Saudi Arabia will build its first airplane (military & civilian) factory with (Antonov Ukraine)

[c-dome1]

What is the Saudi contribution to this project other than funds?

you will never know
they may only pay and get credit for that
or they took part of the development

 

[Hindustani78]

-Avionics of Antonov aircrafts will be supplied by Aselsan( An-148,158,178).
-Havelsan will convert Saudi An-132D aircrafts into Naval MPA with tech transfer.

Any Source ?

 

[cabatli_53]

Any Source ?

Antonov’s MoU with Aselsan pushes for bilateral collaboration on sourcing an integrated avionics suite for the An-148 family, which comprises of the An-158 airliner and An-178 military transport aircraft. The MoU calls upon Antonov and Aselsan to meet regularly and to establish working groups.

TAI and Antonov signed an MoU to jointly develop UAVs.

Antonov, Havelsan and Saudi Arabia’s Taqnia Aeronautics Company signed an MoU to jointly design, fit and manufacture a maritime patrol aircraft (MPA) based on the An-132D, which is being co-produced by Antonov and Taqnia Aeronautics Company.

http://quwa.org/2017/05/14/antonov-signs-collaboration-agreements-tai-aselsan-havelsan/

 

[c-dome1]

Antonov’s MoU with Aselsan pushes for bilateral collaboration on sourcing an integrated avionics suite for the An-148 family, which comprises of the An-158 airliner and An-178 military transport aircraft. The MoU calls upon Antonov and Aselsan to meet regularly and to establish working groups.

TAI and Antonov signed an MoU to jointly develop UAVs.

Antonov, Havelsan and Saudi Arabia’s Taqnia Aeronautics Company signed an MoU to jointly design, fit and manufacture a maritime patrol aircraft (MPA) based on the An-132D, which is being co-produced by Antonov and Taqnia Aeronautics Company.

http://quwa.org/2017/05/14/antonov-signs-collaboration-agreements-tai-aselsan-havelsan/

im sure or its same plane or saudi pay all the money and ukraine did must of the job

 

[One-Above-All]

im sure or its same plane or saudi pay all the money and ukraine did must of the job

Historically speaking, The option 2 was the case since the beginning of the time.

 

[c-dome1]

Historically speaking, The option 2 was the case since the beginning of the time.

well they need inaugh engeenirs that know the job for defence industry else they will need to import from another countires like im sure they did on there universites

 

[Hindustani78]

Antonov’s MoU with Aselsan pushes for bilateral collaboration on sourcing an integrated avionics suite for the An-148 family, which comprises of the An-158 airliner and An-178 military transport aircraft. The MoU calls upon Antonov and Aselsan to meet regularly and to establish working groups.

TAI and Antonov signed an MoU to jointly develop UAVs.

Antonov, Havelsan and Saudi Arabia’s Taqnia Aeronautics Company signed an MoU to jointly design, fit and manufacture a maritime patrol aircraft (MPA) based on the An-132D, which is being co-produced by Antonov and Taqnia Aeronautics Company.

http://quwa.org/2017/05/14/antonov-signs-collaboration-agreements-tai-aselsan-havelsan/

Shukran.

 

[Hindustani78]

http://saudigazette.com.sa/article/520799/SAUDI-ARABIA/Kingdom-Ukraine-sign-MoUs-cooperation-program

Saudi Gazette report

Riyadh — Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman and Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko oversaw here on Wednesday the signing of two MoUs and a cooperation program between the governments of the Kingdom and Ukraine. An MoU was signed for investment cooperation in the field of agriculture. Another MoU was signed for cooperation in the exchange of news between Saudi Press Agency and the Ukrainian news agency.

A draft cooperation program was signed between Prince Saud Al-Faisal Institute for Diplomatic Studies and Ukrainian Diplomatic Academy. Earlier, the King decorated the Ukrainian president with the King Abdul Aziz Medal. The Ukrainian president presented the King the Order of Yaroslav the Wise, 1st Class, in recognition of the King’s services.

During their talks the King and the Ukrainian president reviewed bilateral relations and aspects of cooperation between the two countries in various fields.

They also discussed the latest developments at regional and international arenas. The session was attended by a number of princes, Saudi and Ukrainian ministers and senior officials.

President Petro Poroshenko arrived in Riyadh on Tuesday on an official visit to the Kingdom.

At King Khalid International Airport, he was received by Prince Muhammad Bin Abdul Rahman, deputy governor of Riyadh region.

Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman presents Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko the King Abdul Aziz Medal at a ceremony at Al-Yamamah Palace in Riyadh on Wednesday. The Ukrainian president presented the King the Order of Yaroslav the Wise, 1st Class. — SPA

 

[Hindustani78]

The Antonov AN-132 is used in military transport including individuals and equipment, as well as the transfer of electronic warfare equipment and limited aerial sniping.

The Saudi-Ukrainian aircraft, with its multiple functions and light weight, has the capacity to fly 28,000 feet with a load of 9.2 tons and a distance of at least 2,200 km. It can travel more than 4,500 km without a load and at a speed of 550 km per hour.

 

[Tshering22]

Interesting.

Saudis are just too slow... maybe lazy. With an $80 billion defence budget (third largest in the world) Saudia Arabia does not even build its own fighter aircrafts - does even have a submarine. Shocker.

I pray Saudia Arabia will organise its defence sector very quickly.

The thing about their system is, changes can happen overnight unlike our systems where things take decades to even move a muscle.

So maybe right now you don't see them making anything; 5 years down the line, you'd see Saudis having a complete aerospace and defence industry.

That's the advantage of a benevolent authoritarian system.

Only catch here is that the system is excellent till it remains benevolent. Otherwise it become a North Korea.

 

[Bubblegum Crisis]

The thing about their system is, changes can happen overnight unlike our systems where things take decades to even move a muscle.

So maybe right now you don't see them making anything; 5 years down the line, you'd see Saudis having a complete aerospace and defence industry.

That's the advantage of a benevolent authoritarian system.

Only catch here is that the system is excellent till it remains benevolent. Otherwise it become a North Korea.

Yes !

https://defence.pk/pdf/threads/saud...eas-schwer-as-chief-executive-officer.526239/


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[Tshering22]

Yes !

https://defence.pk/pdf/threads/saud...eas-schwer-as-chief-executive-officer.526239/


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Exactly my point.

We south Asians are brainwashed and very risk averse to trying out new political models of governance which may actually benefit us more.

It is easier to rant the old narrative of foreign systems which are established and give more money to our corrupt politicians and bureaucrats than to initiate a change, struggle for a few days and then live a better life later.

 

[fallstuff]

Ukrainian company build factory in UK with SA funds .......... Interesting

They will build the factory in UK so the Brits can run it. Almost every major project is run by Brittish folks in the GCC.