Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin has approved the holding of 12 international defense exhibitions during 2022-2023. According to the document posted on the governments legal information web portal on Friday, the 2023 list includes the MAKS International Aerospace Show in Zhukovsky, the International Maritime Defense Show in St
The Russian Navys Admiral Golovko, its third Project 22350 (Admiral Gorshkov) frigate, will become the first warship to be equipped with Tsirkon (Zircon) hypersonic cruise missiles. "It is planned that Admiral Golovko will become the first standard carrier of Tsirkons," a defense industry source was quoted as saying by government-owned TASS on Saturday
The Australian Army received two CH-47 Chinook helicopters, taking the total number of this aircraft in service to 12. Australia acquired four Chinooks via a foreign military sales agreement for approximately AUD595 million ($441
Russian Helicopters, one of the worlds leading helicopter manufacturers, exported 39 military helicopters in 2020, a figure down 19% compared to the previous year. According to the companys annual report released on Tuesday, "Thirty-nine helicopters were exported to foreign markets in 2020
Safran Helicopter Engines said it run an Arrano engine using 38% of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) for the first time at its Bordes plant in SW France. This biofuel was produced from used cooking oil
The Ukrainian Army deployed Turkey-made Bayraktar TB2 drones armed with MAM-C, a high explosive variant of Roketsans smart micro munitions (MAM) family, during Sea Breeze 2021 exercises being held in the Black Sea which has over 30 countries participating. While the Ukrainian Army already has these combat UAVs in service, the Navy could receive some of them this year for use in the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov
Royal Marines together with Lithuanian, Portuguese and American commandos conducted raids along the Lithuanian coast and on a radar station inland as part of ‘Exercise Strong Griffin, in what Russia sees as a threat to it is activities in the Baltic region. The exercises concluded on June 29
Russian S-400 and Pantsir-S air defense Systems ‘tracked and launched simulated missiles at control targets during Sea Breeze exercises in which Ukraine, the U.S
Turkish Aerospace Industries (TUSAS) signed an agreement with Ukraines Motor Sich for 14 engines to power Turkeys heavy gunship. The first two engines will be handed over to TUSAS in September 2022
China has announced its intentions to develop a high speed helicopter similar to Boeing-Sikorksys Defiant-X project that has co-axial rotors, stealth features and a maximum speed to 400 km per hour- about a third more than the top speed of the fastest helicopters today. China is also looking to make a technological leap from fourth-generation to fifth-generation models by developing high-speed helicopters, Global Times reported quoting Xu Jianhua, head of AVIC-affiliated China Helicopter Research and Development Institute told the Global Times on the sidelines of a future helicopter design tournament that kicked off in North China's Tianjin Municipality last Thursday