Now that Yaku boy escaped the country and the rebel alliance storming the capital buildings, relations with Russia probably go down hill.
Antonov will probably be hit hard. no more An-70 cooperation or An-158s being purchased and a slant towards the west.
will we expect a mass retirement of Soviet era types and a gradual incorporation of western types?
does China potentially have a role to fill the vacuum as Ukraine’s links with China are strong (Ukraine did teach the Chinese how to build tank engines, carriers, and the su-33)
According to this German news report,
Antonov are very interested in building a successor for the An-124 Ruslan. But Antonov would have to start from the scratch, since a lot of their patents are still and only registered in Russia, as it was common in the USSR. And that’s means a lot a money, training in new technology like laser-cutting, fiber-reinforced plastics . New partnerships with the aviation industry in other countries other than only with Russia are needed. One company in Russia has already canceled their partnership.
So it looks quite grim for Antonov.
http://youtu.be/71tjRC-wf_Q
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