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DSZD — State Arms Export
The Devranin Şirketor Ziraklar Daşarın (DSZD; Khaldean State Arms Export Company) is the Crown-owned agency responsible for marketing, negotiating, and delivering Khaldean defence equipment to foreign governments. DSZD operates under Ministry of Defence oversight; end-use and strategic fit require imperial approval. The company does not maintain a standing catalogue of “open” sales—each transfer is a discrete intergovernmental arrangement.
As of 03 March 2009.
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Role and organisation
DSZD bundles platforms, training, spares, and munitions for export customers. It coordinates with Khaldean Army and Navy acceptance authorities, YDKK/EDY/ODB production schedules, and the finance ministry on Basquin-denominated contracts. Domestically, the same industrial base feeds Imperial rearmament; export orders are scheduled so as not to starve first-line RK formations except where the Crown explicitly prioritises a foreign tranche.
Typical land exports include main battle tanks, infantry fighting vehicles, wheeled APCs, anti-tank missile systems, and attack helicopters. Naval transfers have historically included decommissioned or second-line frigates and coastal craft. Advanced systems—nuclear submarines, carrier aviation, fifth-generation fighters, strategic bombers, and active-protection suites such as Kirpi—are not offered for export.
Ardland programme
In August 2007 DSZD concluded a major package with Ardland, valued at approximately 4.32 billion Basquin (BN), covering:
- 150 × STRV-2000 “Gökhan” main battle tanks
- 400 × STRF-9040 “Kurt” infantry fighting vehicles
- 25 × HKP-25 “Antiz” attack helicopters
- Associated munitions and training detachments
Payment was structured in two equal tranches (advance and delivery). Deliveries ran through 2008–2009 on staggered monthly schedules for armour and helicopters. By March 2009 the tank component was essentially complete; infantry fighting vehicles and the final helicopter tranches were still executing against contract.
The Ardland sale demonstrated DSZD’s ability to field a combined-arms export package at scale and informed subsequent pricing and production planning for reserve formations and Korto pre-positioning stocks.
Export practice
Foreign procurement begins with diplomatic contact through Khaldean embassies or direct DSZD representation in Port Vitrellan. Proposed buyers must be acceptable to imperial foreign policy (proxy transfers to hostile powers are barred). Contracted items are drawn from production overflow, explicit export blocks, or retired classes approved for transfer—not from operational emergency stocks without Crown exception.
Following completion of the Ardland armour lines, industrial capacity was increasingly directed toward Imperial reserve, Korto Territories storage sets, and domestic modernization programmes (including Gripen Block K2 and naval refits), pending any new authorised customer.