National Capabilities
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-contracted works under Ukraine’s international military cooperation programs.
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-contracted
works under Ukraine’s international military cooperation programs.
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contrasts with the position of<br />
the Russian side who fulfils its<br />
obligations); the absence of a final<br />
decision on the purchase of<br />
the An-70 for Russia’s Defense<br />
Ministry (no decision is expected<br />
pending completion of the<br />
current round of testing); delayed<br />
decision on the provision<br />
of funding for setting up production<br />
of the aircraft at Kazan; yet<br />
another shift in favor of purely<br />
domestic armament projects after<br />
Sergei Shoigu’s appointment<br />
as Russian Defense Minister<br />
(and, as consequence, growing<br />
opposition to the An-70 project<br />
in Russia); a fresh spiral of Russia<br />
politicizing all kinds of bilateral<br />
projects with Ukraine.<br />
The fight for the An-70 continues.<br />
46 / Ukrainian DEFEnSE rEViEW / JanUary-MarCH 2013<br />
THE ASSEMBly OF THE FIRST PRODUCTION –<br />
STANDARD AN-70 INTENDED FOR UKRAINE’S MINISTRy<br />
OF DEFENSE HAS BEEN COMPlETED. FUSElAGE # 01-04<br />
WAS ROllED OUT OF THE ASSEMBly lINE AT ONE<br />
OF SHOPS AT SE ANTONOV IN DECEMBER 2012
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