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Technology transfer UNITED FRONT In its first year, Russia's integrated defence exporter, Rosoboronexport, has eliminated in-house rivalries and exceeded sales targets VLADIMIR KARNOZOV / MOSCOW ussia's newly merged defence lowed by warships, air-defence systems export agency Rosoboronexport and armour. With a 30% share of the recently celebrated its first birth- defence industry's output, and a workforce day with $3.6 billion worth of of 500,000, aviation generates around 60% orders - $400 million more than of its hard currency sales. But Rosoboron- planned. Combat aircraft led the sales, fol- export is eager to break Russia's 1996 Iran has ordered Mi-17 helicopters as part of a $7 billion shopping spree on Russian arms arms sales record of $3.7 billion. Rosoboronexport was created by Pres ident Vladimir Putin to help control Russian arms exports. Three organisations were merged - Rosvooruzhenie (arma ments), Oboronexport (defence) and Rossiyskiye Tekhnologii (technologies). Rosoboronexport received exclusive rights to act on behalf of the state in weapons sales. Manufacturers which had earlier acquired licences to sell their products independently were told to work alongside the new organisation. "We have succeeded in eliminating unhealthy internal compe tition," says Russian vice-premier Ilya Klebanov, admitting that in the past this rivalry led to irregularities. Restructuring was essential if the indus try was to rationalise internal competition. Although Rosoboronexport hopes to sell 400-500 Sukhoi Su-27-family aircraft over the next 10 years, in addition to existing Chinese and Indian orders worth $10 bil lion, they will be insufficient to fill capac ity at the three largely independent pro ducers of the aircraft: IAPO in Irkutsk, which employs 12,000 workers; KnAAPO 32 1-7 JANUARY 2002 FLIGHT INTERNATIONAL www.flightinternational.com
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