DefenceTalkThe Russian military has postponed tests of a high-endurance drone until an unspecified future date, a spokesperson for the United Arab Emirates company that makes the vehicle said Monday. “All existing agreements will remain in force, but the Russian side has requested a delay in testing from February until a later date,” Tatyana Kirova of […]https://www.defencetalk.com/russia-delays-tests-of-uae-made-drone-50690/

DefenceTalkRussian shipbuilders could adopt the design of submarines for an upcoming Indian tender to accommodate Brahmos missiles and an Indian-made air-independent propulsion system, the Rubin design bureau said Thursday. Russia is planning to offer its fourth-generation Amur-1650 boats in India’s $ prospective 11.8-billion tender for the supply of six “stealth” diesel-electric submarines. France, Germany and […]https://www.defencetalk.com/russia-prepared-to-modify-submarines-for-indian-tender-50673/

DefenceTalkAn Indian MiG-29 naval jet landed on a refitted former Soviet aircraft carrier Friday, marking the first such operation since the ship was delivered by Russia to the south Asian nation earlier this year. “An exciting event took place today – the first landing of an [Indian] MiG-29 piloted by an Indian pilot on the […]https://www.defencetalk.com/first-indian-mig-29-fighter-jet-lands-on-vikramaditya-50685/

DefenceTalkTwo US warships have arrived in the Black Sea and will stand ready to offer assistance in the case of a security emergency at the Sochi Olympic games, officials said Wednesday. The USS Mount Whitney, a command vessel for the Navy’s 6th Fleet in the Mediterranean, arrived on Tuesday after departing its port in Naples, […]https://www.defencetalk.com/two-us-ships-arrive-in-black-sea-before-sochi-olympics-50260/

DefenceTalkThe United States has raised concerns with Moscow over a reported Russian test of a cruise missile and is evaluating whether it breaks a 1987 treaty, a US official said Thursday. Washington has raised “the possibility of… a violation,” State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki said, amid reports that Russia had tested a new ground-launched cruise […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-warns-moscow-of-concern-over-cruise-missile-test-50215/

DefenceTalkBangladesh ordered 24 Russian Yak-130 light fighter jets worth $800 million in the final quarter of last year, a Russian newspaper reported Tuesday. The deal was paid for with a loan extended by Moscow to the country a year ago, the director of Russian state arms exporter Rosoboronexport said in a separate interview published by […]https://www.defencetalk.com/bangladesh-buys-russian-combat-training-jets-worth-800m-50173/

DefenceTalkThe Russian military plans to test around 70 types of rocket and missile weaponry at a major testing site this year, a Defense Ministry spokesman has said. The testing program at the Kapustin Yar range in southern Russia will include about 300 launches of rockets, missiles, and aerial drones as part of more than 180 […]https://www.defencetalk.com/russia-to-test-70-new-rockets-and-missiles-in-2014-50028/

DefenceTalkRussia’s Navy is expected to receive 40 new warships and auxiliary vessels in 2014, a high-ranking official said Friday. In addition to surface ships of various classes, the navy will also commission the third Borey-class nuclear powered ballistic missile submarine, the Vladimir Monomakh, and a Varshavyanka-class diesel electric submarine, Rear Admiral Viktor Bursuk, a deputy […]https://www.defencetalk.com/russian-navy-to-get-40-new-ships-in-2014-50026/

DefenceTalkRussia’s first Project 885M Yasen-class attack submarine, the Severodvinsk, was handed over to the navy on Monday, a defense industry source told RIA Novosti. The submarine, designated as Graney-class by NATO, had been under construction at the Sevmash shipyard in northern Russia since 1993. “The delivery acceptance certificate for the first Yasen was signed at […]https://www.defencetalk.com/russia-commissions-new-attack-submarine-50014/

DefenceTalkThe Mi-28N Night Hunter combat helicopter, made by Russian Helicopters a subsidiary of Oboronprom and part of State Corporation Rostec, has officially entered into service with the Russian Defence Ministry under an order signed by Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu. Before officially entering into service, the Mi-28N Night Hunter helicopter was operated by the Russian Armed […]https://www.defencetalk.com/mi-28n-night-hunter-helicopter-enters-russian-service-50004/