At the Euronaval show in Paris, the Russian State company Rosoboronexport which performs the international activity for the benefit of the Russian defence industry and DCN signed a letter of intent to develop technical, industrial and commercial co-operations between this French naval defence group and the Russian naval defence industry.

The letter of intent, signed by Vladimir Pakhomov, First Deputy Director General of Rosoboronexport, and Jacques Mouysset, DCN's Director of Strategy and Development, allows the opening of co-operations in the field of R&D and military ships engineering between DCN and key players in Russian naval industry. These co-operations could later on be extended to the field of the naval systems.

This agreement will apply to the surface warships and submarines as well, and will allow the industrial partners to enrich their own R&D and to develop their naval engineering capabilities. The reinforcement of the partners' potential for technological innovation and of the competitiveness of their commercial offers, as a result of these co-operations, will provide DCN and Rosoboronexport with better access to new markets, in particular for export.

"Both our countries' naval defence industries are in possession of a rich technological heritage thanks to the illustrious history of the French and Russian navies, which rank among the world's leading naval forces. The agreement between DCN and Rosoboronexport, which share the same requirements regarding the development policy on the warship market, will boost technological innovation in their products, and then allow the two companies to better respond to the expectations of the naval forces." said Jacques Mouysset.


Vladimir Pakhomov commented:" Unifying together efforts of defense manufacturers, including those operating internationally, has recently got a character of a necessity. Positive principles of political relations between France and Russia create necessary conditions for mutual confidence to develop a military technical cooperation between France and Russia. Signing of the Letter of Intent between French company DCN and the Rosoboronexport State Corporation can be reckoned as an important step on the way of creating mutually-beneficial cooperation between Russia and France. Such a relationship is dictated by the real-life conditions, enabling them to produce new products being more competitive in the world markets."