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Warplanes: Huey Made In Ukraine

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Warplanes: Huey Made In Ukraine

http://www.strategypage.com/htmw/htairfo/20210507.aspx

May 7, 2021:
In 2021 Ukraine began building American UH-1 (Huey) helicopters, under license, in the state-owned Odessa Aviation Plant. This plant is one of the largest MRO (Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul) operations for Russian Cold War era jet fighters, transports and trainers. This includes engine overhaul. Since its founding in 2011 the Odessa Aviation Plant as specialized in MRO rather than building aircraft but it is currently the facility with room, equipment and skilled personnel to build the UH-1. The first Ukrainian UH-1 will be complete in late August, in time for the 30th Anniversary of independence from Russia (Soviet Union).

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Currently the UH-1 lives on in the form of new military and commercial models, which have become popular worldwide and especially in Eastern Europe. In 2017 the Czech Republic ordered twelve UH-1Y twin-engine transport helicopters for $48 million each. These are newly built, with the cost of the helicopters alone being $28 million each with the rest covering spares, tech support and training as well as additional electronics along with some weapons (single and multi-barrel 7.62mm and 12.7mm machine-guns). The additional electronics are mainly missile defense systems, IFF (identify friend or foe), helmet mounted displays and navigation systems. Earlier in 2017 the U.S. Marine Corps increased their order for the UH-1Y to 160 with all of them newly built rather than any refurbed UH-1Ns.

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