Ukraine plans to license produce Chinese L-15

Ukraine is seeking to license produce the Hongdu L-15 advanced jet trainer. Odessa Aviation Plant will assemble the aircraft locally.

Hongdu L-15 Falcon
By Xu Zheng [CC BY-SA 4.0 or CC BY-SA 4.0], via Wikimedia Commons

Ukraine hopes to start the process next year. The number of planes and the cost is not revealed.

The Chinese jet is currently powered by Ukraine’s AI-222-25F engines.

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