Ukraine, as an aviation country and one of the world leaders in passenger, transport and military transport aircraft construction, has never specialized in the creation and production of fighter, bomber and attack aircraft.

Therefore, today the question arose of the geopolitical, strategic and military-technical choice of a foreign manufacturer and type of aircraft, as well as the allocation of large-scale state funding with the attraction of loans from foreign partners with government guarantees.

Actually, this is provided for in the Vision of the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine-2035 adopted in May 2020. The strategic document was developed on the basis of the Vision of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and aims to determine rational ways for the development of military aviation until 2035, the formation of initial data for the State Program for the Development of the Armed Forces of Ukraine until 2025, the Air Force Development Program, and other defense planning documents