MIC 2024, November

Not so long ago, Russian shipbuilding and ship repair plants sounded the alarm that the total underfunding from the state and the "calm" in the sea of orders forced many employees to look for more "lucrative" places to work. In this regard, many enterprises in this industry

The arms race seems to have been left somewhere behind, but talk about a balance in the field of modern military technology is not leaving the lips of both specialists and quite ordinary people. This year, perhaps due to the fact that the costs of the military budget were theoretically increased several times, at various

These days, the 8th International Exhibition of Arms is being held at one of the Ural training grounds near Nizhny Tagil. A countless number of releases were released for this exhibition, a great many presentations were prepared, and indeed, there was a lot of talk about the exhibition as something grandiose

For foreign states, Russia has always been and remains a country that is simply drawn to criticize once again. The authorities of some countries of the former socialist bloc, as well as, according to tradition, the Americans and their henchmen especially want to succeed in this. Criticism is often linked to the principles of government in our

Scandals around the Ministry of Defense and the Russian military-industrial complex do not stop. Moreover, if the conflict caused by the interview of Academician Solomonov was, as it were, by itself, then the series of scandals timed to coincide with the MAKS-2011 air show near Moscow has finally demonstrated that this is not only about price

At the Taganrog Aviation Scientific and Technical Complex named after V.I. G.M. Beriev in the spring of this year, the production of the first serial Be-200ES amphibious aircraft began. Recall that until now, all serial and prototype aircraft of this type were produced in Irkutsk. The principled decision about

In the past few weeks, there has been a wave of reports in the media about the punishment of defense generals. Here and there the names of people we have never heard of are “shining”. Well, of course! Three Yak-130s arrived late in the army. What? As many as three ?! How many have you released before? And now there are three. But still they

The International Naval Salon of the city of St. Petersburg is located alongside the world's leading forums of the naval technology, weapons and equipment market. It has rightfully earned its rightful place: its participants present the latest developments in the field of naval weapons and

The 6th International Arms Salon MILEX-2011 is gaining momentum. The demonstration of the achievements of the military-industrial complexes continues in Minsk. The exhibition is somewhat chamber in nature - there is no motorized show, the exposition is static, but very interesting. And guests on it, including from very distant

According to the expert, the defense industry is capable of ensuring the production of almost all weapons and equipment needed by the country. On Tuesday, the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation reported that the first missile regiment, armed with the latest mobile ground missile system "Yars", is on alert in full force. About

The Prosecutor General's Office of the Russian Federation conducted massive inspections in the field of public procurement, during which prosecutors discovered a large number of violations, including criminal ones, at almost all stages of procurement. The talk is about over 10 thousand violations of tender laws, for

The confrontation between the former officials of the tax department, comfortably entrenched in the Ministry of Defense and the defense industry, has reached a boiling point. Until now, no agreements have been concluded for 15% of the state defense order for this year. The President demands, the Prime Minister is satisfied, and Serdyukov once again promises: “Everything will be

Despite the postponed signing of contracts for the purchase of MiG-29K / KUB fighters by the Russian military departments, as well as combat training Yak-130, all orders of the Russian Ministry of Defense can serve as a real locomotive for the revival of the domestic aviation industry. For this, government agencies

Russia has good potential for the further development of military-technical cooperation with the states of Latin America. In particular, Rosoboronexport notes a fresh wave of interest in the region in Russian models of military equipment and weapons. At the exhibition "Sitdef Peru-2011"

Arms trade is one of the main sources of income for many countries of the world. There are several analytical centers around the world that are professionally engaged in the study of the large-scale arms trade. Two centers enjoy the greatest authority and trust - these are

The new year 2011 for the Russian military-industrial complex has become one of the most disastrous in the struggle for the international arms trade markets. So, after the loss of the tender for the supply of tanks to Thailand, a month later, luck turned away from Russia and in the tender for the supply of 126 fighters to India

Before the NATO invasion of Libya, it seemed that the issue of Russia's acquisition of the Mistral helicopter carrier from the French and further joint cooperation regarding the production of such ships had been resolved, but the French, who did not want to reckon with the interests of the Russians, made a deal

One of the most respectable showrooms of weapons and military equipment IDEF-2011, the tenth in a row, opens in Turkey. By the way, this salon is one of the ten largest world exhibitions of the defense industry. Since 2009, the salon has been held in Istanbul at the TUYAP exhibition center. It will work

The Russian government promptly responded to the order issued by President Dmitry Medvedev to find and punish those responsible for disrupting the implementation of the state defense order in 2010. As a result of punitive sanctions, five officials have lost their high positions; another 11 received severe reprimands. But

Despite the fact that Kazakhstan is a long-standing partner of Ukraine in military-technical cooperation, the situation is changing now, and it is Russia, together with Israel and the Republic of South Africa, that can become the main competitor of Kiev in the Kazakh arms market. Head of Military Programs of the Center

Despite all his "talents", Oleg Bochkarev (left) is still a member of the Military-Industrial Commission under the Government of the Russian Federation The reason for this is the litigation around the South Ural OJSC "Electromashina"

The Russian military has recently begun to sharply criticize the products of the domestic defense-industrial complex. The commander-in-chief of the Russian Ground Forces, Alexander Postnikov, spoke negatively about the T-90 tank. According to him, the T-90 does not meet the modern requirements of the military, and

Bearing in mind the failures and problems associated with the implementation of the state armament program adopted for the period from 2006 to 2015, the Russian government intends to invest significant funds not only in the purchase of modern military equipment, but above all in modernization

In recent years, the situation with the provision of the Russian army with modern samples of armored equipment has sharply aggravated. Information from the offices of the Ministry of Defense has become available to the public, and ordinary Russians understand that in the field of weapons, despite all the positive forecasts of the authorities

Russia's position on the world armored vehicle market looks very contradictory. Such confidence was expressed by the Center for Analysis of Strategies and Technologies, and Deputy Director of the Center Konstantin Makienko said this in an interview for RIA Novosti. The country, he said, began to slowly lose ground due to

Many media outlets in Russia have replicated the opinion of the popular German magazine Der Spiegel, which indicates that the Russian military-industrial complex is not able to properly ensure the quality of products and, in this regard, Moscow is forced to go to huge costs to purchase foreign

1916th year. The construction of the Second Automobile Plant "Russo-Balt" begins in the Fili, near Moscow, known first of all by the military council convened by Kutuzov after the Battle of Borodino. Seven years later, the concession for the enterprise was received by a German

As it became known, representatives of two defense plants - FSUE "Plant" Plastmass "and FSUE" Signal "- addressed an open letter to the President of the Russian Federation, deputies of the State Duma and the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation. In their letter, they indicate that at the moment there is an open collapse of the Russian military-industrial

Recently, quite positive news has begun to arrive from different parts of Russia concerning at least some progress in the revival of the Russian military-industrial complex. One of such news is information that recently appeared in the media and online publications that production is being restored in Samara

It will not be news to anyone that the level of development of any state is determined according to certain methods and the main priority is set according to the positions of critical technologies. There are 24 such positions, and at one time the Soviet Union occupied the first places on seven points. These seven points are the most

The Indian Air Force mostly consists of Soviet and Russian-made aircraft, which require scheduled repair and modernization. Previously, all components for aircraft and helicopters were supplied directly by Rosoboronexport, but recently India has had serious complaints about the Russian

As reported by the Open Society Security Academy, Khvilya, Ukraine. The command of the land forces of Thailand has announced a tender for the purchase of 200 tanks to modernize the existing military equipment. Three countries applied for participation in the tender: Ukraine with a new tank

Once again, Russia suffered a painful defeat in the world arms market. This time, the tender for the supply of 200 modern tanks for the Thai army was lost. The main battle tank of the modern Russian army, the T-90, proposed by our state, lost to the Ukrainian T-84 "Oplot". Sum

Not so long ago, the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) published a 2010 report of arms exporting countries. According to this report, Ukraine dropped one line compared to 2009 and ranks 13th in the ranking with an export volume of $ 201 million

Over the past twenty years, an indisputable fact is the malignancy of the fundamental changes in Russia. Their main results: mass extinction and savagery of the population, gigantic social stratification, de-industrialization, and so on. There is a lot of talk about degradation in the sphere of culture, dismantling

On March 5, the second X-37B spacecraft, designed and built in the United States, was launched into space from the Kennity Space Center located at Cape Canaveral in Florida. The X-37B is an unmanned spacecraft developed by the American Boeing airline. The first X-37B flew over 225 days

Russian army until 2020 will purchase more than 1 thousand 300 of the latest models of equipment and weapons, said Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin at a meeting on the development of the defense industry in Votkinsk (Udmurtia). According to him, the creation of 220 of them will require the opening of new or

Alexander Postnikov "Those samples of weapons that are produced by the domestic industry, including armored weapons, artillery and small arms, do not correspond in their parameters to those of NATO and even China," he said in a conversation with reporters

The adopted State Armament Program for 2011–2020 makes the main stake on the acquisition of new equipment and weapons. But is the stake on new weapons and military equipment justified? Isn't it more logical to simultaneously purchase new equipment in large quantities and modernize old ones? In most countries, this is exactly what they do:

During his speech on March 15 at the Federation Council, the Commander-in-Chief of the Ground Forces of the Russian Federation, Alexander Postnikov, attacked the Russian military-industrial complex with rather harsh criticism. According to him, most of the samples of manufactured equipment are seriously lagging behind many foreign counterparts, and in addition to this, they are sold at