KYIV. Jan 12 (Interfax-Ukraine) – State-run Ukroboronprom Concern is mulling participation in a program for the modernization of PT-91 Twardy main battle tanks (MBT) used by the Armed Forces of Poland.
Prospects for Ukraine-Poland cooperation in the program for PT-91 MBT modernization were discussed during a recent visit of Ukrainian defense industry specialists to Warsaw for talks with Polski Holding Obronny sp. z o.o., or Polish Defense Holding, Ukroboronprom’s press service said.
The sides will continue talks in Ukraine in the middle of January, and now Polish specialists are to visit Lviv armored fighting vehicle plant to familiarize themselves with the production of components of the Ukrainian-made T-72 tank (a Soviet-designed T-72M1 was the prototype of the PT-91 main battle tank), the press service reported with reference to Director of Ukroboronprom’s Kharkov machine-building plant “FED” Oleksandr Paschenko, one of the Ukrainian delegates who visited Poland.
During talks in Warsaw, the Ukrainian side confirmed its readiness to cooperate with Poland’s defense industry in retrofitting the Mikoyan MiG-29 twin-engine fighter jet (NATO reporting name Fulcrum).
FED produces and repairs integral hydraulic servo actuators and hydraulic units, and fuel metering equipment for the aviation industry. Its equipment is installed almost in all types of civil and military aircraft in Ukraine and Russia. The company claims its equipment used in more than 60 countries.
