Cooperation news

The Ministry of Defense of Belarus reported that the republic's aviation conducted, together with the aviation of the Russian Federation, another patrol of the air borders of the Union State of the two countries.

The Ministry of Defense cooperates with the armed forces of 109 countries of the world, the head of the military department, Army General Sergei Shoigu, said at an expanded meeting of the Board of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation.

As it became known on December 20, 2021, Honored Indian scientist Atul Dinkar Rane was appointed the new CEO of the Russian-Indian joint venture BrahMos Aerospace, engaged in the development and production of supersonic missiles.

Bayraktar drones have entered service in Kyrgyzstan.

Kyrgyzstan has received Turkish Bayraktar unmanned aerial vehicles. They were examined by President Sadyr Zhaparov, the press service of the head of state reported. Drones, as noted, have entered service with the GKNB Border Service.

Defense Express: Island-type boats will receive Bushmaster cannons and Hydra II missiles

In 2022, the Naval Forces of Ukraine (VMSU) will begin installing American-made weapons on Island-type boats. The commander of the Navy Alexei Neizhpapa told about the new weapons. This is reported by Defense Express.

China and Indonesia are planning to purchase Russian multipurpose super-maneuverable Su-35 fighters for their air forces. This was reported by the American magazine The National Interest (TNI) with reference to its sources.

The second crew of the Indian company Sky One Airways LTD has started retraining under an additional professional training program for a new type of Mi-171A2 helicopter at the U-UAZ training center of the Russian Helicopters holding Rostec Group.

Australia will receive the latest version of the American tank Abrams. December 19, portal armyrecognition.com He reported that the Australian government approved the purchase of 75 combat vehicles as part of the LAND 907 Phase 2 project.

Australian Defense Minister Peter Dutton has announced plans to purchase up to 40 UH-60M Black Hawk multipurpose helicopters from Sikorsky to replace the fleet of existing MRH-90 Taipan produced by NH Industry.

The Border Service of the State National Security Committee of Kyrgyzstan has accepted the Bayraktar TB2 unmanned aerial vehicles purchased from the Turkish company Baykar Defense.

Enterprises of the military-industrial complex should receive support in terms of production diversification. This was stated by the president at a meeting in the Kremlin with the head of Promsvyazbank, Pyotr Fradkov. Diversification will increase their technological capabilities, which means that it will improve the work on the main line.

Ukraine may purchase Harpoon anti-ship missiles from the United States. This was announced on Monday, December 20, in an interview with the UNIAN news agency by the commander of the country's Navy, Rear Admiral Alexei Neizhpapa.

Kongsberg Defense and Aerospace AS (Kongsberg) has announced the signing of a contract with the Defense Procurement and Technology Agency Armasuisse for the supply of additional remotely controlled RS4 armament modules of the Protector family for the Swiss Armed Forces.

It is not enough just to cooperate, you also need to know the peculiarity of the local mentality. This is the opinion of Romanian Defense Minister Vasile Dyncu, who explained the long-term theft of fuel at the American military base.

New Chinese-made VT-5 tanks were unable to take part in the military parade on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of Bangladesh's independence. The first batch of these combat vehicles was manufactured at the end of November. But even if they managed to be transferred to the buyer's territory, the crews, apparently, did not have time to master the equipment enough to drive it in a parade formation.

According to Bob Dempsey, acting deputy head of the American research program on board the ISS, it often happens that American astronauts and Russian cosmonauts on board the station regularly "exchange equipment" for scientific experiments.

Roscosmos and NASA have reached preliminary agreements on the cross-flight program, the American side is awaiting approval from the Russian government, said Joel Montalbano, head of NASA's ISS program.

The Peruvian authorities have begun the process of imposing penalties for disrupting the delivery of the AN-178 transport aircraft by Ukraine, RIA Novosti reports with reference to the Infodefensa publication.

On December 14, a BTA C-130H Hercules aircraft, donated to the Romanian Air Force by the US government, landed at the Aurel Vlaicu Bucharest Banyasa International Airport.

On December 16, a solemn ceremony of awarding the winners of the XXI competition for the annual National award "Golden Idea" in the field of military-technical cooperation took place at the Patriot Exhibition Center of the Russian Ministry of Defense.