Cooperation news

Under the leadership of the chief judge of the Army International Games (ArMI-2021), Major General Alexander Peryazev, a working meeting on holding the Army International Games in 2022 was held on September 2.

The general director of the Rostec state Corporation, Sergey Chemezov, reported that the fighter is in demand on the world arms market

Applications for the purchase of the Russian Checkmate light tactical fighter from foreign countries have not yet been received, Dmitry Shugaev, director of the Federal Service for Military-Technical Cooperation (FSMTC), told reporters on Friday on the sidelines of the Eastern Economic Forum (WEF).

In September 2021, about 200 thousand servicemen from the countries of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO)will take part in the joint Russian-Belarusian strategic exercises "West-2021" and the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO).

The Czech military plans to abandon the Soviet-designed infantry fighting vehicles (IFVs). The British company BAE Systems has confirmed its application for the supply of the CV90 BMP. The new vehicles will replace the BVP-2-a licensed copy of the Soviet BMP-2. This is reported by the Army Recognition portal.

On September 1, the Israeli company Rafael Advanced Defense Systems announced the conclusion of a contract worth about $ 80 million, providing for the supply of sets of weapons systems for high-speed patrol boats of the Shaldag Mk. 5 class, which are being built by Israel Shipyards for a customer from Southeast Asia.

The Japanese Self-Defense Forces will have access to the data of this Russian-designed fighter during joint training with the pilots of the Indian Su-30MKI, the Polish portal Defence24 writes.

The fighter was first presented in July at the MAKS-2021 International Air Show

Foreign investors from countries that have partnership relations with Russia can be attracted to the project of creating a Russian single-engine fighter Checkmate. This was stated by the head of the Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation Denis Manturov in an interview with RBC TV channel within the framework of the WEF.

The US Department of Defense announced the signing of an additional contract by the US Air Force Command with Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems as part of the program for the supply of RQ-4 Global Hawk high-altitude UAVs to the Self-Defense Forces of Japan and the Armed Forces of the Republic of Korea.

The company-developer of rocket and space technology Firefly Aerospace Inc., owned by Ukrainian businessman Maxim Polyakov, reported on September 3 that the flight of the Alpha rocket was interrupted according to security protocols.

The Serbian Armed Forces are considering the possibility of adopting the Israeli anti-tank missile system Spike LR2. This information was published by RTS ("Radio and Television of Serbia").

The American company SpaceX plans to launch another batch of 60 Starlink Internet satellites into orbit on September 30, according to the data of the specialized website Space Launch Now.

Turkey, Greece, Hungary are ready to participate in the competition, said Vitaly Koch, deputy head of the Main Military Police Department of the Ministry of Defense

The countries of the North Atlantic Alliance have expressed their desire to take part in the "Guardian of Order" competition (the stage of the International Army Games) in 2022 in Serbia. This was stated in an interview with a TASS correspondent on Friday by the deputy head of the Main Military Police Department of the Russian Defense Ministry, Major General Vitaly Koch.

The launch of OneWeb satellites from the Vostochny Cosmodrome is scheduled for October 14. This was announced on Saturday, September 4, by the general director of the state corporation "Roscosmos" Dmitry Rogozin.

Roscosmos and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) have signed an agreement on the creation of the Spektr-UV ultraviolet space observatory. Mikhail Sachkov, Deputy Director of the Institute of Astronomy of the Russian Academy of Sciences, told RIA Novosti about this in an interview.

It is planned to intensify negotiations with Hanoi on Su-30 fighters and training Yak-152

Deliveries of Yak-130 combat training aircraft to Vietnam are planned to be completed this year, said Dmitry Shugaev, head of the Federal Service for Military-Technical Cooperation (FSMTC) of the Russian Federation.

Russia in 2021 handed over to Sri Lanka the projects of two new arms contracts, said the head of the Federal Service for Military-Technical Cooperation (FSMTC) of the Russian Federation Dmitry Shugaev.

As the press secretary of the Federal Service for Military-Technical Cooperation, Valeria Reshetnikova, noted, the issue concerning the payment of royalties by India is still being resolved

Russia intends to sign an agreement with India for the licensed production of 7.62-millimeter AK-203 submachine guns in this country in the near future. This was announced to journalists during the Eastern Economic Forum (EEF-2021) by the press secretary of the Federal Service for Military-Technical Cooperation (FSVTS) Valeria Reshetnikova.

Russia is ready to supply Su-35 combat aircraft to China. Dmitry Shugaev, Director of the Federal Service for Military-Technical Cooperation (FSMTC), told reporters about this on September 4 during the Eastern Economic Forum (EEF).

Russia continues to implement the contract signed 5 years ago with Myanmar for the supply of Yak-130 aircraft, as well as weapons and ammunition for them, Dmitry Shugaev, head of the Federal Service for Military-Technical Cooperation (FSMTC) of the Russian Federation, told Interfax.

The work of 37 groups of foreign specialists from 22 countries was organized in the "ArMI-2021" competitions

Observers from NATO countries attended the competitions of the army International Games ("ArMI-2021"), held in Qatar and Serbia, the Russian Defense Ministry reported.