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This Central Intelligence Agency intelligence report was disseminated on 10 January 1990 and covers information dated September 1989. It describes the Academy of Sciences of the Ukrainian SSR, including its size, research areas, funding and interest in cooperating with the United States. It notes that the Academy has several organizations that follow the subject of unidentified flying objects and that some scientists consider it a serious problem. The report also covers the Antonov Aircraft Design Bureau and the Kiev Aircraft Factory's shift to making consumer goods.
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TEXT: 1. THE UKRAINIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES HAS 84 EXPERIMENTAL INSTITUTES, 85 LABORATORIES AND 90,000 EMPLOYEES. THERE ARE 350 ACADEMICIANS AND CORRESPONDING MEMBERS, AND MORE THAN 12,000 DOCTORS OF SCIENCE AND CANDIDATES OF SCIENCE. THREE MAIN CATEGORIES OF WORK DONE BY THE ACADEMY. THE FIRST AREA INCLUDES STUDIES ON BOARD SPACESHIPS, INCLUDING STUDY OF BIOPROCESSES IN WEIGHTLESSNESS, CRYSTAL GROWTH, BOTANY, REACTIONS OF BIOLOGICAL ORGANISMS AND CELLS, AND DEVELOPMENT OF FUTURE FLYING MACHINES AND DIFFERENT KINDS OF ENGINES AT THE INSTITUTE FOR TECHNICAL MECHANICS. THE SECOND CATEGORY INCLUDES ASTRONOMICAL OBSERVATORIES ON THE GROUND AND ON BOARD SPACECRAFT (VEGA AND PHOBOS MISSIONS), ON-LINE DATA PROCESSING WITH SUPER MINICOMPUTERS, REMOTE PROBING FROM SPACE, ICE AND SNOW RESEARCH WITH THE THE INSTITUTE OF RADIO AND PHYSICAL ELECTRONICS AND OTHER HYDROPHYSICS AND GEOGRAPHY INSTITUTES, STUDY OF DIFFERENT TYPES OF GEOLOGICAL COMPOSITION IN THE UKRAINE, AND STUDY OF THE ACTIVE ZONES OF THE CRIMEAN AND CARPEAN REGIONS. THE THIRD AREA OF WORK COVERS THE STUDY OF NEAR-EARTH SPACE, THE MAGNETOSPHERE, OZONE CHANGES, AND SPACE PLASMA PARAMETERS. THESE TOPICS ARE BEING RESEARCHED BY THE INSTITUTE OF RADIOASTRONOMY AND KIEV UNIVERSITY. 2. PERCENT OF THE ACADEMY'S BUDGET IS PROVIDED BY THE SOVIET GOVERNMENT, AND THAT THE REMAINDER IS PROVIDED BY INDUSTRY AND CONTRACTS WITH DESIGN BUREAUS. THE UKRAINIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES HAS THE AUTHORITY TO UNILATERALLY ENGAGE IN COOPERATIVE RESEARCH WITH THE UNITED STATES, AND THE AREAS OF MOST INTEREST FOR COOPERATION ARE MATH, THEORETICAL PHYSICS, AND ASTRONOMY. ASKED ABOUT U.S. RESEARCH IN THE AREA OF UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS, SAYING THAT THE ACADEMY HAS SEVERAL ORGANIZATIONS THAT FOLLOW THE SUBJECT AND THAT SOME SCIENTISTS THINK IT IS A SERIOUS PROBLEM. THERE IS NO SPECIFIC STUDY OF SYSTEMS ENGINEERING IN THE ACADEMY, BUT THAT THE SUBJECT IS INCORPORATED IN MANY INSTITUTES SUCH AS METAL SCIENCES, COMPUTERIZATION AND INFORMATION SCIENCES, AND MATH. THE UKRAINIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES IS NO LONGER PARTICIPATING IN THE SOVIET MARS PROGRAM, SINCE THIS HAS BECOME A STATE PROJECT. 3. THE ANTONOV AIRCRAFT DESIGN BUREAU DESIGNS COMMERCIAL AND CARGO AIRCRAFT, AND HAS 12,000 EMPLOYEES. THE AN-225 AIRCRAFT, DESIGNED AT THIS FACILITY, WAS USED AS THE TRANSPORT FOR THE BURAN SPACE SHUTTLE. ENGINEERS AT THE FACILITY ARE INVESTIGATING METHODS TO REDUCE THE WEIGHT OF THE AIRCRAFT, SUCH AS NEW COMPOSITES. THE BUREAU USES PERSONAL COMPUTERS AND MAINFRAMES FOR OPTIMIZATION AND TESTING, ESTIMATION OF AERODYNAMICS, FLIGHT INSTRUMENT TESTS, AND DATA PROCESSING. 4. THE KIEV AIRCRAFT FACTORY OPERATES IN CLOSE COOPERATION WITH THE ANTONOV DESIGN BUREAU. THE FACTORY BUILT THE AN-24 PASSENGER PLANE, WHICH CARRIES 20 PERCENT OF AEROFLOT'S PASSENGERS.
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FOIA release, from the cia-readingroom collection. The PDF is mirrored here; the original link is above. The text was read from the page images by GLM-OCR; expect the odd misread word. 3 pages are in the text index: search them above, or from the library's search.