ARMY – 2019: First Contracts Signed

ARMY – 2019: First Contracts Signed

Within the framework of the ARMY 2019 International Military and Technical Forum, the Belarusian military delegation met with representatives of Uralvagonzavod Research and Production Corporation. The meeting resulted in the signing of a contract to modernise 11 T-72B tanks to the level of T-72B3 in 2019-2020.

Uralvagonzavod has been successfully upgrading T-72B tanks for the Belarusian army since 2015 under the Treaty on the Development of Military-Technical Cooperation between Belarus and Russia. The T-72B3 tanks equipped with the Belarusian-made Sosna-U sight surpass all foreign counterparts in the cost-effectiveness criterion by at least two times.

In addition, a contract was signed with Irkut Corporation to retrofit the Yak-130 aircraft for the installation of the Belarusian-made Talisman airborne defensive suite.

The Talisman defensive suite will increase the effectiveness of protecting the aircraft from surface-to-air missile systems and aircraft intercept missile systems.