The Chairman of the Presidium of Non-Departmental Advisory Board on Aerospace Defense (NAB ASD), I.R. Ashurbeyli, and the Chairman of the Presidium of the Union of Air Defense Forces Veterans, A.I. Hyupenen, signed an agreement on cooperation and collaboration.

The Union of Air Defense Forces Veterans includes 42 regional offices that join more than 20,000 people throughout Russia. The Presidium controls the activities of seven commissions engaged in military-patriotic, organizational and planning, military historical work, as well as in providing coordination with government agencies, communication with veterans' organizations and mass media, rendering social and legal assistance.

At present, NAB ASD includes CEO and chief designers of large defense enterprises, members of the Russian Academy of Sciences, representatives of the RF Armed Forces, more than 40 professionals.

This agreement will allow to share and use gathered experience and knowledge of the members of these organizations in order to develop and improve the aerospace defense of Russia. Interaction and cooperation between the Parties will help in the creation of the RF aerospace defense, and will assist in the training of qualified specialists in this field, both for the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation and for the military-industrial complex.