Arms Trade Database for June-July 2002

Supplier	Recipient	Date	Description of Event	Value	Notes
June
Russia		01.06.02	The guidelines of the national military development program through 2010 are discussed and approved at a Security Council meeting chaired by President Putin[1].
Russia		03.06.02	The act on completing tests of unmanned aerial vehicle Pchela-1IK is signed[2].		Tests of two more un­manned aerial vehicles – Pchela-1T and air target Pchela-1VM are also completed[3].
Russia	India	03.06.02	FSUE Zhezdochka signs a con­tract on repairs of Indian Navy submarine Sindhugosh[4].		It is the third Indian subma­rine to be re­paired and up­graded at FSUE Zvyozdochka[5].
Russia		04.06.02	The Board of Directors is elected at the Sukhoi Design Bureau share­holder meeting. Yuri Koptev is elected Chair­man of the Board.		The new wording of the company charter, under which JSC Sukhoi De­sign Bureau is renamed OJSC Sukhoi Design Bureau, is also ap­proved at the meeting. The company charter capital amounts to 23,754 rubles divided into 95,016 common shares. 50%+1 shares in it belong to the state[6].
Russia		04.06.02	The decision is made to hold a contest for an aircraft engine for the new Russian-Indian transport aircraft in the second half of the year[7].		Pratt&Whitney, Gen­eral Electric and Rolls-Royce are expected to participate.
Russia		04.06.02	The Russian Agency for Con­ventional Armaments and FSUE State Investment Cor­poration signs a cooperation agreement[8].
Russia		07.06.02	The Kovrov Mechanical Plant opens a new section for the as­sem­bly of Ataka anti-tank guided mis­siles[9].		The new facility has an annual capacity of up to 1,000 missiles[10].
Russia		07.06.02	Rosoboronexport and the gov­ernment of Nizhny Novgorod region sign a framework coop­eration agreement[11].		In the first 5 months of 2002, local defense com­panies receive or­ders for $415 mln, while the de­fense con­tract for 2001 as a whole stood at $320 mln[12].
Russia		07.06.02	The Ulan-Ude Aviation Indus­trial Association elects a new Board of Directors[13].
Ukraine		13.06.02	The Ukrainian National Secu­rity and Defense Council de­cides to set up an agency af­filiated to the Cabinet to coor­dinate all authorized organiza­tions in the military-industrial complex[14].
Ukraine		13.06.02	Valery Shmarov is appointed General Director of Ukrspet­sexport government com­pany[15].		He becomes the succes­sor to Valery Maliyev, who died in a car crash on March 6, 2002.
Russia		14.06.02	The Council of CIS Defense Ministers decides to form of a common air defense system[16].
Russia	Pakistan	14.06.02	4 Mi-171 transport helicopters of the Ulan-Ude Aviation In­dustrial Association are deliv­ered to the Pakistani army[17].	Contract price of entire batch is about $50 mln[18]	The contract implies the delivery of 12 helicop­ters[19].
Russia		18.06.02	The Russian government ap­proved the Statute on licensing space operations[20].
Russia		19.06.02	Maj. Gen. Dmitri Morozov is ap­pointed Air Force Chief of Arma­ments and Deputy Com­mander-in-Chief[21].
Russia	India	22.06.02	IAIA deliveres the first two Su-30MKI multirole fighters under a 2000 contract for the delivery and licensed produc­tion of 140 such fighters[22].	Entire contract sum exceeds $3 bln[23].	10 Su-30MKI fighters are to be delivered to India in 2002. IAIA is also launch­ing the li­censed production of fighters at facilities of the Indian HAL corpo­ration[24].
Russia		25.06.02	The Russian government ap­proves the Statute on licensing production of arms and key components of small arms[25].
Russia		27.06.02	The Board of Directors of the Technocomplex scientific-pro­duc­tion center decides to in­clude the Kazan Instrument-Building Design Bureau and Eluks company in the center[26].		Technocomplex cur­rently comprises 13 en­terprises.
Ukraine	Pakistan	June 2000	The Malyshev Plant State Ente­prise (Kharkiv) signs a 3-year con­tract for 285 engine-gearbox power transmission lines for the new Pakistani main battle tank Al-Khalid - MBT-2000[27].	About $100 mln[28]	In 1996-2000 Ukraine fulfilled contracts for approximately $800 mln with Pakistan. Under the 1996 $650 mln con­tract it delivered 320 T-80UD tanks[29].
Russia		June 2002	The Aerospace Equipment Corpo­ration registers the Avia­tion Simu­lator Making Center to pool the ef­forts of several facilities from Mos­cow, St. Pe­tersburg and Penza[30].
Russia		June 2002	Reports that Sverdlovsk region arms exports grew 40% in two years are published[31].
Russia		June 2002	The Russian government ap­proves the Statute on the Rus­sian Agency for Ammuni­tion[32].
Ukraine	Turkmeni­stan	June 2002	The More Production Associa­tion (Feodosia) delivers the first Kal­kan-class patrol boat to the Turk­men Border Forces[33].		Under the 2001 con­tract for the delivery of 20 patrol boats (10 Kalkan and 10 Grif) in exchange for Turkmen natural gas deliveries[34].
Russia		June 2002	The Tushino Machine-Building Design Bureau Soyuz com­pletes another stage of bench tests on the RD-1700 aircraft engine[35].		The RD-1700 is expec­ted to replace the French Lar­zac-04R20 in the new Rus­sian MiG-AT trainer air­craft. Work on the basic en­gine is scheduled to be completed at the end of 2004[36].
Russia		June 2002	KnAAPO has officially joins the project of developing a 5th-generation warplane[37].		KnAAPO may invest in the development of the fighter-jet and become its core se­rial manufac­turer in the future[38].
Russia		June 2002	The Vyatka Engineering Plant Avitek joins the Almaz-Antey Concern[39].		In the past few years the plant has been pro­duc­ing missiles and mis­sile mod­ules for a new gen­eration of Tor and Tor-M1 (SA-15) short-range surface-to-air sys­tems.
Russia		June 2002	The annual shareholder meet­ing of Almaz Central Design Bureau votes to increase the par value of company shares 100-fold[40].		In 2001 Almaz signed sev­eral contracts with foreign customers for over $400 mln and took 3rd place among Rus­sian defense companies in export con­tracts[41].
Russia		June 2002	The New Programs and Con­cepts Holding acquires control­ling shares in the Vympel Ship-Building (Niz­hny Nov­gorod) Design Office[42].		The purpose of the ac­quisi­tion is to form a single technological chain to de­sign, build and operate ves­sels. A major engineering com­pany will be formed on the basis of Vympel[43].
Russia	Colombia	June 2002	3 Mi-17-1V transport helicop­ters are delivered to the Co­lombian Armed Forces[44].	Entire contract sum $36.1 mln[45]	Under the August 2001 contract for 6 Mi-17-1V helicopters for Colom­bia[46].
Russia		June 2002	All tests of upgraded Tun­guska-M1 (SA-19 Grison) short-range surface-to-air mis­sile are com­pleted and it is recommended for adoption by the Russian army[47].
Russia		June 2002	The Almaz-Antey Air Defense Concern holds its first meeting at which the new Board of Di­rectors is elected. Viktor Ivanov is elected Board chair­man[48].		Not a single representa­tive of Almaz was elected to the Board of Directors[49].
Russia	Indonesia	June 2002	The contract for 10 helicopters (8 Mi-17 and 2 Mi-2) for the Indone­sian Air Force is recon­firmed[50].		The Mi-2s will be manu­factured by Rost­vertol, the Mi-171s by the Ulan-Ude Aviation Industrial Asso­ciation. They will be deliv­ered through Mil Moscow Helicopter Plant.
Russia	Yemen	June 2002	The first batch of over 10 MiG-29 (Fulcrum) fighters are delivered to Yemen[51].	Entire contract sum - $437 mln[52]	Under the 2001 contract for 14 MiG-29 fighters[53].
Russia	Kyrgyzstan	June 2002	Rosoboronexport delivers spare parts and equipment for up­grading the Kyrgyz Air De­fense[54].	4.1 mln RUR (about $130,000)[55]
July
Russia		01.07.02	President Vladimir Putin signs into law the federal bill “On the ratification of the agree­ment between the government of the Russian Federation and the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine on the transfer of commodities in the framework of cooperation in space explo­ration and the development and operations aerospace and rocket equipment.”[56]		The bill was passed by the State Duma on June 5 and approved by the Federation Council on June 14, 2002.
Russia	Slovakia	03.07.02	RAC MiG signs a contract on the revival of the flight pre­paredness of MiG-29 aircraft of the Slovak Air Force[57].		Under the contract, 18 MiG-29 of the Slovak Air Force will be brought to combat readiness by the end of 2003. Later they will be upgraded to NATO standards[58].
Russia		11.07.02	OJSC Perm Motors Board of Di­rectors elects Mikhail Di­cheskul who represents the in­terests of Pratt & Whitney, Board Chairman[59].
Russia	Gabon	24.07.02	Russia and Gabon sign an inter­governmental agreement on mili­tary-technical coopera­tion[60].
Russia	UK	24.07.02	Rosoboronexport signs a con­tract with the British Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd. (SSTL) on the launch of 8 mini satellites[61].		The launches will be made in 2002-2004 from the Ple­setsk space cen­ter by three Kosmos LVs manufactured by the Polyot Research and Production Company[62].
Russia		July 2002	Net profits of Shipyard Yantar in 2001 are reported to grow 129% against 2000[63].
Russia		July 2002	Firing-range tests of the Pechora-2M surface-to-air mis­sile system are completed[64].		S-125 (SA-3 Goa) Pechora was upgraded to Pechora-2M standard by Financial and Indus­trial Group Defense Systems[65].
Russia		July 2002	The first stage of sea trials of the Sindhuratna submarine is com­pleted after repairs and upgrading at FSUE Zvezdo­chka[66].		The submarine Sind­huratna of project 877 EKM (Kilo class) ar­rived at Zvezdo­chka in June 2000 and un­der­went repairs and up­grades that included the in­stallation of the Club-S missile system[67].
Russia		July 2002	The Gorky Shipyard in Ze­lenodolsk (Tatarstan) launches the escort ship Tatarstan[68].		Design work on the missile ship (frigate class, codename Gepard) was conducted in 1983-1988. The con­struction of the series began in 1988[69].
Russia		July 2002	The Ural Optical & Mechani­cal Plant wins the Russian De­fense Ministry tender for the delivery of the new Sapsan targeting pod for combat air­craft and helicopters[70].		Sapsan allows round-the-clock all-weather operation of aircraft[71].
Russia		July 2002	Russia's Industry, Science and Technology Minister Ilya Klebanov is appointed chair­man of the newly formed commission for the implemen­tation of the federal program of reforming and advanc­ing the defense industry (2002-2006)[72].
Russia	World mar­ket	July 2002	The publication of a report that for­eign currency returns on Russian arms exports in the first half of 2002 exceeded $2 bln[73].
Russia		July 2002	The Russian Army adopted the Igla-S man-portable surface-to-air missile system[74].
Russia		July 2002	A report showing that, since the beginning of 2002, the Bank of Moscow invested over $90 mln in Russian defense in­dustry produc­tion for exporta­tion is published[75].
Russia		July 2002	The Almaz Ship-Building Com­pany launches 2 Svetlyak patrol boats (project 10410) ordered by Vietnam[76].	$40 mln[77]	Under Rosoboronex­port's November 2001 contract for 2 Svetlyak patrol boats. The vessels are expected to be de­livered to Vietnam in October 2002[78].
Russia		July 2002	IAIA increases its stake in the charter capital of the Taganrog Beriev Aircraft Scientific and Technical Complex from 20% to a controlling share[79].		In 2001, IAIA in­creased its stake in JSC Russian Avi­onics from 26,6% to 51%, and ob­tained a controlling share in the JSC Itella electronics manufac­turer[80].
Russia		July 2002	Perm Motors and Volga-Dnepr airlines sign an agreement to equip Il-76 aircraft with new PS-90A en­gines[81].		Ulyanovsk Aviastar JV is made the core manu­fac­turer under the con­tract[82].
Russia	Germany	July 2002	The Russian-German agree­ment on the formation of a Kamov heli­copter logistical support center is signed[83].		The center will be training flight and ground personnel for helicopters delivered to South Korea and Can­ada, which have a total of over 40 units[84].
Russia	USA	July 2002	Energomash signs an agree­ment on the delivery of 50 RD-180 rocket engines to the USA[85].	Some $500 mln[86]	The engines will be de­liv­ered to Lockheed Martin for Atlas series rockets[87].
Russia		July 2002	A report showing that the Aero­space Equipment corpora­tion signed contracts for $200 mln in 2001 is published[88].
Russia	USA	July 2002	FSUE Rosoboronexport refuses to fulfill a contract for the de­livery of X-31A (AS-17) super­sonic anti-ship missiles to Boeing[89].	Entire contract sum over $30 mln[90]	The contract for the de­liv­ery of 100 missiles over 5 years was signed in 2000. It was can­celled because Boeing turned 15 of the mis­siles delivered earlier into targets for testing mis­sile-defense systems of sur­face ships[91].
Russia		July 2002	The Salyut Moscow Machine-Building Production Associa­tion receives official permission from the Russian Air Force to develop new aircraft engines as well as re­pair and retrofit ex­isting aircraft equipment[92].
Ukraine		July 2002	A report showing that the Ukrain­ian aviation industry boosted out­put 155% in the first half of 2002 is pub­lished[93].		The biggest rise in pro­duc­tion volumes was re­ported by the Artyom State Pro­duction Hold­ing manufac­turer of air-to-air missiles and air­craft equipment – 506.9%[94].
Russia		July 2002	The government commission in­vestigating the causes of the sink­ing of the Kursk nuclear submarine officially announced that the sub was destroyed by a thermal explo­sion of fuel components of a 65-76 tor­pedo[95].
Russia		July 2002	Reports showing that the Ural Op­tical & Mechanical Plant channeled $10 mln to mod­ernize its military production are published[96].

[1] Ivan Safonov. Kommersant, 01.06.2002.

[2] Interfax-AVN, 03.06.2002.

[3] Ibid.

[4] Interfax-Northwest, 13.06.2002.

[5] Ibid.

[6] Interfax-AVN, 06.06.2002.

[7] Interfax-AVN, 04.06.2002.

[8] Interfax-AVN, 04.06.2002.

[9] Interfax-AVN, 07.06.2002.

[10] Ibid.

[11] Interfax-AVN, 07.06.2002.

[12] Aviatsia, kosmos I oruzhiye Rossii, 10.06.2002.

[13] NAUFOR. SKRIN newswire Issuer. 11.06.2002.

[14] Interfax-Ukraine, 13.06.2002.

[15] Podrobnosti (Ukraine), 13.06.2002.

[16] Dmitri Safonov. Izvestiya. 15.06.2002.

[17] ?lexei Nikolsky. Vedomosti, 25.06.2002.

[18] Ibid.

[19] Ibid.

[20] Interfax-AVN,18.06.2002.

[21] Ibid.

[22] Interfax-AVN, 23.06.2002.

[23] Konstantin Makiyenko. Kommersant Vlast, ?48, 04.12.2001, pp.59-60.

[24] Ibid.

[25] Ibid.

[26] Interfax-AVN, 27.06.2002.

[27] Interfax-Ukraine, 10.06.2002.

[28] Ibid.

[29] Ibid.

[30] Nezavisimoye voyennoye obozreniye. N 18 (288), 07.06.2002.

[31] Finmarket news, 05.06.2002.

[32] Business news agency, 05.06.2002, http://www.abnews.ru.

[33] Interfax-Ukraine, 05.06.2002.

[34] Business new portal Liga Online, http://www.liga.ua, 31.05.2001.

[35] Interfax-AVN, 11.06.2002.

[36] Ibid.

[37] Interfax-AVN, 13.06.2002.

[38] Ibid.

[39] Vyatsky Nablyudatel weekly, http://www.nabludatel.ru/, 24.06.2002.

[40] RIA-Novosti, 17.06.2002.

[41] Ibid.

[42] Interfax-AVN, 19.06.2002.

[43] Ibid.

[44] Aviatsia, kosmos I oruzhiye Rossii, 21.06.2002.

[45] Ibid.

[46] Vremya MN, 16.05.2001.

[47] Interfax-AVN, 25.06.2002.

[48] Interfax-AVN, 28.06.2002.

[49] Ibid.

[50] Interfax-Asia, 18.06.2002

[51] Interfax-AVN, 28.06.2002

[52] Nikolai Novichkov, Vladimir Shvaryov. “Eksport rastyot,” Vremya MN, 09.11.2001

[53] Ibid.

[54] Interfax-AVN, 09.07.2002

[55] Ibid.

[56] Interfax-AVN, 01.07.2002

[57] Interfax-AVN, 04.07.2002

[58] Ibid.

[59] Novyi Kompanion IATs Nabat, 16.07.2002

[60] Interfax-AVN, 24.07.2002

[61] Rosoboronexport press release, 24.07.2002.

[62] Ibid.

[63] Finmarket, 02.07.2002.

[64] “Vtoroye rozhdeniye S-125”, Rossiiskiye Vesti, 11.07.2002, p. 10.

[65] Ibid.

[66] Interfax-AVN, 09.07.2002.

[67] Ibid.

[68] Interfax-AVN, 12.07.2002.

[69] Ibid.

[70] RIA-Novosti. 12.07.2002.

[71] Ibid.

[72] Interfax-AVN, 16.07.2002.

[73] Finmarket,  15.07.2002.

[74] Interfax-AVN, 16.07.2002.

[75] Finmarket,  17.07.2002.

[76] VolgaInform, 17.07.2002, Regions.Ru, 30.07.2002.

[77] Yuri Golotyuk, “Vietnamtsam ponravilis rosiiskiye storozheviki,” Vremya Novostei, 17.01.2002.

[78] VolgaInform, 17.07.2002, Regions.Ru, 30.07.2002.

[79] Interfax-AVN, 24.07.2002.

[80] Ibid.

[81] Izvestiya. Ru, 25.07.2002.

[82] Ibid.

[83] Interfax-AVN, 26.07.2002.

[84] Ibid.

[85] Interfax-AVN, 26.07.2002.

[86] Ibid.

[87] Ibid.

[88] ITAR-TASS, Aviatsia, kosmos I oruzhiye Rossii, 24.07.2002.

[89] ITAR-TASS, 23.07.2002.

[90] Ibid.

[91] Ibid.

[92] Interfax-AVN, 08.07.2002.

[93] Interfax-AVN, 15.07.2002.

[94] Ibid.

[95] Interfax-AVN, 01.07.2002.

[96] Interfax-AVN, 08.07.2002.