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Antonov State Company
الاسم المحلي	Державне підприємство "Антонов"
النوع	State-owned company
الصناعة	Aerospace and defence
تأسست	31 مايو1946; منذ 74 سنة
المقر الرئيسي	Kiev, Ukraine
أشخاص رئيسيون	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;
المسقط الإلكتروني	www.antonov.com

Antonov State Company (بالاوكرانية: Державне підприємство "Антонов"), formerly the Aeronautical Scientific-Technical Complex named Antonov (Antonov ASTC) (بالاوكرانية: 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.

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. On 12 May 2015 it was transferred from the Ministry of Economic Development and Trade to the Ukroboronprom (Ukrainian Defense Industry).

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.

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.

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.

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).
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^[]
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
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)

Gliders

Antonov A-15 in Czech markings

Aircraft	Name	Maiden flight	Remarks
A-1		1930	single-seat training glider
A-2		1936	two-seat training glider derived from the A-1
A-3	Molodv
A-6
A-7		1942	military glider
A-9		1948	single-seat sailplane developed from the RF-7
A-10		1952	two-seat sailplane developed from the A-9
A-11		12 May 1958
A-13		1958
A-15		26 March 1960
BS-3		1934	training glider
BS-4		1935	training glider
BS-5 (OKA-31)		1936	training glider
DIP (OKA-14)	Dognat i peregna	1932	record glider developed from OKA-6
IP
LEM-2 (OKA-37)		1937	motor glider
M-1		1933
M-2
M-3 (OKA-24)		1934
M-4 (OKA-29)
M-5 (OKA-30)		1936
OKA-1	Golub	1924
OKA-2		1925
OKA-3		1928
OKA-5	Standard-2	1930
OKA-6	Gorod Lenina	1930
OKA-7	Bubik	1930
OKA-13	Chest Uslovii Stalina	1932
OKA-21		1933	training glider based on DIP
PS-1 (OKA-11)			training glider
PS-2 (OKA-12)			training glider
RF-1 (OKA-17)		1933
RF-2 (OKA-18)		1933
RF-3 (OKA-19)		1933
RF-4 (OKA-20)		1933
RF-5 (OKA-23)		1934
RF-6 (OKA-28)
RF-7		1937	sports glider
RF-8		1941	troop glider, enlarged RF-7; redesignated A-7
US-1		1931	training glider
US-2		1931	training glider
US-3		1932	training glider, first mass-produced Soviet glider
US-4			training glider, redesignated A-1
US-5 (OKA-32)		1936	training glider
US-6			training glider, redesignated A-2