ABU DHABI, UAE. Feb 20 (Interfax-AVN) - Almaz-Antey Concern is set to enlarge military exports via Rosoboronexport and through its independent access to foreign markets, an Almaz-Antey spokesman told Interfax-AVN at the IDEX 2017 defense exhibition in Abu Dhabi.
"Almaz-Antey Concern is a major of the global market of air defense and non-strategic missile defense weapons. Many foreign countries have strong demand for its military products, and their orders constitute a substantial part of the concern's overall books of orders," he said.
India, Gulf countries, Kazakhstan, Malaysia, Indonesia, Algeria, Vietnam. Azerbaijan, Egypt, Serbia, Peru, Chile and Nigeria are the most promising markets for Russia's air defense and non-strategic missile defense hardware, he said.
The demand for Almaz-Antey's military products has been steady due to a number of factors, the spokesman said.
"First of all, the latest wars and military conflicts have shown that their progress and outcome significantly depend on the possession of air defense weapons by any country. Hence, numerous states are seeking to modernize their air defense and, by doing so, are forming a demand for new weapons, in addition to maintenance and modernization of the available hardware," he said.
The second reason for the strong demand is the performance characteristics of air defense and non-strategic missile defense hardware exported by Almaz-Antey; this hardware is on a par with the best world analogues or even exceeds them in some respects, which sometimes prompts foreign buyers to prefer them, he said.
"Air defense and non-strategic missile defense hardware manufactured by the concern are being used by many countries, which lays groundwork for cooperating with the designer, manufacturer and supplier of this hardware in modernization programs," he said.
Almaz-Antey is expanding its export potential by employing new cooperation forms, he said, adding that an emphasis had been put on centers for maintenance, repairs and modernization of air defense weapons opening in foreign countries.
"In addition, integration of various air defense elements and systems into a single defense space may play a major role in the future projects," he said.