Such an agreement was reached following the participation of the Kazakh delegation in the 14th International Defense Exhibition of the International Defense Industry Fair 2019, which was held in Istanbul (Turkey).
«Kazakhstan Aselsan Engineering» LLP, part of the enterprises of the Ministry of Digital Development, defense and aerospace industry of Kazakhstan (a subsidiary of «Kazakhstan Engineering» LLP), has signed an agreement on the export of optoelectronic devices to the Republic of Turkey. In addition, the company signed a memorandum with the Turkish company on the modernization of avionics for helicopters in the territory of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
As part of the participation of the Kazakh delegation in this exhibition, more than 20 meetings with foreign partners were held. In particular, issues of cooperation, creation of joint projects in the framework of attracting investment and new technologies became key in negotiations with Turkish companies «MKEK» and «Aselsan», as well as the implementation of a new joint project with «TAI».
Following the meetings, it was agreed that in the near future representatives of five Turkish companies will visit Nur-Sultan to determine the technical details of the implementation of joint projects in the defense industry.
Note that for the first time this year at the International Defense Industry Fair2019 exhibition, Kazakhstan was represented by a joint delegation of representatives from the Ministry of Digital Development, defense and aerospace industries together, the Ministry of Defense and enterprises of the domestic defense industry complex. The delegation was headed by Talgat Zhanzhumenov, First Vice-Minister of the MDDDAI of the RK. The potential of the Kazakh defense industry was represented by a single national exposition, which aroused high interest on the part of foreign exhibitors and partners.
The single national exposition of domestic defense industry enterprises will also be presented at the exhibitions MILEX-2019 (Republic of Belarus, Minsk) and ARMY-2019 (Russian Federation, Kubinka).
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The international exhibition IDEF is held in Turkey every two years and is one of the ten largest world exhibitions of the defense industry and is one of the most authoritative and expected venues.
In the previous exhibition IDEF 2017, 820 companies from 50 countries took part, over 65 thousand participants from 116 countries visited the exhibition.
The IDEF exhibition is an opportunity for manufacturers to familiarize themselves with modern defense technologies and samples in various branches of the military-industrial complex, the latest developments of military equipment.
