Cooperation news

Rosoboronexport has signed contracts with a number of African countries for the supply of armored vehicles of the Tiger family. This was stated by the company's CEO Alexander Mikheev in a comment to RIA Novosti.

According to the agency interlocutor, the Space Research Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences is engaged in the development of the scientific program

Joint space missions with international partners can be carried out in the future with the help of the Zeus nuclear tug being developed in the Russian Federation. This was reported to TASS by a source in the rocket and space industry.

On July 22, 2021, Thales Group announced that it had received a contract from the General Directorate of Armaments (Direction Générale de l'Armement - DGA) of the Ministry of the Armed Forces of France for the supply of 350 Ssogriop helmet-mounted target designation systems for equipping Dassault Rafale fighters of the French Air Force and Navy. The contract also includes the supply of 400 new wide-angle multifunctional indicators to replace the current indicators in the cabins of French Air Force and Navy fighter jets.

As reported in the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, it will be held as part of the working trip of the Russian delegation to the country

A joint meeting of the interdepartmental coordination headquarters of Russia and Syria on the return of refugees and the restoration of peaceful life will be held in Damascus on July 26. This was reported to journalists on Saturday in the Russian Defense Ministry.

The rescue tugboat "Captain Guryev" from the squadron of rescue vessels of the Novorossiysk naval base of the Black Sea Fleet is making the transition to the Gulf of Oman, the Fleet Information Support department reported on Saturday.

The United States was sent to participate in the multinational exercise Agile Spirit 2021 ("Agile Spirit 2021") several hundred servicemen and Black Hawk helicopters from Ramstein Air Base (Germany) arrived in Georgia, the press service of the Georgian Defense Ministry reported.

The Russian Defense Ministry has sent two An-124 Ruslan transport planes to Cuba with more than 88 tons of humanitarian aid, including more than 1 million medical masks, the Russian military department reported on Saturday.

The Russian Defense Ministry has delivered 250 thousand doses of the Russian Sputnik Light vaccine and 1 million tests for laboratory diagnostics of the coronavirus to Syria, the Russian military department told reporters.

Within the framework of the International Aviation and Space Salon MAKS-2021, held in Zhukovsky near Moscow on July 20-25, agreements worth 265 billion rubles were signed. This was reported on July 25 in the Telegram channel of the event.

During MAKS, Russia held a presentation of the promising Mi-171A3 helicopter, which is in a broad sense a deep modernization of the Mi-8/17/171.

Director of the Federal Service for Military-Technical Cooperation Dmitry Shugaev said that Russia expects the announcement of a tender for the modernization of the MiG-29K / KUB

Russia has received a request from India for the supply of carrier-based MiG-29K/KUB fighters. This was announced to TASS during the MAKS-2021 air show by Dmitry Shugaev, director of the Federal Service for Military-Technical Cooperation.

The US is leading a space race with China, but maintains a partnership with Russia. This was announced on July 21 by the head of the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Bill Nelson in an interview with The Washington Post.

It is reported that on July 19, 2021, two multi-purpose military transport helicopters Mi-171Sh produced by the Ulan-Ude Aviation Plant were delivered to the Jorge Chavez International Airport in Callao by a heavy military transport aircraft An-124 "Ruslan" of the Open Joint Stock Company "State Airline "224 Flight Detachment"" of the Russian Defense Ministry.

An agreement on the organization of assembly production of Kalashnikov assault rifles on the territory of Kazakhstan was signed within the framework of the international Aviation space salon MAKS-2021 in Zhukovsky near Moscow, the press service of the Ministry of Industry and Infrastructure Development of the republic reported.

The modernization of MiG-29 combat aircraft is carried out using a number of Russian components, including radio electronics and weapons systems

The modernization of the MiG-29 fighters of the Indian Air Force (Air Force) to the level of the MiG-29UPG will be completed in 2022. This was announced to TASS at the MAKS-2021 air show by Dmitry Shugaev, director of the Federal Service for Military-Technical Cooperation (FSVTS).

Two warships of the Vietnamese Navy have arrived in Vladivostok to participate in the celebration of the Day of the Russian Navy, the press service of the Pacific Fleet reports.

The Russian Helicopters holding company plans to issue a European certificate for the KA-32A11M helicopter, upgraded for fire extinguishing.

The share of contracts for the supply of Russian weapons paid in dollars is rapidly approaching zero, Rosoboronexport CEO Alexander Mikheev told RIA Novosti on Thursday during the MAKS-2021 air show.

The French company Dassault Aviation announced the ceremony of handing over the first multi-purpose fighter "Rafale" to the command of the Greek Air Force on July 21 at the Flight Test Center at the Istres Air Base.

The holding company "Roselectronics" of the Rostec State Corporation together with JSC "Russian Space Systems" for the first time presented a new generation of high-efficiency microwave amplifiers for space applications at MAKS-2021.