Armée Russe / Armed Forces of the Russian Federation

Wai...j'attend de voir ...


une navire russe furtif ...c'est comme si on me parait d'une Bugatti veron avec motorisation diesel...

On peut rien dire jusqu'à le moment, mais c'est vrai que la technologie russe en domaine maritime ne laisse pas un espoir de voir un SS à la hauteur des attentes malheureusement !!

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Le Mistral russe pourrait être équipé d'hélicoptères Ka-52 Alligator

Des hélicoptères de combats russes Ka-52 Alligator pourraient équiper les porte-hélicoptères de type Mistral que la Russie envisage d'acheter à la France, a annoncé mercredi aux journalistes à Moscou le directeur général du groupe "Hélicoptères de Russie" Andrei Chibitov.
Interrogé sur le type d'hélicoptères susceptibles d'équiper le Mistral russe, M.Chibitov a répondu: "Selon les Français, le Ka-52 est le meilleur".
Le responsable a indiqué qu'outre l'Alligator, deux autres hélicoptères, Ka-32ABC et Ka-27, avaient été testés en 2009 pendant la présence d'un navire de cette classe en Russie.
Le directeur du Service fédéral de coopération technique et militaire, Mikhaïl Dmitriev, avait indiqué en avril dernier que la décision d'acheter des Mistral français avait été prise au niveau politique.
Doté d'une masse au décollage de 10,4 tonnes et capable de développer une vitesse de 300 km/h le Ka-52 Alligator (code OTAN: Hokum B) a effectué son premier vol en juin 2008 dans la région du Primorié (Extrême-Orient russe). Prévu pour deux personnes cet appareil peut atteindre une distance de 520 km et un plafond en vol stationnaire hors effet de sol de 3.500 mètres. En vertu de la loi de programmation militaire, 30 unités de cet hélicoptère équiperont l'armée russe avant 2012.
Le bâtiment de protection et de commandement (BPC) de type Mistral est long d'environ 200 mètres et capable de porter six hélicoptères, quatre vedettes de débarquement ou deux navires sur coussin d'air de faible tonnage, ainsi qu'un commando de 450 hommes. Selon les estimations préliminaires, un porte-hélicoptères de ce type coûtera 400 à 500 millions d'euros à Moscou.
La Russie propose d'acheter un navire Mistral construit sur les chantiers français et d'en construire trois autres sur ses propres chantiers navals. De son côté, Paris souhaite vendre deux navires de sa propre fabrication

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Russia to Develop Fifth-Generation Helicopter
The Russian Air Force is to receive a fifth-generation stealth combat helicopter capable of attacking fighter jets.
Russian Helicopter Holdings CEO Andrei Shibitov told the Voice of Russia that the company would invest $1bn in the project, currently in its preliminary stage.
According to Shibitov, the helicopter is equipped with a computerised arms control system, can reach a speed of up to 500km/h-600km/h, and will include a low radar signature and reduced noise levels.
Predesign research of the helicopter is underway at the two design bureaus, Mil and Kamov.
The testing of two aerodynamic models in air tunnels has begun, the results of which will eventually lead to the selection of the final design.

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Missile russe Boulava: les essais relancés en novembre 2010 (Défense)

Les essais en vol du missile balistique intercontinental Boulava reprendront en novembre prochain après l'établissement de la cause des échecs précédents, a annoncé le ministre russe de la Défense Anatoli Serdioukov au terme d'entretiens des ministres russes et italiens de la Défense jeudi à Rome.
"Nous pourrons relancer les tirs d'essai du missile en novembre", a indiqué le ministre ajoutant que trois missiles identiques étaient actuellement en construction en Russie. "Nous comptons ainsi trouver le défaut de production, s'il y en a un, puisqu'il sera la même pour les trois missiles", a précisé vendredi M.Serdioukov.
"Les échecs des tirs de Boulava sont sûrement dus à des défauts de production. Nous ne voyons pas d'autres raisons. C'est la qualité d'assemblage qui est mauvaise. Mais chaque échec avait ses propres raisons", a déclaré le ministre.
La Russie a procédé à 12 tirs d'essai du missile Boulava, dont cinq seulement ont été des succès. Tous les tirs ont été effectués depuis le sous-marin Dmitri Donskoï (projet 941UM, classe Akoula, code OTAN - Typhon), spécialement modernisé à cette fin. Mais ce sont les sous-marins de type Iouri Dolgorouki (projet 995, classe Boreï) qui sont destinés à porter les Boulava.
Le missile intercontinental R30 3M30 Boulava-30 (code OTAN SS-NX-30, dénomination internationale RSM-56) est un missile à propergol solide et à trois étages. D'une portée de 8.000 km, Boulava peut être équipé de dix ogives nucléaires hypersoniques de 100 à 150 kilotonnes à trajectoire indépendante.

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Le Kaliningrad fera escale en Belgique du 28 au 31 mai


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Le "Kaliningrad", le plus grand navire amphibie appartenant à la flotte russe de la Baltique fera escale du 28 au 31 mai en Belgique, a indiqué un officier russe.

Le commandement du navire aura des entretiens avec des officiers de marine belges sur la coopération entre les deux marines. Le bateau sera accessible au public tandis que l'équipage aura droit à des visites touristiques et disputera également un match amical avec des marins belges. Le Kaliningrad entamera sa traversée à travers la mer Baltique puis la mer du Nord le 24 mai.

Après son escale belge, le navire gagnera la Pologne et le port de Gdynia où il participera à l'exercice "Baltops 2010" dans le cadre du Partenariat pour la Paix (PPP) de l'OTAN. Ce bâtiment a déjà participé en Pologne aux festivités à l'occasion du 65e anniversaire de la fin de la seconde Guerre mondiale. (belga)

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Mistral: l'armée russe veut acquérir quatre BPC (Défense)

La Russie mène des "négociations de précontrat" sur l'acquisition de quatre bâtiments de projection et commandement (BPC) de type Mistral, a annoncé lundi le ministre russe de la Défense Anatoli Serdioukov.

"Nous sommes en négociations de précontrat sur l'achat de ce type de navire avec l'Espagne, les Pays-Bas et la France. Nous envisageons de signer un contrat sur quatre navires de cette classe", a expliqué le ministre.
Selon lui, un BPC doit être construit "entièrement à l'étranger" et trois autres avec la participation de spécialistes russes.

"Le quatrième navire doit être construit dans une mesure maximum en Russie", a indiqué M.Serdioukov.

"Nous nous penchons sur cette question avec tout le sérieux requis", en vertu d'une décision présidentielle, a-t-il noté.

Le ministère projette d'équiper "en premier lieu" en BPC les flottes du Nord et du Pacifique, a poursuivi M.Serdioukov, ajoutant que l'armée avait déjà testé l'atterrissage d'un hélicoptère russe sur le pont du Mistral français.
Le bâtiment de projection et de commandement de classe Mistral est long d'environ 200 mètres et capable de porter six hélicoptères, quatre vedettes de débarquement ou deux navires sur coussin d'air de faible tonnage, ainsi qu'un commando de 450 hommes. Selon les estimations préliminaires, un porte-hélicoptères de ce type coûtera 400 à 500 millions d'euros à la Marine russe

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Le FSB satisfait des drones de fabrication russe
Le Service des frontières du FSB (renseignement russe) est et restera exclusivement équipé de drones de fabrication russe, ces appareils ne cédant en rien à leurs analogues étrangers, a confié lundi le général Nikolaï Rybalkine, chef adjoint du service.

"Nous n'achetons que des drones de fabrication nationale, et jugeons nécessaire de développer notre propre industrie et de promouvoir nos technologies, les appareils russes ne cédant en rien à leurs analogues étrangers", a déclaré le général devant les journalistes.

Et d'ajouter que les drones de fabrication russe avaient déjà prouvé leur efficacité en matière de protection des ressources biologiques aquatiques.

Le problème de l'équipement de l'armée russe en aéronefs sans pilotes s'est manifesté avec acuité en août 2008, lors de l'opération qui visait à contraindre la Géorgie à la paix après l'attaque de ses troupes contre l'Ossétie du sud.

Le ministre de la Défense Anatoli Serdioukov avait annoncé l'année dernière que la Russie allait acquérir un lot de drones israéliens pour s'initier à l'expérience étrangère de pointe dans ce domaine.

Commentant à la demande des journalistes l'attitude critique de la plus haute direction militaire du pays envers les drones de fabrication russe, le responsable du FSB a estimé que les appareils seraient affectés à des tâches différentes.

"Notre tâche ne consiste pas à frapper une cible à distance. Notre tâche est de contrôler la situation", a expliqué le général.

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Russia: We're Looking At Alternatives To Mistral



MOSCOW - Russia is looking at alternatives to the French amphibious assault ship Mistral, including proposals from Spain and the Netherlands, Russian Defense Minister Anatoly Serdyukov said May 24.

"On the helicopter-carrier, we now have pre-contract negotiations with three countries - France, Spain and the Netherlands," the minister told RIA-Novosti, the state press agency. "We plan to sign a contract for four such ships: one will be built abroad, and three will be built with the participation of the Russian shipbuilders, with the fourth ship to be fully assembled in Russia."
Defense analysts here agreed that Serdyukov was attempting to press Paris for a better deal for Russia, as there were reports that France might be reluctant to sell Mistral with its advanced electronic systems.
France has agreed to sell one assault ship to Russia and was considering Moscow's request to build three similar vessels in Russia under license.
The potential deal would be Russia's biggest-ever foreign defense purchase, with experts estimating the price tag for a Mistral at about $750 million.
The potential deal has alarmed NATO's Baltic states, as well as Georgia, with whom Russia had a brief war in August 2008.
Russian Navy Chief Vladimir Vysotsky said in November that if Russia had a Mistral-class assault ship, it would take 40 minutes to put troops onto Georgian shores from the Russian military base in Novorossisk, instead of 26 hours as it was during the 2008 conflict.
French president Nicholas Sarkozy defended the deal when he met with U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates in February, saying that Russia's purchase of Mistral would pose no military threat to NATO.
In March, during the talks between Sarkozy and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, the Russian leader called the upcoming deal a "symbol of trust."
Serdyukov said May 24 that the Mistrals or similar ships will be assigned to the Northern Fleet in the Arctic or to the Pacific Fleet. He didn't name either the fleet in the Black Sea, where Georgia is located, nor the fleet in the Baltic Sea.
A Mistral-class ship can carry 470 troops - 900 troops for short distances - or 40 tanks, and carries eight cargo and eight combat helicopters. France has two Mistrals and is building a third.

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Russia needs Mistral to protect Kuril Islands - General Staff

Russia needs Mistral class amphibious assault ships to boost the combat capabilities of its Navy in the Far East and ensure protection of the disputed Kuril Islands, Russia's top military commander said on Tuesday.
Russia is negotiating the purchase of at least one French-built Mistral-class amphibious assault ship, worth 400-500 million Euros (around $540-$675 million) and plans to build three more vessels of the same class in partnership with the French naval shipbuilder DCNS.
"We need this ship to increase the maneuverability of troops in the Pacific Ocean considering the size of this geographical region and the lack of adequate forces to protect, in particular, the Kuril Islands," chief of Russian Armed Forces Staff Gen. Nikolai Makarov said.
Tokyo's claims over the four islands off northeast Japan, which were annexed by the Soviet Union after World War II, have so far prevented Russia and Japan from signing a formal peace treaty to end World War II hostilities.
A Mistral-class ship is capable of transporting and deploying 16 helicopters, four landing barges, up to 70 armored vehicles including 13 battle tanks, and 450 personnel.
Many Russian military and industry experts have questioned the financial and military sense of the purchase, and some believe that Russia simply wants to gain access to advanced naval technology that could be used in the future in potential conflicts with NATO and its allies.
Makarov said the existing Ivan Rogov class ships are four-five times smaller than the Mistral and could not satisfy the modern demands of the Russian Navy.
Russia built three Ivan Rogov class amphibious transport ships during the Soviet era. One of them, the Mitrofan Moskalenko, is still in service with the Russian Navy but has been put on a Defense Ministry list of assets for sale.
An Ivan Rogov class ship can carry a reinforced naval infantry battalion landing team with all its combat vehicles, plus 10 PT-76 light amphibious tanks. Its flight deck can accommodate four Ka-27 or Ka-29 naval helicopters.

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Russian Helicopters Define the Technical Profile of the Modernized Mi-171M

The project for the development and initiation of serial production of the Mi-171M was launched in 2009. It is planned that all test and design, flight testing and certification activities will be over by the end of 2012 and serial production will start at Ulan-Ude Aviation Plant, a part of Russian Helicopters industry holding, in 2013.

The Mi-171M is based on the Mi-171. Over 80 innovations are planned to be used on the helicopter. The Mi-171M will obtain a new power train which will be fitted with more powerful VK-2500 engines, an APU with launch altitude up to 6000 meters, a modernised main gearbox, swashplate, main rotor head, transmission, composite main rotor blades, X-shaped tail rotor.

It is planned to bring the crew count down to 2. The helicopter will be fitted with a digital autopilot in standard configuration, and will offer a glass cockpit option. A lot of changes will be made to units and equipment.

The Mi-171M will have improved performance. Estimates say that range without additional fuel tanks will reach 850 km, the helicopter will carry up to 5000 kg externally and fly at a higher cruise speed. The Mi-171M will be more stable in flight and will be able to hover at higher side wind speeds. It will have a -50 to +50ш‘ operating temperature in all climate zones.

The way it is operated will also change. It is planned to greatly increase its service life and time between overhauls, and in the future operation according to technical condition may be introduced. Multifunctional test and control apparatus and modern on-ground maintenance equipment will be used to service the helicopter, and its operating manuals will be to best international standards.

One of the priorities for Russian Helicopters is to keep the key advantage of the Mi-8/17 family for the Mi-171M, which is a reasonable price. It is expected a flight hour will cost less on the Mi-171M than on the Mi-17/171.

The Mi-171M will be certified according to AP-29 norms, and it is planned to certify the helicopter abroad, where high demand is forecast.

It is expected that the first test prototype of the Mi-171M will be manufactured by Ulan-Ude Aviation Plant in 2011

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Des Tu-160 "Blackjacks" ont effectué un vol de distance (armée)




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11:20 10/06/2010
RIA Novosti. Дмитрий Коробейников


Deux bombardiers porte-engins stratégiques Tupolev Tu-160 ("Blackjacks") ont rempli "avec succès" une mission consistant à effectuer un vol de distance, a annoncé jeudi le porte-parole de l'armée de l'air russe le lieutenant-colonel Vladimir Drik.

"Le premier vol de distance sur ce type d'avion a été effectué l'an dernier, il a duré 21 heures. Le vol d'aujourd'hui a pris près de 23 heures, la distance couverte au cours de la mission représente près de 18.000 km", a expliqué le militaire.

Les bombardiers ont été ravitaillés à deux reprises par des Il-78, a-t-il ajouté.

Antérieurement, des vols de distance ont été remplis par des bombardiers Tu-96MS, ils ont duré 36 heures.

"Le vol s'est déroulé le long de la frontière russe au-dessus des eaux neutres des océans Glacial arctique et Pacifique. Les équipages ont affiné leur maîtrise du pilotage dans des zones sans repères et du ravitaillement en vol", a noté le militaire.

Les avions ont atterri sur leur base d'Engels, sur la Volga, à 10h00 heure de Moscou (06h00 heure GMT), a ajouté le porte-parole de l'armée de l'air russe.

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Russia Wants All Technology On French-Built Mistrals





PARIS - Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin on June 11 insisted in talks with President Nicolas Sarkozy that a controversial deal to buy French warships include cutting-edge technology, officials said.

The sale of up to four Mistral-class assault ships is seen as France's most ambitious bid yet to reach out to Russia, but negotiations have stumbled over Moscow's demands for a transfer of technology.

The deal would be the first sale of advanced military hardware to Russia by a NATO country.
Putin said in an interview this week that a deal on the Mistral, which has been under negotiation for more than five months, is possible only if the vessel comes fully-equipped.
France has said it will not lump sophisticated navigation systems and other sensitive technology into the deal for the ships, which each cost about 500 million euros ($600 million).
During a working luncheon at the Elysee Palace, Putin held an in-depth discussion about the deal with the French president, according to a Russian official, but no breakthrough was announced.
The official, who asked not to be named, said a working group would be set up by Deputy Prime Minister Igor Sechin, presumably to iron out lingering differences.
"Putin and Sarkozy discussed in detail the cooperation in the area of building military vessels," a Russian official said. "Sechin has been tasked with setting up a working group on that issue."
Earlier in central Paris, Putin opened a big exhibition showcasing Franco-Russian cooperation, saying France and Russia must work together to keep their competitive edge in science and technology.
"In scientific and technological areas, we must unite our efforts," he said.
The sale of the Mistral warships, which can carry 16 helicopters and a 750-strong landing force, has also run into complications over Moscow's insistence that three of the four vessels be built in Russia.
"For us the most important thing is to buy technology. That is the future," Russian Industry Minister Viktor Khristenko said.
French officials said the transfer of technology was linked to a decision on where the ships would be built.
"If part of the ship is built in Russia, it will be by Russian engineers and workers, so there will be a transfer of know-how," said an aide to Sarkozy, who asked not to be named.
"This issue has to be negotiated. That is what the president told Vladimir Putin," he added.
Russia's neighbors in the Baltics and Georgia, along with the United States, have raised objections over the sale. France has countered that Russia must be treated like a partner and not a threat in Europe.
There have been concerns that the warships could be deployed in the Black Sea, where tensions are high following a brief war between Russia and Georgia in 2008 and among ethnic Russians living in Ukraine's Crimea region.
Russia's military chief of staff Gen. Nikolai Makarov said in Moscow this week that the vessel could be used to patrol waters near Pacific islands that are the subject of a long-running dispute with Japan.
"For us, this deal is interesting only if it is accomplished with a parallel transfer of technology," Putin said June 9.
The Russian leader met with his former French counterpart, Sarkozy's predecessor Jacques Chirac, first thing June 11 and was to have talks later with the head of French oil giant Total, Christophe de Margerie.
The countries also cooperated in pushing through fresh sanctions this week against Iran over its suspect nuclear program.
A French official said Putin had told Sarkozy that Russia would not go ahead with the sale of S-300 air defense missiles to Iran, in line with U.N. sanctions, a decision welcomed by the French president.

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Moscou engage la procédure d'aquisition d'un type Mistral.
Source:le portail des SM

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Chasseurs 5e génération: 50 appareils pour l'armée russe en 2016

Au moins 50 chasseurs de 5e génération seront fournis au ministère russe de la Défense en 2016, a annoncé jeudi aux journalistes le vice-ministre Vladimir Popovkine.
Interrogé sur la quantité de chasseurs de 5e génération que les forces aériennes russes envisageaient de commander, le vice-ministre a répondu: "Pendant la première étape il s'agira de plusieurs dizaines d'avions, plus de cinquante".
Le chasseur russe de 5e génération a effectué jeudi son 16e vol à l'aérodrome de Joukovski, dans la région de Moscou. L'événement a été suivi par le premier ministre russe Vladimir Poutine ainsi que par des représentants de l’avionneur Soukhoï et du ministère de la Défense.
Le chasseur russe de 5e génération T-50 est développé en Russie depuis les années 1990. Des essais en vol ont récemment eu lieu à Komsomolsk-sur-Amour (Extrême-Orient russe). Il s'agit d'un appareil tactique alliant les caractéristiques d'un avion de frappe et d'un chasseur classique.
Le chasseur est équipé d'une avionique foncièrement nouvelle intégrant une fonction "pilotage électronique" et un radar ultramoderne, ce qui permet au pilote de se concentrer uniquement sur la mission de combat. Les équipements de bord assurent un échange de données en temps réel aussi bien avec les systèmes de commande au sol qu'avec les autres avions du groupe aérien

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Russia Launches New Nuclear Submarine
The Russian Navy has launched a new nuclear multipurpose attack submarine, the Severodvinsk, at the Sevmash shipyard.
The Severodvinsk is one of two Graney Class nuclear submarines specifically designed to launch a variety of long-range cruise missiles to engage submarines, surface warships and land-based targets.
The 111m-long and 12m-wide nuclear submarine has a full load displacement of around 13,000t, accommodation for 50 crew and a top cruising speed of 35kt.
The submarine is equipped with a total of 24 cruise missiles including 3M51 Alfa cruise missiles, and the SS-NX-26 Oniks missiles.
Armament onboard the vessel also includes eight torpedo launchers, as well as mines and anti-ship missiles such as the SS-N-16 Stallion.
The Severodvinsk is expected to enter service with the Russian Navy by early 2011.

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Rosoboronexport : Moscou engage la procédure d'acquisition d'un porte-hélicoptères Mistral



Article publié le 18 juin 2010 par Mathieu Courtemanche
Le 16 juin dernier, l'agence d'exportation d'armes russe Rosoboronexport a entamé la procédure d'achat d'un bâtiment de projection et de commandement (BPC) de la classe Mistral.


Ka-52 : Décollage depuis le BPC Mistral

Ministère de la défense

Selon Anatoli Issaïkine, PDG de la centrale, le ministère de la Défense aurait chargé Rosoboronexport d'exécuter le contrat d'achat du navire.
Cela fait quelques mois que la Russie a annoncé son intention d'acquérir des porte-hélicoptères de la classe Mistral. Le gouvernement russe voudrait en acheter un et en construire trois autres sur son territoire, alors que la France préférerait vendre deux navires complets.
Ces navires seront équipés d'hélicoptères d'origine russe, notamment des Ka-27 de lutte anti-sous-marine, des Ka-31 de guet aérien et des Ka-52 de combat.

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La force aérienne russe a pris livraison de son premier avion d’entraînement au combat le Yak-130

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YAK-130 already in Lipetsk


June 17, 2010 by Marcel van Leeuwen · Leave a Comment

The Russian Air Force took delivery of its first production-standard Yak-130 combat trainer ferried from the Sokol aircraft manufacturing plant in Nizhny Novgorod to the Combat and Conversion Training Centre (CCTC) in Lipetsk on 18 February. The aircraft was flown by the crew with the Russian Defense Ministry’s Chkalov State Flight Test Centre (GLITs), who participated in the Yak-130 successful official trials completed late last year. Now, CCTC’s instructor-pilots will devise training and combat instructions for future combat pilots of the Russian Air Force will master the aircraft. CCTC expects several production Yak-130s more this spring, and then advanced combat trainers will start fielding with the Air Force academy in Krasnodar where most of RusAF flying personnel are trained.
GLITs military test pilots Col. Mansur Nizamov and Col. Dmitry Samodurov brought the first Yak-130 from Sokol’s airfield to Lipetsk. “It is an excellent plane”, said Mansur Nizamov after having landed in Lipetsk. “It is so easy to control that all I had to do after taking off in Nizhny Novgorod was to turn the autopilot on, and the aircraft has brought us to Lipetsk all by itself. Another of its strengths is that both rookies can learn the ropes on it and old hands can fly it to hone their skills. In addition, the Yak-130 can be used as both a trainer and a combat aircraft”.
In the skies over Lipetsk, the new aircraft was met by CCTC chief Maj.-Gen. Alexander Kharchevsky flying a Su-34 tactical bomber. “This is the first combat trainer built in this country over the past 50 years”, Maj.-Gen. Kharchevsky told the media during the first Yak-130’s acceptance ceremony. “Lipetsk-based CCTC is to accept five more aircraft like this. Our personnel will learn the Yak-130 through and through and work out methodological recommendations for all RusAF air units and training centers. Then, Yak-130 deliveries to the Air Force academy in Krasnodar will begin for cadets, our future pilots, to refine their flying skills”.
As is known, RusAF selected the Yak-130 as the baseline combat trainer for basic and advanced flight training in a tender in 2002. Then, the Russian Defense Ministry awarded the launch order for 12 production aircraft to the Sokol plant in Nizhny Novgorod. However, the advanced aircraft had had to undergo an extensive test program prior to its service entry. The first prototype in the production-standard configuration took to the skies in Nizhny Novgorod on 30 April 2004. The second flying prototype followed suit a year afterwards, with the third one in March 2006. Alas, the latter was lost to a flight accident on 26 July 2006 and was replaced with another flying prototype in summer 2008. Those aircraft shouldered the bulk of the official tests from 2005 to 2009.
The preliminary report, which cleared the manufacture of the early production combat trainers for the Russian Air Force, was issued in November 2007 in the wake of the first phase of the trials, during which the Yak-130 was tested in its trainer capacity. April 2009 saw the Yak-130 complete the combat trainer phase of its official trials, carrying the baseline weapons suite, with the combat trainer hauling an expanded weapons suite in December the same year. RusAF Commander-in-Chief Col.-Gen. Alexander Zelin signed the Yak-130 combat trainer’s official test completion report on 17 December 2009, clearing the warplane for service with his command.
By then, Sokol had made three early production Yak- 130s, with the fourth one being completed. The first production aircraft (c/n 01-01), serialled 90 after getting its paintjob, first flew on 19 May last year. At the MAKS 2009 air show, it was shown as a static display of the Russian Air Force that officially accepted it in late July. However, this plane has not been given to a combat unit, because a decision has been taken to use it for a number of special tests. Once these have been over, it will follow other production Yak-130s in RusAF’s stable.
The first Yak-130 to arrive to CCTC in Lipetsk was the second production aircraft (c/n 01-02, side number 91). The third aircraft, which was test-flown in Nizhny Novgorod as far as last year, is ready for delivery to CCTC. Overall, this spring is to see CCTC accepting six production-standard Yak-130s. Once the pilots master the aircraft and devise a training regimen, they will train instructor pilots with Air Force academies and training centres, and then Yak-130 will start fielding with the Air Force academy in Krasnodar and its [color:add9=#7da7d9 !important][color:add9=#7da7d9 !important]affiliates as well. According to Sokol Director General Alexander Karezin, the company is going to fulfill the contract for 12 production-standard Yak-130 before the end of the year. RusAF is intent on getting more than six dozen such aircraft prior to 2015, opined Oleg Demchenko, Designer General of the Yakovlev design bureau and Irkut Corp. president.
“The Yak-130 is the first aircraft designed from scratch and built in the post-Soviet period”, Demchenko says. “We have not only developed and built the aircraft but have established an up-to-date production facilities for its large-scale production as well. The Yak-130’s service entry will allow an improvement in the flying skills RusAF pilots in the run-up to mastering new-generation warplanes”.
The Yak-130 is designed for combat training of air crews and combat operations in any weather against aerial and ground threats, Oleg Demchenko says. Its total war load on its nine weapons stations is 3,000 kg. Advanced aerodynamics, new-generation avionics, latest aircraft systems and sophisticated powerplant ensure effective training and fighting, high flight safety and low flying-hour and life cycle costs. The Yak-130’s flight performance and maneuverability in subsonic flight are similar to those of up-to-date fighters. The combat trainer will ensure cutting-edge training of pilots for Russian and foreign in-service and future warplanes, including fifth-generation fighters. To boot, the Yak-130 is the basic component of the Russian Air Force training complex including an integrated flight data recording system, computerized classrooms and flight and specialized simulators.
There have been orders for the Yak-130 from foreign customers as well. The Irkutsk Aircraft Plant, a subsidiary of Irkut Corp., has productionised the aircraft for foreign buyers. Its first Yak-130 completed its maiden flight on 21 August 2009. It was built under the contract for 16 Yak- 130s, awarded by Algeria in 2006. It became known in January 2010 that the Libyan Air Force had ordered a number of Yak-130s, too. According to the media, six aircraft of the type have been ordered. Talks on Yak-130 sales are under way with several other countries.
Source: Yakovlev

Vladimir Poutine devant le chasseur 5e génération

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Le premier ministre russe Vladimir Poutine a assisté le 17 juin à l'aérodrome de Joukovski, près de Moscou, à un vol d'essai du chasseur russe de 5e génération.


Le premier ministre s'est entretenu avec le pilote, Sergueï Bogdane. "Cet appareil surpassera en manœuvrabilité, en approvisionnement et en portée même son concurrent principal, F-22 (chasseur américain de 5e génération), a indiqué Vladimir Poutine. Surtout en "esprit combatif", a ajouté le pilote. "Avant tout", a répondu le premier ministre.


Puis, Vladimir Poutine est monté dans le cockpit.


Le pilote a expliqué en détail les particularités de l'appareil au chef du gouvernement et a attiré son attention au système qui permet au pilote de commander le chasseur sans lever la main de la manette. Selon lui, c'est particulièrement actuel lors de la surcharge.


Je sais, moi-même j'ai piloté un avion", a répondu M.Poutine.

une série de pics prises lors d'une cérémonie russe récente :

T-90, Topol-M, Smerch, Pantsyr ... Tres belles images
C'est pendant le défile de la victoire sans doute.

je trouve que le T-90 fait moin "fini" que ces contemporains occidentaux et bcp moin lourd alors que les ATGM sont de plus en plus performant.

vous trouvez pas que ca commence à devenir étrange ces actions russes le russie a une expérience dans les production des blindés pareils, assez importante quand même:

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Russia to establish production armor on German technology

The Russian Defense Ministry intends to produce light armor on the German technology at Russian enterprises, according to RIA Novosti on June 22.

According to Deputy Defense Minister Vladimir Popovkin, currently the Russian side is negotiating with a German company for the purchase of technology light armor. This armor will be installed on light and medium armored tracked and wheeled.

Popovkin also said that the installation process produced in this way reservation on the Russian technology could be applied based on experience of the Italian company IVECO, also using the German armor ..

http://lenta.ru/news/2010/06/22/armour/

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Flotte de la mer Noire: 15 nouveaux navires et sous-marins d'ici 2020 (officiel)
Quinze nouvelles frégates du projet 22350 et sous-marins diesels de type Lada (projet 677) doteront la Flotte russe de la mer Noire d'ici 2020, a annoncé mercredi à RIA Novosti Vladimir Vyssotski, commandant de la marine de guerre russe.
"Nous envisageons de construire 15 frégates et sous-marins diesels d'ici 2020 pour la Flotte de la mer Noire", a indiqué l'amiral Vyssotski.
Selon lui, la construction d'une frégate et d'un sous-marin diesel sera lancée d'ici fin 2010.

RIA Novosti