The Russian Defense Ministry is considering two possible designs for a
replacement for the obsolete Antonov An-26 military transport aircraft,
a senior ministry official said on Monday.
The ministry is considering development of a light military transport
plane based on the Antonov An-140 turboprop airliner made by Aviakor in
Samara, or the rival Ilyushin Il-112V transport aircraft to be made by
the Voronezh aircraft plant (VASO), Deputy Defense Minister Yury Borisov
said.
He offered no indication when a final choice will be made, only
saying the ministry is currently comparing the planes’ specifications.
The An-26 is a twin-engined turboprop aircraft designed and produced in the USSR from 1969 to 1985.
The An-140-100 was developed by Russia's Antonov design bureau as a
replacement for the An-24 and An-26 series aircraft. It can carry up to
six metric tons of cargo to a range of over 2,000 kilometers, and can be
used for patrol, military transport and special-ops missions.
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