Ukraine's state concern Ukroboronprom is planning to significantly increase the production of Ukrainian tanks from the current five annually to 120 after 2016, the concern's general director Roman Romanov said.
"We plan to develop [the production of] Oplot main battle tanks with production up to 40 units in 2015. The concern will produce 100-120 such units from 2016," the concern said in a statement on Wednesday.
Ukroboronprom also plans to start serial production of Dozor armored cars, which previously were not in service in the Ukrainian army.
"The concern plans to produce up to 50 such vehicles this year. We plan to reach a level of no fewer than 100 [vehicles] per a year in the future," the statement reads.
Ukroboronprom will soon start working on designing unmanned aerial vehicles and counter-artillery systems. "The first three-axis radiolocation station will be ready in 2016," the statement reads.
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