Work begins to draft state armaments program for 2016-25 - Rogozin
SAMARA. Sept 7 (Interfax-AVN) - The Russian government's military-industrial commission is to begin drawing up a state armaments program for 2016-25 soon, Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin told reporters while visiting the TsSKB Progress design bureau in Samara.
"The military-industrial commission is to start drafting the state armaments program for 2016-26 in the autumn," Rogozin said.
He said that the state armaments program is mapped out for a decade but five-year periods overlap. "We have got down to collecting orders for the development of new systems from our state customers, primarily the Armed Forces," he said.
"We are speaking of the program of armaments until 2020 and at the same time have started working on the draft program of armaments for 2016-2025," Rogozin said.