On August 30, the Chinese company China airspace and the Ukrainian state-owned enterprise Antonov signed a cooperation agreement.
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The agreement transfers ownership of the giant AN-225 transport aircraft to China, including use of the aircraft's blueprints and specifications.
It is noted that negotiations to give the rights to the aircraft to the Chinese were conducted back in May 2016.
“After signing an agreement with a Ukrainian company, China gained access to unique technologies in the field of aircraft manufacturing. It is planned that the first Chinese AN-225 will be released in the first half of 2019. The AN-225 Mriya is the heaviest cargo-lifting aircraft ever taken into the air. The AN-225 was specifically designed to create an air transport system for the Soviet Buran reusable spacecraft project. The plane exists in a single copy,” the message notes.