KIEV, July 23 - About 250 companies of aircraft, missile space, defense and other sectors from almost 30 countries are expected to participate in the 7th international AVIASVIT-XXI aviation and space salon, which will be held from September 30 to October 4 at the Kiev-Antonov airfield in Hostomel (Kiev region), Leonid Zvarykin, a member of the exhibition organizational committee, has reported.

"We expect that this will be the most representative aviation and space exhibition in Ukraine. Currently, two months before the exhibition, 170 domestic and foreign companies have confirmed they will take part," the department of information and mass communications at the secretariat of the Cabinet of Ministers said, citing Zvarykin.