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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.

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.


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

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


  • External links
  • Antonov ASTC



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    Category:Economy of Kiev city
    Category:Aircraft manufacturers of the Soviet Union and Russia
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