OREANDA-NEWS. On September 3, 2013 at ANTONOV Company Ramon Martinez Echevarria, President of Corporation of Cuban Aviation C.A. , Dmytro Kiva, President - General Designer of ANTONOV Company, and Vyacheslav Boguslayev, President of Motor Sich SC, signed the Agreement about cooperation on modernization of the AN-2 airplanes.

According to this Agreement Corporation of Cuban Aviation will create production base for re-equipment of the existing in Republic of Cuba fleet of the AN-2s (140 such airplanes were delivered to the country) into the AN-2-100 new modification, equipped with MS-14 engines, designed at Motor Sich SС.

Simultaneously, within the limits of a separate agreement, ANTONOV Company will deliver to Cuba necessary aggregates and components on a basis of the contracts with enterprises-manufacturers. Motor Sich JS will supply with engines and their components, and Aerosila public corporation (Russia) will supply with AV-17 propellers. If necessary, ANTONOV will organize training of the crews and technicians, author support of operation of the AN-2s in Republic of Cuba.