Aircraft
CIS aerospace firms to develop Be-132MK
Russia’s Beriev, Irkutsk Aircraft Production Association (IAPO) and Klimov and the Ukraine’s Motor-Sich on June 19 signed a memorandum of understanding on

Russia’s Beriev, Irkutsk Aircraft Production Association (IAPO) and Klimov and the Ukraine’s Motor-Sich on June 19 signed a memorandum of understanding on the joint development of the Beriev Be-132MK regional turboprop. Expecting to complete a feasibility study this month, the companies hope to launch the project by year-end.

If that happens, a prototype will fly in 2003, and certification will follow in 2005. Ongoing negotiations with potential customers include talks with airlines of the republic of Sakha-Yakutia in Russia’s Far East.

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