Ukrainian Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman has said it is essential to create a closed cycle of production in aircraft construction and the defense industry without dependence on imports.
An Antonov An-26 transport aircraft of the Ukrainian Navy came under a small arms attack over the Black Sea, near the Odesa gas deposit. The crew were not injured, the plane was damaged by a bullet, Defence Minister Stepan Poltorak reported.
Ukrainian Air Force will participate in Bucharest International Air Show in Bucharest, Romania, press service of the Defense Ministry of Ukraine has said in a press release, Ukrinform has reported.
Kharkiv State Aircraft Manufacturing Company (KSAMC) soon will be tightly integrated in the production and technical cycle of Antonov State Enterprise, Deputy Director General of Ukroboronprom State Concern Yuriy Paschenko has said.
The Ukrainian government has accepted the proposal by the Ukrainian Economic Development Ministry and the state aircraft maker Antonov over the latter's withdrawal from its Moscow based joint venture with Russia's United Aircraft Corporation (UAC).