Prime Minister Vladimir Putin visits the Promtraktor tractor plant in Cheboksary and the exhibition “High Technology of Chuvashia”
At the exhibition, Mr Putin was shown the Dan unmanned aerial vehicle, the only commercially-produced Russian UAV. The exposition also featured warplane sighting systems, plasma control consoles, fire control systems and nanotechnology-based spacecraft components.
Prime Minister Putin was also shown a multi-role computerised machining centre that can handle metal blanks and parts up to 1.5 metres high and with a diameter of up to 2 metres.
Another workshop featured corporate products, including bulldozers, rippers and prime-movers, as well as dozens of other vehicles ranging from small farm tractors to 60-tonne giants.
Mr Putin climbed into a bulldozer cabin equipped with a GLONASS (Global Navigation Satellite System) receiver and a two-way communications system and was shown the vehicle's controls.
