Cooperation news

The Russian military has relocated several Su-30SM fighters to China for exercises that will be held from August 9 to 13 at the Qingtongxia training ground in the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region of China.

The Americans continue to arm Taiwan against the background of China's threats to seize the island by force. August 6, portal thedefensepost.com He reported that the US State Department approved the sale of weapons in the amount of $ 750 million.

In the coming years, the British will abandon their SA80 small arms complex and L85 submachine guns in particular. August 7, portal armyrecognition.com he said that the re-equipment could begin as early as 2025.

The specialists of the analytical company studied the situation on the market of solutions in the field of artificial intelligence (AI) and published a forecast.

The United States will continue its efforts to strengthen the potential of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) and modernize the military sphere of Georgia. The United States calls on its allies to step up support for Kiev and Tbilisi. This statement was made on Wednesday, August 4, by the Director for Southern and Central Europe of the Pentagon, Alton Buland.

The UK will transfer two decommissioned ships of the Ukrainian Navy to Ukraine. This is stated on the website of the Royal Navy.

The US Department of Defense announced that the US State Department approved the sale of 40 units of 155-mm M109A6 self-propelled howitzer artillery systems to Taiwan at a cost of $750 million.

Russia, Uzbekistan and Tajikistan will develop common approaches and work out new ways of conducting combat operations at the exercises near the border with Afghanistan, the press service of the Central Military District (CVO) reported on Thursday.

The US State Department has approved the sale of Javelin anti-tank missiles to Georgia. According to TASS, with reference to the Office of the US Department of Defense for Defense Cooperation and Security, the transaction amount will be $ 30 million.

The Russian rocket industry is amazing, said the founder of SpaceX

The founder of SpaceX, Elon Musk, said that he highly appreciates the Russian rocket industry and is studying many designs of rocket engines invented in Russia to create his own power plants.

On August 2, the Egyptian Defense Ministry announced the arrival at the naval base in Alexandria of the fourth and last of the four Type-209/1400mod class NPLs built in Germany.

Ukraine intends to withdraw from the agreement of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) on joint activities in the exploration and use of outer space. This is on Wednesday, August 4, follows from the draft decree of the President of the country Vladimir Zelensky.

With the arrival of Vladimir Lepin as general director of the Kalashnikov Concern, the export potential of the enterprise will be fully realized, Dmitry Shugaev, director of the Federal Service for Military-Technical Cooperation (FSMTC) of Russia, told RIA Novosti on Wednesday.

Vladimir Putin held a working meeting with the head of Rosatom, Alexey Likhachev, on Wednesday. The President was told that the state corporation's foreign orders continue to grow, despite the pandemic. In addition, this year the company expects to increase revenue for new products by 18%.

The opening ceremony of the international exercise "Indra-2021" was held at the Prudoboy training ground in the Volgograd region, the head of the press service of the Southern Military District Vadim Astafyev told reporters.

The commander of the Second Fleet of the US Navy, Vice Admiral Andrew Lewis, told RIA Novosti that he assesses cooperation with the Russian military as "adequate" and considers its development possible.

Five days of the air show replace months of normal negotiations

Last week, one of the largest aviation salons in the world, MAKS – 2021, took place in Zhukovsky, near Moscow, where JSC "Arzamas Instrument-Making Plant named after P. I. Plandin"presented its stand.

On July 30, 2021, the German Federal Defense Procurement Agency Bundesamt für Ausrüstung, Informationstechnik und Nutzung der Bundeswehr (BAAINBw) issued contracts to the Swedish group Saab AB for a total of 4.6 billion Swedish kronor (about 450 million euros) for the supply of new electronic weapons for the modernization of four frigates of Project 123 (F123, Brandenburg type) of the German Navy. Deliveries and work, including subsequent technical support, will be carried out from 2021 to 2030.

On August 2, the South Korean company Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) announced the signing of a contract with the command of the Thai Air Force for the supply of two T-50TH Golden Eagle training aircraft.

The German Federal Armament, Information Technology and Maintenance Agency (BAAINBw) has signed a contract with Saab for the supply and integration of new radars and fire control equipment on Brandenburg-class frigates.