Army (International Military-Technical Forum)

This article is about the Russian arms trade show. For the large military formation, see Field army. For other uses, see Army (disambiguation).

The "Army" or "Armiya" International Military-Technical Forum (Russian: Международный военно-технический форум «Армия») is an annual trade show for the arms industry held in Russia since 2015 by the Russian Ministry of Defence. Attending representatives of governments and businesses exhibit and demonstrate military technology, advertise services, negotiate sales, and discuss all aspects of the industry.

International Military-Technical Forum
Genre	Defense
Venue	Patriot Park
Location(s)	Moscow Oblast
Country	Russian Federation
Inaugurated	2015
Next event	August 2025.
Attendance	1,000,000 (2020)
Organized by	Ministry of Defence (Russia)
Website	rusarmyexpo.com

2020

• At the end of July 2020, a senior Defence Ministry official stated that, due to travel and planning disruptions resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic, only 35 states out of 133 invited had confirmed their intent to participate in Army 2020.^[1]
• Almost 1,500 defense industry organizations took part in the forum, presenting over 28,000 exhibits.^[2]
• Rostec presented over 1100 inventions in 2020.^[3]
• Ruselectronics Group Sozvezdiye unveiled the fifth generation of the R-176-1AE radio station, which serves as a component of mobile long-range communications radio center used by the Russian Armed Forces.^[4]

2021

• In 2021, the forum was held from the 22nd to the 28th of August.^[5][6]
• The Russian Ministry of Defence (MO) signed 41 contracts worth RUB500 billion (US$8.3 billion) with 27 defense enterprises during Army 2021 for the delivery of 1,300 new weapon systems and the refurbishment of 150 existing systems, while Rostec's Rosoboronexport arms exporter signed deals worth EUR2 billion (US$2.04 billion) with China on seaborne hardware, with India on land forces’ equipment and also with Armenia, Uzbekistan, Myanmar and Belarus.^[7][8][9]
• The Military Technopolis "Era" presented a working model of electric transport developed for the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation - the "ERA" electric vehicle.^[10]
• Nearly 100 countries participated in Army 2021.^[11]

2022

2023

In 2023, the forum was held from August 14 to August 20.^[12] On weekdays, the exhibition was open to potential buyers. Over the weekend, the forum was open to civilians.

2024

• In 2024, the forum was held from August 12 to August 14. The Russian Ministry of Defence (MO) signed contracts worth almost RUB500 billion (about US$5.5 billion) during Army 2024 for the delivery of over 500 basic weapons systems and more than one million munitions.^[13][14] More than 1,000 defense industry organizations took part in the forum, presenting over 20,000 exhibits.^[15]
• Belarusian enterprises signed contracts worth $100mln.^[16]

Photo gallery

Vehicles exhibited at Army IMTF

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  VPK-7829 Bumerang exhibited at Army 2020
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  Russian engineer reconnaissance hovercraft (инженерный разведывательный катер)^[17] at Army 2020
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  Uran-9 unmanned combat ground vehicle (UCGV) at Army 2021
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  Heavy AZP S-60 cannon on truck chassis at Army 2023