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Template:Aero-att {{Infobox_Company |company_name = Antonov ASTC |company_logo = Image:Transparent Antonov logo.png |company_type = State-owned company |company_slogan = |foundation =1946-05-31 |location = Kiev, Ukraine |key_people = Oleg Antonov, founder |num_employees = |industry = Aerospace and defense |products = Transport aircraft
Military aircraft |revenue = |homepage = antonov.com }} Antonov, known as Antonov Aeronautical Scientific/Technical Complex (Antonov ASTC) (Ukrainian: Авіаційний науково-технічний комплекс імені Антонова, АНТК ім. Антонова) is a Ukraine-based (since 1952) aircraft manufacturing and services company (design office prefix An) with particular expertise in the field of very large aircraft construction.

1 History
2 Products
3 Aircraft
4 See also
5 External links

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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).

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Products

Antonov's airplanes range from the rugged An-2 'Colt' biplane (which itself is comparatively large for a biplane) through the Antonov An-28 reconnaissance aircraft to the massive An-124 'Condor' and An-225 'Cossack' strategic airlifters (the latter being the world's biggest aircraft in service). Whilst less famous, the An-24 'Coke', An-26 'Curl' and An-30 'Clank' 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 'Coaler' 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.

Image:Antonov.an-2.ly-big.arp.jpg

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).

Antonov ASTC is a state-owned commercial company.

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Aircraft

Aircraft	Name	NATO	Maiden flight	Remarks
A-40	Krylayaty Tank		1942	Winged tank
An-2	Kukuruznik	Colt	31 August, 1947	multi-purpose, biplane, single-engine utility transport.
An-3		Colt		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-30		Cline	1976	twin-turboprop transport, up-engined An-26 airframe
An-38			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
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