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ARMS AND SECURITY KYIV 2015 EXHIBITION TO HOST OVER 200 COMPANIES FROM 10 COUNTRIES

21 September , 2015  

KYIV. Sept 21 (Interfax-Ukraine) – Over 200 companies from 10 countries will present their products during the Arms and Security 2015 international exhibition, which will be held in Kyiv on September 22-September 25.

Beside Ukrainian companies, 21 foreign companies from nine countries will take part in the exhibition, the organization committee of the exhibition has told Interfax Ukraine. The U.S., UK, Israel, China, India, Bulgaria, Estonia, the Netherlands and Poland have confirmed their participation in the exhibition.

“Considering the fact that the Arms and Security 2015 is held under the conditions of continuing Russian aggression against Ukraine, its main events are focused on meeting the needs of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the National Guard of Ukraine and other Ukrainian [military] forces. However, under the current conditions, Arms and Security 2015 is considered as a serious instrument for extending military-technical cooperation between Ukraine and foreign partners and increasing orders for the national military-industrial complex,” the organization committee said.

The total exhibition area is 18,000 sq. meters where over 40 full-scale models of national and foreign military and special equipment, including aviation models, will be presented.

As part of the military exhibition, arms and individual equipment for soldiers on battlefield will be presented, including equipment and weaponry for ground forces, law enforcement agencies, border control, and military aviation.

The capabilities of the national military-industrial complex at will be represented by 32 companies of Ukroboronprom state concern, including the leaders – PrJSC Motor Sich, PrJSC AvtoKrAZ, Makarov Pivdenny Machine Building Plant (Pivdenmash), Pivdenne State Design Office, PJSC Leninska Kuznia, and Arsenal State Enterprise of Special Instrumentation.

Ukroboronprom will be the central Ukrainian company at the exhibition and will present advanced armored vehicles, including the BTR-3E1, the Dozor-B APC, the Ovod APC, new artillery equipment, high-accuracy missiles and radio equipment. UAVs and small arms developed by Ukrainian manufacturers will also be presented.