Robert Dyck

Dear Mr. Dyck

Please, see below the data you are requested in your letter of 15.10.03 in regard of the engines RD0120.

Concerning the current status, to the 1st of November’03, nine engines RD0120 with various residual life-time are available at KBKhA, and we may prepare them for hot-fire tests on our’s own. These engines are at different degree of readiness for hot-fire tests and slightly vary in design. Due to this, certain co-ordination of potential testing program for each of these engines is required in order to make possible their use in the programs you’ve conceived.

Moreover, KBKhA has a few more incomplete engines (some components are lacking) but they may be fully assembled by involving the manufacture (our old subcontractor), Voronezh Mechanical Plant. The tooling required for RD0120 engine manufacturing is principally retained, but to resume the production of these engines, it will be necessary to acquire modern equipment and to make certain refurbishment of our production facilities along with the due refurbishment of our suppliers’ production.

We wish you every success

Best regards
 

N.T. Antokhina
Chief of International Business Relationship Dept.