Antonov
Antonov Is a Scientific Complex/Aeronautical Technician (in Ukrainian language: Авіаційний науково-технічний комплекс імені Антонова, АНТК ім. Антонова) And company designer and manufacturer of aircraft and provider of aeronautical services with base in Kiev, Ukraine (from 1952) (prefix of his office of design, An) with particular experience in the field of the building of aircraft of big dimensions, so much for commercial use (load and passage) and for defence.
History
The name of the company comes of Ukrainian engineer that founded it the 31 of May of 1946, and main designer of the An-2, An-24, An-22 and other legendarios aeroplanes. It is a company of state property.
The company lacks the necessary installations for the total building of some ships, like result of the restrictions imposed by the central government of the Soviet Union that delivered the building of the military industry between different regions of the USSR. Such distribution minimizó the risks of internal war, and avoided that the republics developed his autosuficiencia economic. Die this, the aeroplanes Antonov were with frequency built by companies in Jarkov (Ukraine), Novosibirsk (Russia), and Tashkent (Uzbekistan).
Products
The aeroplanes Antonov go from the desgarbado Antonov An-2, (biplano too big to be biplano), the aeroplane of recognition Antonov An-28, until the enormous strategic Antonov An-124 and Antonov An-225 (this last the main aeroplane never built and the elder in service, true giant of the skies). Others less famous serve like transport of passengers of short, average and long scope, especially in Russia and Oriental Europe. The An-70 exteriormente asemeja to the Airbus To400M.
The activities of the complex Antonov include:
- Design and building of aircraft.
- Transport of load (Airlines Antonov).
- Maintenance and improvement of aircraft.
- Support in Engineering aerospacial.
- Operation of the Airport Antonov.
- Design and building of trolebuses.
Official web: Antonov
