During the Expo Defensa 2017 exhibition, Anatoly Punchuk, Deputy Director of the Federal Service for Military Technical Cooperation of Russia, announced that there are negotiations between Russia and Colombia for the supply of Mi-17V-5 helicopters.
Currently, there are about 20 helicopters of the type in Colombia in operation, after the good experience one could collect, consider...
As it became known from the Russian Ministry of Defense, the modernization measures of the Russian Air Force continue to advance. Thus, only the Sukhoi Su -33 aircraft could be equipped with the new computing subsystem SVP-24-33 in order to act significantly more efficient.
In addition to the Su-33, the Su-24M and Tu-22M3 bombers are also...
The flight tests of the light Russian Ka-226 multi-purpose helicopter in Iran have been successfully completed. Especially the flights in the altitudes were very positive, confirmed the head of the Russian helicopter holding Andrei Boginsky. For Iran itself, the purchase of the medical version would be interesting, according to the manufacturers.
Already since 1997 the light...
The Krylov State Scientific Center (KGNC) from Russia presents a concept for a new development on a new Russian light multi-purpose aircraft carrier (LMF). Already in August 2017 in the forum "Army-2017" the first concept was presented to the Russian Ministry of Defense, a model and further details will now follow in December.
The new multi-purpose...
China's military has been massively upgrading for years. The developers often orientate themselves on Western, especially on US military technology is hard to miss in some examples. So also in 2 prototypes of a new medium transport helicopter was spotted in Tibet. It is the new Z-20 military helicopter of the Chinese Air Force, which...
The appearance of the new Russian main battle tank T-14 Armata has shown that German tanks are no longer up-to-date.
Thus, the Ministry of Defense demanded the redevelopment of a Leopard successor. However, according to current estimates, this new tank should not be ready before 2030.
But in addition to the constant improvement of the Leopard, currently...