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Eurosatory
2010 International Land Airland Homeland Defence Week Exhibition 14 -
18 June 2010
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Rosoboronexport at Eurosatory 2010 |
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Thales
and Rosoboronexport signed several contracts for transfer
of technology. |
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Russian
BMP-3 Armoured Infantry fighting vehicle |
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Russia's
state arms exporter Rosoboronexport said Tuesday it had
signed several contracts with the French defense firm Thales
on the transfer of technology and delivery of communications
equipment for Russian armored vehicles. "The first
contract involves transfer of technologies to Russia, which
now will have the right to produce officially licensed thermal
imagers at Vologda Optical and Mechanical Plant," said
Igor Sevastyanov, Rosoboronexport deputy director general.
"The
second contract provisionally allows Russia to bring in
communications equipment for integration into Russian
armored vehicles for testing," Sevastyanov said.
He added that the communications equipment would be mounted
on T-90 tanks and BMP-3 armored personnel carriers. Rosoboronexport
did not specify the sum of the contracts.
The
plant in the city of Vologda in central European Russia
will assemble the Thales-developed thermal imaging cameras.
Localized production will allow Russia to reduce production
and maintenance costs by at least 5-10% and manufacture
thermal imagers for civilian purposes in the future. Civilian
uses of the thermal imagers could include monitoring the
efficiency of thermal insulation and detection of heat
leaks, among other applications.
Russia
may only be able to export thermal imagers produced at
its plant with the permission of the French authorities.
The list of potential customers will exclude so-called
rogue states such as Iran. According to experts, Russia
is lagging 20-30 years behind the West in many areas of
technological progress and has recently started attempting
to close the gap by purchasing production licenses abroad.
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