Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko attended the ceremony and congratulated the team on this important achievement. President also wished great future and good fortune to the aircraft. “Today is the birthday of the new AN-132D. The plane was built in a ...
Read More »Ukrainian Antonov design bureau offers its plane to Donald Trump as Air Force One
“May be it is better to consider Antonov aircraft as Air Force One?” the company asked on Twitter, following Trump’s intention to cancel government plans to build two new Air Force One jets. “Boeing is building a brand new 747 ...
Read More »Antonov An-132 to fly this autumn – Head of UkrOboronProm
“An-132D is the first global project of Antonov with the world’s leading aviation companies. This is a sample of import substitution program implementation: the aircraft won’t have any Russian component”, said Roman Romanov at the meeting with foreign media at the ...
Read More »Ukraine’s Antonov and Pratt & Whitney Canada sign MOU
Through a memorandum of understanding (MOU) signed at the Farnborough Airshow, Pratt & Whitney Canada (Outdoor Exhibit 3) will provide Antonov’s An-132 production program with a new version of the PW150A turboprop engine. The An-132 will be developed by Antonov (Ukrainian Pavilion) and ...
Read More »Ukrainian An-178 shows off in Farnborough – video
According to Antonov design bureau press service, An-78 takes part in flight demonstration and will receive guests at the statistic parking. There will also be an autograph session with the test pilots, Joinfo.ua reports with reference to 112 Ukraine TV ...
Read More »Antonov aircrafts will be equipped with Canadian cockpit avionics
Antonov design bureau (part of the Ukrainian state-owned concern Ukroboronprom) signed a contract with Canadian Esterline CMC Electronics (CMC) on supply of cockpit avionics, Joinfo.ua reports citing the press service of the Ukroboronprom. Esterline CMC Electronics (CMC) will supply cockpit ...
Read More »Ukraine’s aerospace Industry to develop NATO-nation partnerships
The best-known products of Ukrainian aerospace industry are probably the massive Antonov An-124 Ruslan and An-225 Mriya cargo lifters, which are the two largest aircraft in the world. Both types were revealed back in the waning days of the Soviet ...
Read More »Azerbaijan to buy 10 Ukrainian An-178 aircraft
The price of the contract has not been disclosed, but it has become known that the first advance payment has already been made by Azerbaijan’s company. The amount of prepayment has not been disclosed either, Joinfo.ua reports with reference to ...
Read More »Ukraine will supply first An-132 to Saudi Arabia in early 2017
This aircraft was designed and built with the use of Europe- and U.S.-supplied components, as well as domestic ones, according to Oleksandr Khokhlov, the director of the An-132 program and deputy chief designer at Antonov, UNIAN reports. “Now the aircraft ...
Read More »World’s biggest aircraft – Ukrainian An-225 has landed in Australia
Mriya (Ukrainian for “dream”) was contracted by Worsley Alumina to transport a 117-tonne power generator from Prague, Czech Republic, The Herald Sun reports. Not even a two-hour flight delay — due to a schedule change by Air Traffic Control in ...
Read More »Ukrainian An-225 Mriya, world’s largest aircraft took off for first commercial flight
The world’s largest transport aircraft – Ukrainian Antonov An-225 Mriya (Dream) took off from an airfield in Hostomel near Kyiv to Prague. It will perform the first commercial flight from Prague to Australia’s Perth to deliver a 130-ton generator, Joinfo.ua ...
Read More »Ukrainian Antonov will supply AN-178 aircrafts to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
December 17, State Enterprise Antonov Company and Taqnia Aeronautics signed a Memorandum of Understanding confirming the intention of Ukrainian company to supply 30 multipurpose AN-178 aircrafts to the Royal Saudi Air Force, Joinfo.ua reports with Antonov press center. President of ...
Read More »