Saudi Arabia is preparing to test a new military transport aircraft it is manufacturing in partnership with Ukraine.
Under an agreement between the King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology and Ukrainian aircraft manufacturing firm Antonov, the two countries are building 80 AN-132s – a modern version of the military transport plane AN-32.
The new model would have modern engines and electronics that would make it more fuel efficient and able to take off and land in a range of different environments.