Russia’s
Defence Industry and Armed Forces central forum concisely
and proudly named “ARMY” has yet again brought together the
most outstanding innovations, best pieces of armament and
military equipment, leading enterprises, design bureaus and
research centers acting in the military field and beyond.
The Forum has undoubtedly become a key event transcending
the boundaries of the domestic defence industry; its
significance in the global context has a steady momentum
evident from the number of foreign exhibitors and formal
delegations from abroad. International Military-Technical
Forum “ARMY-2018” will showcase new record achievements — in
terms of scope of the exposition, extent of the defence
innovations on display, visual appeal of dynamic
demonstrations etc.
International Forum “ARMY2018” is held on the basis of a
decree of the Government of the Russian Federation. Its
Organizer is the Ministry of Defence of the Russian
Federation. Traditionally the key Forum activities will take
place in Patriot Congress and Exhibition Centre, Kubinka
Airfield and Alabino Military Training Grounds. “ARMY2018”
Forum is estimated to attract over 1400 enterprises and
organizations from Russia and dozens of countries of the
world. Overall, more than 22 thousand exhibits are presented.
It is hard to overestimate the role and significance of
“ARMY2018” MilitaryTechnical Forum: it functions as the
general review, a litmus paper and an analytical platform
for solving the tasks posed before the Armed Forces and the
Defence Industry by the President of Russia and Supreme
CommanderinChief of the Russian Armed Forces Vladimir
Putin, including modernization and refurbishment of the army
and the fleet, and diversification of the Defence Industry
of the country. The “ARMY” Forum is aimed to serve as a
visual confirmation of the fact that the Russian defence
Industry enables forwardlooking innovative development of
armament and military equipment in the interests of
strengthening the country’s defence capability, and is
successfully implementing diversification and import
replacement programs.
The “ARMY” Forum is a universal event which, apart from the
main exposition, features special projects — such as the
International Exhibition of highperformance equipment and
technologies for reequipment of the defense industry
enterprises “Intellectual Industrial Technology 2018” and a
specialized exposition “Innovation Club”. The Forum will
include an extensive Congress Program combining more than
140 events in a variety of formats that will explore the
main themes of the Forum.
The Forum’s demonstration program will traditionally present
a unique performance and display the impressive potential of
the Russian armament, military and special security
equipment. (Programs of the top dynamic demonstrations will
be published in each issue of our newspaper). The number of
pieces of armament participating in the dynamic show has
considerably grown in comparison to the previous year. The
Guests will witness the combat capabilities of more than 90
stateoftheart pieces of equipment operated by the Land
Forces, including antiaircraft defence troops, rocket
troops and artillery.
The Patriot Park Congress and Exhibition Centre will
showcase the latest armored, artillery and other combat
vehicles which will be accessible to visitors who will have
an opportunity to personally evaluate the best products of
the Russian Defence Industry. Inter alia, the “ARMY2018”
Forum will present such emerging combat products as the
latest TorM2 DT air defence missile system (arctic version),
Bumerang armored vehicle, Kurganets infantry fighting
vehicle (IFV), TyphoonK armored motor vehicles and Kornet
antitank system mounted on TİGR special vehicles, new
generation Т14 Armata tank, KoalitsiyaSV selfpropelled
gun. All emerging combat products will be exhibited in an
open area of the Forum and accessible to all visitors.
This year “ARMY2018” Forum will for the first time be held
simultaneously with the “Security Week Russia 2018”
organized by the Ministry of Defence of the Russian
Federation, Ministry of the Internal Affairs of the Russian
Federation, and Federal Agency of National Guard Troops of
the Russian Federation.
Security Week Russia will be visited by the leading Russian
enterprises and organizations, engaged in ensuring state and
public security, disaster prevention and control, ensuring
safety of state border and other strategic priorities of the
country.
Events of the International Forum “ARMY2018” will include
other cities than Moscow. In the territories of military
districts and the Northern Fleet in scope of “ARMY2018” and
“Security Week Russia”, static and dynamic demonstrations
will engage over 750 pieces of stateoftheart armament,
military and special security equipment.
In comparison to the previous years, the quantity of
involved stateoftheart and emerging equipment has
noticeably grown, which will undoubtedly attract attention
of specialists and visitors of the Forum. For reference, in
2017 some 650 pieces were demonstrated; in 2016 — over 500.
Find announcements and details of the congress program and
dynamic demonstrations of the International
MilitaryTechnical Forum, the top news, presentation of key
exhibitors and the flagship premieres of “ARMY2018” each
morning in the issues of the official news edition of the
Forum — Showdaily Army2018.
