Rosoboronexport JSC (part of the Rostec State Corporation) has not suspended the promotion of Russian military, dual-use and civilian products, as well as the fulfilment of its obligations to customers in the face of global constraints related to a novel coronavirus infection (COVID-19). "COVID-19 hasn’t stopped Rosoboronexport’s activities in the field of military-technical cooperation with…
Rosoboronexport Donates $2M to India to Combat COVID-19 Crisis
The Russian government's main defence export body, Rosoboronexport, has donated $2 million for Prime Minister’s Citizen Assistance and Relief in Emergency Situations Fund (PM CARES Fund) formed to combat the coronavirus COVID-19 crisis. The announcement shows the traditional warm ties both Moscow and New Delhi enjoy. "Traditionally India has been one of the major partners…
Russian MoD Receives Modernised 2S7M Malka
Uraltransmash, a subsidiary of Uralvagonzavod, has delivered the first modernised 2S7M Malka self-propelled heavy artillery canon to the Defence Ministry. The weapon is considered to be one of the most powerful in the world. "This is one of the world's most powerful self-propelled canons designed for destroying important enemy targets. Uraltransmash faces a serious task of…
Strategic Missile Forces Receive UTM-80M Decontamination Systems
The Department of Information and Mass Communications of the Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation has announced that the subdivisions of the Nuclear, Biological, Chemical, and Radiological (NBCR) Protection Troops of the Strategic Missile Forces continue to supply the Strategic Missile Forces with UTM-80M decontamination systems. The UTM-80M mobile systems intended for the decontamination…
Iskander Missile System ‘Scares NATO’
The Russian missile arsenal has no analogues in the world in terms of the number of products, writes The National Interest. “Moscow inherited an extensive collection of missiles from the Soviet Union, and despite the fact that the Russian missile arsenal is somewhat outdated, it forms the basis for Moscow’s strategic actions,” American journalists note. According to…
MoD Reserves May be used in Russia’s Covid-19 Battle
Russian military medics may become involved in the fight against the novel coronavirus on the territory of Russia, President Vladimir Putin said at an online meeting on the sanitary and epidemiological situation in the country today. "Of course, we need to use their experience and to keep in mind that we can tap all resources,…
S-500 “Prometheus” to Change the Face of Missile Defence
Last month, a subsidiary of S-500 maker Almaz-Antey confirmed that multiple components of the next generation air defence system had been developed and tested, with the completed complex to start testing with the military later this year. The S-500 is not just a conventional air and missile defence system, but an weapon that is capable…
T-90M ‘Proryv’ Delivered to Russian Troops
The press service of the Russian Western Military District announced Today that a first batch of Russia’s upgraded T-90M ‘Proryv’ main battle tanks have been delivered to Russian troops. The tank has received a new turret and a more powerful engine The press service of the Western Military District qouted Army Commander Major-General Sergey Kisel…
Russia Seals a BK-10 Assault Boats Deal in Africa
JSC (part of the Rostec State Corporation) has begun to carry out its first export contract recently signed with a foreign customer from Sub-Saharan Africa for the supply of Project 02450 fast assault boats BK-10, designed and manufactured by Kalashnikov Concern, a Rostec member. The deal was announced in a press release by Rosoboronexport "The…
Putin Meets Commission of Military-Technical Cooperation
President Vladimir Putin held a videoconference of the Commission for Military Technical Cooperation with Foreign States. The meeting included heads of a number of the Russian defence industry enterprises. The meeting summed up the results of military technical cooperation between Russia and foreign states in 2019, and identified the main areas of development of this sector for the near future. President Putin stressed in this meeting that the more efficiently enterprises…











