Azerbaijan, Baku, March 11 / Trend E. Kosolapova/
Kazakhstan Engineering signed an agreement with French Eurocopter to expand military helicopter production, Kazinform quoted the chairman of the Board of Kazakhstan Engineering Bolat Smagulov.
"In early March we signed a new agreement on expansion of our business with Eurocopter company. We will produce the military models of helicopters, such as No. 635 and No. 645. This is a new stage of our industry development," Smagulov said at the briefing on Monday.
The helicopter assembly and maintenance plant 'Eurocopter Kazakhstan Engineering' was commissioned in June 2012.
The plant is a joint venture of Kazakhstan Engineering and French Eurocopter. According to the bilateral agreement, Kazakhstan has the right to use intellectual property including know-how, patents and trademarks.
The Kazakh National Company 'Kazakhstan Engineering' is administered by the Kazakh Defense Ministry. In total, the company unites 24 enterprises located in different regions of the country. The company's mission is to ensure the state's strategic interests in the development of the defense industry, manufacturing high-quality military-industrial products and services to the Defense Department and Kazakh other law enforcement agencies.
Eurocopter is a global helicopter manufacturing and support company. The company's production hit 43 percent of the world helicopter market. Its helicopters are used in 149 countries.