Minister Ante Kotromanović visits Ukrainian helicopter overhaul capacities
The third day of the official visit of the Defence Minister Ante Kotromanović to Ukraine the Croatian delegation visited the “Motor Sich” enterprise in Zaporozhye and the Aviation Enterprise in Sevastopol.
The entreprise “Motor Sich” is one of the world’s leading manufacturers of aircraft and helicopter engines. The two companies jointly conduct the overhaul of the Mi-8, assisted by the Croatian Aeronautical Technical Centre from Velika Gorica, Croatia.
The „Motor Sich“ has been in charge of the helicopter engines, while the Sevastopol Aviation Enterprise experts have been assisting the Croatian Aeronautical Technical Centre’s staff with the disassembly of the helicopters for overhaul and will be engaged with the assembly of the helicopters upon the completion of the overhaul.
The Sevastopol Aviation Institute (with 380 employees) repairs and modernises helicopters, and is also specialised for modern systems and mounting of the additional equipment (such as GPS, radio-communications and meteorological locations).
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