KAZAN (Sputnik) – Russia and Egypt in April-May will sign a contract for the supply of an additional batch of the advanced President-S onboard defense systems (ODS), the general director of Concern Radio-Electronic Technologies (KRET) said Wednesday.
In mid-March, the Russian company announced the soon launch of the ODS deliveries to Egypt under the 2015 contract.
"We expect to deliver 28 systems this year in line with the 2015 contract, but now we are preparing an agreement for 30 additional units, as the need of Egyptians in these systems is very high. I hope that this agreement will be signed in April-May this year," Nikolai Kolesov told reporters.
The ODS is designed to protect planes and helicopters from being hit by missiles, air defense and anti-aircraft artillery. The defense system is currently installed on the Ka-52, Mi-28 and Mi-26 helicopters.
