أنتونوڤ

Antonov State Company
الاسم المحلي	Державне підприємство "Антонов"
النوع	State-owned company
الصناعة	Aerospace and defence
تأسست	31 مايو 1946; منذ 78 سنة
المؤسس	أوليغ أنتونوف
المقر الرئيسي	Kiev، Ukraine
الأشخاص الرئيسيون	Oleksandr Donets (president of the enterprise)
المنتجات	Aircraft for various applications; Aircraft maintenance; Cargo air transport;
الموظفون	13,700 (2014)
الشركة الأم	Ukroboronprom
الأقسام	Antonov Serial Production Plant; Antonov Airlines; Antonov Airport;
الموقع الإلكتروني	www.antonov.com

Antonov State Company (أوكرانية: Державне підприємство "Антонов"), formerly the Aeronautical Scientific-Technical Complex named Antonov (Antonov ASTC) (أوكرانية: Авіаційний науково-технічний комплекс імені Антонова, (АНТК ім. Антонова)), and earlier the Antonov Design Bureau, is a Soviet, and later a Ukrainian aircraft manufacturing and services company. Antonov's particular expertise is in the fields of very large aeroplanes and aeroplanes using unprepared runways. Antonov (model prefix An-) has built a total of approximately 22,000 aircraft, and thousands of its planes are currently operating in the former Soviet Union and in developing countries.^[2]

Antonov StC is a state-owned commercial company. Its headquarters and main industrial grounds were originally located in Novosibirsk, and were later transferred to Kiev.^[3] On 12 May 2015 it was transferred from the Ministry of Economic Development and Trade to the Ukroboronprom (Ukrainian Defense Industry).^[4]

In June 2016, Ukraine's major state-owned arms manufacturer Ukroboronprom announced the creation of the Ukrainian Aircraft Corporation within its structure, to combine all aircraft manufacturing enterprises in Ukraine.

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History

Soviet era

Antonov An-2, mass-produced Soviet utility aeroplane.

First serial aircraft and expansion

An-12, Cold War-era tactical transport, in flight.

47-year-old An-12 still in operational condition in 2011.

Prominence and Antonov's retirement

Antonov An-24, the Soviet Union's most common regional airliner.

Late Soviet-era: superlarge projects and first commercialisation

An-225 is the largest operating aircraft in the world.

Independent Ukraine

Antonov Design Bureau remained a state-owned company after Ukraine achieved its independence in 1991 and is since regarded as a strategic national asset.

Expansion to free market

Rollout of the first serially-produced An-148 at Antonov's hangar in Kiev, 2009. An An-124 under maintenance seen in the far corner of the hangar.

Since independence, Antonov has certified and marketed both Soviet-era and newly developed models for sale in new markets outside of the former soviet-sphere of influence. New models introduced to serial production and delivered to customers include the Antonov An-140, Antonov An-148 and Antonov An-158 regional airliners.

Among several modernisation projects, Antonov received orders for upgrading "hundreds" of its legendary An-2 utility planes still in operation in Azerbaijan, Cuba and Russia to the An-2-100 upgrade version.^[5]

In 2014, following the annexation of the Crimea by Russia, Ukraine cancelled contracts with Russia, leading to an 80% income reduction in Ukraine’s defence and aviation industries.^[6]

Aircraft

Antonov's aeroplanes (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 heaviest aircraft with only one currently in service). Whilst less famous, the An-24, An-26, An-30 and An-32 family of twin turboprop, high winged, passenger/cargo/troop transport aircraft are important for domestic/short-haul 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 Antonov An-148 is a new regional airliner of twin-turbofan configuration. Over 150 aircraft have been ordered since 2007. A stretched version is in development, the An-158 (from 60–70 to 90–100 passengers).

The Antonov/Taqnia An-132 is a twin-engined turboprop under development as of 2018.

Aircraft	Name	Maiden flight	Remarks
A-40	Krylaty Tank	2 September 1942	Winged tank
An-2	Kukuruznik	31 August 1947	multi-purpose, biplane, single-engine utility transport.
An-2-100	Kukuruznik	10 July 2013	An-2 upgrade version refitted with Motor Sich kerosene-fueled engine (instead of original avgas).^[5]
An-3		13 May 1980	turboprop conversion of An-2
An-4		31 July 1951	float-equipped An-2
An-6	Meteo	21 March 1948	weather reconnaissance aircraft based on An-2
An-8		11 February 1956	medium military transport
An-10	Ukraina	7 March 1957	medium turboprop-powered airliner
An-11			Motorised variant of the A-11 glider
An-12		16 December 1957	military turboprop-powered transport, developed from An-10
An-13		1962	Light aircraft developed from the A-13M motor glider
An-14	Pchelka	14 March 1958	light twin-engine transport
An-20			light turbocharged piston engine aircraft, developed from Cessna 210^{[بحاجة لمصدر]}
An-22	Antei	27 February 1965	extremely large turboprop transport
An-24		20 October 1959	twin-turboprop airliner
An-26		21 May 1969	twin-turboprop transport, derived from An-24
An-28		September 1974	twin-turboprop light transport, developed from An-14
An-30		21 August 1967	An-24 adapted for aerial photography and mapping
An-32		9 July 1976	twin-turboprop hot-and-high transport, up-engined An-26 airframe
An-34		4 September 1961	military transport developed from An-24
An-38		23 June 1994	twin-turboprop light transport, stretched An-28
An-40		cancelled	military transport developed from An-12
An-44			cargo aircraft project developed from An-24
An-50		cancelled	airliner project, developed from An-24V
An-51			civil piston utility aircraft
An-52			light twin-piston aircraft
An-70		16 December 1994	large military transport, powered by four propfan engines, to replace An-12
An-71		12 July 1985	naval AWACS development of An-72
An-72	Cheburashka	31 August 1977	STOL transport, utilising the Coandă effect
An-74	Cheburashka	29 November 1983	civil version of An-72; version with engines below wings is called An-74TK-300^[7]
An-88			AWACS project, not completed
An-91			Twin-engined cabin monoplane development of Cessna 310
An-102			light agricultural aircraft
An-122			further development of An-22
An-124	Ruslan	26 December 1982	strategic airlifter; largest aircraft ever mass-produced
An-126			heavy transport aircraft project
An-132		31 March 2017	transport aircraft based on An-32
An-140		17 September 1997	short-range turboprop airliner, to replace An-24
An-148		17 December 2004	regional jet for 68–85 passengers
An-158		28 April 2010	stretched version of An-148 for 99 passengers
An-168			business variant of An-148
An-171			stretched An-70
An-174			enlarged An-74 with engines below wings
An-178		7 May 2015	military transport based on the An-158
An-180		cancelled	medium propfan airliner, around 175 passengers
An-181	Handiwork		experimental aircraft
An-188			transport aircraft based on An-70
An-218		postponed	propfan- or turbofan-powered widebody airliner
An-225	Mriya	21 December 1988	An-124 derived strategic airlifter; largest aircraft ever built; only one has been put into service
An-325		cancelled	planned improvement of An-225
An-714		20 October 1970	modification of An-14 with air cushion landing gear
GPS			small twin-engined utility transport
OKA-38	Aist		Copy of Fieseler Fi 156
Li-2V			high-altitude research aircraft, converted from Lisunov Li-2
SKV	Partizanskii		Basis for An-14
T-2M	Maverick		ultralight trike for recreational club use and special forces requirements
VP	Utka		experimental air trailer (tow glider)