Mantra "Do in India": Is there a result?

Mantra "Do in India": Is there a result?

As New Delhi focuses on the “indigenization” of the modern defense industry as part of the Do in India policy, there is a well-defined need for more effective ...
SIPRI Global Defense Spending Report published

SIPRI Global Defense Spending Report published

The Stockholm Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) continues to analyze the situation on the international market for weapons and military equipment, as well as related issues. 5 April a new report was published ...
Weapons of mass purchase

Weapons of mass purchase

Vladimir Putin said yesterday that Russia sold $ 2015 billion worth of weapons in 14,5, and the order book reached a record $ 1992 billion from 56. The main deliveries fell on such ...
In pursuit of Soviet reliability

In pursuit of Soviet reliability

Asian countries are actively cooperating with Israel on weapons modernization programs. The operation of the VKS RF in Syria clearly demonstrated the role of modern weapons and military equipment. There are few manufacturers in the world, ...
The world is arming itself, but that does not make it safer

The world is arming itself, but that does not make it safer

On Tuesday, at a meeting of the commission for military-technical cooperation in Nizhny Novgorod, Russian President Vladimir Putin called the country's income from the export of arms and military equipment. Last year...
OSK restores production capacity of Sevmorzavod

OSK restores production capacity of Sevmorzavod

30 March 2015 was signed by the Government of Sevastopol together with the United Shipbuilding Corporation (USC) a Memorandum of Cooperation to restore the Sevastopol Maritime ...
Arms exports: “generational change” is inevitable

Arms exports: “generational change” is inevitable

For example, according to the research group at the US Congress, in 2014, the revenue of Russian companies from foreign sales amounted to 10,2 billion, retaining approximately the same level as in ...
Brake for aircraft carrier

Brake for aircraft carrier

The state armament program-2025 hardly fits into economic realities. 2016 year began for the Ministry of Defense of Russia rather intensely. In terms of the operation in Syria, the rise ...
Russian weapons MADE IN INDIA

Russian weapons MADE IN INDIA

The Indian Ministry of Defense has published an official report on the supply of foreign military equipment to the country. It turned out, as the TASS correspondent reports from Delhi, that the first line among ...
The energy of the Soviet past

The energy of the Soviet past

"We showed the Americans: they will have no technological advantage." In 1977 – 1991, Vakhtang Vachnadze headed the Energia Scientific and Production Association. It was he who was responsible for the implementation of the reusable Soviet project ...
Estonian defense industry shows up in Abu Dhabi

Estonian defense industry shows up in Abu Dhabi

Estonia decided to demonstrate to the world that in NATO it is an “important partner.” Recently, Estonian Defense Minister Hannes Hanso announced that the country has a “defense industry.” Statement of ...
What is the score at the entrance?

What is the score at the entrance?

In the 21st century, it is embarrassing to build long and expensive. Enterprises and organizations are not just abstract places of work, where each of us with a certain return, with pleasure or without spending for a salary ...
Between power centers

Between power centers

Singapore has found a niche in the global arms market. The Singapore Airshow 2016 aviation and military equipment exhibition has completed in Singapore. The forum came out very representative. Southeast Asia is already ...
Doctor for tank

Doctor for tank

The problem of after-sales service of weapons and military equipment has not yet been resolved. With the appointment to the post of Minister of Defense Sergey Shoigu, the military department, which was outsourced in ...
Subtle matter of import substitution

Subtle matter of import substitution

Will a Russian soldier wear a uniform made from Russian fabrics? Against the background of the ongoing debate about whether the "Superjet" will fly with the engines of domestic production and what to replace earlier ...
At the last machine

At the last machine

Stupid shells did not wait for clever heads. After working in the new year for two weeks, the team specializing in machine tool construction of the Tula Research Technological Institute ...
On the stocks and on the drawing board

On the stocks and on the drawing board

The baton of generations picks up "Khabarovsk". The past year has shown that Russia has a fairly modern and powerful fleet capable of performing real tasks. How educational when strategic ...
Ukrainian aviation industry is doomed to degradation

Ukrainian aviation industry is doomed to degradation

Known around the world aircraft company "Antonov", even in Soviet times, created a lot of unique aircraft, is eliminated. And its assets are transferred to Ukroboronprom. The reason can be not only in ...
Survivors of the meat grinder

Survivors of the meat grinder

In the Altai region are found not only "Lynx". “Before the collapse of the USSR, we were a leading defense enterprise,” recalled Vladimir Sarapov, a gunsmith with more than 40-year experience, a veteran of the Altai ...
Aviation and navy of Russia: rise or fall?

Aviation and navy of Russia: rise or fall?

The abundance of articles about the unprecedented revival of the Russian fleet and the Air Force causes mixed feelings. Is that really true? We, born in the late USSR, lived for so long in conditions of falls and defeats, that they ...