Azerbaijan, Jordan sign agreement on manufacturing body armour and ballistic helmets

NP Aerospace Jordan composites, the King Abdullah Design and development Bureau (KADDB) Investment Group Company, signed two agreements with the Ministry of Defense Industry of Azerbaijan (MODIAR) as a follow up to the cooperation agreement that was signed during the Special Operations Forces Exhibition and Conference (SOFEX 2010), where the two parties have agreed upon enabling MODIAR to manufacture Body Armour and Ballistic Helmets under License from NP Composites.

KADDB Investment Group reported about that.

The agreements were signed by Mr. Nabil Issa, Managing Director of NP composites, and Mr. Ramiz Mammadov, Director of RADIOGURASDIRMA Plant of MODIAR.

According to the agreements that were signed in Azerbaijan, NP composites will supply MODIAR with 15,000 helmet shells to be finished in Azerbaijan. They will also supply MODIAR with 12,000 ceramic ballistic plates out of their new factory at the KADDB Industrial Park - Al Khalidiyeh.

Moreover, and in order to accomplish the manufacturing in Azerbaijan, training for MODIAR staff shall be conducted in Jordan as of July 2011 and manufacturing in Baku, Azerbaijan will commence in 2012.


/APA/