Antonov
Ukrainian state owned aircraft manufacturer / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Antonov Company,[lower-alpha 1] formerly the Aeronautical Scientific-Technical Complex named after Antonov (Antonov ASTC),[lower-alpha 2] and earlier the Antonov Design Bureau, for its chief designer, Oleg Antonov, is a Ukrainian aircraft manufacturing and services company. Antonov's particular expertise is in the fields of very large aeroplanes and aeroplanes using unprepared runways. Antonov (model prefix "An-") has built a total of approximately 22,000 aircraft, and thousands of its planes are operating in the former Soviet Union and in developing countries.[2]
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Native name | Державне підприємство «Антонов» |
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Company type | State-owned company |
Industry | Aerospace and defence |
Founded | 31 May 1946; 78 years ago (1946-05-31) |
Founder | Oleg Antonov |
Headquarters | , Ukraine |
Key people | Oleksandr Donets (president of the enterprise)[1] |
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Number of employees | 13,700 (2014) |
Parent | Ukroboronprom |
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Website | www |
Antonov Company is a state-owned commercial company originally established in Novosibirsk, Russia. In 1952, the company relocated to Kyiv, USSR, then part of the Soviet Union.[3] On 12 May 2015, it was transferred from the Ministry of Economic Development and Trade to the Ukroboronprom (Ukrainian Defense Industry).[4]
In June 2016, Ukraine's major state-owned arms manufacturer Ukroboronprom announced the creation of the Ukrainian Aircraft Corporation within its structure, to combine all aircraft manufacturing enterprises in Ukraine.