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The contract is set to be completed in three years.
The Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine plans to acquire 13 Ukrainian-made An-178 airplanes, that's according to Minister Arsen Avakov who spoke with journalists during his trip to France, at the Paris Air Show.
"The Ministry of Internal Affairs will purchase 13 Ukrainian An-178 airplanes for the National Guard and the State Emergencies Service. We agreed to sign the contract this fall. These are the first aircraft with Ukrainian and European components and without Russian ones," the ministry's press service quoted the minister as saying.
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Avakov noted that the contract will be fully completed in three years, while demonstration flights will take place as early as this fall.
The aircraft suits the Ministry in terms of technical characteristics and will be used by both the National Guard of Ukraine and the State Emergency Service.
Antonov's President Oleksandr Donets said that work on manufacturing the said aircraft is ongoing.
"We reached a consensus on the technological issues related to the assembly of this vehicle. The actual work on the aircraft has already begun," he said.