The Azerbaijani Ministry of Defense Industry summarized production for the first half of the year at a board meeting on July 30, devoted to the results and progress of the Ministry.

Azerbaijan will export weaponries, ammunitions and other products of defense significance to several Arab countries in the near future.

Azerbaijan's Defense Industry Ministry has a great potential. Alov plant is fully prepared to provide armed forces of Azerbaijan with optical devices and systems.

Some 200 companies from 34 countries, including 22 official delegations from 19 countries will attend a defense industry exhibition in Baku, Azerbaijan's Deputy Minister of Defense Industry Yahya Musayev said on September 10.

Azerbaijan's defense products will be demonstrated at the 14th Defense Services Asia Exhibition and Conference (DSA-2014).

The report of the Azerbaijan’s Cabinet of Ministers suggest that the country’s Defense Industry Ministry produced some 121.2 million manats worth of defense-purpose products and delivered them to customers in 2013.

An Uzbek official has expressed his country's interest in buying the defense and dual-use products of Azerbaijan defense industry.

Azerbaijan plans to start manufacturing three kinds of optical systems, including thermal sights, in 2014, the Optical-Mechanical Manufacturing Association of Azerbaijan's Defense Industry Ministry told local media.

Azerbaijan's Defense Industry Ministry has produced over 450 civilian products and worked on development of new types of products.

The total output of defense goods in the three quarters of 2013 has increased by 2.5 times compared to last year, while the output of defense industry products shows an increase of 2.8 times.