MIC 2024, November

Recently, the US military department reported that thousands of counterfeit Chinese-made components were found in their military equipment. Namely, counterfeit components for electronic devices. According to the Senate, the number of such components may be over 1 million, since the Pentagon

According to the state armament program until 2020, the Sevmash plant turned out to be one of several factories loaded with state orders at full capacity. In addition to the already announced orders, which are already being produced at the plant, in 2012 the creation of the nuclear submarines Borey-A and Yasen-M will begin. Yet

As reported by the Izvestia newspaper. The new submarines with an improved computerized control system, designed by Sevmash for the Russian navy in the framework of Project 955 Borey, cause distrust among submariners. The very first sea trials of "Alexander Nevsky" - atomic

Indonesia's purchase of Russian fighters of the Flanker Su-27SK and Su-30MKK families in 2003 and 2007 attracted a lot of attention. Indonesia now intends to expand its fleet of these 10 high-end fighters with more advanced models of its older aircraft by purchasing 24 refurbished aircraft from the US Air Force

Chief of the General Staff N. Makarov said at a meeting of the Public Chamber that most of the Russian military equipment lags behind in technical development, yielding primacy to their foreign counterparts. According to the general, the firing range of the Israeli combat tank Merkava-MK4 is more than several times greater than

Not so long ago, a meeting of the inter-factional deputy association "Science and High Technologies" was held. Chaired by Zhores Alferov - Nobel Prize Laureate, Member of the State Duma for Science and High Technologies, Academician and Vice-President of the Russian Academy of Sciences, the topic of the meeting was

According to the data released by the State Export Control Service on the volumes of Ukrainian exports of certain categories of conventional weapons in 2010, the portfolio of contracts of the state company "Ukrspetsexport"

On July 26, 2011, a meeting on the state defense order was held, at which Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin announced that this year the volume of the order amounted to 750 billion rubles, which is 1.5 times more than last. Moreover, to date, no contracts have been signed for approximately 30% of the total order volume

November 10, 2011: India's submarine fleet is falling apart from old age, and new boats are not going to arrive in time. Not that it comes as a surprise that India's defense procurement bureaucracy has long been known to be slow, careless and stubborn, especially in an environment that calls for fast

Unable to find foreign customers for its new SS-26 tactical missile system (9M723K1 or Iskander), Russia decided to purchase 120 of these systems for its own needs, just to keep it in production. Until now, Russia has not been able to purchase many of these

As has been repeatedly said and written, at the end of September, not all contracts for the State Defense Order for this year were concluded. The "balance" was about five percent. And they talked about this in different ways: in some publications it was written that only 5% of the contracts remained to be concluded, and in others the headlines

Since Wednesday, the situation regarding the conclusion of contracts between the Ministry of Defense and the United Shipbuilding Corporation (USC) began to become clear. Under the close scrutiny of Prime Minister Putin in Severodvinsk, long-awaited agreements were signed between buyers and suppliers worth about

The Association of Russian Trade Unions of the Defense Industry (ARPOOP), together with the Federation of Independent Trade Unions of the Russian Federation (FNPRF), addressed President Dmitry Medvedev and Prime Minister Vladimir Putin with a request to prohibit the purchase of military equipment abroad. In his

The 17th international exhibition Milipol-2011 was held in Paris from 18 to 21 October. Rosoboronexport presented at this show more than fifty different types of weapons, technical equipment, vehicles, etc. The main direction of the Milipol salons is the fight against crime, terrorism and others

A criminal case has been initiated for disrupting the state defense order against the management of one of the largest shipyards in Russia. Experts explain the problems that have arisen at the enterprises of the Military-Industrial Complex as follows: since Russia still has at its disposal the weapons of the Soviet

To buy or not to buy Western weapons? Today everyone who is interested in the development of the domestic armed forces is trying to answer this question. Someone thinks that in no case should this be done, someone, on the contrary, reproaches the defense industry for overpricing, monopoly and lobbying

The growth of competition in the modern international market of naval equipment (VMT) is primarily associated with the beginning of the second "wave" of massive sales of used ships. This is due to the fact that today many states with powerful navies are carrying out massive redundancies, given

After losing a ten-billion-dollar tender for the supply of 126 medium fighters for the Indian Air Force, aircraft manufacturers from America decided to go all-in. They offered Delhi modern machines of the 5th generation. US media only say that Lockheed Martin may again become a participant

India is modernizing its military transport aviation: the Il-76 and An-32 are being replaced by the C-17. Why didn't the choice fall on our new aircraft? The Indian military signed a $ 4.1 billion contract with Boeing to supply 10 C-17A Globemaster III heavy transports in 2013-2014. In Russia

Long-term stability in the arms export market In 2010, seemingly invisible regroupings took place. The cohort of the leading countries of the USA, Russia, Germany, France, like a hurricane, burst Israel. According to the Ministry of Defense of this state, which released information on export

Recently, criticizing the Russian military-industrial complex has become a fashionable trend: corruption, overpricing of products, inability to develop and manufacture modern weapons that would be responsible for the safety of the country from real modern threats - the main "points

On Wednesday, Russian Defense Minister Anatoly Serdyukov, during the "government hour" in the State Duma, spoke about the situation in the implementation of the state defense order. As a result of the conversation, which took place without the presence of the press, the deputies were very disappointed. It was found that the defense order

When sociologists formulated their concept of the information society, skeptics only chuckled, predicting the imminent decline of high technologies. But they miscalculated: the rapid development of science, the available technical means forced the defense industry, one of the most unwieldy in the world, fundamentally

In the period from 18 to 20 June 2011, the President of the People's Republic of China Hu Jintao paid an official visit to Ukraine. This was the second in the last year and a half a personal meeting between the President of Ukraine Viktor Yanukovych and the leader of the PRC. The first took place during the visit of the President of Ukraine to

Domestic shipbuilding is in decline. It is annoying to hear such statements, although they are true. Russia positions itself as a developed power in the energy, economy, industry and other sectors. However, it seems that these are just words - in reality, the country still remains

Secretary of the Russian Security Council Nikolai Patrushev visited India. He visited this state after a representative of the Indian side expressed dissatisfaction with the cancellation of the joint military exercises. This visit should confirm that the geopolitical cooperation of the two states continues

The Taganrog Aviation Scientific and Technical Complex named after G.M.Beriev has completed the modernization of the first combat aircraft for long-range radar detection A-50. Already in June this year, TANTK is ready to return the aircraft to the Russian Air Force. Several years ago in Taganrog, together with the Vega concern

The production of Russian helicopters has been growing at an impressive rate in recent years. So, if in 2007 102 helicopters were built, then in 2009 - 183 machines, and in 2010 - 214 pieces of equipment. This year, Russian Helicopters Corporation plans to manufacture 267 helicopters, and the plan for 2012

Over the past 15 years, the United States Army has spent more than $ 32 billion on unfinished projects alone, without receiving a single completely new unit of military weapons and equipment in return for armament. The reason for such huge waste was the thoughtless implementation of the adopted defense

Last year it became known about the intentions of the Izhmash concern and the Italian company Beretta to create a joint venture. Italians were the initiators of the creation. As the then general director of Izhmash V. Gorodetsky said, Beretta is interested in cooperation on the topic of small-caliber carbines. In his

Chinese manufacturers of weapons and military equipment have admitted that they are taking the best Russian weapons as the basis for their developments. In particular, in the latest issue of the Chinese special edition "Tanks and Armored Vehicles", the chief designer of the modern Chinese BMP ZBD04 claims that he is not

New look for 19 trillion Armed Forces reform. There has not been such a controversial topic for a long time. But now we will not consider the reaction of society to the so-called. The "new look" of our army or the moral side of the matter. Let's better talk about the financial side of the matter. Only for new weapons from 2011 to 2020

One of the biggest mysteries of this year may well be the story of the production of Zubr-class hovercraft in Feodosia. To be precise, the mystery is not at the beginning of production, which many did not expect, given the fact that the shipyard "More" for a long time

On October 10, at a meeting of the Federation Council, Deputy Head of the Ministry of Economic Development A. Klepach announced the disruption of the state defense order this year and its possible disruption in the next year. This loud statement was made against the backdrop of repeated assurances by Anatoly Serdyukov that all

Over the past year, the leaders of the Urals defense industry have significantly increased their production volumes. But if the prospects for an increase in supply volumes for manufacturers of aviation components are obvious, then manufacturers of land-based equipment in the very near future can expect a decrease in volumes

The second autumn month has passed, the conscription into the ranks of the Russian army has begun, the year is smoothly moving towards its logical conclusion, and the problem with the State Defense Order (State Defense Order) 2011 still remains unresolved. At the same time, literally all year, the problem with the implementation of plans to re-equip the army tried to be solved at the very

The Russian democratic system, as you know, has a special, so to speak, authentic democracy that is not understood by any other country. Well, if earlier such "misunderstandings" really often appeared in the minds of more and more foreign politicians, economists and experts on various kinds

As is customary in the new Russian practice, if the situation is close to a stalemate, then no one will help except the President or the Prime Minister. It was to the Prime Minister that the management of one of the largest Russian enterprises for the construction of warships, including aircraft carriers, “Baltic

Arms sales are not only a lucrative business for exporting countries. Arms-producing countries are solving their own problems of strengthening their defenses and, of course, have the opportunity to play their political game at the global level. According to experts, a leader among military exporters

Recently, special interest has been paid to the so-called dual-use products. At the exhibition of modern weapons held in early autumn in Nizhny Tagil, the machine-building and industrial "Concern" Tractor Plants "demonstrated its own capabilities in the share of supplies