Cooperation news

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.

Alexander Mikheev, General Director of Rosoboronexport, said on Thursday, July 22, that foreign partners want to buy in Russia, first of all, Su and MiG fighter jets, Il-76 and Il-78 aircraft, Mil and Kamov helicopters, as well as Pantsiri.

Rosoboronexport has signed contracts worth over €1 billion within the framework of the MAKS-2021 air show. This was announced on July 22 by the head of the company, Alexander Mikheev.

Potential customers of the latest Checkmate tactical fighter have already managed to sit in its cockpit, Rosoboronexport CEO Alexander Mikheev told reporters, summing up the results of the first days of the MAKS-2021 aerospace salon.

The Aviation Department of the National Police of Peru (DIRAVPOL) received two Mi-171Sh transport helicopters under a contract signed at the end of 2019 with the Belspetsvneshtechnika State Technical University (Republic of Belarus).

On July 20, the South Korean company Korea Aerospace Industries Co. (KAI) announced the signing of a contract for the supply of additional T-50 training aircraft for the Indonesian Air Force.