Russia’s defense industry agency Rosoboronexport will work with the country’s largest shipbuilding company in 2018 to boost worldwide export prospects for what the agency termed as small and ultra-small submarines.
Rosoboronexport said this focus was in response to a growing interest for these vessels in the countries of Southeast Asia, Africa, Latin America and the Middle East.
The agency’s lead industry partner will be the United Shipbuilding Corporation.
“The Russian shipbuilding industry and the Russian Navy have significant experience in their development and operation, which gives us reason to count on the successful promotion of such boats to the world market. According to preliminary estimates, the capacity of this segment of the arms market for the next five years is about $4 billion,” Igor Sevastyanov, deputy general director of Rosoboronexport, said.
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