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Weapons sales record for Ukrainian defense industry with increase of 520% compared to 2012 0808133.
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Thursday, August 8, 2013 10:42 AM | |||
Weapons sales record for Ukrainian defense industry with an increase of 520% compared to 2012. | |||
Ukraine-based weapons manufacturer UkrOboronProm today revealed its first
half profits rose 520 percent to $51.2 million compared with last year’s
$12.2 million loss. “The profits of shipbuilding and marine hardware
producers grew from 35 million hryvna in the first six months of 2012
to 221 million hryvna in the corresponding period of 2013,” UkrOboronProm
CEO Sergiy Gromov was quoted as saying. |
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Vietnam
and UkrOboronProm signed two contracts last month for the repair of aircraft
engines for the Vietnam People's Army (VPA). The first contract provides
for the repair in Ukraine of aircraft engines AL-31F, the second - provides
for technical advice by the Ukrainian side on the repair of aircraft engines
AL-31F for the Vietnam People's Army. |
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