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Greece Ready to Buy in Russia 12 Be-200 Amphibious Planes
Greece has placed an official order for 12 Be-200 amphibious planes, including firm order for six planes and the option for the remainder. It wants the first plane already by 2009, Interfax reported with reference to a source with Russia’s defense and industry community.
In addition to Greece, Italy has ordered two Be-200s and Portugal needs four planes under the firm order and six planes under the option. The respective contracts are being considered now, the source said.
Past year, Irkut Corp negotiated Be-200 delivery with a number of foreign states, including Spain, the United States, Turkey, Algeria, Malaysia and Indonesia. “The plans are to supply up to 100 Be-200s to global market of aircraft by 2015,” the source specified.
Be-200 amphibious plane is the first civil program of Irkut Corp. It was designed at Taganrog ANTK. Able to land both on ground and on water, Be-200 is designated to fight fire, carry out search and rescue operations, patrol sea areas.
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