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Russian Naval Aviation to Receive 100 New Aircraft By 2020
2017-01-06 Read More...
Russian Naval Aviation will receive some 100 new aircraft before 2020, Major General Igor Kozhin, Naval Aviation Chief

Rosoboronexport 2016 Sales to Top $13 Billion
2016-12-29 Read More...
Russia’s state arms exporter Rosoboronexport plans to sell over $13 billion worth of weapons this year, with the total orders portfolio currently at $45 billion, the CEO of the Rostec State Corporation

Russian Hypersonic Aircraft to Penetrate Missile Defenses
2016-12-22 Read More...
Russian scientists are working on hypersonic aircraft that will be able to penetrate enemy missile defense, RIA Novosti wrote, citing Boris Satovsky, a Project Director at the military research agency Future Research Fund in

Su-34 to Get New Armament, Electronic Warfare Systems
2016-12-16 Read More...
The next few years will see the further modernization of the Su-34, a Russian strike fighter; the warplane will get new armament and electronic warfare systems, according to the Russian news network

Almaz-Antey Developing New Generation of Missile Systems
2016-12-01 Read More...
Russian concern Almaz-Antey has started development work on a new generation of medium-range anti-aircraft missile systems, which will replace the new Buk-M3, according to the CEO of the enterprise, Yan

Russian Army to Get Advanced Stealth Drone Hunter
2016-11-28 Read More...
The Zavod Electromash plant in the Russian city of Nizhny Novgorod has plant developed an advanced stealth robotic system capable of detecting reconnaissance and attack drones, Zavod Electromash spokesman Valery Pyatkin told

Surveillance Drones to Equip Armata Combat Vehicles
2016-11-24 Read More...
Russia’s advanced combat vehicles built on the Armata platform will be equipped with surveillance unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), which will be scanning the battlefield for dozens of miles around, helping to clarify the situation and guiding rounds

USC to Deliver 12 Warships to Russian Navy in 2016
2016-11-21 Read More...
Russia’s United Shipbuilding Corporation (USC) has delivered four warships to the Russian navy in 2016 so far, eight more vessels are expected to be supplied by the end of the year, USC Head Alexei Rakhmanov

Russia’s New Sniper Rifle Passes Field Tests
2016-11-14 Read More...
Russia’s all-new sniper rifle has successfully passed field tests and is ready to enter service, Dmitry Semizorov, Director of the Central Scientific-Research Institute for Precision Machine Engineering (TSNIITOCHMAS), told the media, RIA Novosti

Russia Unveils New-Generation Intelligence Kites
2016-11-10 Read More...
The United Instrument Corporation (UIC) has unveiled a whole lineup of kites capable of monitoring the situation on the ground and retransmitting radio and video signals, the UIC’s press service

Saudi Arabia “Interested” in S-400 Air Defense System
2016-11-08 Read More...
Saudi Arabia is interested in buying Russian S-400 air defense systems, Russian Ambassador to Saudi Arabia Oleg Ozerov told

Russia Unveils Low-Cost Weapon for Destroying Mini-Drones
2016-11-04 Read More...
Russia’s United Instrument Manufacturing Corporation (UIMC), a holding within the State Corporation Rostec, has created a weapon capable of destroying dozens of tiny UAVs, Leonid Khozin, Head of UIMC’s press service, told

Russia Reveals Hypersonic Missile’s Capabilities
2016-10-31 Read More...
Hypersonic missiles can speed up to around 5 kilometers a second (Mach 15) in the upper layers of the atmosphere not only when sitting on top of Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles (ICBM), but also when launched from strategic bombers, Arsenal of

Russia’s Modernized Podmoskovye Sub Starts Sea Trials
2016-10-27 Read More...
Steam trials of the Russian nuclear-powered submarine Podmoskovye have started in the White Sea in the country’s north after a 16-year period of modernization, RIA Novosti

Armata’s “Electronic Brain” to be Fitted to T-72, T-74 Tanks
2016-10-21 Read More...
Russia's T-72 and T-90 Main Battle Tanks will be capable of destroying enemy armored vehicles with a single shot after they are equipped with the Armata tank’s “electronic brain”, according to the Russian newspaper

Russia Develops Unique Radio-Electronic Weapon
2016-10-19 Read More...
A unique radio-electronic weapon to disable enemy drones and MANPADS has been developed in Russia and may soon enter service with the Russian Armed Forces, a United Instrument Corporation (UIC) spokesperson told RIA

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