations Ranging from a Giant “Flying” Axe to a Robotic Mars Rover
We have to admit that complicated international relations have affected a tone at MAKS-2015. European aerobatic flying teams were represented only by the Baltic Bees aerobatic team (Latvia) using the L-39 aircraft developed in Czechia. The main teams in the aerobatic demonstration program were ace fliers from the “Russkie Vitiazi” (Russian Knights) and “Strizhy” (Swifts)…
Shipbuilding: by Our Own Efforts and In-House Only
According to statement of Dmitry Rogozin, Vice-Premier of the Russian Federation in Twitter “we will build our fleet by our own efforts and in-house only” Text: Igor Chubakha Particularly, a change of priorities with respect to fleet-building can be used as a basis for explanation of indifference, with which Russia regards jactation of the…