Russia’s weaponry exporter Rosoboronexport has carried out a contract worth over RUR 100 mio ($1.5 mio) to supply a foreign customer with a batch of ORSIS T-5000 rifles, corporate website reports.
“Since 2017, when Rosoboronexport was granted the right to supply civilian and service weapons abroad, the company has considered requests for them from foreign customers worth over $150 mio. Several contracts have already been completed, including that for ORSIS T-5000 rifles, and we see great interest in them from the army, police and special forces of our partners. Today we are negotiating and participating in tenders for the supply of these weapons to a number of countries,” Igor Sevastyanov, Rosoboronexport Deputy CEO, said.
Rosoboronexport and Promtechnologia, the developer and manufacturer of ORSIS rifles, have agreed to work together, which is yielding mutual positive results. The exporter’s specialists are participating in the development of advanced small arms jointly with ORSIS. For example, Rosoboronexport’s proposals, based on customer requirements and trends in the global arms market, were accommodated in the design of a recently advertised military version of the K-15M rifle.
Active marketing efforts are underway to promote ORSIS products in Asian Pacific, Latin American, Middle Eastern, African and European markets. In 2019, Rosoboronexport made more than 40 rifle presentations at international exhibitions in Côte d’Ivoire, UAE, Germany, Brazil, Mexico and Vietnam, as well as at Army-2019 International Military-Technical Forum and Interpolitex exhibition.
Promtechnologia’s products were on display at the Russia-Africa Summit held in October 2019 in Russia’s Sochi. Many African leaders showed interest in ORSIS products. As a result, commercial negotiations are underway with more than 10 countries for the supply of ORSIS products. For some customers, tests have already been conducted in Russia.
Promtechnologia is also planning to participate in DefExpo India 2020 with its civilian and service weapons.