OREANDA-NEWS. July 31, 2007. ANTONOV ASTC was visited by delegation of Ministry of Defence of Republic of Italy headed by Janny Botondi, Corps General, General secretary of defence – National director of defence of MoD. During the visit delegates familiarized with the main directions of activity, scientific and technical potential of the enterprise and modern programmes of ANTONOV. During the visit delegates fimiliarized with main directions of activity, scientific and technical potential of the enterprise and modern programmes of ANTONOV. Cargo version of AN-148 and AN-32P aircraft attracted the largest interest of the Italian military men among the presented programmes. In particular, they noted that AN-32P could be very useful in extinguishing the forest fires which become the real problem for many countries of the world.

At “Kiev-Antonov” airport the guests viewed AN-148 regional jet of a new generation, AN-70 STOL military transport, AN-32P fire-fighter, AN-124-100 Ruslan superheavy transport.