Category: Army

© Vitaly Timkivi/TASS ROSTOV-ON-DON, August 20. /TASS/. From the special forces started exercises in the southern military district, in the exercise involved more than 2.5 thousand people.

© Sergey Bobylev/TASS MAGADAN, August 19. /TASS/. United aircraft Corporation (UAC) and the defense Ministry plan to sign a contract for the delivery of the first batch of su-57 to the end of the summer, maybe on the forum “Army-2018”. This was announced by President Petro Poroshenko in interview to the program “actors” on TV channel “Russia 1”.

Mi-26Т2В © Alexander Ryumin/TASS MOSCOW, August 19. /TASS/. Upgraded heavy transport helicopter Mi-26Т2В created for aerospace forces (VKS) Russia, made its first flight. This was reported in the press service of “Helicopters of Russia”. “On the flight test station of the company “Rostvertol” the holding “Russian Helicopters” (part of state Corporation rostec) took the first flight of the upgraded helicopter Mi-26Т2В created for the Russian Air and space forces,” – said the press service.

Armored Car “Tiger” © Arthur Shaikhutdinov The PATRIOT PARK /Moscow region/, August 18. / TASS/. The version of the armored car “Tiger”, upgraded, taking into account Syria experience, exhibited in a static display at the suburban Park “Patriot” in preparation for the forum “Army-2018”, which will open on August 21.

Anti-aircraft missile complex “Buk-M3” © Arthur Shaikhutdinov The PATRIOT PARK /Moscow region/, August 18. / TASS/. Anti-aircraft missile complex “Buk-M3” is exposed in a static exposure near Moscow Park “Patriot” in preparation for the forum “Army-2018”, the correspondent of TASS. In this modification used a new rocket, and their number increased from four to six on the same machine.

The Frigate “Admiral Makarov” © Peter Kovalev/TASS MOSCOW, August 18. /TASS/. The new frigate “Admiral Makarov”, located on the Baltic sea since the adoption of the operation at the end of 2017, began the transition in the Black sea, to the place of permanent basing. About it reported in a press-service of the black sea fleet.

The head of state Corporation “rostec” Chemezov © Sergey Fadeichev/TASS CARPETS, 17 Aug. /TASS/. Rostec is developing more durable personal protection for soldiers, said on Friday, TASS, the head of state Corporation Sergey Chemezov on the sidelines of the conference on diversification in Kovrov. “We are developing a new technology of forming aramid fibers to create armor of new generation. Now studies show that the use of such technology allows for the same weight to increase strength by 12-15% in comparison with foreign analogues”, – said Chemezov.

Strategic bomber Tu-160 © Ladislav Karpov/TASS MOSCOW, August 16. /TASS/. Two strategic Tu-160 bomber performed the first landing on the airfield in Anadyr during the exercises long-range aircraft. This was reported to journalists on Thursday, the press service of the defense Ministry.

Long-range bomber-missile carrier Tu-22M3M © Anna Yudina/TASS KAZAN, August 16. /TASS/. The rollout of the modernized long-range bomber-missile Tu-22M3M took place on Thursday on the territory of the Kazan aviation plant named after S. P. Gorbunov, the correspondent of TASS from the event. “The first prototype Tu-22МЗМ was created as part of an ambitious program of modernization of aircraft systems strategic and long-range aviation, which performs PJSC “Tupolev” at the present time. The next stage of the program is the deep modernization of the first batch of combat aircraft, the Tu-22MZ”, – said at the ceremony the General Director of firm of Tupolev Alexander Konyukhov.

Long-range bomber-missile carrier Tu-22M3M © Yegor Aleev/TASS On the territory of the Kazan aviation plant named after S. P. Gorbunov, the presentation of the new Tu-22M3M. This is the first deep modernization of those in the ranks of the aerospace forces (VKS) Russian long-range supersonic missile-bomber Tu-22MZ with a variable sweep wing. The first flight of the new machine to be held in September this year. It is planned that the level of Tu-22M3M will be upgraded 30 Russian planes VC.