DEFENSE TECHNOLOGY INC. (DTI), HUNTSVILLE, AL,
JOINS THE U.S.-UKRAINE BUSINESS COUNCIL (USUBC)
Providing defense technology, military aviation sales, parts & service

U.S.-Ukraine Business Council (USUBC), Wash, D.C., Thu, Feb 19, 2009

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Defense Technology, Inc. (DTI), Huntsville, Alabama, has been approved as a member of the U.S.-Ukraine Business Council (USUBC), the Executive Committee announced today, on behalf of the entire USUBC membership of over 100 companies and organizations.
 
DTI is a certified HubZone company founded in 1999.  DTI provides the U.S. Department of Defense and the MODs of other NATO Governments with military hardware from the Former Soviet Union.
 
DTI is a registered arms trading company in Ukraine with 10 years of direct, in-country experience.  DTI is also a registered defense company in Russia, Poland and the Czech Republic.   DTI maintains satellite offices in Kiev, Moscow and Manama. 
 
SUPPLIER OF AIRCRAFT AND MILITARY SPARE PARTS FROM FORMER SOVIET UNION
DTI is a leading supplier of Sukhoi, Mig, Antonov and Mil aircraft and associated spare parts. In addition to work performed in the United States, DTI is currently under contract to provide Antonov and Mi-17 spares to support the international coalition in Afghanistan.  All aircraft supplied by DTI come with authorized air worthiness certificates, full documentation/passports, and reliable spare parts support.
 
DTI will be a member of the new USUBC Defense and Aerospace Committee. More information about Defense Technology, Inc. (DTI) can be found at http://www.defensetechnologyinc.com. 

"USUBC is very pleased to have Defense Technology, Inc (DTI) as a new member" said Morgan Williams, Director, Government Affairs, Washington Office, SigmaBleyzer Emerging Markets Private Equity Investment Group, www.SigmaBleyzer.com, who serves as President/CEO of the U.S.-Ukraine Business Council (USUBC).

"USUBC has increased its membership four times over the past 26 months and now has a membership base of over 100 companies and organizations which allows USUBC to provide its members such as Defense Technology,  Inc. (DTI) with a full-time operation and a significantly expanded program of work," according to USUBC's membership director Iryna Teluk.  Even in difficult financial times companies realize the importance of joining together to continue working for the advancement of private enterprise in Ukraine," Teluk said.

NEWEST USUBC MEMBERS:
The last group of new USUBC members have included:  3M Ukraine; AeroSvit Ukrainian Airlines; Aitken Berlin LLP/ASIA; AnaCom, Inc; Asters law firm; CEC Government Relations; ContourGlobal Ukraine; Doheny Global Group; Edelman; Foyil Securities; IBM Ukraine; KPMG Ukraine; Kyiv Mohyla Foundation of America (KMF); Mars Ukraine; Microsoft; Pratt & Whitney - Paton; R & J Trading International; RZB Finance (Raiffeisen Group); SE Raelin/Cajo , Inc.; SoftServe, Inc.; Solid Team LLC; The Washington Group (TWG); Ukraine International Airlines (UIA); Vasil Kisil & Partners law firm; Winner Imports Ukraine (Ford, Jaguar, Land Rover, Volvo, Porsche), Zurich Surety, Credit, & Political Risk, and Defense Technology Inc. (DTI).

PRIVATE, MEMBER BASED TRADE ASSOCIATION 

The U.S.-Ukraine Business Council (USUBC) is a private, non-profit, member-based, trade association working since 1995 to develop, strengthen and expand commercial ties and two-way trade between the United States and Ukraine.  USUBC's strong membership base now includes over 100 large, medium-size and small companies and organizations.  

Based in Washington, D.C., with a representative in Ukraine, USUBC promotes U.S. and Ukrainian business relations and private market-driven economic development through constructive engagement with U.S. and Ukrainian business, government, civil society and other leaders and through USUBC information, advisory, advocacy, and program services.
USUBC also analysis and promotes an ongoing series of policy, legal and regulatory changes which will enhance a stronger business environment, based on the rule of law, between the two countries and eliminate trade and investment barriers. For more information about USUBC go to www.usubc.org.