Mikheev Alexander,
Director General of Rosoboronexport

The creation of Rosoboronexport has brought strategic advantages. The country regained its position in the traditional markets since the Soviet era and entered new ones. The volume of arms shipments has doubled in five years, tripled in ten, and increased more than fivefold by 2021. Export orders have become a lifeline for defense companies at a time when domestic orders were low. They made it possible to load factories, preserve engineering schools and maintain technological independence. Today, Rosoboronexport ensures Russia’s presence in all regions of the world. Over the past 25 years, the company has concluded over 30,000 contracts with partners, and exported products worth more than $230 billion.

“Rosoboronexport today is a unique company, drawing on the extensive experience of its predecessors in the domestic sphere of military-technical cooperation with foreign countries”, - said Alexander Mikheev, Director General of Rosoboronexport. “We utilize the best practices of foreign economic activity, scaling them up in today’s rapidly changing environment”, - Head of Special exporter added.

To meet modern requirements Rosoboronexport will continue to strengthen its status as a global technology leader in military-technical cooperation and expand its supply geography to promising markets in Asia, Africa and the Middle East. The company has everything it needs for success — a powerful industrial base, a professional team, and government support.

Recent years have confirmed the high efficiency of Russian technology in real combat conditions. “Today, most of the samples being offered by Rosoboronexport have sufficient experience of use in real combat conditions. Our customers study this experience and draw conclusions in favor of our products,” emphasized Alexander Mikheev. Besides, the Russian industry has demonstrated its ability to respond promptly to new challenges and introduce technological improvements into mass production as soon as possible.

The company’s activities have long gone beyond simple arms supplies. An important area was the organization of licensed production of Russian aircraft, helicopters, armored vehicles and small arms abroad. Such projects allow partners to create their own enterprises and adopt technologies, while maintaining Russian control over quality and safety. The modernization of previously supplied equipment also plays an important role. Russian designers have developed comprehensive programs to extend the service life and improve combat performance for all classes of weapons. A separate area is the training of foreign specialists. With the assistance of Rosoboronexport, foreign customers train crews under the guidance of the best Russian instructors.

In his address to Rosoboronexport on the eve of the Anniversary, Vladimir Putin emphasized that “military-technical cooperation with foreign countries has always been and remains a key area of state policy. Effective work in this area determines greatly the federal budget’s revenues and the modernization of the defense industry, thereby ensuring the stable development of enterprises and entire cities, as well as the well-being of many thousands of people. Therefore, it is crucial that your organization, which accounts for a significant portion of military exports, successfully promotes domestic products in foreign markets”.

The Russian President concluded: “I am confident that Rosoboronexport’s employees will continue to uphold the prestige of Russian military equipment and weapons on the international stage, contribute to the economic recovery of our country, and strengthen its defense potential.”