The producers of the Beriev Be-200 amphibian plane are not ready to do without the Ukrainian Progress Machine-Building Design Bureau’s D-436TP turbojet engine that has passed a big range of trials in severe environment, CEO of the Beriev Group Yuri Grudinin said. 

"The engine has passed a big range of trials in severe environment and I can say that today this is the only engine in the world to undergo this procedure," Grudinin said. 

"If we reject it [the engine], we should take into account a big range of trials and a long period of time. This work is currently being carried out in cooperation with Russia’s Industry and Trade Ministry but as of today the plane is equipped with an engine that has been certified with it," he added. 

According to him, more than 90% of the Be-200 plane’s components are Russian-made.