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[nandu]

Russian state arms exporter sees contracts worth $38 bln in 2010

MiG-35 Fulcrum-F multirole fighters

Russia's state arms exporter Rosoboronexport said on Friday its orders so far this year had exceeded $38 billion.

It said aircraft and airborne weapon systems accounted for over 50% of all export orders.

"Despite serious competition, demand grows from year to year," the company said in a press release.

"Our cooperation is expanding with leading foreign manufacturers, especially on new joint projects and R&D programs."

Rosoboronexport handles over 80% of Russian arms exports.

Russia will showcase an array of warplanes at the Farnborough Air Show (FIA), one of the most preeminent global aviation events, to be held on July 19-25 near London.

Russian products will include Su-35 Flanker and MiG-35 Fulcrum-F multirole fighters, the Su-32 fighter-bomber (an export version of the Su-34 Fullback aircraft) and MiG-29 Fulcrum combat aircraft.

http://en.rian.ru/russia/20100716/159841927.html

 

[Neil]

Russia To Sell One Billion Dollars Worth Of Arms To Yemen

Moscow: Russia and Yemen could sign an arms contract worth over $1 billion, an international arms expert has said.
A Yemeni delegation led by President Ali Abdullah Saleh discussed sales of Russian arms to the Arab republic recently during the leader's short visit to Moscow.
Igor Korotchenko, head of a Moscow-based think tank on the international arms trade, said Yemen "is interested in a very broad range of Russian arms and military equipment," especially MiG-29 SMT jet fighters (up to 30), Mi-35 and Ka-52 helicopter gunships and Mi-17 military transport helicopters.
He said Saleh's wish list also included T-72M1 tanks, Kornet E antitank complexes, Smerch multiple launch rocket systems (up to 20 units), and BMP-3 infantry fighting vehicles.
"In addition, Yemen is interested in building an air-defense system with [Russian made] S-300MPU and S-300 PMU1 surface-to-air missile complexes," Korotchenko said.
He said Yemen would also like to modernize the weaponry it bought from the Soviet Union, including BRDM-2 armored reconnaissance vehicles, whose number currently exceeds 1,000.
Furthermore, he said, Yemen needs warships, in particular high-speed patrol boats, to fight piracy in the Gulf of Aden.

http://www.defencetalk.com/russia-to-sell-one-billion-dollars-worth-of-arms-to-yemen-27372/

 

[bhramos]

Russia can supply MiG-29, Su-35 fighters to Egypt - Rosoboronexport

FARNBOROUGH. July 25 (Interfax-AVN) - Rosoboronexport is in technical consultations with the Egyptian Defense Ministry regarding possible supply of Mikoyan MiG-29M2 and Sukhoi Su-35 fighter aircraft, head of the Rosoboronexport's Department of Air Force Special Gear and Services Export Sergei Kornev told Interfax-AVN.
"We held a presentation of the MiG-29M2 and Su-35 aircraft for the Egyptian Defense Ministry. Technical consultations are under way," Kornev said at the Farnborough international airshow near London.
It is too soon to talk about negotiating the supply of these aircraft, he said. "In regard to aircraft, we are at the very beginning of the path," Kornev said.
The company signed with Egypt a contract for the supply of Mikoyan Mi-17V-5 helicopters, he said. "In regard to helicopters, we already have certain results," said Kornev, who heads Rosoboronexport's delegation at the airshow.

http://www.interfax.com/newsinf.asp?id=179162

 

[bhramos]

Russia :Israel will supply more than thirty-drones

Farnborough. July 25. INTERFAX.RU - Israel has put Russia in the near future 36 unmanned aircraft, told Interfax-AVN head of the department of export of special equipment and services to Air Force Rosoboronexport Sergey Kornev. "Earlier, the contract was signed for the purchase of unmanned aerial vehicles in the amount of 36 units of the Israeli production. Delivery will be implemented shortly," - he said the agency in passing near London International Airshow Farnborough.

http://www.interfax.ru/society/news.asp?id=146632

 

[bhramos]

Venezuela may acquire Russian transport planes - arms exporter

Venezuela may soon buy several Russian military transport aircraft, a department head for Russia's state-controlled arms exporter Rosoboronexport has said.
Sergei Kornev, of Rosoboronexport's Air Force department, made the announcement after the Farnborough Air Show outside London ended on Sunday.
"We hope to conclude a contract in transport aviation with Venezuela," Kornev said.
"We hold firm positions in arms delivery on the Latin American market. This is interesting for us, we succeed in concluding contracts and we fulfill our obligations," he said.
Russia has already exported Su-30MK2 Flanker-G aircraft, Mi-17B-5 Hip-H, Mi-35 Hind-E helicopter gunships as well as Mi-26T Halo freight transport helicopters to Venezuela.
India, Venezuela, Algeria and Malaysia are the major buyers of Russian military aircraft. The total volume of deliveries to these countries exceeded $2 billion in 2008.
FARNBOROUGH, July 26 (RIA Novosti)

http://en.rian.ru/mlitary_news/20100726/159950196.html

 

[bhramos]

Russia has stronghold on Libyan weapons market - arms exporter

Russia holds a strong position on Libya's weapons market, a department head for Russia's state-controlled arms exporter Rosoboronexport said.
Sergei Kornyev, the department head of Russia's Air Force special equipment and services, made the announcement after the Farnsborough Air Show outside London ended on Sunday.
"We confirm the signing of contracts of delivery for six training Yak-130 fighters and Mi helicopters to Libya," Kornyev said, adding: "We are looking at this market with optimism and are not planning on giving up our strong positions [on it]."
Russia's Irkut signed through Rosoboronexport a contract for the delivery of six Yak-130s to Libya. Under the contract, the first two fighters will be delivered in 2011, and the remaining four in 2012.
The Yak-130 passed the first stage of state tests in April 2009.
The new fighter boasts superior aerodynamics and radio-electronic equipment that gives it the leading role in pilot training with a high level of safety and low cost flight hours, as well as a long life cycle.
Irkut is in the process of fulfilling a 2006 contract with Algiers on Yak-130 deliveries and is in the first-stage process of signing delivery contracts to a number of other countries.

http://en.rian.ru/mlitary_news/20100726/159947778.html

 

[bhramos]

Azerbaijan purchases S-300 PMU-2 - Russian newspaper

29/07/2010

Russia has agreed to deliver S-300 air defense systems to Azerbaijan, leading Russian business daily Vedomosti said on Thursday.

Russian state arms exporter Rosoboronexport signed an agreement with the Azerbaijani Defense Ministry on the supply of two S-300PMU-2 Favorit (SA-20b Gargoyle b) batallions last year, a top manager of a company producing S-300 components told Vedomosti.

The contract is already being implemented and is expected to be fulfilled within a year or two, he said.
A Rosoboronexport official has refused to comment on the report, and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev's spokesman, Azer Kasymov, said he has no information on the issue, the paper said.

The deal, worth at least $300 million, is the most expensive single purchase of weapons by a former Soviet state, excluding Russia, Mikhail Barabanov, the editor-in-chief of the English-language Moscow Defense Brief magazine, told Vedomosti. Russia has also sold S-300 missiles to Belarus and Kazakhstan, but these deals were much cheaper.

Outside the post-Soviet area, Russia has also delivered S-300 air defense systems to Algeria and China. In December 2005, Moscow signed a contract on supplying Iran with at least five S-300 systems, but the contract's implementation has so far been delayed.
Until the 1990s, Azerbaijan had had one of the most advanced air defense systems in the Soviet area, Vedomosti said. However, these systems have since become obsolete.

A Russian Defense Ministry officer said the purchase of S-300 missiles would unlikely change the balance in relations between Azerbaijan and neighboring Armenia, which have been at odds for almost two decades over the breakaway region of Nagorny Karabakh. None of the countries has modern fighter jets, cruise or ballistic missiles which S-300 air defense systems are designed to intercept.

The officer told the paper Azerbaijan was rather trying to assure its security in case of aggression from Iran.

Azerbaijan has been actively modernizing its military sphere, including the purchase of weapons from Ukraine, Belarus, Israel and South Africa, the head of the Russian Center for Analysis of Strategies and Technologies (CAST), Ruslan Pukhov, told Vedomosti. If Moscow did not supply modern air defense systems to its former Soviet neighbor, then either South Africa or Israel would have done it, he said.

http://en.rian.ru/mlitary_news/20100729/159989155.html

 

[bhramos]

Russia Denies Azerbaijan Buys Anti-Aircraft Missiles

MOSCOW - A Russian newspaper reported July 29 that ex-Soviet Azerbaijan had bought Russian anti-aircraft missile systems worth $300 million but Moscow denied the claim.

Quoting Russian arms industry sources, the Vedomosti daily reported that Baku had signed the deal with Russian state arms exporter Rosoboronexport last year to purchase two batteries of S-300 anti-aircraft systems, in the largest purchase of arms from Moscow by an ex-Soviet country.

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[bhramos]

Russia delivers three Mi-35M helicopters to Indonesia

Russia has delivered three Mi-35M Hind assault helicopters to Indonesia, a military source said on Thursday.
Russia signed an agreement with Indonesia in September 2007 to provide a $1 billion credit line to the Southeast Asian country for Russian weapons purchases. Indonesia planned to buy ten Mi-17 transport helicopters, five Mi-35Ms, six Sukhoi fighters and two Kilo-class submarines financed by the credit.
Jakarta became one of Russia's major arms customers in 1999 when the United States tightened an embargo on arms sales to the country over alleged human rights violations.
Washington has since lifted the ban, but Indonesia, the world's most populous Islamic country, continues to turn to Russia for its military hardware imports.
Moscow has already delivered three Su-27SKM fighters to Indonesia as the final part of an August 2007 $300 million deal for six of the Sukhoi fighters.
The agreement followed a 2003 deal on the purchase of four fighter jets by Indonesia from Russia.
The planes will take part in a military parade dedicated to Indonesian Armed Forces Day on October 5.
The Mi-35M is an export version of the Mi-24 Hind that was used extensively in Afghanistan. The Mi-24/35 can be used for transportation, assault and medical evacuation tasks.

Russia delivers three Mi-35M helicopters to Indonesia | World | RIA Novosti

 

[Patriot]

Russia defends decision to ban S-300 missile sale to Iran :: Brahmand.com

BEIJING (AFP): Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov Monday defended Moscow's refusal to supply Iran with S-300 air defence missiles, saying such a sale would violate UN Security Council sanctions.

Last week, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev signed a decree banning supplies of the missiles and other arms to Tehran, which is engaged in a standoff with the international community over its nuclear drive.

"These supplies fall under an embargo that the (UN) Security Council has introduced and force majeure applies here," Lavrov told reporters travelling with Medvedev, who was in Beijing as part of a three-day visit to China.

Force majeure is a common clause in contracts that exempts the parties from liability if an extraordinary event beyond the control of the parties -- in this case UN sanctions -- prevents one side from fulfilling the agreement.

When asked about reports that Tehran had threatened to sue Moscow over the non-completion of the S-300 contract, Lavrov replied: "I have heard nothing about this."

Iranian lawmaker Alaeddin Borujerdi, the head of the national security and foreign affairs commission in parliament, was quoted by the IRNA official news agency on Sunday as saying Moscow could face legal action over the deal.

"If Russians refuse to deliver the S-300, it can be legally pursued and (they) will be subject to a fine," he said, adding he hoped "Russia will make good on its S-300 contract with Iran to maintain its reputation in the world."

 

[SHASH2K2]

Russia remains leader in arms deliveries to India

A Russian think tank put Russia in the first place on the list of major arms suppliers to India in 2002-2009.
"During this period, Russia delivered weaponry worth an estimated $9.87 billion to India, which is about 60 percent of the Indian arms imports [$16.47 bln]," the Center for Analysis of World Arms Trade (CAWAT) said in its Yearbook 2010 publication.
The CAWAT said Russia will remain the top arms supplier to India in 2010-2013 with estimated deliveries worth $15.26 bln or 44.7 percent of the Indian arms imports during the same period ($34.1 bln).
India and Russia enjoy close bilateral ties, particularly in the areas of defense, nuclear energy and space industry.
The existing Russian-Indian military cooperation program through 2010 features up to 200 projects worth about $18 billion.
Current arms exports contracts include the delivery of the Admiral Gorshkov aircraft carrier with at least 16 MiG-29K Fulcrum-D carrier fighters, the Smerch MLRS, and licensed production of T-90 tanks in India.

 

[Parthy]

France ready to transfer warship technology to Russia: PM

French Prime Minister Francois Fillon said on a visit to Moscow on Thursday that France was ready to transfer military technology if it won a tender to supply Russia with Mistral warships.

"There is no question about the technology transfer, no problem regarding technology transfers," Fillon said at a joint news conference with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin.

Russia had been in exclusive talks with France to buy two Mistral-class amphibious assault ships but in August the defence ministry announced an international tender.

Putin stressed that the price and the possibility of technology transfer to allow Russia to subsequently learn to build its own warships of the same class, would be key criteria in Russia's choice.

"The price is important. Russia is also interested in technology transfers. This is important for our ship building," Putin said.

Fillon complained jokingly that Putin was a hard bargainer in price negotiations.

"We are discussing the price and Vladimir Putin is not the easiest person to talk to about this question," he said.

Over several months, talks with Moscow have stalled on the question of technology transfer.

France has been negotiating with Russia since 2009 on a possible deal to sell Moscow the Mistral, a powerful warship capable of carrying helicopters and tanks, costing around 500 million euros.

If agreed, the deal would be the first sale to Russia of such technology by a NATO country and France's NATO allies have expressed concern about arming Russia with modern Western weaponry.




http://www.defencetalk.com/france-ready-to-transfer-warship-technology-to-russia-pm-30549/

 

[Parthy]

Russian arm sales total $10 bln in 2010


Russian Deputy Prime Minister Sergei Ivanov on Tuesday said that figures indicate that the country sold approximately $10 billion in arms and military equipment this year.

"According to even the most conservative estimates, the export of military products in 2010 - to more than 60 countries - will exceed $10 billion," said Ivanov, as cited by RIA Novosti.

Last year Russia sold more than $8.5 billion worth of weapons. It has been second only to the United States in global arms sales over recent years.

Ivanov also added that Russia has new weapons orders from foreign customers exceeding $45 billion.



http://www.brahmand.com/news/Russian-arm-sales-total-$10-bln-in-2010/5804/1/10.html

 

[bhramos]

Russian Air Force gets batch of 10 Mi-8AMTSh helos

http://vpk.name/news/47817_na_uuaz_..._peredachi_vvs_rf_10_vertoletov_mi8amtsh.html (Russian)

 

[chex3009]

Russia's arms exports at record high

Russia's state arms exporting agency, Rosoboronexport, 2010 is ending on a high note.
In the wake of Russian President Dmitry Medvedev's three-day state visit to India, the two countries have agreed to a $295 million joint development of a fifth-generation multirole fighter. In all, 30 bilateral documents were signed during Medvedev's visit.

The agreement for the aircraft's development was signed between Rosoboronexport General Director Anatoly Isaikin and Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd. Chairman Ashok Nayak. Isaikin said he is upbeat about his firm's future, telling journalists last month, "Rosoboronexport currently exports several thousand military products, expanding arms sales by $500 million-$600 million each year."

The contract formalizes an earlier 2010 arrangement between Russia's Sukhoi aeronautics company and Hindustan Aeronautics Limited to develop in tandem a fifth-generation fighter jet based on the Sukhoi's T-50 fifth-generation fighter jet (also known as PAK FA) design. That model draws on Sukhoi efforts to develop a fifth-generation fighter since the 1990s capable of competing with the West's most advanced aircraft, including the American F-22 Raptor.

Russia's Amalgamated Aircraft Manufacturing Corp. Senior Vice President Mikhail Pogosyan said the joint program promoted the strengthening of both India's and Russia's defensive capabilities and that it will "provide the market with a competitive product that will meet tomorrow's requirements," with the prototype expected undergo testing by 2015.

Russia's fifth-generation fighter Sukhoi T-50 is currently undergoing tests, the prototype having been built at a plant in Komsomolsk-on-Amur in Russia's Far East. Russia intends to use the jointly developed fifth-generation fighter as an export version of T-50, while India is expecting the new fighter aircraft to enter service with its air force by 2020.

Rosoboronexport oversees the production of Russian Defense Industrial Complex, consisting of more than 1,500 research institutes, design bureaus and manufacturing plants and accounts for more than 90 percent of Russia's annual arms sales.

According to Russian Deputy Prime Minister Sergei Ivanov, Rosoboronexport's exports in 2010 will exceed $10 billion, second only to U.S. arms exports. Rosoboronexport exports its products to 60 countries mainly in Southeast Asia, the Far East, and the Middle East, raising concerns in both the United States and Israel, as some of the weaponry goes to countries such as Syria and Venezuela.

Earlier this month, Venezuelan leader Hugo Chavez announced that Russia had agreed to lend his country $4 billion so that he could spend it on Russian-made weapons.

Rosoboronexport's future for 2011 looks good, as the company has $40 billion in confirmed orders on its ledgers. As for competing with the U.S. military-industrial complex, the world's largest arms exporters, Moscow's Center for Analysis of Strategies and Technologies Deputy Director Konstantin Makienko observed simply, "It is pointless to compare any country with the U.S. when it comes to selling arms."

http://geneva-globaldefence.blogspot.com/2010/12/russias-arms-exports-at-record-high.html#more