Delta’s Plans in Military Industry
The LEPL DELTA military-technical center has concluded a new agreement with JSC TbilAviaMsheni (TAM) to develop the aircraft industrial base, and introduce new exports products to the plant.
The new products include projects for transforming Air-to-Air missiles into the Surface-to-Air missiles, Delta director general Ucha Dzodzuashvili told BusinessPartner.
Based on a recently signed agreement, DELTA is entitled to restore the outdated and disorderly industrial works owned by TbilAviaMsheni, and use them in its production. DELTA will use this authority and its international reputation to strengthen the aviation sector, Dzodzuashvili said.
DELTA has accumulated a great reputation, and this is shown by the delivery of certain military systems to military organizations of the USA, Saudi Arabia, Indonesia, Bangladesh and so on, Dzodzuashvili noted.
“This has enabled us to assist the aviation industry, and we have signed agreements on the Su-25, a fixed-wing warplane, helicopter support agreements, and contracts on missile systems, which are the jewels of the aviation industry. Namely, we plan to repair Air-to-Air missile systems for one of these countries. At this stage, negotiations are underway, with our active participation, to begin the project, and to convert Air-to-Air missiles into the Surface-to-Surface missiles, and to launch the supply of new missiles to various countries. International partners have shown a lot of interest in these projects”, Ucha Dzodzuashvili noted.
This agreement was concluded with TbilAviaMsheni to make use of disordered factories and equipment, he explained.
‘We have signed this agreement to respond to this challenge. As a result, Delta will restore machineries and equipment that are of crucial importance for high-standards in the aviation industry. This will enable us to receive larger orders in the future, and to better satisfy our clients. We will employ our current, famous assets in the aviation sector. It is of vital importance for Georgia to develop this sector, and we will provide serious work in this field. Strengthening the aviation factory in Tbilisi requires our special efforts”, Dzodzuashvili noted.
The Didgori Warrior combat vehicle was designed and manufactured by DELTA, and is being tested in two countries. If the tests are finished successfully, the Defense Ministries of these countries will buy these combat vehicles, Dzodzuashvili said.
DELTA products raise a lot of interest and this aviation factory is a competitive company on the international market.
“For example, the Didgori Warrior multimodal system has the ability to install various functional modules, and is being tested in two countries in three different models. And these countries plan to purchase these machines”, Ucha Dzodzuashvili noted.
DELTA is a competitive company on the international market, thanks to its intellectual resources, he added.
“Any country that is capable of accepting and fulfilling orders represents our competitor. However, we’ve managed to set priorities. Our intellectual resources allow us to satisfy our clients’ special requirements in the shortest possible period. Consequently, there is a certain competitive advantage. The competitive advantage is that DELTA is able to hold resource exams or various ballistic tests in Georgia in a very brief period. Ultimately, we act faster than our competitors”, Ucha Dzodzuashvili said.
According to the DELTA director general, its products are widely employed by Georgian military forces, and this cooperation will further deepen.
“The Georgian Defense Ministry has shown a lot of interest in our products, and has undertaken all possible efforts to widely introduce DELTA products into the Georgian armed forces. Over the past few years, our company has supplied personal safety systems to our armed forces.
This tendency will further develop. Our combat vehicles are used in the army. Intensive work will be needed to adjust our facilities to the Defense Ministry’s internal regulations, and fit the army’s operational structure. On this topic, we have received great support from the Defense Ministry, and we believe we are able to satisfy the Defense Ministry requirements thanks to DELTA’s technical capabilities”, Dzodzuashvili noted.