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  • Ukraine halts funding of An-70 transport aircraft program

    11/18/2010 9:02:32 PM PST · by ErnstStavroBlofeld · 1 replies
    RIA Novosti ^ | 11/18/2010 | RIA Novosti
    The Ukrainian Defense Ministry will not fund the joint Russia-Ukraine Antonov An-70 transport aircraft project, the Nezavisimaya Gazeta daily said on Thursday. The An-70 is a medium-range turboprop military transport plane developed by Ukraine's Antonov design bureau. The Antonov company first tested a prototype of the An-70 in 1994, but a lack of Ukrainian state funds, and political disputes between Moscow and Kiev have prevented large-scale production of the aircraft. Several international military-technical projects with Russia were suspended in the new Ukrainian draft military budget. Nezavisimaya Gazeta daily said the cut in funding affects, aside from the Antonov An-70 program,...