10th ARMY International Military and Technical Forum opens in Patriot Congress and Exhibition Centre
12.08.2024
Dear friends!
Today, the 10th ARMY International Military and Technical Forum has opened in Patriot Congress and Exhibition Centre. The ARMY 2024 Forum lasts three days, from 12 to 14 August 2024.
The Forum's format is updated and optimised this year, and the programme of events is organised with a focus on business nature and fulfilment of the objectives of the special military operation.
This year's Forum is attended by specialists from the Russian Ministry of Defence, heads and general engineers of defence industry enterprises and organisations as well as military delegations from foreign countries.
The Forum includes a static exposition, a scientific-business programme as well as protocol events.
The static exposition is formed taking into account the experience of the special military operation.
More than 1,000 domestic and foreign enterprises and organisations will submit more than 20,000 samples of military and dual-use products in the form of nature-size samples, mock-ups, and advertising and information materials.
An exhibition of samples of military products, industrial enterprises and armaments in service with the Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation has been formed on the outdoor areas of the Patriot Exhibition Centre.
A separate exposition presents samples of weapons, military and special hardware that have proven themselves efficient in the special military operation: BMP-2M infantry fighting vehicle with a Berezhok combat section, T-90M Proryv main battle tank, T-80BVM main battle tank, BREM-1M armoured repair and recovery vehicle, 120-mm Floks self-propelled artillery gun, 152-mm Malva self-propelled artillery gun, Bastion coastal missile system, Iskander-M operational-tactical missile system, 300-mm Tornado-S multiple-launch rocket vehicle, TOS-2 heavy flamethrower system, an engineering remote mining system, Kornet-D1 self-propelled anti-tank missile system, Tor-M2K SAM combat vehicle, Pantsir-S anti-aircraft system, and Gibka-S SAM combat vehicle.
An arms and equipment export exhibition is available to promote military products of the Russian Federation on the international arena.
For the first time, the Forum area features a separate static exposition of the People's Defence Industry organisation. The exposition displays initiatives being developed and supplied to the special military operation zone through the entities of the Russian Federation, civilian enterprises, and public and volunteer organisations. More than 250 exhibits from 100 participating companies are presented on over 2,000 square metres. The exhibition booth provides business facilities for sharing experience and organising interaction between People's Defence Industry organisation and federal executive authorities, military administration, development institutes, and industry enterprises.
As part of the ARMY 2024 IMTF, the design engineers of the People's Defence Industry will present the unique developments required by Russian soldiers in the special military operation zone. In particular, Russian developers will demonstrate a simulator to learn how to fly on fixed-wing drones with a suspension. This is a simulator developed on the basis of the latest Molniya drone. FPV drones, kamikaze drones that are able to perform tasks at a range of about 20 kilometres and carry a payload of up to 3.5 kg will also be showcased.
In addition, the people's engineers will present a Varan tracked platform, which helps the fighters to carry out assault and engineering missions. The platform can accommodate all Kalashnikov machine guns, their remote control systems, and a thermal imaging camera. This equipment was created by inventors from Ivanovo and has already been tested in combat conditions in Chasov Yar direction.
The pavilions of the Central Exhibition Complex display the following:
- thematic exhibition 'Military Education - serving the Fatherland', where advanced training systems in educational organisations of the Russian Ministry of Defence are demonstrated, taking into account the experience of troops, including in the special military operation and exercises;
?? exposition of samples of the Era Military Innovative Technoplis. The exposition shows development in the direction of: critical information infrastructure and technological independence, artificial intelligence technologies, intellectual learning system, digital twins, robotic systems, advanced cybersecurity technologies, and medical support. Rhe Era Military Innovative Technopolis platform within the scientific and business programme will hold the event round table discussions on the direction of activity. The session will involve the leading Russian scientists, representatives of the higher education establishments, research organisations, and defence industry enterprises.
?? the exposition 'Innovations serving the Fatherland' shows the latest development in the field of space-, air-, ground-, and water-based robotic systems. The exhibition will show the achievements of scientific companies the Russian Armed Forces and universities of the Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation following the exhibitions 'Innovation Day of the Russian Ministry of Defence'.
The exhibition 'Products of the Leading Enterprises of the Russian Defence Industry Complex' is organised on the basis of six Demonstration and Exhibition Centres, where the key enterprises of the Russian defence industry will demonstrate promising samples of weapons, military and special equipment as well as models of high-tech dual-use products.
Large-scale expositions of the state corporations Rosatom and Roscosmos were presented on the exhibition grounds.
The Russian Federal Scientific Clinical Centre demonstrates the latest developments for the Russian Defence Ministry and defence industry, advanced technologies of the nuclear, biological, and chemical protection, treatment and rehabilitation of the servicemen who took part in the special military operation as well as joint mobile medical units.
The leading scientific and medical institutions of the Russian Federal Scientific Clinical Centre will show innovative products and equipment for monitoring medical security and pharmaceutical protection, including automated detectors and indicators of biopathogens, test systems, medicines, antidotes, and radioprotective agents.
In addition, at the Forum, industrial enterprises will show promising developments aimed at scientific and technological development using artificial intelligence technologies.
The Forum presents trophy samples of weapons and military equipment delivered from Kharkov region and Kiev regions of Ukraine, as well as those captured in combat during the liberation of the territories of Donetsk and Lugansk people's republics. The exposition of trophy samples of military hardware shows: YPR-765A1 armoured personnel carrier, BMC 350-16Z KIRPI armoured fighting vehicle, М2А2 Bradley infantry fighting vehicle, HMMWV M1151 armoured fighting vehicle, SAXON AT 105 armoured fighting vehicle, HUSKY armoured fighting vehicle, INTERNATIONAL MAXXPRO PLUS armoured fighting vehicle, M1A1SA Abrams tank, BUSHMASTER PMV armoured fighting vehicle, AMX-10RCR armoured reconnaissance vehicle, ХА-180 armoured fighting vehicle, MASTIF armoured fighting vehicle, KOZAK armoured fighting vehicle, VARTA armoured fighting vehicle, ROSHEL SENATOR armoured fighting vehicle, CV9040 infantry fighting vehicle, LEOPARD 2А6 tank, Marder 1A3 infantry fighting vehicle. Representatives of foreign delegations and defence attachés will be able to visit the exhibition.
Scientific and business events are planned to focus on the most topical issues of the development of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, Russian defence industry, and Russian military-technical cooperation, taking into account the experience gained during the special military operation.
The scientific and business programme of the Forum includes 96 events: 70 round tables; 15 conferences; 9 meetings; 1 session; 1 discussion.
The key events will be:
- ARMY 2024 International Military-Technical Forum plenary session;
- Conference 'Specifics and implementation of contract system law. Procurement innovations';
- Scientific and practical conference 'Topical issues on developing military law in the special military operation';
- Conference 'Topical issues of medical support during the special military operation';
- Scientific and business events dedicated to the development of 'People's Defence Industry' and unmanned aerial vehicles;
- Round tables on the development of domestic technologies for microelectronics, robotics, intelligent management systems, including for military purposes, as well as critical information infrastructure with the use of artificial intelligence technologies.
During the Forum, innovative projects will be assessed on introducing AI technologies into them at the AI interaction area. The experts will have an opportunity to assess the projects at various degrees of readiness, as well as to identify new approaches to the use of AI technologies in different areas of scientific and practical activities. The assessment is planned to be held in the form of panel discussions and booth-based presentations.
A total of 226 military experts from 26 military command bodies concerned will select promising innovative developments and projects presented at the Forum for further deployment to the Russian Armed Forces.
On 13 August, the Ministry of Defence will sign state contracts with Russian defence companies, and Rosoboronexport will sign international agreements with subjects of military-technical cooperation at the Forum venues.
In addition, it is planned to hold bilateral meetings with the heads of foreign delegations on the development of military and technical cooperation under the auspices of the Russian Ministry of Defence, Federal Service of Military-Technical Cooperation, JSC Rosoboronexport, and Russian Ministry of Industry and Trade.
The Forum will be attended by official military delegations from 83 states; 39 of them are headed by defence ministers and chiefs of general staffs.
National expositions and individual booths of defence industry enterprises of friendly countries have been organised by four states: Belarus, China, India, and Iran. The Forum is attended by representatives of more than 120 foreign companies.
The ARMY IMTF will once again bring together representatives of the Russian and foreign armed forces, enabling experts in the field of defence and national security to strengthen cooperation.
Department for Media Affairs and Information
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