August 16 2010
Ukraine's Antonov Corp. plans to upgrade its An-70 transport aircraft in 2011, Interfax-AVN reports.
Under the modernization effort, the plane will get new hardware components and avionics, said company president Dmitry Kyva. The aircraft will also receive modern digital systems.
Russia and Ukraine agreed last year to continue modernizing the aircraft.
Company officials maintain that the An-70 is comparable to the European A400M airlifter, but is available at half the...
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