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Kiev Airport is planning to expand the runway

Kiev International Airport. Igor Sikorsky intends to extend the runway and improve the characteristics of approach systems. This was reported by the head of the board of directors of the airport Denis Kostrzhevsky.     Kyiv Airport has a runway length of 2,350 thousand meters. It is located in the central part of the city. Accordingly, its approach systems allow aircraft to take off and take off under certain weather conditions. In order to be able to service aircraft in all weather conditions and to service larger aircraft at Kyiv Airport, it is necessary to upgrade the airfield category, ”he said in an interview. Kostrzhevsky noted that a master plan for the reconstruction of the “Kiev” airfield has already been developed, which has five different options. Each of them implies the extension of the runway by 550 m, improving the characteristics of approach systems (light signaling, radio navigation, radio control). The estimated cost of these works ranges from E...
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  AvtoKrAZ JSC has announced the beginning of a strategic partnership with Proforce Limited in Nigeria. The long-term cooperation agreement between AvtoKrAZ PJSC and Proforce Limited provides for the production of heavy goods vehicles under the KRAZ-PROFORCE brand.     "We believe that there are many synergies between our companies that can be used to create the powerful manufacturing capabilities needed for Nigeria," the press service wrote. In the coming year, the partnership will focus on manufacturing trucks for the needs of the internal market and Africa. The local market for KrAZ is not new - the company has long been successfully marketing its products in this country. For example, at the end of 2015, a batch of KrAZ-6322 (6x6) chassis was shipped to Nigeria. All cars were right-hand drive, and the engines - Deutz 272 hp.   Prior to this, a group of Nigerian soldiers underwent a two-week training on the maintenance and operation of KrAZ bran...

Baikonur cosmodrome in Ukraine

Ukraine is planning to build a cosmodrome, Space Logistics head Dmitry Legeza said in an interview with LIGA.net.      “The main task we have set for ourselves is to build a spaceport on the territory of Ukraine. For this purpose, during the first three to four months, we went to different organizations and factories to formally analyze the possibility of such construction, ”he said. Tatiana Lyulka, Managing Partner at Space Logistics, reminded that the starting price of such a project starts at $ 50 million. It should be noted that KB “Yuzhne” is developing a Cyclone-1M rocket launcher for the spaceport in Ukraine. The head of Space Logistics noted that the company is now working on the general issue of the possibility of building a spaceport. Read also: Spaceport in Ukraine - a place for the latest technology or the second Chernobyl.     “When I just started asking these questions to understanding people, I expected them to make me la...