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Wednesday, March 12, 2008

Ukraine's Antonov, France's Thales in talks on cargo plane project

Ukraine's aviation conglomerate Antonov was in talks with the French high-tech giant Thales Group on the joint development of a cargo plane, the Interfax news agency reported Tuesday.

The firms were discussing the "radical overhaul ... and modernization of the An-72," a company official was quoted as saying.

Antonov's An-72/4 is a twin-engine plane, initially built in the 1970s, with its jets distinctively mounted on a high wing. The aircraft is designed primarily for military use, and operations from unimproved airstrips.

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