State-guaranteed defense orders to grow by one third in 2011

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State-guaranteed defense orders of the Russian Federation will grow by 33% in 2011 - up to 1,5 trillion rubles, RIA Novosti reports.

Regarding usage of state-guaranteed credits by enterprises of the military-industrial complex, the volumes of awards will be 1.5 trillion rubles, vice-premier Sergey Ivanov said.

According to him, volumes of state-guaranteed defense orders will grow, amounting to 2 trillion rubles in 2013.