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Russia has completed delivery of 28 Su-30MKA fighters to Algeria. These were ordered three years ago. Algeria has also bought 22 Su-24 bombers and six Il-78 aerial tankers. There was also a purchase of 28 MiG-29 fighters, but this turned into a major scandal. Russian prosecutors recently tried and convicted several aviation company executives for passing off defective, or used, aircraft parts as new. Many of these parts made their way into MiG-29 jet fighters that were sold to Algeria. Two years ago, Algeria told Russia that it was cancelling the 2007 purchase of 28 MiG-29 fighters (for $1.3 billion),...

Libya plans to purchase over 20 warplanes from Russia. Moscow and Tripoli are currently in talks about the package of contracts, Interfax reports. The documents can be signed at the end of 2009 or in the beginning of 2010. The deal is evaluated at $1 billion. “Libya plans to purchase 12 or 15 Su-35 multipurpose jets, four Su-30 and six Yak-130 trainer aircraft,� a source told the news agency. “Technically, many contracts have been elaborated well, and are ready to be signed. We only need to regulate financial issues,� the source said.

An American company is offering two Su-27 fighters, for the bargain price of $5 million each. The aircraft are demilitarized, but recently refurbished. Since the refurbishment, the aircraft have been in the air only 16 hours, and the engines only have 19 hours of use. The aircraft were purchased, from Ukraine, last year by an American firm (Tac Air), to assist the U.S. Air Force is determining how the Su-27 performs. This work is apparently done, and now the Su-27s are no longer needed. The electronics are up to date, and qualified maintenance services are available, in Nevada (where Tac...

New fighter, designed by Russian Sukhoi is reportedly more maneuverable than Lockheed Martin's designs India, one of the world's brightest emerging technical superpowers -- currently, the seventh biggest nation in terms of land area, and the second biggest in terms of population -- is preparing to make a major military leap forward. It will be flying its first stealth fighter in under four months. The new fighter is a so-called "fifth generation" fighter jet. Currently only two such fighter jets exist, both produced by Lockheed Martin: the F-22 Raptor and the F-35 Lightning II. The Indian fighter is being developed...

Fighter Order Rekindles Russian Air Force By Douglas Barrie and Alexey Komarov Zhukovsky, Russia Russian air force ambitions stretch far beyond the $2.65-billion Sukhoi fighter order at the MAKS 2009 show. Aspirations include fielding an unmanned combat air vehicle (UCAV) alongside its fifth-generation fighter and developing a next-generation strategic bomber. The fighter deal is a fillip to the air force and Sukhoi. The military will acquire 48 Su-35S fighter aircraft from 2010-15, along with 12 Su-27SMs and four Su-30M2s. Delivery of the last two versions of the Flanker should be completed by 2011. Securing an air force order bolsters Sukhoi’s...

Stealthy Sukhois Posted by Bill Sweetman at 8/25/2009 5:00 AM CDT Talking about stealth in relation to the Sukhoi Su-27 and its extended family, including the new Su-35S, tends to cause people to fall over in fits of mirth. Like Chandler's Moose Malloy, the basic airplane looks about as inconspicuous as a tarantula on a slice of angel food. But just about six years ago, in late 2003, Defense IQ managed to persuade a team from the Institute of Theoretical and Applied Electromagnetics (ITAE), part of the Russian Academy of Sciences, to present at a conference on stealth in London....

As one of our readers noted, DID’s articles from 2005-2007 seem to describe 2 different SU-35s. One is a mid-life modernized SU-27 Flanker, but there’s also much more re-engineered “SU-35� variant with canards, thrust vectoring, etc. has been confused with (and possibly redesignated between) the SU-37. So… what do we mean by “SU-35�? This article explains the sources of the widespread confusion regarding the SU-35’s layout and key characteristics, reviews what is now known about the platform, and tracks its development. Those developments are likely to have broad consequences. The aircraft has a home customer in the Russian Air Force,...

Russian Defense Ministry orders 64 Su-family fighters MOSCOW, August 18 (RIA Novosti) - The Russian Defense Ministry and the Sukhoi aircraft maker signed on Tuesday a contract on the delivery of 64 Su fighters to the Russian Air Force. The contract, signed during the MAKS-2009 air show in Zhukovsky near Moscow, stipulates the delivery of 48 Su-35 by 2015, and 12 Su-27SM and four Su-30M2 multirole fighters by 2011. The value of the contract was not disclosed, but according to open sources, the cost of a Su-35 fighter, billed as "4++ generation using fifth-generation technology," is estimated at up to...

 Holy frak. Holy frak. HOLYROLLERBLADINGFRAK! Movie producers paid two Sukhoi Su-35 pilots to fly without a canopy at Mach 2.0, and have one of them eject in what probably is one of the most dangerous stunts ever filmed. While on this speed I even managed to pull out my fingers in glove for an inch or two outside - it became heated very fast because of immense friction force plane undergoes with the air. That's what the pilot who remained in the cabin said he did after his crazy comrade ejected, landing safely on the ground. I don't know...

The Pentagon purchased two Russian-made Su-27 fighter jets from Ukraine. The United States will reportedly use the Russian jets to train effective counter-operation efforts. The Russian jets are a serious competition for the US F-15 fighters. The jets of Russia’s renowned Sukhoi design bureau proved to be more successful than their US competitors during a number of tests. The Pentagon has been trying to obtain the Russian warplanes, and Ukraine helped the nation do it legally. The news about the deal between the USA and the Air Force of Ukraine appeared on the US-based website Strategypage.com. The website said that...

While Russia's military elite have already seen the prototype - or perhaps prototypes - of the air force's nextgeneration heavy fighter, the aircraft will likely only make its public debut after first flight, if tradition is followed. Senior Russian government and military leaders continue to insist first flight will be this year. Up to three prototypes are thought to be in various stages of final assembly at the Sukhoi manufacturing site in Komsomolsk-on-Amur. The Russian air force's fighter fleet replacement strategy in the near to medium term is built around two Sukhoi programs: the Su-27SM2 (Su-35) development of the Flanker...

India announced its plans to double the purchase of Russia’s Su-30MKI fighter jets. If the plans become real, Russia will set a new record selling the largest quality of fourth-generation aircraft to a foreign customer. The deal will considerably improve the reputation of Russia’s renowned jet, although it does have significant competitors from the fifth generation. India may considerably enlarge its fleet of Russian-made Su-30MKI by 2015 – to 230 planes, news agencies reported with reference to India’s Defense Minister Arackaparambil Kurian Antony. The official said that India had purchased 98 of such fighter jets from Russia since 1996. The...

OSCOW, June 15 (RIA Novosti) - Russia would like to expand sales of such warplanes as the Su-34 throughout the world, President Dmitry Medvedev said in an interview with Chinese TV released on Monday. Sukhoi Su-34 Fullback, an advanced two-seat fighter-bomber and attack aircraft, was flown by Medvedev in March. The president told China Central TV his flight was supposed to "deliver several messages." He said he wanted to "learn firsthand about the potential of Russian equipment," and was able to see for himself that "this equipment is really great." He added that as commander in chief, he wanted to...

Sukhois In The US (Officially) Posted by Bill Sweetman at 5/7/2009 8:31 AM CDT Two Sukhoi Su-27UB trainers have just turned up in the US. They're probably not the first aircraft of the type to be acquired by US operators - but are probably the first that anyone will talk about, since there have been multiple Su-27 sightings in the neighborhood of Air Force Flight Test Center Detachment 3, popularly known as Area 51. One of the two Su-27s before delivery (Tac Air) The two new arrivals have been acquired from the Ukraine by Reno-based Tac Air, which provides training...

I swear by our dear dog, Ma, I am safe: officer on crashed Sukhoi SiddharthKelkar Posted: May 01, 2009 at 0138 hrs Pune “I panicked a bit when I heard about the crash. But around 1 pm I managed to contact Siddharth and he said he was safe,” said Aparajita Munje, mother of Wing Commander S V Munje (35), who survived the Sukhoi crash on Thursday morning. “I was initially not entirely convinced by what he was trying to tell me, but then he swore by his beloved German Shepherd Simba,” she said at her home on Prabat Road. Munje’s...

Russian Su-35 fighter jet prototype destroyed during testing 10:20 | 27/ 04/ 2009 KHABAROVSK, April 27 (RIA Novosti) - A prototype of the advanced Su-35 Flanker multi-role fighter plane burst into flames during take-off procedures at a testing ground in Russia's Far East, a spokesman for the Komsomolsk-on-Amur aircraft plant said on Monday. "The accident occurred at 09.55 Moscow time [05.55 GMT] on Sunday at the Dzemgi airfield during the Su-35 prototype's take-off," Vitaly Tyulkin said, adding that the pilot ejected safely. "We will announce the details of the accident later in the day," he said. Sources earlier said the...

Fifth-generation fighter to be developed in joint project 20:26 | 21/ 04/ 2009 MOSCOW. (Ilya Kramnik, RIA Novosti military commentator) - The development of the fifth-generation jet fighter is one of the most widely discussed issues in Russia's military. What's more, with its potential involvement in developing the jet fighter, India, one of Russia's long-standing partners in military technical cooperation, confirms its interest in Russia's future project. The new jet fighter is being developed under the PAK FA (Prospective (promising) Aircraft System of the Frontline Aviation) program to replace fourth-generation models now in service in Russian and Indian air forces....

MOSCOW, April 7 (RIA Novosti) - Russia's new Superjet 100 airliner will be one of the big draws at Le Bourget 2009 when it makes its debut appearance in Paris, a top official of the major international air show said on Tuesday. The 48th Paris Air Show at Le Bourget on June 15-21, which marks 100 years of technological innovation in aeronautics and space conquest, will be the first chance for most aviation enthusiasts to get a look at the new plane. "The Russian Sukhoi Superjet 100 airplane will be a genuine star at our anniversary air show, primarily because...

The Australian think-tank, Air Power Australia (APA), has released another in their series of techno-strategy papers, this time analysing the advancements in Russian-built Integrated Air Defense Systems (IADS) (http://www.ausairpower.net/APA-2009-02.html), and what it means in global strategic terms for the Americans. The APA report is direct and unequivocal – Russian radar and missiles have improved to the point where the US fleet of F-15s, F-16s and F/A-18s, as well as the planned Joint Strike Fighter (JSF), are not capable of surviving against these systems and unless the Americans build another four hundred-plus F-22s, they will lose the strategic advantage they have...

Testing New Fighter Jet Is Successful Sukhoi Design Bureau is testing a new multipurpose jet Su-35, and the tests are successful, test pilot Sergei Bogdan announced in the interview with the Military & Industrial Courier edition. Thirteen flights have been made, Bogdan specified. Even the first flights of Su-35 confirmed the excellent flying and technical characteristics of the jet, and were completely in line with the stand tests. Stability and controllability of Su-35 was evaluated at the altitude of up to 11,000 meters. The fighter was accelerated up to the speed corresponding to the Mach number of 1.3. In terms...

Russia's first entirely new commercial plane for some time, the Superjet 100, has completed its maiden flight. The plane, which will be able to carry between 75 and 110 passengers, must make about 100 incident-free journeys before being deemed to be airworthy. Built by Russian manufacturer Sukhoi, the first planes are due to be delivered at the end of 2008 but the project has been hit by delays. China, Japan and India are all seeking to become mid-range planemakers.

MOSCOW: Russia has threatened to sue China for copying its Sukhoi Su-27SK fighters and its pirate production for export to Pakistan and other Third World countries at much cheaper prices, a leading Russian daily reported on Tuesday. "Russia has officially notified China that the production of J11 (fighters), a copy of Russian Su-27SK, violates inter-governmental agreements. Moscow has vowed to launch legal procedures for the protection of its intellectual property," Nezavisimaya Gazeta said. Under the 1996 agreement, China had the right to assemble 200 Su-27SK fighters under the local brand J11. However, after receiving 95 kits and 180 AL31F engines,...

SaM-146 Engine Runs Successfully at Sukhoi Superjet-100 New aircraft engines, SaM-146, have successfully run at the first Sukhoi Superjet-100, RIA Novosti reported Thursday with reference to a representative of Sukhoi Civil Aircraft. “New aircraft engines, SaM-146s, have been successfully started at Superjet-100 under the program of preparing a new regional jet of Russia for its first flight,” said the company’s representative attending the Singapore Air Show. Earlier, SaM-146 passed the first testing stage in the flying laboratory of Il-76LL. Those tests confirmed correspondence to design specification to the extent required for the first flight. The engine also passed the race...

The SU steals the show 14:48 | 07/ 12/ 2007 MOSCOW. (RIA Novosti political commentator Andrei Kislyakov) - The joy of the Malaysian flier who piloted a Russian Su-30 MKM fighter jet at the LIMA 2007 international maritime and aerospace show was understandable. The Sukhoi corporation has developed a family of two-seater multi-role fighters from the Su-27 Flanker that can form the core of Russia's combat aviation in the 21st century. This goal will be reached with a comprehensive MiG and Su modernization program, Yury Balyko, head of a Defense Ministry research institute, said in mid-November. He said the Su-24...

Malaysia weighs Boeing, Sukhoi bids for next fighter deal By Siva Govindasamy Malaysia is expected to choose between a second batch of Sukhoi Su-30MKMs or Boeing F/A-18E/F Super Hornets for its next fighter purchase, with industry sources saying both types have their supporters within the nation's defence establishment. The procurement process is unlikely to begin until the Malaysian government has called a general election, scheduled for 2009 but widely expected next year. A decision on new fighters must be made around the end of 2008 in order to secure funding during Kuala Lumpur's 2011-15 five-year plan, with deliveries expected from...

Analysis: China seeks new Russian technology HONG KONG, China, Nov. 23 ANDREI CHANG Column: Military Might A Chinese military source based in Beijing has said that the People's Liberation Army Air Force is currently negotiating with the Russian Sukhoi Aircraft Company on three new projects. Military observers based in Moscow and Beijing believe that the recent nadir of military cooperation between China and Russia is only temporary. China will have to rely on Russia to develop its military technologies, as Beijing has no other alternative. The first new project involves Su-33 shipborne fighters. Experts from the Russian aviation industry are...

NEW DELHI: As part of the counter-measures against the Chinese build-up of military infrastructure in the Tibet Autonomous Region and south China, India will progressively base squadrons of its most potent fighter Sukhoi-30MKIs in the eastern sector from 2008-2009 onwards. "The first two squadrons, with 36 fighters, will be based at Tezpur airbase. The MiG-21s at Tezpur were phased out earlier this month. Now, the runway at the airbase will undergo a renovation, coupled with an infrastructure upgrade to house the Sukhois," said an IAF officer. The move is significant since the multi-role Sukhoi 'air dominance' fighters, which have a...

Russia eyes new aviation glory with Superjet (Reuters) 23 September 2007 PARIS - Russia will seek a boost for President Vladimir Putin’s bid to revive its once mighty aviation industry this week, by rolling out its first modern commercial airliner for the global market—the Superjet. Built by the former Soviet Union’s largest warplane maker Sukhoi, whose Su-27 fighter family was designed for combat with Boeing’s F-15 Eagle, the civil Superjet is a 78 to 98 seat regional airliner developed in co-operation with its old Cold War foe. The new civil plane will be unveiled at a Sukhoi military factory at...

Sukhoi Su-35 fighter: winging its way into a new era 11:42 | 21/ 09/ 2007 MOSCOW. (Yury Zaitsev for RIA Novosti) - The Sukhoi Su-35 fighter aircraft (NATO reporting name, Flanker), which was unveiled at the MAKS-2007 aerospace show in the town of Zhukovsky near Moscow this August, is to perform its maiden flight in the near future. The test-flight program is to involve two more Su-35 prototypes, now being assembled at the Komsomolsk-on-Amur Aircraft Manufacturing Association in the Russian Far East, in late 2007. Mikhail Pogosyan, Sukhoi CEO, said the new warplane was in great demand abroad, and that...

/begin my translation Chinese Fighter with Stealth Feature Developed Body of Russian Sukhoi-27 used, indigenously development which took 10 years Lee Myung-jin posted: 2007.09.13 23:52 China developed Jian-10B, a first indigenously developed fighter employing stealth technology(see photo below,) and plans to unveil it in public. According to Chinese media on Sept. 13, it took 10 years to develop Jian-11B, based on Russia-made 'Sukhoi-27' fighter, which China assembles in Shenyang, Liaoning Province, since 1996. Especially, while 15 square meters of Sukhoi-27' surface can be detected by radars, only 3 square meters of Jian-11B are. Jian-11B's radar can track 20 targets...

Drawings of G5 Fighter Handed Over to Manufacturer Elaboration of working construction documentation (WCD) for the G5 fighter jet of Russia has been completed, RIA Novosti reported with reference to Air Forces Commander-in-Chief Col.-Gen. Alexander Zelin. The drawings have been passed to a manufacturer that will make a development prototype. Most likely, the G5 aircraft developed by Sukhoi Design Bureau will be produced in series at facilities in Komsomolsk-on-Amur. A maker of engines will be determined via a tender. Sukhoi Design Bureau has been developing a front aviation G5 fighter jet of PAK FA Project since late 1990s. The promising...

MOSCOW -- Two regiments of the 16th Air Army will be equipped with new Su-34 Fullback fighter-bombers in the near future, the army commander said Thursday. Designed by the Sukhoi Design Bureau, the Su-34s will replace the Su-24 Fencer frontline bombers. Experts said the new bomber has the potential to become the best plane in its class for years to come. The $36 million Su-34 fighter-bomber is a two-seat strike aircraft equipped with twin AL-31MF afterburning turbojet engines. It is designed to deliver high-precision strikes on heavily-defended targets under any weather conditions, day or night, and fields weaponry that includes...

Russia’s Air Forces to Have Su-34 Fighter-Bomber Tue The Air Forces of Russia will get first Su-34 fighter-bomber on Tuesday, RIA Novosti reported with reference to Colonel Alexander Drobyshevsky, aide to the Air Forces commander-in-chief. The solemn ceremony for accepting the first Su-34 will be held in the Lipetsk Center of Combat Use and Flight Crew Transition on July 31, Drobyshevsky specified. The start of Su-34 development dates back to the mid.-1980s. The distinctive features of this plane that was designed based on Su-27 fighter are the two-seat cockpit, armoring, long range of action, up-to-date computers, color LCDs, satellite navigation...

Malaysia to receive brand-new Russian fighters 13:09 | 18/ 07/ 2007 MOSCOW. (Yury Zaitsev for RIA Novosti) - Malaysia will receive the first 12 of its order of 18 Sukhoi Su-30-MKM Flanker fighters, the most advanced versions of the Su-27 warplane, before the year is out. The Su-30-MKM embodies the best achievements of the Russian aircraft industry and has the most advanced European avionics. The Malaysian version is based on the Su-30-MKI, earmarked for India, but features different equipment and an electric remote control system. Unlike the Indian version, the Su-30-MKM features a laser warning system and missile detectors. Two...

Picture: Russian Sukhoi T-50 fighter images emerge By Vladimir Karnozov Powerplant maker's website reveals snapshot of possible configuration of fifth-generation PAK FA combat aircraft Russian engine manufacturer NPO Saturn's website has provided what appears to be a first glimpse of Russia's fifth-generation fighter under development as part of the PAK FA project. NPO Saturn has been selected to supply engines for the Sukhoi T-50, which won the Russian ministry of defence's tender over a rival submission from RSK MiG. The simplified image of the T-50 shows it to be a twin-engine design with a classic aerodynamic layout resembling the Lockheed...

Fifth generation fighter tests in Russia to commence in 2009 Moscow, April 20: Russia expects to begin test flights of the fifth generation fighter plane in 2009, while talks are underway for Indian involvement in the project codenamed "prospective frontline aircraft". "The first flight has been tentatively set for 2009," head of the United Aircraft Corporation Alexei Fyodorov told Russian media. During President Vladimir Putin's India visit in January last, New Delhi and Moscow had reached a political decision to jointly develop the fifth generation fighter on the basis of a project prepared by Sukhoi Design Bureau. The two sides...

CARACAS, April 18 (Itar-Tass) - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has called fighter jets of Russia’s Sukhoi company the most advanced in the world. He touched upon various aspects of Venezuelan-Russian cooperation at a press conference on Tuesday on the results of the first energy summit of South American countries. The president said two fighters of Russian make arrived in Venezuela the day before and six fighters have already been adopted for service in the Air Force of the Latin American country. In August 2006, Venezuela signed a contract for the purchase of 24 multipurpose fighters Su-30MK2. Chavez said he had...

Suchoi Su-34:Russia's new bomber By Piotr Butowski/KS Twenty years after the programme was officially launched, Russia's air force has taken delivery of the first Su-34 bombers to emerge from series production. A two-seater equipped with the latest systems, the Su-34 will supersede the Su-24 and remain in service with planned improvements for many decades. For Russia's air force, 15 December 2006 was a significant day: for the first time since 1992 it took delivery of a newly built warplane ? having had to make do in the years following the collapse of the Soviet Union with prototypes and the modernisation...

Six Lockheed F-22 Raptors have Y2K-esque glitch of their own over the Pacific Lockheed’s F-22 Raptor is the most advanced fighter in the world with its stealth capabilities, advanced radar, state of the art weapons systems and ultra-efficient turbofans which allow the F-22 to "supercruise" at supersonic speeds without an afterburner. The Raptor has gone up against the best that the US Air Force and Navy has to offer taking out F-15s, F-16s and F/A-18 Super Hornets during simulated war games in Alaska. The Raptor-led "Blue Air" team was able to rack up an impressive 241-to-2 kill ratio during the...

Defensive Visit to India Russian President Vladimir Putin began a visit to India yesterday. Kommersant special correspondent Andrey Kolesnikov was especially interested in several intrigues in Russian-Indian relations, but none of them went beyond the bounds of that. There were several intrigues surrounding the arrival of Russian President Vladimir Putin in the Indian capital of Delhi. I was interested in whether or not the Indians had signed an agreement on participation in the creation of a fifth generation of heavy fighter plane. I was truly interested. I couldn't rest until I found out why a country that had recovered its...

Text of report by Russian news agency Interfax Hanoi, 19 November: The US authorities have lifted sanctions on the Russian aircraft manufacturing company Sukhoi after carrying out appropriate investigations. The company had been accused of violating the American law on nonproliferation with regard to Iran. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov told journalists here today that US President George Bush informed President Vladimir Putin of the lifting of the sanctions during their meeting in Hanoi. "We hope that the sanctions will also be lifted from the [Russian state arms exporter] Rosoboronexport," Lavrov said in reply to a question. Source: Interfax news...

Sukhoi markets new multi-role fighter at Chinese air show ZHUHAI (China), October 31 (RIA Novosti) - Sukhoi, Russia's state-owned aircraft manufacturing holding, said Tuesday a prototype of its advanced multi-role fighter has been undergoing flight tests. Sukhoi is among more than 50 Russian companies showcasing their aircraft and aerospace technologies at the sixth China International Aviation & Aerospace Exhibition (Airshow China 2006), which opened today in Zhuhai, in southern China. "A prototype of the Su-35 has already conducted test flights, but I cannot give you more details," said Sergei Sergeyev, deputy general director of the holding and head of Sukhoi's...

Russia demanded that the United States lift sanctions against two Russian companies accused of making deals with Iran involving sensitive technology and hinted that a U.S. refusal could affect negotiations on a U.N. sanctions resolution against Tehran. ...Ambassador Vitaly Churkin said Monday the sanctions against state arms exporter Rosoboronexport and top aircraft maker Sukhoi for allegedly violating a U.S. law known as the Iran Nonproliferation Act of 2000, create a "predicament" for Moscow. If Russia is asked to vote on a Security Council resolution that would impose U.N. sanctions on Iran for refusing to suspend uranium enrichment at the same...

In the first ever exercises between India and the UK in 43 years, British pilots are doing just that, flying the Indian Air Force's Sukhoi 30s. They are being candid enough in admitting that their own jets are being outgunned by the IAF's best. A Royal Air Force (RAF) AWACS plane over Gwalior is a part of Exercise Indra Dhanush. For the RAF, which fielded some of their senior most pilots it was an opportunity to train with the IAF's Sukhoi 30. India has never been a world-beater in the field of aviation but with the Sukhoi 30, the Indian...

Jets to be sold to Mexico, Brazil, pilots trained in Venezuela 11:46 | 28/ 09/ 2006 BUENOS-AIRES, September 28 (RIA Novosti) - Russia's state-owned arms exporter said Thursday it will soon sign deals to export Sukhoi warplanes to Mexico and Brazil, and will open helicopter maintenance and pilot training centers in Venezuela. Rosoboronexport's regional department head, Sergei Ladygin, said: "We hope that Sukhoi planes will soon appear in Latin American countries." Speaking on the sidelines of a military exhibition in Argentina, SINPRODE-2006, Ladygin said Rosoboronexport will also offer a modernized version of the Mig-29 Fulcrum fighter to Mexico and Brazil....

Russian Air Force to receive unique bomber soon 21:23 | 01/ 09/ 2006 MOSCOW. (RIA Novosti military analyst Viktor Litovkin) - Army General Vladimir Mikhailov, commander of the Russian Air Force, recently said that the latter would receive the first batch of Sukhoi Su-34 Fullback fighter-bombers by late 2006. Officials at the Novosibirsk-based Chkalov Aircraft Production Association, which builds these warplanes, and the Sukhoi Design Bureau, which developed them, confirmed Mikhailov's statement. The Russian Air Force has been waiting for the Su-34 for a long time. The Su-34, crewed by test pilots Igor Votintsev and Yevgeny Revunov, performed its maiden...

The Kremlin warned Monday of possible retaliation against the United States for sanctions imposed on two major companies in the Russian defense industry. "We cannot rule out certain negative consequences for bilateral relations" between Russia and the United States, presidential administration spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Monday. "This was an unfriendly act toward Russia, and it was not done in a spirit of cooperation." Rosoboronexport chief Sergei Chemezov suggested Monday that a proposed deal for U.S. companies to deliver up to $1 billion in Russian military hardware to Afghanistan and Iraq could be jeopardized by the sanctions, Interfax reported. Meanwhile in...

Russian officials have reacted sharply to the sanctions imposed by the United States against two major weapons firms, calling the action "unlawful." The sanctions were announced in Washington on Friday. Russia's Foreign Ministry reacted quickly to the U.S. sanctions, calling the move "unacceptable." U.S. officials decided to impose sanctions against Russia's major airplane manufacturer Sukhoi, as well as the state arms export monopoly Rosoboronexport. A Russian Sukhoi Su-30 fighter jet flies during Venezuela's independence day military parade, July 5, 2006 U.S. officials decided to impose sanctions against Russia's major airplane manufacturer Sukhoi, as well as the state arms export monopoly...

WASHINGTON — The Bush administration has imposed sanctions against seven foreign companies, including two from India and two from Russia, after accusing them of business dealings with Iran involving sensitive technology, the government said Friday. SNIP The seven businesses, which also included two from North Korea and one from Cuba, were found to be in violation of the Iran Nonproliferation Act of 2000. The law is aimed at preventing the spread of weapons of mass destruction to Tehran. SNIP The Russian companies were Rosoboronexport, a state-controlled arms exporter, and Sukhoi, a manufacturer of fighter jets. The two Indian companies were...

Plane Crash Mars Naval Celebration A Su-24M bomber crashed yesterday at the main base of the Baltic Fleet in the city of Balstiisk during Naval Fleet Day celebrations attended by Defense Minister and First Deputy Prime Minister Sergey Ivanov. In spite of the emergency, three other bombers did not return immediately to the base, as they were supposed to. One of them was only able to land on the second attempt. The festivities, which Ivanov observed from aboard the flagship destroyer Perservering, included a naval parade and parachute competitions, with an airshow as the finale. Four Su-24M bombers from the...