Cooperation news

Currently, the forces and means of the CIS joint air defense system include 19 aviation units

The agreement on the creation of a joint regional air defense system (air defense) of Russia and Tajikistan is undergoing the ratification procedure, similar projects are being discussed with Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan and Armenia. This was stated on Tuesday following a meeting of the Coordinating Committee on Air Defense Issues under the Council of Defense Ministers of the CIS countries, Deputy Chairman of the Coordinating Committee, Colonel-General Yuri Grekhov.

A group of firefighting aircraft of the VKS of the Ministry of Defense of Russia, which helped the Greeks fight catastrophic forest fires for 21 days, has completed its task and left Greece. It consisted of two Il-76 aircraft and two Mi-8 helicopters.

Delegations from 20 countries showed interest in the supply of Russian Orion-E attack drones at the Army-2021 International Military-Technical Forum, the Kronstadt company told reporters.

The Ukrainian state Enterprise "Antonov" has signed an agreement with the Chinese company Chongqing Kingsley Aeronautical Material Technology Co., LTD for the supply of titanium semi-finished products. The materials obtained can be used in the assembly of An-178 aircraft, Defense Express reports.

According to the office of the Ukrainian President, Bill Nelson has accepted an invitation to visit Ukraine

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky, who is on a working visit to the United States, discussed joint projects in the field of space with the head of the American National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Bill Nelson. This was announced on Tuesday by the office of the head of the Ukrainian state.

Military-technical cooperation between Russia and Saudi Arabia may be a blow to the United States, writes the Polish edition of Defence24.

The company also plans to use the capacities of the Dubna Machine-Building Plant for the production of both elements of the complex and ground control systems, said the general director of the enterprise Sergey Bogatikov.

Its construction is planned to be completed in October

The construction of the first South Korean lunar exploration spacecraft will be completed in October this year. This was announced on Monday by the Ministry of Science and Information and Communication Technologies of the country.

The VII International Military-Technical Forum "Army-2021" has ended in Kubinka, near Moscow.

Rosoboronexport announced the signing of about 20 export contract documents totaling over €2 billion.

The exercises of the National Armed Forces Namejs 2021, which will be held jointly with NATO countries, will start in Latvia, the local Defense Ministry reports.

Maneuvers with the participation of more than 9 thousand military personnel will be held throughout the country until October 3. One of the official tasks of the training is the implementation of tactical operations in hybrid and conventional conflicts.

JSC " Uraltransmash "(part of the concern "Uralvagonzavod" is part of Rostec) has completed the delivery of modernized self-propelled howitzers 2S3M "Acacia" to Belarus, the press service of the enterprise reported.

The command of the Bangladesh Armed Forces intends to purchase a large batch of anti-tank missile systems, which, as planned, should be produced under license by the Bangladesh Weapons Factories Directorate (Bangladesh Ordnance Factories – BOF).

The first attempt of the Ethiopian army to use the T-72UA1 tank modernized in Ukraine in battles ended in failure. One of these combat vehicles in good condition was captured recently by the militants of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Tigray.

Alexander Fomin also noted the high level of organization of the event

The holding of competitions of the International Army Games in Algeria will further strengthen the bilateral military cooperation between the two countries.

Military-economic cooperation was discussed in Belgrade at a meeting of Russian Deputy Defense Minister Tatyana Shevtsova and Serbian Defense Minister Nebojsa Stefanovic, the Russian Defense Ministry reported.

The US Department of Defense announced the signing by the command for the conclusion of contracts of the US Army with Lockheed Martin of an agreement to perform work under the ATACMS OTR service life extension program and the corresponding PU for the US Army and the Romanian Armed Forces under the "Foreign Military Sales" program.

The European Space Agency (ESA) hopes to extend the work of the ISS. This was announced on August 30 by the head of the agency, Josef Aschbacher, on the sidelines of the 36th Space Symposium.

This was stated by Ivan Ozhgikhin, Senior Managing Director of RUSNANO Management Company, Chairman of the Management Board of the Medical Equipment Consortium, at the Innomed forum. Currently, up to 30% of the volume of medical products purchased at the expense of the budget is already produced in Russia.

New Russian SUVs were chosen as the main vehicle for use in the competition of the Army International Games "Guardian of Order"

The Serbian Military Police has re-equipped its fleet with new Russian UAZ "Patriot" SUVs and started their active operation. This is reported by a TASS correspondent from the scene.

Omsk Plant of Transport Engineering (as part of JSC Concern Uralvagonzavod is part of the Rostec State Corporation) took part in the International military-Technical Forum "Army-2021".