 A state intermediary agency in the military-technical area was first created on May 8, 1953, when the General Engineering Department within the Ministry of Internal and Foreign Trade of the USSR was founded in accordance with the decision of the Soviet Government.With the scope of military industrial complex expanding, a number of new specialized export agencies were set up.By the late 1990s, there were two state intermediary companies in the country, Rosvooruzhenie and Promexport.