Rosoboronexport Plans To Establish Aircraft Service Centers Worldwide

Rosoboronexport will partner aircraft manufacturers to establish service centers for maintenance and repair of Russian aircraft and helicopters in several regions of the world.

It includes the framework of offset agreements with the attraction of local companies and appropriate transfer of technology, the company announced Wednesday.

Such helicopter repair service centers are being established in Brazil, Venezuela and Peru and aircraft repair service centers in Vietnam, India, Myanmar and China.

Prospects for building service centers are also being actively discussed with other Rosoboronexport’s partner countries, including the European countries, where Russian aircraft are currently in service.

“We have managed to gain a foothold in new markets, regain our lost positions in a number of countries and continue to intensely develop military-technical cooperation with our traditional partners.” said Ivan Goncharenko, Rosoboronexport’s first deputy general director was quoted as saying in the statement.

Servicing and maintenance of Russian weapons and platforms has been a sore point with many of Rosoboronexport customers.