Kyrgyzstan Debuts With Helicopter Production
Date
9/12/2024 3:08:40 AM
(MENAFN- Trend News Agency)
BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan, September 12. Kyrgyzstan
has started producing helicopters, Dairbek Orunbekov, the head of
the information policy service in the presidential administration,
said on Facebook, Trend reports.
A two-seater helicopter, he said, can travel 600 kilometers in
three hours thanks to its 70-liter fuel tank. The price exceeds
$60,000.
Orunbekov also mentioned that factories for producing cars,
helicopters, and other enterprises will be opening in the country
soon. He noted that the aircraft have already been tested and are
now on display.
The production is handled by the Shumkar Transnational
Corporation. The company was established in 2021.
Kyrgyzstan is making progress in its industrial sector, with new
developments in both aerospace and automotive manufacturing.
President Sadyr Zhaparov laid the foundation stone in February for
a new facility dedicated to the production and sale of electric
vehicles in the Chuy region. The project is a collaboration between
the Kyrgyz government, local businesses, and the China Hubei
Zhuoyue Group. The initial investment for the project will be $115
million, and the plant is expected to produce more than 80,000
vehicles per year.
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