YEREVAN. – A military-industrial technopark needs to be established in Armenia, Armenian Union of Information Technology Enterprises Executive Director Karen Vardanyan told Armenian News-NEWS.am.  

In his view, this technopark must be located in one of the former technological satellite cities surrounding the capital city Yerevan.  

To note, a technopark is currently being constructed in Gyumri city, and there are plans to build technoparks in Vanadzor and Charentsavan cities, too. But these technoparks have no military dimension.  

Also, the construction of a military-industrial technopark in Armenia is partially conditioned on the Turkish government’s programs and the heated regional competition in the technological field. Turkey plans on finishing in 8-10 years, and in eastern part of Istanbul, the construction of the largest military research technopark in the world.