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MAKS is the largest exhibition site of the aircraft segment of the Russian military industrial complex. Only here one can see everything Russia promotes on the international aircraft and armament market and get exhaustive information on virtually any subject.
  Experts are never fail to be attracted by premieres traditional at MAKS shows.
At MAKS 2001 a lot of things were unveiled, including the Su-27UB and Su-35UB twinseat multirole fighters, Su-24M, Su-25 and Su-39 attack aircraft upgrades, Su-47 Berkut experimental aircraft, MiG-29M2 twinseat combat aircraft and the MiG-29OVT thrust-vectored prototype.
The South African Air Force displayed a modified Mirage F1 AZ powered by a Russian-built engine and fitted with Russian-made avionics and weapons.
 The feature of latest MAKS has become a wide discussion of the international projects of modernization and development of new weaponry, participants in which are EADS, IAI, Marvotech (South African) and other companies.
 Experts and general public were drawn to Russo-Ukrainian airlifters An-225, An-124, An-70, Russian Il-96T, Il-76PT, IL-114T and helicopters Mi-26T, Mi-8, Mi-28, Ka-226, Ka-50, Ka-52 and Ka-60.
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