Aerostar gets $8m from Croatian Army

Aerostar Bacau has started upgrading 12 MIG 21 aircraft of the Croatian Defence Ministry, under an $8 million contract, Mediafax reports. Aerostar undertook to check, repair and raise the standards of the 12 MIG 21s. “The beneficiaries came to inspect the progress of the works. On the other hand, the pilots will  be trained to operate the new controls. We only take care of the technical details, while the beneficiary arms the aircraft,” Grigore Filip, Aerostar Bacau CEO said. Aerostar in November 2002 won the international tender organised by the Croatian Ministry of Defence to award the contract for the upgrade of the 12 aircraft. The Aerostar CEO said that, in case the beneficiary was pleased with the quality of the works, it might extend the contract to 12 more aircraft. ZF