Medvedev orders construction of aircraft manufacturing plant

Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev has ordered a construction of an aircraft manufacturing plant for the production of tactical transport aircraft in Kazan, Russian Defense Minister Anatoly Serdyukov said on Saturday, RIA-Novosti reports.
The planned plant in the capital of the republic of Tatarstan will be aimed in particular at the construction of Antonov An-70 tactical transport aircrafts and for the production of a new generation of strategic bombers, the minister said.
Two weeks ago Viktor Kachalkin, the commander of Russia's Military Transport Aviation (VTA), announced that the service will receive 60 Antonov An-70 propfan tactical transport aircraft by 2020.