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[ table of contents ] close-up 8 UKRAINIAN defeNse INdUstRy Ukrainian defense industry is comprised of enterprises of various patterns of ownership which are subordinated to different government agencies, which already participate in government contracts relating to the State Defense Procurement Order, and which are directly involved in or perform sub-contrac ted works under Ukraine’s international military cooperation programs. totals 16 UKRAINIAN defeNse ResUlts 2012 2012 was remarkable in that is saw a more direct and active involvement by the count- ry’s top officials in decision-making related with the defense-industrial complex. Some of these decisions have been laid down in militarytechnical, military-economic and militarypolitical policy components. trends 22 IdeX-2013: CoRNeRstoNe of NeW teChNologIes IDEX-2013 showed that on the one hand, the exhibition has progressed itself as an increase in the amount of exhibition space and in the number of represented companies, on the other hand significantly increased requirements of local buyers and ambitions of Arab countries to organize production of their own Hi-Tech weapons. UKRAINIAN defeNse ReVIeW matter of technology 28 BtR-4 MV – NeW foRMs & CApABIlItIes New Ukrainian APC, the BTR- 4MV has made its debut at the IDEX 2013 International Defense Exhibition in Abu Dhabi, the United Arab Emirates. The new military vehicle was showcased by Ukrspecexport, Ukraine’s top arms dealer. arsenal 36 fAIRWAy foR VolodyMyR VelyKyI The Defense Ministry jointly with ship builders, domestic and foreign suppliers of systems and units is implementing an ambitious program to build a series of corvette class ships for the Ukrainian Navy. Successful completion of the program is to give new energy to the fleet and the domestic defense industry. Serhiy ZGUreTS – Head & Editor-in-Chief Defense Express Media & Consulting Company, zgurets@gmail.com, Valerii riaByKh – Direc tor of Development Defense Express Media & Consulting Company, defence_2@meta.ua, Volodymyr KoPChaK – Deputy Director – Editor of «Arms export and defense industry of Ukraine» Magazine, v_kopchak@mail.ru, АnTon miKhnenKo – Deputy Director – Editor of «Ukraini an Defense Review» Magazine, mikhnenko_av@ukr.net, myKhailo SamUS – The Head of Defense Express Media & Consulting Company European Bureau (Prague, Czech Republic), dmiTry BoGdanoV, olGa naBoChenKo – expert-observer, marK KanarSKy – Art Director, andriy Kramar – Commercial Director, SerGey PoPSUeViCh – Photographer, Janna dyomina – Translator importantly 42 AN-70 poINt of No RetURN The last year of 2012 could be decisive for the future of Russian-Ukrainian project to build the military transport aircraft An- 70, this being due to the three events as follows: the selection of Gorbunov KAPO aviation industry corporation in Kazan; the completion of the first phase of preliminary testing of the upgraded An-70 prototype; and, finally, completion of an assemblyline produced fuselage and the rolling out of the first production-standard An-70 designed for Ukraine’s Ministry of Defense of an assembly line at the Kiev plant. production 48 UKRAINIAN helICopteR: dReAMs CoMe tRUe Ukraine has a closed-type cycle of overhauling the Mi-8T, Mi-24 and Mi-2 helicopters family and has obtained own possibilities for accomplishment of modernization of these helicopters’ types at various levels (from improving the operation performances to installing new-generation engines on them). MOTOR SICH JSC engages in a new branch of its activity concerning modernization and production of the helicopters. oUr addreSS 10 Illinska Str, off.5, Kyiv, Ukraine, 04070 Phone: +38 (044) 425-42-10, +38 (044) 425-16-22 ukr.defense.news@gmail.com In cooperation with: CenTer for army ConVerSion & diSarmamenT STUdieS Founder & Director – Valentyn BadraK