Indian Navy personnel stand on the INS Vikramaditya, a modified Kiev-class aircraft carrier, during the International Fleet Review in Visakhapatnam on February 6, 2016
A Ukrainian defence industry enterprise has also offered to jointly produce gas turbine engines with India apart from signing contracts with an Indian firm for the modernisation and localisation of production components for armoured vehicles of the Indian Army.
New Delhi: In an attempt to carve a bigger space for its defence industry, Ukraine has offered maintenance to the Indian Navy's aircraft carrier Vikramaditya and will jointly produce gas turbine engines with the world's largest importer of defence equipment. The Ukrainian defence industry enterprise has also signed new contracts worth over $20 million with India's state-owned Bharat Electronics Ltd (BEL) for the modernisation and localisation of the production of components for armoured vehicles of the Indian Army.
"The parties discussed the further participation of Ukrainian defence industry enterprises in modernisation and development of the Indian Navy: continued delivery and joint production of gas turbine engines, maintenance of aircraft carrier INS Vikramaditya — built by specialists of Mykolaiv shipbuilding plant," UkrOboronProm said in a statement on Thursday.