Military & Technical Cooperation

Russia stands firm as world’s second biggest arms producer

Russia consistently remains the second-biggest player on the global arms producing market, Deputy Prime Minister Yuri Borisov said on Wednesday. «In 2018, the exports of defense products stood at $15 billion, the same as in the previous years, while the portfolio of the parties’ orders for military-technical cooperation was $50 billion,» Borisov stressed. «As many as…
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Iran’s Security Chief Calls for Deepening Security Cooperation with Russia

Secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council Ali Shamkhani has highlighted the need to cultivate bilateral ties with Russia to ensure regional security. He said as much at a meeting with Secretary of Russia’s Security Council Nikolai Patrushev, which was held in Tehran on Wednesday. «During the meeting, Shamkhani pointed to the need to deepen…
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Russian Baltic Fleet training ship visits Tunisia

The Baltic Fleet training ship Perekop currently on its long-distance voyage with cadets on its board has made a business call at the port of Bizerte in Tunisia, the Fleet’s press office reported on Tuesday. The ship’s crew and the cadets will stay in Tunisia for several days. According to the plan of the ship’s…
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Rosoboronexport completes a contract for the supply of ORSIS T-5000 rifles abroad

Rosoboronexport has carried out a contract worth over 100 million rubles ($1.5 million) to supply a foreign customer with a batch of ORSIS T-5000 rifles. Rosoboronexport's years of practice suggest that the company has all the necessary competencies to deliver abroad not only weapons and military equipment, but also civilian and dual-use products. Major customers of…
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Syrian, Russian navies hold joint exercises in Mediterranean

The Russian Navy and the Navy of the Syrian Arab Republic have started joint exercises in the Mediterranean Sea on Tuesday. The source said the exercises involve Russian surface ships and aircraft from the Hmeymim airbase, as well as Syrian Navy missile boats and mine warfare vessels.   The commander of the exercises, Rear Adm.…
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Construction of service center for Russian helicopter commenced in Azerbaijan

An official ceremony of launching the construction of the future service center, including the embedding of a memory capsule with signatures of the project participants, was held in Baku. Director General of Rostec’s Russian Helicopters company Andrey Boginsky and representatives of the Helicopter Service Center company that will provide after-sales servicing of Russian helicopters operated…
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Launching small spacecraft with Chinese partners

A coordination meeting with representatives of the Chinese Research Institute for Industrial Technology was held at the Khrunichev Center, for discussing prospects of launching small spacecraft using Russian launch vehicles.  The main topic of the meeting was considering the possibilities of launching spacecraft designed and manufactured by the Chinese Research Institute for Industrial Technology using…
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Ruselectronics Launches Cooperation with Manufacturers of Electrical Equipment from Italy and Australia

The Ruselectronics holding company of the State Corporation Rostec has signed cooperation agreements with the Australian company NOJA Power and the Italian company Tesmec, which develop and manufacture electrotechnical equipment. The parties will engage in joint implementation of projects for the automation of electrical networks in order to increase the reliability of the power grid…
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Troops from Russia, Laos kick off first ever joint drills

The first ever joint Russian-Laotian military exercise Laros-2019 has kicked off at the Ban Peng training ground in Laos, the press office of Russia’s Eastern Military District reported on Tuesday. Overall, the drills that will run on December 10-19 involve over 500 troops. The personnel of a motorized infantry large unit from the Eastern Military District…
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Philippines in talks with India to procure BrahMos supersonic cruise missile

The Philippines is seeking to acquire the BrahMos supersonic cruise missile system from India. Official sources told Jane's on 9 December that officials from New Delhi and Manila are in advanced negotiations about the number of missiles to be procured and the overall contract value, adding that they expect a deal to be signed "sometime in 2020".…
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