Aircraft
Russian aerospace firms look to Western markets
Russia’s defense industry is looking both to compete and cooperate with its western European counterparts as it bids to expand its international customer b

Russia’s defense industry is looking both to compete and cooperate with its western European counterparts as it bids to expand its international customer base.

According to the Federal Service for Military-Technical Cooperation (FSVTS, in its Russian acronym), Russian companies want to work with firms from the UK, Germany, France and Italy on joint research-and-development projects aimed at integrating Western technology with Russian products for export to third parties. Part of this is driven by the need to make Russian-made equipment compatible with the NATO standards that some of Russia’s defense clients now have to meet, as well as to extend service life.