In the era of Soviet Union, the Antonov and Ilyushin are aircraft manufacturer that supplies transport aircraft to USSR air force. After the Soviet Union broke up, because the Antonov factory is located in Kiev, then included into the territory of Ukraine, while Ilyushin factory is located in Mosckow then included into the territory of Russia. (photo : Airliners)
Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev has ordered a
construction of an aircraft manufacturing plant for production of tactical
transport aircraft in Kazan, Russian Defense Minister Anatoly Serdyukov said on
Saturday.
The mooted plant in the capital of the republic of Tatarstan
will be intended in particular for the construction of Antonov An-70 propfan
tactical transport aircraft and possibly in the future for the production of a
new generation strategic bombers, the minister said.
“It will be the most up-to-date plant producing An-70
aircraft, and as soon as with settle the issue with new long-range aircraft, it
might be produced there as well,” Serdyukov said.
Two weeks ago Lt. Gen. Viktor Kachalkin, the commander of
Russia's Military Transport Aviation (VTA), announced that the service will
receive 60 Antonov An-70 propfan tactical transport aircraft by 2020.
The Ukrainian-designed An-70, which is being built together
with Russia, has had a long-running and troubled gestation, with one prototype
crashing in the 1990's in a collision and a second crashing in 2001 in a
take-off accident in Omsk. The aircraft also had a history of snags with its
propfan engines.
Russia pulled out of the project in 2006, with Russia Air
Force commander Vladimir Mikhailov stating it did not need the aircraft and
would prefer the modernized Il-76, but it later rejoined the program.
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