SEVASTOPOL, June 24 (RIA Novosti) Russia may start receiving its first An-70 military transport planes as early as in 2012, said the defense minister.
We hope to start receiving the tested aircraft by 2012. We need this plane and the Russian Defense Ministry plans to buy it," Anatoly Serdyukov said during his visit to the Black Sea Fleet's base in Sevastopol on Ukraine's Crimean peninsula.
The An-70 is a medium-range turboprop military transport plane developed by Ukraine's Antonov design bureau. The Antonov company first tested a flying prototype of the An-70 in 1994, but a lack of Ukrainian state funds, and political disputes between Moscow and Kiev have prevented large-scale production of the aircraft.
The recent thaw in Russian-Ukrainian relations saw Moscow renew long-stalled funding to Ukraine for eventual joint production of the plane.
There are up to 300 transport aircraft in service with the Russian Air Force, including An-12 Cub, Il-76MD and An-124 Condor transport aircraft.
The AN-70 is supposed to replace the AN-12, which is similar to the US C-130. The An-12 has about twice the payload of a C-130. The AN-70 has about twice the payload of an AN-12.
The An-70 is intended to replace Russia's An-12 military transport aircraft.
Russian Airborne Troops Commander Lt. Gen. Vladimir Shamanov said in May that his service had ordered 40 An-70 planes under the new state arms procurement program for 2011-2020.
Specifications (An-70)
General characteristics
- Crew: 3-5
- Capacity: 300 troops or 206 wounded
- Payload: 47 tonnes (2.25g) (103,620 lb (2.25g)) of cargo
- Length: 40.7 m (133 ft 6 in)
- Wingspan: 44.06 m (144 ft 7 in)
- Height: 16.38 m (53 ft 9 in)
- Empty weight: 66,230 kg (146,000 lb)
- Loaded weight: 108,860 kg (240,000 lb)
- Max takeoff weight: 145,000 kg (2.25g) (319,725 lb (2.25g))
- Powerplant: 4× Progress D-27 propfans, 10,350 kW (14,000 hp) each
- Maximum speed: 780 km/h (420 knots, 485 mph)
- Cruise speed: 729 km/h (392 knots, 453 mph)
- Stall speed: 100 km/h (53 knots, 61 mph)
- Range: 6,600 km (3,600 nm, 4,100 mi) with 20 tonnes of cargo
- Ferry range: 8,000 km (4,320 nm, 4,970 mi)
- Service ceiling: 12,000 m (40,000 ft)
- Rate of climb: 24.9 m/s (4,900 ft/min)
source: Wikipedia
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