Antonov An-148/158/178 Family & Developments

[alberchico]

An-178-100P aircraft presented in Kyiv

The first military transport aircraft An-178-100P has been presented at the Antonov state enterprise in Kyiv. â Ukrinform.

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Está concluído o 1º exemplar do novo avião Antonov 178, rival do Embraer KC-390

Apontado como um potencial concorrente para o brasileiro KC-390, o jato ucraniano foi revelado completamente montado pela primeira vez.

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I've noticed that in this upgraded prototype the winglets have been removed. I wonder why ? Did the benefits not justify the added weight and expense ? The cockpit avionics have also been upgraded. I wonder how many of these they can sell ? It occupies an interesting niche between the C-295 and the C-130. This article gives a background of the project.

Edit: Apparently the contract that Peru has for a single airframe is in jeopardy due to non-payment:

Peru e Ucrânia se desentendem sobre entrega de rival do Embraer KC-390 - Airway

Afundada em dívidas, a Antonov possui atualmente apenas um cliente fora da Ucrânia, a Polícia Nacional do Peru, que encomendou uma única aeronave de

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Antonov An-178 Transport Aircraft

An-178 is a short-range medium-airlift transport aircraft currently under development by Antonov, a company based in Ukraine. The first An-178 prototype was rolled out in Kyiv on 16 April 2015. The…

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[aonestudio]

Ukroboronprom

Strategic partner for manufacturing weaponry and military hardware

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Antonov showed the first military transport aircraft An-178-100R

On December 28, the Antonov State Enterprise, part of Ukroboronprom, demonstrated the first An-178-100R №001 military transport aircraft designed for flight certification tests. Specialists and senior military officials took part in the completion of the construction and testing of the aircraft.

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[TomcatViP]

Is there something new here? Don't take it personal. It's just I seem to remember seeing the exact similar picture a month or two ago?!

 

[sahureka]

Cuba 2 AN-158 non-operational for some years of the Cubana airline

 

[alberchico]

So with all that has happened so far, Antonov is pretty much finished as a design bureau right ? It seems that repair and overhauls of the existing fleet of AN-124 freighters will be their prime activity once peace returns and Ukraine's airlift needs will likely be met by second hand C-130's.

 

[TomcatViP]

I don´t believe so. They are probably involved in one form or another in Ukr AF innovative Drone and aircraft response. We should expect that to be transformed into new design for UAV, aircraft systems and full airframe.
There will also be the problem of reconstruction. Europe would gladly invest into something that can produce aircraft, heavy ones, to offset the fiscal cost of it.

 

[kaiserbill]

There were reports that a lot of the design talent and many technicians moved to Russia to the various bureaus there

 

[Anduriel]

There were reports that a lot of the design talent and many technicians moved to Russia to the various bureaus there

Even before war. Lets be honest, Antonov DB was on it's last legs as plane DB, and subject of attention from unsavoury politicians due to it's sole profitable subsidiary - Antonov airlines, a heavy lift transport company. It allowed DB to stay afloat. With current events (war, brain drain due to mobilization, corruption at absolute maximum since gaining of independence), I feel like it's final nail in the coffin, esp. if Antonov wil lose it's transport fleet.

 

[stealthflanker]

This is from Old reports of 2008 from MotorSich.

Antonov just can't live without Russians. Notice the large portions of Russian parts in their aircrafts. Reviving it as a full fledged aircraft manufacturer requires very high investments, especially if one dream for say 100% Ukrainian AN-124, 78% of it are Russian parts. Even the fuselage are built in Aviastar Russia. The Ukrainian part serve as main assembly for the airplane. God knows how much of AN-225 actually Ukrainian origin. production for parts has to be reconstituted and without strong market demand it's nothing but pipedream.

Russian themselves still have Tupolev, Beriev and Illyushin design bureau and basically still working transport aircraft plant.