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The U.S. company will supply machine guns for combat modules, while the production will be organized at one of Ukroboronprom's enterprises.
Ukrainian State Foreign Trade Enterprise SpecTechnoExport, a part of the state-run Ukroboronprom Concern, and one of the leading U.S. small arms manufacturers have signed a Memorandum of Cooperation on building a joint combat module in line with NATO standards.
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According to the Memorandum, the U.S. company will supply machine guns for combat modules, while the production will be organized at one of Ukroboronprom's enterprises.
"In addition, the company from the United States has shown interest in the joint production of non-standard weapons. The parties expect that the combat modules will be supplied to the Armed Forces of Ukraine, as well as in the interests of third countries," the Concern's press service said in a statement.
UNIAN memo. Ukraine's state-run Ukroboronprom Concern was established in 2010 to ensure the effective operation and management of state-run economic entities involved in the development, manufacture, sale, repair, modernization and disposal of weapons, military and special equipment, and ammunition. Ukroboronprom incorporates over a hundred enterprises of Ukraine's military industrial complex.