Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu salutes as he inspects the troops during the Victory Day military parade to celebrate 73 years since the end of World War II and the defeat of Nazi Germany, on May 9, 2018. (Pavel Golovkin/AP)People attend the Immortal Regiment march marking Victory Day in in Ukraine's de facto rebel capital Donetsk on May 9, 2018. (Aleksey Filippov/AFP via Getty Images)Policemen stand in front of protesters who demand to stop, as they say, pro-Russian actions, during the Immortal Regiment march marking Victory Day in Kiev on May 9, 2018. Some 35,000 people gathered in Ukraine's de facto rebel capital Donetsk to watch the parade. (Sergei Supinsky/AFP via Getty Images)The commander of the Victory Day parade is the commander in chief of the Ground Forces, Col.-Gen. Oleg Salyukov. (Russian Presidential Press and Information Office)U.S. actor Steven Seagal, center, attends the 2015 Victory Day military parade. He was also present at the 2018 event (Kirill Kudryavtsev/AFP via Getty Images)A Russian sniper secures the area prior to the Victory Day military parade at Red Square in Moscow on May 9, 2018. (Kirill Kudryavtsev/AFP via Getty Images)
The contracts will detail the level of commercial capability the service needs in peacetime and provide a means to access more capacity during conflict.