Information about who signed the document with the Ukrainian side, were not disclosed. However, according to some sources, a deal arranged Ukrspetsexport - the state company responsible for selling arms, military equipment and goods that contain state secrets.
In Ukrspecexport partnership with Iraq were not disclosed. But as it became known publication from reliable sources, it is the supply of military transport aircraft An-32. To the Iraqi side was originally supposed to send 6 aircraft. Provided that if the tactical and technical characteristics of Ukrainian aviamashin satisfy the customer, our party can get an additional order.
As the chairman of the board of Zaporizhzhya aircraft engine manufacturer Motor Sich Vyacheslav Boguslayev immediately implement the order will Kyiv Aviation Plant Aviant. Engines for the same aircraft traditionally put the Motor Sich. "Implementation of the contract will begin later this year, and already eight months, Iraqi Air Force will receive the first machine", - assured Boguslayev.
Comment on the conditions of the contract by the representatives of ASTC. Antonova, which includes Aviant refused. The reluctance to advertise plum "Antonov" explain the fact that the negotiating process was in charge of the authorized state structure. And supposedly they only have the right to disclose this information. Nevertheless, it became known that the procedure supplies Ukrainian military transport vehicles became possible only after our country has received permission from the United Nations, the newspaper notes.
Bid Ukrainian Antonov An-32 Iraq will be launched within the framework of this country's government program to modernize the Air Force. After the war with Iraq, the U.S. had virtually no air force. Now most of the country's air force and helicopters are old American military transport C-130. Once the country to leave the U.S. armed forces, and this event is scheduled for the end of 2011, the Iraqi sky may be exposed. So now the government of Iraq is actively negotiating with global manufacturers of aviation equipment.
Thus, the Iraqi authorities have sent a request to supply the U.S. Air Force F-16 fighter. A total of 2020 the Iraqi Ministry of Defense intends to buy up to 96 F-16 aircraft.
Ukrainian same aircraft, Iraq has chosen because they are specially adapted for use in hot and high-mountain climate. That is why this airplane has a good reputation in the Asian region. Besides the technical characteristics of our rotary-wing aircraft virtually no competitors.
Recall the Indian Air Force chose the Ukrainian producers to upgrade their 120 AN-32.
An-32 - a military transport aircraft designed to carry cargo on the lines of small and medium-haul. Can deliver a weight of 7.5 tonnes for a distance up to 2 thousand kilometers. Also, it can be used for a parachute landing of people and platforms with goods, and in the ambulance version - for transportation of the wounded.
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