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Ukrainian companies are participating in developing the KAAN, Turkey’s fifth-generation fighter jet, Ukrainian Ambassador to Turkey Vasyl Bodnar said. As he specified, Ukrainian companies have joined the development of a promising engine and a promising fifth-generation aircraft – the KAAN fighter- by collaborating in developing the jet’s components and systems. This is a promising cooperation, and after being put into service with the Turkish military, Bodnar added that this fighter may be of interest to Ukraine’s air force. “Perhaps this

The National Commission for Securities passed a decision on the forced alienation of the shares of Ukrnafta, Ukrtatnafta, Motor Sich, AvtoKrAZ, and Zaporizhtransformator into state ownership. Kolomoisky’s companies own about 42% of shares in Ukrnafta. The Dnipropetrovsk oligarch and his partner Gennady Bogolyubov own approximately 60% of Ukrtatnafta. Motor Sich was owned by Vyacheslav Boguslaev, who, in 2017, sold 56% of the company’s shares to a Chinese holding. AvtoKrAZ is part of the Finance and Credit group belonging to the

The Turkish Akıncı UAV, created by Baykar Makina, which has a Ukrainian-made engine, has set a new altitude record. According to technical director Selcuk Bayraktar, “Akıncı has again broken its national aviation altitude record: 45,118 feet (13 km 752 m – ed.).” The previous Akıncı altitude record was set in April of this year, flying at 35,000 feet (almost 10.7 km). The general director of the Turkish company Baykar Makina, Halyuk Bayraktar, said that the Akinci UAVs of varying power

 Ukraine plans to start constructing the new Bayraktar plant, which will manufacture unmanned drones, said the Minister of Defense Alexei Reznikov. He added that according to the Turkish company’s decision, the next generation of Bayraktar UAVs will use Ukrainian engines manufactured by Motor Sich. The Ministry of Defense plans to open a training center to train Ukrainian pilots to service and fly various types of Bayraktar drones. Reznikov also added that both the Ukrainian and Turkish Armed Forces will use

Sich-2-30 which was manufactured in Dnipro has successfully passed all the planned tests and is ready to be shipped to Florida. All parameters of the satellite meet US technical requirements.

A closed cycle of helicopter production has been created. 39 domestic aviation enterprises and 6 design institutes will work together to produce modern Ukrainian helicopters. In addition to this, the FED company will manufacture units used in helicopter flight control systems and hydraulic systems. Viktor Popov, the Chairman of the Board of FED and President of Ukraviaprom, noted that the Ukrainian helicopter industry has significant export potential, and stressed the need to increase state orders for domestic helicopters.

which opened yesterday in Istanbul. The company was promoting its aerospace products, including units for airplanes and helicopters, an ion-plasma engine for spacecraft, and a model of an impressive vertical takeoff and landing electro plane (e-VTOL), which FED is currently developing. In addition to the FED company, the exhibition included representations from Ukraviaprom, Motor Sich, Ivchenko-Progress, and other military production firms from Ukraine.

Ukraine will be represented at the international aerospace exhibition Dubai Airshow 2021 (UAE) by the military production firms Antonov, Motor Sich, and the newly established company to develop renewable energy technologies, Hydrogen Dynamics Technology. “We see an increase in the presence of new countries such as Ukraine, Russia, Germany, Italy, Belarus, Ireland, and the United Kingdom,” said Tim Hawes, the Managing Director of Tarsus F&E, the organizer of the international exhibition.

said Foreign Minister, Dmytro Kuleba. Commenting on the possibility of Chinese investments in Motor Sich, Kuleba said that Ukraine would focus on Western partners in the field of military sensitive technologies. He noted that Ukraine will develop relations with China as part of the Western political world. “We will, of course, trade very actively with China, and attract Chinese investment. As far as the strict security sector is concerned, we will be with our Western allies in this regard,” said

The engines are being supplied to the new Turkish strike UAV Bayraktar Akinci. Ivchenko-Progress which is part of Ukroboronprom has ordered a large component of parts to produce AI-450T aircraft turboprop engines. The relevant agreement on the supply of 30 sets of parts and assembly units of the AI-450C engine for the assembly of AI-450T engines, according to the ProZorro site.

to the value of UAH 920 mln ($35 mln). This agreement is the second between both groups, and its purpose is to undertake engine modernization to increase the life of aircraft engines on existing and future production. Under the agreement, Motor Sich is modernizing the engines used on An-26, An-30, An-32, An-124, and An-225 aircraft.

The leading aviation companies of Ukraine and Turkey have concluded a cooperation agreement. The signing ceremony took place during the Teknofest Aerospace and Technology Festival in Istanbul on September 24 (Ukrinform). “This is a product at the highest technological level. We effectively cooperate with Ukraine in terms of engines, in particular with Ivchenko-Progress and Motor Sich. It’s critical for our countries to support each other,” said Haluk Bayraktar, the CEO of Baykar.

said President Zelensky. Ukraine welcomes foreign business investments, but strategic enterprises must remain under state control. As for Ukraine’s strategic enterprises that have existed over the past ten years, some of them in terms of shares, were transferred to some Chinese partners, however, this by the decision was vetoed by the National Security and Defense Council. Business is business, and security is security said President Zelenskiy at the Yalta European Strategy Forum in the YES Brainstorming 2021 format in Kyiv

Motor Sich has signed a major contract with Antonov aimed at increasing engine life for the Mriya and Ruslan cargo aircraft, Defense Express reports. According to the ProZorro site, the expected volume of the contract stands at UAH 920 million.

that is being developed by Turkish Aerospace Industries, or TAI. With the Ukrainian 2,500 hp turboshaft engines, the attack helicopters will be produced by 2023, said TAI President Temel Kotil, according to Defense Express.

, reported Meduza, the Russian-language news site based in Latvia. Vadim Rabinovich, a pro-Russia Ukrainian Rada member, wrote on Facebook that the visit could be a “countermove” by Beijing in response to Ukraine’s nationalization of Motor Sich. Chinese investors in the aircraft engine factory are fighting the nationalization, with muted support from Beijing.

State Security agents yesterday broke up a ‘shareholders meeting’ in Zaporizhia of Chinese and Ukrainian investors claiming ownership of Motor Sich, the helicopter and jet engine giant. On Friday, President Zelenskiy came down decisively on the side of the US, placing 3-year sanctions on four Chinese companies close to the Beijing government and on Wang Jing, the head of Skyrizon Aircraft Holdings, the main Chinese investor company.

Two weeks earlier, Wilbur Ross, then US Commerce Secretary, added Skyrizon to a list of companies classified as prohibited military end-users, saying its activities threaten U.S. national security. Ross said: “Skyrizon — a Chinese state-owned company — and its push to acquire and indigenize foreign military technologies pose a significant threat to U.S. national security and foreign policy interests.”

Before sending agents to break down the doors of the meeting, Ukraine’s State Security agency, or SBU, warned Sunday that it “is documenting the facts of preparation for the destruction of the production facilities of the company.” For three years, the SBU has sought to block the takeover of Motor Sich, noting the China has a military helicopter production contract with Russia, a country that is waging a proxy war against Ukraine.

Ukraine’s “actions are a barbaric robbery and a serious violation of the legal rights and interests of Chinese companies operating abroad, an unprecedented disrespect for the principles and rules of international trade,” Skyrizon warned angrily in a press statement Saturday. “Sanctions against the company are erroneous and stupid actions that can only scare away potential investors from all over the world from Ukraine, finally drive the already dying aviation industry of Ukraine into a desperate situation.”