Baku / 27.04.18 / Turan: The products of the military-industrial complex of Azerbaijan are exported to more than 10 countries. This was announced today at the Board of the Ministry of Defense Industry, dedicated to the results of the first quarter of 2018.
Compared with the same period last year, the volume of exported products doubled. The range of defense products at the defense industry enterprises has been brought to 1,200 items.
This year at the enterprises of the Ministry it is planned to conduct development work on 127 products, covering 118 topics.
In particular, it is planned to develop special-purpose machine guns, automatic weapons of various calibers, trunks for large-caliber machine guns, an automatic grenade launcher system, optical sights for sniper rifles and other weapons.
During the Board meeting it was noted that the Ministry of Defense Industry will participate in the international exhibition EUROSATORY-2018 in France this June.
Azerbaijan, participating in the exhibition for the first time, has presented products of 270 items, as well as several new products of defense purpose.
The traditional defense exhibition ADEX-2018 will be held in Baku in September 2018.
The new technology will also be demonstrated at the military parade dedicated to the 100th anniversary of the creation of the Azerbaijani army, which will be held in Baku on June 26. -06D-
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