“IDEF-2019”, XIV International Defence Industry Fair, which launched on April 30, was over today.

The “IDEF” International Defence Industry Exhibition, has been biennially organizing in Istanbul under the auspices of the President of the Republic of Turkey and with the organization of the Ministry of National Defence since 1993, considered collaboration platform for necessary international presentations, marketing in the fields of defence, security, maritime, aviation and aerospace, as well as this fair has become one of the largest military-industrial exhibitions in the world due to the number of participating companies  and  delegation. The worlds leading defence companies present their products and services at this exhibition.

For the first time, the Ministry of Defence Industry took part at “IDEF” in 2009 and this was the first international exhibition of the Ministry. At that exhibition, defence products developed and produced by the enterprises of the Ministry of Defence Industry were exposedin stand covering the area of 10 square meters whereas at “IDEF-2019” it presented in a large national pavilion.

The “IDEF-2019” exhibition was attended by 1061 companies and more than 500 official delegations from 70 countries. The delegation led by Deputy Minister Yahya Musayev participated at “IDEF-2019”, where export-oriented products were shown in the national pavilion of the Ministry of Defence Industry. The products of the Ministry of Defence Industry including sniper rifles, assault rifles, assault machine guns, grenade launchers, mortars, pyrotechnic products, optical systems, combat vehicles, unmanned aerial vehicles, various types of ammunitions and other defence items caused great interest among the visitors.

The inert sample of aircraft bomb “QFAB-250 LG”, designed at the enterprises of the Ministry of Defence Industry was demonstrated at “IDEF-2019” for the first time and caused great interest. “QFAB-250 LG aircraft bomb hit the target with deviation of 10 meters at the distance of 12,000 meters and meets NATO standard. This product is designed to meet domestic needs, as well as intended for export.

During the exhibition, the Deputy Minister Yahya Musayev met with the President of Defence Industries of Turkey Ismail Demir, Defence Minister of Djibouti Ali Hassan Bakhdon, General Director of “Ukroboronprom” Pavlo Bukin, Executive Director of “GIDS” company of Pakistan Tarig Javaid and the delegation heads of some countries, as well as representatives of Qatar and Bahrain. Within the framework of the meetings, the issues were discussed on the development of cooperation in the military-technical sphereat the meetings, as well as the implementation of new joint projects and agreed upon on these issues.

The stand of the Ministry of Defence Industry were visited by the Minister of National Defence of Turkey Hulusi Akar, the President of Defence Industries of Turkey Ismail Demir and the delegation heads of some countries participating in the event, so that each product attracted great interest among the visitors. Participating at “IDEF-2019” the Minister of Defence and the representatives of other law enforcement agencies of Azerbaijan visited the national pavilion of the Ministry of Defence Industry.

At the meeting with Minister of Defence Colonel-General Zakir Hasanov Deputy Minister Yahya Musayev noted that 50 pieces the grenade launcher type RBG were presented to the Azerbaijan Army on behalf of the Ministry of Defence Industry. A sample of grenade launcher was presented to Colonel-General Zakir Hasanov.

The Deputy Minister Yahya Musayev and the representatives of the Ministry visited the stands of the participating countries and gotclosely acquainted with the innovations in the field of the military industry. During the visit to the stand of the Turkish company “ASELSAN”, the issues were discussed on the development of existing cooperation between the Ministry of Defence Industry and this company. In accordance with the agreement, protocol was signed between the Scientific Research Institute of the Ministry and “ASELSAN”.

Within the exhibition, the representatives of the Ministry of Defence Industry informed the visitors on the 4th International Defence Exhibition “ADEX-2020”, to be held in Azerbaijan in 2020.