Russia

Russia

convertiplane

The Russian design bureau VR-Technologies, part of Russian Helicopters, will build the country’s first ever electric-powered heavy-lift convertiplane prototype by 2019. According to defenseworld.net’s...
sniper rifle

Russia’s security services will begin taking delivery of the country's next-generation Tochnost sniper rifle before the year is out. "This year, the Federal Security Service,...
S-400

Turkey, a NATO member, is now purchasing defense systems from Russia. Moscow received an advance payment from Turkey for S-400 surface-to-air missile systems, Russian...
cyber

Is an extensive cyber attack expected again? The Ukrainian cyber security firm, ISSP, recently announced that it may have detected a new computer virus...
dual-use technologies

China and Russia are looking into closer industrial cooperation in the development of military and civilian products. The Russian high-tech conglomerate Rostec Corporation large-scale...
artificial intelligence

The Pentagon sees Artificial Intelligence (AI) and related technologies as key enablers of future military operations. But the Defense Department faces challenges as it...
satellite communication

Russian forces in Syria have built up a network of satellite communication stations to make up for communications links lost during the war. Speaking...
transport helicopters

Heavy transport helicopters are used in places where the use of conventional aircraft is impossible. Thanks to their unlimited landing capabilities they can operate...
weapon

Defense industries have been investing growing resources in the development of an anti-UAV weapon for various uses by law enforcement teams as well as the...
russia in syria

By Arie Egozi Last week’s meeting between Benjamin Netanyahu and the Russian President Vladimir Putin has confirmed one thing - Russia would not give up...
stealth fighter jets

Confronting the threat of stealth fighter jets requires the development of advanced and special means in comparison to the challenge posed by other fighter...
Israeli-made

By Arie Egozi This was the U.S demand even before the Trump era and the downturn it had brought to the Washington-Moscow relations. Washington has objected...
indian defence ministry

A high-powered panel appointed by the Indian defence ministry to examine different aspects of the fifth generation fighter aircraft (FGFA) project has said that...
future battlefield

The future battlefield is at the center of a new US Army study about the warfare over the next few decades. Soldiers can expect...
combat uav

A new Russian combat UAV was recently developed. Russia’s Modern Aviation Technologies (SAT) Design Bureau has developed a UAV concept based on its SR-10...
laser based landing

UAV landing sometimes entails the risk of an accident due to wrong estimates by the operator.  Now, safe takeoff and landing even in the...
missiles

The Russian army has been purchasing weapons from indigenous manufacture. The Russian defense industry has supplied the Armed Forces with an Iskander-M missile system...
reconnaissance uav

A new Russian-made reconnaissance drone will be marketed globally. The Orion-E unmanned aerial vehicle has been offered for export. The drone manufactured by Kronshtadt is...
video surveillance

A new UAV version developed includes a rough landing mechanism. The Supercam S450 is intended for real-time airborne video surveillance day and night. Series...
electronic warfare

The US Army Research Lab has been increasingly focusing on fighting land wars against far more technologically sophisticated adversaries than it has in the...
missile defense

The Turkish government has signed an agreement with fellow NATO members France and Italy to develop its national missile defense systems, the Turkish defense...
missile defense systems

Turkey prefers Russia as its defense missile systems supplier. Turkey has agreed to pay $2.5 billion to acquire Russia’s most advanced missile defense system,...