Russia’s latest President-S onboard defensive aids system is operational in dozens of countries, Adviser to the First Deputy CEO of the Radio-Electronic Technologies Group (KRET, part of the state tech corporation Rostec) Vladimir Mikheyev told reporters at the MAKS-2021 international air show on Wednesday. This reported by TASS.

"There are quite a lot of countries. There are not just several but dozens of countries where the President-S defensive aids suite is operational. These are Asian, African and South American countries," Mikheyev said.

The President-S defensive aids suite is being constantly modernized, he stressed. 

"This involves a constant development effort, new R&D and experimental design work and nothing has been put on hold. Where there is the need and a threat, there comes a response," Mikheyev said.

"Today there is a great need for this system," he stressed.

The President-S onboard defensive aids suite is considered one of the world’s most effective systems of air defense protection.