Rosoboronexport : record levels in 2018
On 4 November 2018, Rosoboronexport, part of the Rostec State Corporation, celebrated its 18th anniversary. The Company was established in 2000 by decree of President of the Russian Federation. “Over the past 18 years, Rosoboronexport has become a world leader in the supply of weapons and military equipment and has reached record levels. Today, Russia ranks second in the world in scope of militarytechnical cooperation. The Company’s order book is well above $50 billion, while the total value of deliveries has exceeded $150 billion over the years. We continuously improve and offer customers more new models of military equipment, often the best in the world in performance and competitive in terms of price and quality. More than 200 Rosoboronexport employees have been awarded state and departmental awards for their great contribution to the development of military- technical cooperation with foreign countries,” stated Rostec’s Director General Sergey Chemezov.
In 2018, the Company was actively engaged in efforts to promote new products. Rosoboronexport took part in
22 international exhibitions and forums. s. The Eurasian Air Show in Antalya, Turkey, y, the International Far Eastern Maritime me Show in Vladivostok and ADAS 2018 in the Philippines were debut exhibitions for or the Company. “Despite unprecedented ed competition, Rosoboronexport continues es to strengthen its position in the global al market. Just recently, we signed the biggesttever contract in the company’s history ry to supply India with the S-400 Triumph ph anti-aircraft missile systems. In 2018, we delivered weapons and military equipment to more than 40 countries. At the same time, over 1,100 contract documents worth about $19 billion were signed. These statistics suggest that the quality of Russian weapons and their proven performance are a determining factor for our partners,” stated Rosoboronexport’s Director General Alexander Mikheev.
Rosoboronexport continues to expand its range of military products over the years and is actively promoting a number of new military hardware in the world arms market, including the Buk-M3 Viking and Tor-E2 SAM systems, the Sprut-SDM1 light amphibious tank, the ships Karakurt and Sarsar, Il-78MK-90A aerial tanker and the Il-76MD-90A(E) military transport aircraft.
“Rosoboronexport is the only stateowned arms trade company in the Russian Federation authorised to export the full range of military and dual-purpose products, technologies and services.” A subsidiary of the Rostec Corporation, it was founded on 4 November 2000 and now Rosoboronexport has become one of the leading world arms exporters in the international market. Its share in Russia’s military exports exceeds 85 percent. Rosoboronexport cooperates with more than 700 enterprises and organisations throughout the Russian defence industrial complex.