03.02.05

General of the Army Vladimir Mikhailov, commander-in-chief of the Air Force of the Russian Federation, stated to INTERFAX - АVN, that in 2005 the Air Defence troops would field the S-400 new antiaircraft missile system.

03.02.05

Prime minister of the Russian Federation Mikhail Fradkov has approved the concept of creation of the united aircraft-building corporation (UAC) submitted by the Ministry of Industry and Power Engineering of the Russian Federation. This was reported by PRIME-TASS referring to Boris Alyoshin, Head of the Federal agency on industry.

03.02.05

We invite you to take part in the largest metallurgical forum of Russia and the CIS countries - "Week of metals in Moscow" and visit the Tenth international specialized exhibition "Metal-Expo'2004", which will take place from November 16 till Novem-ber 19, 2004 in Moscow in pavilions 20 and 57 of the All-Russian exhibition center. »

10.12.04

An agreement between Sevmash and "Odfjell AC" Norwegian shipping company on construction of large-capacity tankers – chemical-carriers was signed recently. "Od-fjell" – is the leading company in the world market, engaged in transportation of chemicals and other liquid oil products. »

10.12.04

The "Ural" automobile plant ("RusPromAvto" holding) presents a new chassis with enhanced load-carrying capacity - "Ural - 632341" with 8x8 wheel formula. The new chassis is intended for installation of technological equipment, the weight of placed and transported cargo is 18 600 kg.

14.12.04

The forming up of the " Ilyushin " corporation will be completed in the first quarter of 2006, said to "Interfax - АVN" Viktor Livanov, director general of the Ilyushin Aviation complex on Thursday.

03.02.05

In the first quarter of 2005 it is planned to resume in-flight trials of the new "Arbalet " (" Cross-bow ") onboard radar-tracking system (RTS) developed by the " Phazotron – NIIR " corporation for the Ka-52 " Alligator " combat helicopter. In the second half of the past year the first stage of manufacturer’s (preliminary) in-flight trials of the "Arbalet " onboard RTS was successfully completed. In total 17 test flights have been executed.

03.02.05

The Hannover exhibition is called to reflect all aspects of industrial, scientific and technical cooperation between Russian and foreign enterprises and scientific organizations. President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin has accepted the invitation of Deutsche Messe AG to visit the Hannover fair and will take part in the opening ceremony together with Chancellor of Germany Gerhard Shroeder.

03.02.05

In spite of the country’s complicated economic situation, the project of the federal budget of Russia for 2005 will allow to increase financing of the Armed Forces development. As Minister of Defence Sergey Ivanov stated at a meeting with the President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin, next year allocation of 471 billion roubles for defence purposes was envisaged, and taking into consideration various state (including federal) objective programs this sum would amount to 573 billion roubles. »

10.12.04

"A "Kopye" ("Spear") modern radar and an outfitted workstation have been handed over to the "Aviation radio engineering complexes" faculty of the Moscow Aviation Institute (MAI) for organization of educational process", - informed First Deputy Director General of the "Fazotron-NIIR" corporation Vyacheslav Rogov. The "Kopye" radar – is the base radar of a family of modern onboard radar sta-tions developed and produced by "Fazotron-NIIR" Corporation" Open JSC

10.12.04

The "Almaz-Antey" air defence concern took part in the INDO DEFENCE-2004 EXPO&FORUM international exhibition of armament and military equipment, which for the first time was held in Jakarta, Indonesia on November 24-27. At the "Almaz-Antey" air defence concern’s stand, which was a part of the consolidated Russian exposition, the whole spectrum of military products manufactured by its enterprises, some models of which have no analogues in the world, was presented.

14.12.04