The 11th Langkawi International Maritime and Aerospace Exhibition "LIMA-2011"

Langkawi island, Malaysia, during the period from the 6th to 10th December 2011 acquired the Langkawi International Maritime and Aerospace Exhibition – LIMA-2011. Main topics of the exhibitions were: aircraft, air defence equipment, space technologies, naval equipment and armament, aircraft repair and modernization programs, high-precision weapons control systems, unmanned aerial vehicles, reconnaissance means, training simulators and programs. The exhibition was held under the patronage of the Ministry of Defence of Malaysia.

According to the Minister of Defence of Malaysia Yb Dato' Deri Dr. Ahmad Zahid Hamidi, "over the years, LIMA's success was attributed to the number of exhibitors and companies taking part. I am pleased that LIMA continues to draw substantial interest as evident in the increase in overall participation this year". "For exhibitors, it will undoubtedly be an excellent platform to attire significant business opportunities from this growth region".

According to the exhibition organizing committee, this year the number of participants amounted 254 companies from 33 countries. Russia was present at the exhibition with 17 companies. Among them, the most significant exposition was organized by JSC "Rosoboronexport" featuring the presentation of Russian armament and military equipment based on the state-of-the-art technologies of 3D modeling and visualization.

There was organized an aircraft exhibition outdoors, with 46 full-scale and working samples of aircraft, from fighters to small-sized helicopters and UAVs. Every day there were organized the demonstrational shows of aircraft adopted by the air force of Malaysia, Singapore, USA, and others. Throughout the shows, exhibition visitors could see the SU-30MKM and MIG-29N fighters in action. 20 combat ships of the Navy of Malaysia, Australia, India, Singapore, USA and Thailand were present at the Langkawi port and in the roads.

KBP Instrument Design Bureau took part in the "LIMA-2011" exhibition at the JSC "Rosoboronexport" stand with the well-known Pantsir-S1 AD missile-gun system. The company's delegation was led by the head of the publicity department Alexey I. Korotonozhkin.

The KBP Instrument Design Bureau representatives have arranged a number of meetings and talks with representatives of the ASEAN countries and high-ranking representatives of Russia in Malaysia, namely the ambassador of Russia to Malaysia and the Russia's representative in Brunei, concerning the promotion of "Pantsir-S1" AD missile-gun system.