ANTONOV

Wednesday, July 24

Boeing and Antonov signed a preliminary agreement to cooperate in the production of drones. The American Boeing Corporation and the Ukrainian company, Antonov, signed a preliminary joint work agreement for the production of unmanned systems to support Ukraine’s defense industry. The me...

Monday, April 18

The largest airplane in the world, the An-225 Mriya, will be restored. The Antonov company has received numerous inquiries regarding developing the Mriya reconstruction program, following the destruction of the iconic aircraft by Russian invaders at the Kyiv-Antonov-2 ai...

Friday, March 25

Antonov asks the world to help revive the Mriya cargo aircraft. “The state enterprise Antonov proposes to launch the International Fund for the Revival of the An-225 Mriya transport aircraft. The An-225 is the largest aircraft in cargo weight and unique in its cap...

Friday, January 21

Antonov will buy a vacuum furnace from Poland’s Seco / Warwick for €1M. The Polish company Seco / Warwick SA won the tender to supply a vacuum thermal furnace to the state enterprise, Antonov, with a bid of €960,000, according to GMK Center. The Polish company must supply...

Monday, January 10

Antonov Aircraft Carried Turkish Satellite to Launch by SpaceX. In the last few months of 2021, three shipments of satellite components have been carried out by Antonov. Antonov, which is formerly known as the Aeronautical Scientific-Technical Complex, and earlier...

Wednesday, December 29

Antonov demonstrated the next generation of its military transport aircraft, An-178-100R for certification tests. An-178-100R is a new generation aircraft that can transport personnel, deliver weapons, and light military equipment by landing and parachute methods, and transport cargo. The...

Wednesday, December 15

Antonov will build five planes for the national airline UNA. The Ministry of Infrastructure of Ukraine and Ukroboronprom has signed a memorandum in which the new state airline Ukrainian National Airlines, will order five passenger planes from Antonov. According...

Thursday, December 2

Kharkiv aircraft manufacturers won’t use Russian components. “The Kharkiv State Aircraft Manufacturing Company (KSAMC) does not need to purchase Russian components and intends to follow the path of import substitution”, said the Director-General of the KSAMC, O...

Monday, November 29

The volume of aircraft sales to 2030 will exceed UAH 300 bln, said the Prime Minister, Denys Shmygal. According to Shmygal, aircraft construction can become one of the drivers of industrial production. Due to the development strategy of the aviation industry, th...

Tuesday, November 16

Antonov has constructed the first AN-178 for the Armed Forces of Ukraine. The production of the AN-178 aircraft for the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine is proceeding according to the schedule. To date, the construction of the airframe of the first of the three aircraft has b...

Wednesday, November 10

Antonov, Motor Sich, and Hydrogen Dynamics Technology will present Ukraine at the Dubai Airshow. 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 renewa...

Tuesday, February 23

Construction starts this year on the first leg of a planned network of high speed, European gauge tracks across Ukraine Construction starts this year on the first leg of a planned network of high speed, European gauge tracks across Ukraine, Infrastructure Minister Vladyslav Krikliy told a national infrastructure confer...

The first step will be to start building this year of 80 km of EU gauge tracks from the Polish border to western Lviv’s Sknilov station, near Lviv airport The first step will be to start building this year of 80 km of EU gauge tracks from the Polish border to western Lviv’s Sknilov station, near Lviv airport. This would allow travel from Poland to Lviv ...

South Korea’s Hyundai Corp. is ready to start negotiating with South Korea’s government and multilateral lenders to win financing for a major part of track construction and for 10 high speed trains South Korea’s Hyundai Corp. is ready to start negotiating with South Korea’s government and multilateral lenders to win financing for a major part of track construction and for 10 high speed trains, E...

Ukraine plans to launch a state-owned national airline by the end of this year Ukraine plans to launch a state-owned national airline by the end of this year, Kyrylo Tymoshenko, deputy presidential chief of staff, told reporters yesterday at the infrastructure forum. “We have an...

For domestic flights, the airline would use Antonov jets For domestic flights, the airline would use Antonov jets, which are not accepted in the EU. To promote, regional air travel Tymoshenko vowed to follow through on the government’s promise to abolish th...

The location of a new airport for Ukraine-controlled Donbas is to be decided this year The location of a new airport for Ukraine-controlled Donbas is to be decided this year, President Zelenskiy said yesterday. After seven years of war, the government wants to return air travel to the r...

Zakarpattia’s new airport will probably be in Seredenje Zakarpattia’s new airport will probably be in Seredenje, a farming town of 4,000 people, midway between the region’s two most populous cities, Uzhgorod, the capital, and Mukachevo. Uzhgorod’s airport ...

An international brand hotel will soon replace the long-shuttered hotel Odesa at the city’s cruise passenger terminal An international brand hotel will soon replace the long-shuttered hotel Odesa at the city’s cruise passenger terminal, Tymoshenko, the deputy presidential chief of staff, said yesterday. Opened in 200...

UAE companies “ UAE companies “are talking about a big project – the construction of a large marina in Odesa and a large separate port,” President Zelenskiy said yesterday, fresh from a 2-day working visit to t...

President Zelenskiy said he is ‘confident’ that Ukraine will get IMF funds by the end of this year. President Zelenskiy said he is ‘confident’ that Ukraine will get IMF funds by the end of this year. If a deal cannot be reached on the remaining $2.9 billion, “there is plan B, plan C,” he told report...

From London, Timothy Ash speculates that delays in receiving tranches from the $5 billion program From London, Timothy Ash speculates that delays in receiving tranches from the $5 billion program could be because Ukraine’s government knows it can borrow at low rates in international markets while ...

“Zelenskiy needs to understand that the Fund is in the end a creditor,” “Zelenskiy needs to understand that the Fund is in the end a creditor,” writes Ash, senior emerging market strategist at BlueBay Asset Management. “It sets the terms, as it is lending the money at a d...

With the first 500,000 coronavirus vaccines expected to arrive in Ukraine from India this weekend, With the first 500,000 coronavirus vaccines expected to arrive in Ukraine from India this weekend, Health Minister Maksym Stepanov sketched out yesterday the latest information on future deliveries:

Ukraine’s goal is to vaccinate half of the adult population Ukraine’s goal is to vaccinate half of the adult population – about 15 million people – by the end of this year. Ukraine’s EU land neighbors – Poland, Slovakia, Hungary and Romania — have alread...

Wednesday, December 30

The The Finance Ministry made another high volume government bond sale yesterday — $874 million in equivalent. With this auction, the Ministry has raised nearly $3.5 billion in the last three weeks ...

For the eight different hryvnia bonds offered, yields have changed little since last week, For the eight different hryvnia bonds offered, yields have changed little since last week, ranging from 10% for 3-month bonds, to 12.25% for 5-year bonds. With 3-month bonds in dollars offering a 2.9%...

Interpipe, Ukraine’s top producer of steel pipes and railroad wheels, is buying back $75 million worth of its 2024 Eurobonds, Interpipe, Ukraine’s top producer of steel pipes and railroad wheels, is buying back $75 million worth of its 2024 Eurobonds, the company reported. CEO Fadi Hraibe told investors “Various instru...

Ukraine’s international reserves are “over $28.5 billion,” the highest level in eight years Ukraine’s international reserves are “over $28.5 billion,” the highest level in eight years, Bohdan Danylyshyn, head of the Council of the National Bank of Ukraine, wrote on his Facebook page. This wo...

In a televised briefing, the Economy Minister Petrashko said that Ukraine’s GDP probably shrank in the fourth quarter by 3% yoy. In a televised briefing, the Economy Minister Petrashko said that Ukraine’s GDP probably shrank in the fourth quarter by 3% yoy. This represents a stabilization from the cataclysmic 11.4% yoy dr...

Bucking the Covid recession, the number of IT companies and IT workers in Lviv increased by 7% in 2020, compared to the previous year, according Bucking the Covid recession, the number of IT companies and IT workers in Lviv increased by 7% in 2020, compared to the previous year, according IT Research 5.0, a study conducted by Fama research age...

Ukraine is preparing to negotiate Free Trade Agreements in 2021 with China, Vietnam, Indonesia, Egypt and Jordan, said Ukraine is preparing to negotiate Free Trade Agreements in 2021 with China, Vietnam, Indonesia, Egypt and Jordan, said Ihor Petrashko, Minister of Economic Development and Trade. “These are important ...

Tripling Vietnam-Ukraine trade to $1 billion by 2023 and forging a bilateral free trade pact Tripling Vietnam-Ukraine trade to $1 billion by 2023 and forging a bilateral free trade pact were two goals set at a meeting Monday in Kviv between Nguyen Hong Thach, Vietnam’s ambassador to Ukraine, ...

A recently agreed $1 billion “linked loan” from China “is not a victory,” A recently agreed $1 billion “linked loan” from China “is not a victory,” Oksana Markarova, Ukraine’s former Finance Minister and future Ambassador to the US, wrote in her blog for Ekonomichna Pravda....

In advance of the January 20, 2021 inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden, Washington-based Radio Svoboda continues to investigate Ihor Kolomoisky’s investments in the US In advance of the January 20, 2021 inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden, Washington-based Radio Svoboda continues to investigate Ihor Kolomoisky’s investments in the US with a story headlined: “U...

President Zelenskiy yesterday suspended the Chief Justice of the Constitutional Court through February President Zelenskiy yesterday suspended the Chief Justice of the Constitutional Court through February after he failed to appear Monday at police inquiry into a bribery charge. The Justice, Oleksandr ...

Concorde Capital’s Zenon Zawada writes: Concorde Capital’s Zenon Zawada writes: “On the surface, it’s impressive that the Prosecutor General’s Office is pursuing this criminal case against Tupitskiy…We are confident that Tupitskiy won’t be ...

Signaling a revival of Ukraine’s aircraft building industry, the Defense Ministry has ordered three An-178-100R military transport jets from Antonov, Signaling a revival of Ukraine’s aircraft building industry, the Defense Ministry has ordered three An-178-100R military transport jets from Antonov, the first such order since Independence in 1991. P...

Next year, Ukraine will establish a state airline based on a fleet of Antonov regional jets, Next year, Ukraine will establish a state airline based on a fleet of Antonov regional jets, President Zelenskiy promised yesterday at the military cargo jet signing ceremony. Yuri Guzev, the new gene...

The Dnipro shipping season is being extended to Jan. 15, an unprecedented extension into mid-winter. The Dnipro shipping season is being extended to Jan. 15, an unprecedented extension into mid-winter. Studying long term weather forecasts, the Maritime and River Transport Service on Monday made its t...

Thursday, December 17

A dysfunctional judicial system and government corruption were cited as the top two investor turnoffs. A dysfunctional judicial system and government corruption were cited as the top two investor turnoffs. “94% of respondents believe that a weak judicial system is one of the reasons for Ukraine′s low i...

Investment company Quarter Partners has launched an IT venture fund, promising to invest $100 million in Ukrainian startups Investment company Quarter Partners has launched an IT venture fund, promising to invest $100 million in Ukrainian startups or international ones with Ukrainian ties. Acting as an ‘angel investor,’ th...

Kyiv deepfake startup RefaceAI has raised $5.5 million from Silicon Valley investors, Kyiv deepfake startup RefaceAI has raised $5.5 million from Silicon Valley investors, Roman Mogylnyi, a co-founder, wrote on Facebook. Since launch last January, the face-swapping app has been downloa...

NASA has signed a $9.8 million contract with a Ukrainian-American aerospace company to launch small satellites for space research NASA has signed a $9.8 million contract with a Ukrainian-American aerospace company to launch small satellites for space research, reports the U.S. space agency. Firefly Black, a unit of Max Polyakov’...

Antonov Airlines has carried its largest satellite to date Antonov Airlines has carried its largest satellite to date – a 55-ton Space X communications satellite — from Toulouse, France to Titusville, Florida, home of the commercial airport serving the ...

Forty Belarusian tech companies and 2,000 IT workers have moved to Ukraine Forty Belarusian tech companies and 2,000 IT workers have moved to Ukraine in the four months since protests erupted after Alexander Lukashenko claimed to have won the Presidential Election. The Belar...

Turkey’s top military procurement official Ismail Demir has signed agreements in Kyiv for the technology transfer and joint production of attack drones and corvette warships Turkey’s top military procurement official Ismail Demir has signed agreements in Kyiv for the technology transfer and joint production of attack drones and corvette warships, Ukraine’s Defense Ministr...

Separately, Separately, Al-Monitor, another US-based new site, reported that in the second half of November Ukrainian forces tested Turkish-made Bayraktar TB2 combat drones over the Sea of Azov and around Kramato...

The new UK-Ukraine trade agreement has been ratified by both countries’ parliaments and will take effect on January 1, 2021 The new UK-Ukraine trade agreement has been ratified by both countries’ parliaments and will take effect on January 1, 2021 Taras Kachka, Ukraine’s Trade Representative, wrote on Facebook. The new pac...

Former US Envoy to Ukraine Kurt Volker is spearheading an ambitious project to open next September at the American University in Kyiv Former US Envoy to Ukraine Kurt Volker is spearheading an ambitious project to open next September at the American University in Kyiv. Announced this week, the new University aims to enroll 3,900 stud...