Russia and the Ukraine have furthered plans to jointly produce An-70 military transport planes, to be deployed in both nations’ air forces.
The An-70 is a short take-off and landing tactical military medium transport plane that is capable of airlifting 35t to 47t of cargo or flying 300 military personnel.
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The agreement to restart the production of AN-70 transport plans was signed by defence ministries at the MAKS-2009 airshow currently taking place in Moscow.
Previously, Russia and the Ukraine had signed agreements on An-70 planes in 1993 and 1999 however, Russia pulled out of the contract in response to increasingly pro-western stance taken by the Ukraine.
According to a Ukrainian spokesperson the aircraft could be due for delivery as early as 2010.
