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Kazakhstan to produce defence kit

JUNE 9 2015 (The Conway Bulletin) – A Kazakh agricultural equipment manufacturer is in negotiations with a Turkish company to buy the licence to manufacture its armoured vehicles. Kazakhstan has previously said that it wants to improve and strengthen its defence sector manufacturing base.

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(News report from Issue No. 235, published on June 11 2015)

Azerbaijan develops a drone

MAY 19 2015 (The Conway Bulletin) – Azerbaijan’s weapons manufacturers have developed a drone, media reported. Azerbaijan, which is still officially at war with Armenia, has been increasing military spending. It has close links with the Russian and Israeli defence sectors.

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(News report from Issue No. 232, published on May 20 2015)

Israel’s Elbit to build factory in Georgia

MARCH 30 2015 (The Conway Bulletin) – Elbit Cyclone, a subsidiary of Israel’s Elbit Systems, plans to build a factory in Georgia that will produce parts for passenger planes, media reported quoting Georgian economy minister Giorgi Kvirikashvili.

This is an important development for industry in Georgia as it represents a potential shift to a more hi-tech focus. Reports did not say what parts specifically the Georgian factory would produce for Elbit Cyclone, although all the factory output will be for export, but they did say the longer-term aim was to develop a hi-tech industrial sector.

The $85m cost of the project will be shared by the Georgian government and Elbit Cyclone. The factory will also employ 300 people.

And Elbit Systems already has a link with Georgia.

Prior to its 2008 war with Russia, Georgia bought several spy planes from the company. Elbit Systems is the largest publicly-traded military equipment manufacturer in Israel.

lbit Systems also makes technical equipment for the US military.
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(News report from Issue No. 225, published on April 12015)

Azerbaijan increase size of its arms industry

MARCH 4 2015 (The Bulletin) – Azerbaijan will start exporting weapons to Arab countries this year, media reported quoting the Azerbaijani defence industry minister, Yaver Jamalov. The statement is more evidence that Azerbaijan is concentrating on developing its arms industry, particularly machine guns and rifles.
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(News report from Issue No. 222, published on March 11 2015)

Kazakhstan and Russia to sign military deal

SEPT. 8 2014 (The Conway Bulletin) – Russian president Vladimir Putin and Kazakh president Nursultan Nazarbayev are expected to sign a deal soon that will allow the movement of arms between the two countries more easily, media reported. The agreement is designed to increase arms trade between Kazakhstan and Russia as well as deepen military integration.

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(News report from Issue No. 199, published on Sept. 10 2014)

Russia sells more tanks to Azerbaijan

MAY 27 2014 (The Conway Bulletin) – Russia has confirmed that it will send 12 more heavy tanks to Azerbaijan, media reported, part of a major arms deal between the two countries. The deal will cause consternation in Armenia, which views Russia as its main ally and Azerbaijan as its biggest foe.

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(News report from Issue No. 186, published on May 28 2014)

Azerbaijan boosts arms import

MARCH 17 2014 (The Conway Bulletin) — Between 2009 and 2013 Azerbaijan increased by nearly four times the amount of arms it imported, the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute reported. Azerbaijan has been spending profits from energy sales on re-arming. It is still officially at war with Armenia over the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh.

(News report from Issue No. 176, published on March 19 2014)

Azerbaijan increases arms exports fivefold

MARCH 9 2014 (The Conway Bulletin) — Azerbaijan increased its exports of military equipment by 500% in 2013, media quoted a government report as saying. Azerbaijan has previously said that it wants to boost its arms manufacturing sector. It has invested much of its relatively recent oil wealth into its military.

(News report from Issue No. 175, published on March 12 2014)

Russia delivers attack helicopters to Azerbaijan

JAN. 21 2014 (The Conway Bulletin) — Azerbaijan has completed the delivery of 24 attack helicopters from Russia, media reported. Rich from oil, Azerbaijan has splurged on its military, buying weapons and other equipment from Israel and Russia. Azerbaijan ordered the 24 Mi-35M helicopters from Russia in September 2010.

(News report from Issue No. 168, published on Jan. 22 2014)

Azerbaijan to buy attack helicopters

NOV. 18 2013 (The Conway Bulletin) — Azerbaijan is considering buying a pair of T-129 attack helicopters manufactured by its close ally Turkey, media reported. T-129 helicopters bristle with weapons. Azerbaijan is spending heavily on its military, concerning neighbours, especially Armenia with which it is still officially at war over the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh.

(News report from Issue No. 161, published on Nov. 20 2013)