OREANDA-NEWS. September 13, 2011. A few years Ukraine will start production of its own helicopters. This was stated by the Prime Minister Mykola Azarov during a visit to “Konotop Aircraft Repair Plant “Aviacon” in Sumy region.

The Head of Government stressed that the draft state budget for 2012 includes the funds for the program create a domestic helicopter.

“We should not be limited only to repair of helicopters. Though it also is important, as we repair helicopters for a foreign market and we get for it currency. We should be concentrated on production of own helicopters. We will support such program. Already included in the draft budget for 2012 identified funds, and we expect that within a few years we would be able to create their own program for the production of competitive machines”, - Mykola Azarov noted.