Reliance Defence enters into strategic partnerships with three Ukranian firms

Reliance Defence, the wholly owned subsidiary of Reliance Infrastructure Ltd, is all set to manufacture defence equipments for Indian forces, has entered into a strategic partnership agreement with three Ukranian state- owned companies. These partnerships will allow these companies to collaborate with Reliance Defence on a range of military products including transport aircraft, upgrade of armoured vehicles, maritime gas turbines and unmanned aerial vehicles.

The development has come after Reliance Group Chairman Anil Ambani and Ukranian President Petro Poroshenko met for an hour in Ukraine this week, wherein they discussed issues of strategic interest between the Indian and Ukrainian defence and aerospace industry.

"As a follow up of the meeting, a Strategic Partnership Agreement was signed between State Owned Ukroboronprom of Ukraine and Reliance Defence, which will allow it to collaborate with Antonov for its range of military and commercial transport aircraft," a statement by Reliance said.

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As per the agreement with Antonov, both companies will jointly bid for the medium military transport aircraft programme of the HAL, and will collaborate for assembling, manufacturing and maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) of Antonov series of aircraft so that suitable requirements of the Indian and global markets can be met.

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