Boeing may assemble An-124 transport planes

[Matt Molnar]

Boeing may assemble An-124 transport planes - paper

U.S. Boeing Co. may conduct the final assembly of Russian-Ukrainian An-124 Condor heavy-lift transport planes for the U.S. market, a Russian business daily said on Friday, citing government officials.

The Kommersant newspaper cited Alexei Fyodorov, head of Russia's United Aircraft Corporation, as saying that Russia had proposed the joint production of the plane to the U.S. government and the White House had been discussing the issue with Boeing.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov told Kommersant that the issue would be on the agenda of President Dmitry Medvedev's visit to the United States later in June. [Full Article]

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wonder where they'd make them