ANTONOV

'Antonov', or 'Antonov Aeronautical Scientific/Technical Complex' ('Antonov ASTC') (), formerly the 'Antonov Design Bureau', is a Ukraine-based (since 1952) aircraft manufacturing and services company with particular expertise in the field of very large aircraft construction.
Antonov ASTC is a state-owned commercial company.

Contents

History

Products and activities

Aircraft

See also

External links

History

The company is named after Oleg Antonov, its founder and head designer of An-2, An-24, An-22 and other legendary planes.
The Antonov company lacks facilities for full construction of some aircraft, a result of Soviet industrial strategy that split military production between different regions of the USSR. This distribution minimized potential war risks, and prevented Soviet republics from developing self-sufficient economies. As a result, Antonov airplanes were often constructed by aerospace companies in Kharkiv (Ukraine), Novosibirsk (Russia), and Tashkent (Uzbekistan).

Products and activities

Fields of commercial activity of Antonov ASTC include:

★ Aircraft construction and manufacture

★ Airfreight services (Antonov Airlines)

★ Aircraft maintenance and upgrading

★ Aerospace related engineering support

★ Operation of the Gostomel airport (Antonov Airport)

★ Trolley bus construction and manufacture (a spin-off, using existing technical expertise).

Aircraft

Antonov's airplanes (design office prefix 'An') range from the rugged An-2 biplane (which itself is comparatively large for a biplane) through the An-28 reconnaissance aircraft to the massive An-124 Ruslan and An-225 Mriya strategic airlifters (the latter being the world's biggest aircraft in service). Whilst less famous, the An-24, An-26 and An-30 series of twin turboprop, high winged, passenger transport aircraft are important for domestic air services particularly in parts of the world once led by communist governments. The An-72/An-74 series of small jetliners is slowly replacing that fleet and a larger An-70 freighter is under certification. The An-70 is outwardly similar to the Airbus A400M design that has yet to fly in Western Europe.

Aircraft	Name	NATO	Maiden flight	Remarks
'A-40'	''Krylaty Tank''		1942	Winged tank
'An-2'	''Kukuruznik''	Colt	31 August, 1947	multi-purpose, biplane, single-engine utility transport.
'An-3'		Colt	13 May, 1980	turboprop conversion of An-2
'An-4'		Colt		float-equipped An-2
'An-6'	''Meteo''	Colt		reconnaissance aircraft based on An-2
'An-8'		Camp	1955	light military transport
'An-10'	''Ukraine''	Cat	March, 1957	medium turboprop-powered transport
'An-12'		Cub	16 December, 1957	military turboprop-powered transport, developed from An-10
'An-14'	''Pchelka''	Clod	1958	light twin-engine transport
'An-22'	''Antey''	Cock	February, 1965	extremely large transport
'An-24'		Coke	20 October, 1959	twin-turboprop transport
'An-26'		Curl	1969	twin-turboprop transport, derived from An-24
'An-28'		Cash	September, 1969	twin-turboprop light transport, developed from An-14
'An-30'		Clank	1967	An-24 adapted for aerial cartography
'An-32'		Cline	1976	twin-turboprop transport, up-engined An-26 airframe
'An-38'		Cash	1994	twin-turboprop light transport, stretched An-28
'An-70'			16 December, 1994	large transport, powered by four propfan engines, to replace An-12
'An-71'		Madcap	12 July, 1985	naval AWACS development of An-72
'An-72'	''Cheburashka''	Coaler	31 August, 1977	STOL transport, utilizing the Coandă effect
'An-74'	''Cheburashka''	Coaler	1983	civil version of An-72
'An-88'				AWACS project, not completed
'An-124'	''Ruslan''	Condor	1982	strategic airlifter; largest aircraft ever mass produced
'An-140'			18 September, 1994	short-range turboprop airliner
'An-148'			17 December, 2004	regional jet development of An-74 with engines below wings
'An-174'				enlarged An-74 with engines below wings
'An-180'			''in development''	medium turboprop airliner, around 175 passengers
'An-204'
'An-218'			''postponed''	propfan- or turbofan-powered widebody airliner
'An-225'	''Mriya''	Cossack	21 December, 1988	An-124 derived strategic airlifter; largest aircraft ever built
'OKA-38'	''Storch''			Copy of Fieseler Fi 156
'SKV'				Basis for An-14

See also

★ Antonov Airlines

★ List of military aircraft of the Soviet Union and the CIS

External links

★ Antonov ASTC