Russia plans to more than double its production of conventional weapons by 2015, the country's First Deputy Prime Minister Sergei Ivanov said here Monday.
"We are planning to increase the production of conventional weapons by 30 percent by 2010, and by 2015, we expect it to increase 120 percent," Ivanov said at a government meeting attended by President Vladimir Putin.
The Russian government's Military-Industrial Commission is to discuss a scheme Tuesday for the development of defense enterprises producing conventional weapons and government defense contracts for 2009.
Russia is pursuing a government armament program for the period up to 2015, which envisages the procurement of weaponry for all branches of its armed forces.
According to local media reports, the Russian Air Force will receive 116 new and 408 upgraded aircraft for forward-deployed units, and 156 new and 372 modernized helicopters over the next eight years.
The share of civilian products manufactured by defense companies must reach 59 percent by 2015, Ivanov added.
Source:Xinhua
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