Russia is forced to abandon the aircraft An-70
In early March, it became known about the cessation of Russia's participation in one of the most interesting Russian-Ukrainian military projects aviation. For a number of reasons, the Russian Ministry of Defense was forced to delete from its plans for the creation and construction of An-70 military transport aircraft. Previously, it was planned to take part in the final stages of this project, as well as to acquire several dozen such aircraft. However, recent events have forced the Russian Ministry of Defense to abandon further participation in the project.
2 March, the Izvestia newspaper, citing a source in the Ministry of Defense, reported that the Russian military had excluded the An-70 military transport aircraft from their current state armaments program, calculated for 2011-2020 years. Previously it was assumed that before the end of the decade, this type of aircraft would be ordered and transferred to the 60 air force. Nevertheless, the new Ukrainian leadership ordered the cessation of military-technical cooperation with Russia. As a result, the Russian Ministry of Defense and the aviation industry cannot continue to work on a joint project and purchase new equipment. Due to the impossibility of continuing the joint project is excluded from the current state armaments program.
The last stage of bilateral cooperation in the development project of an operational-tactical military transport aircraft began in 2010. Then Russia and Ukraine began joint development work, the purpose of which was to finish the new aircraft and the subsequent start of its serial construction. It was reported that about 2,95 billion rubles would be spent on these works. In April, the Russian Minister of Defense Anatoly Serdyukov told 2011 that the new An-2011 2020 aircraft had been procured in the new 60-70 state armaments program. Later, these plans were repeatedly confirmed. According to the plans of that time, the cost of one military transport aircraft was supposed to be approximately 67 million dollars (approximately 2,1 billion rubles at the rate at the beginning of 2012 year).
In 2011, A. Serdyukov argued that research and development work should be completed by the end of the year. At the end of the summer of 2011, he announced the start of a new phase of flight tests. Until a certain time, great hopes were pinned on the joint project, but later clouds began to thicken over it, which, among other things, contributed to the new developments of the Russian aircraft industry.
The first alarming message was received in February 2013 of the year. Then the Russian ambassador to Ukraine, Mikhail Zurabov, said that the joint project could be terminated. The ambassador called the success of the IL-76MD-90А project a reason for such a decision. Thus, the construction of the Ilyushin aircraft could have put an end to cooperation with Antonov. A little later, the Ukrainian military confirmed that Russia had frozen the implementation of a joint project.
However, in the autumn of 2013, the two countries nevertheless agreed to continue the work. It was planned to complete joint tests of the aircraft before February 1 2014. According to the test results, it was supposed to make a final decision on the further course of the project. In the future, serial construction of new aircraft was to begin.
Last summer, when the specialists of the two countries were to be engaged in the preparation of the An-70 batch production, the new Ukrainian leadership ordered the cessation of all military-technical cooperation with Russia. Thus, our country has lost the opportunity to continue its participation in a joint project. In the meantime, in the spring of last year, the Antonov company completed testing of the An-70 aircraft, and in January, the 2015 car was put into service with Ukraine.
Problems with the joint project have already led to litigation. Last year, the Russian Ministry of Defense filed a lawsuit in the Moscow Arbitration Court for recovery of a penalty in the amount of 103 million rubles from Ukrainian aircraft manufacturers. The reason for the suit was the failure of the project implementation deadlines. Arbitration Court upheld the claim. Later this decision was confirmed by the appellate and cassation courts.
According to the source "Izvestia", in the near future there may be a new lawsuit related to the problems of the An-70 project. A few years ago, the Antonov company received from the Russian military 2,95 billion rubles, which it was planned to spend on completing the development of the project. Since the Ministry of Defense and the Air Force lost the opportunity to order new aircraft, it is expected to return the money spent. At present, the leadership of the military department is considering the possibility of filing such a claim. According to the Ukrainian media, the Antonov company has not yet received official messages regarding the termination of the joint project.
The latest decisions of the Russian Ministry of Defense could have a negative impact on the future of the An-70 project. This military transport aircraft, the main customer of which should have become the Russian Air Force, was developed from the end of the seventies, but still did not go into the series. Moreover, several times the fate of the project became the subject of serious disputes. At the same time for several decades, significant sums from the military budgets of the USSR, Russia and Ukraine were spent on the project.
The first blow to the project, which was in its early stages, was Perestroika and the collapse of the Soviet Union, after which the pace of work decreased significantly. In the future, it was planned to implement the project by the forces of Russia and Ukraine. Began construction and testing of experienced aircraft. However, in 2006, the Russian Ministry of Defense announced its reluctance to continue its participation in the project. The reason for this was the numerous shortcomings and flaws of the aircraft.
The subject of the claims were both the problems of the aircraft and the shortcomings of the engines used. So, the TV channel "Star" reports that during the first stage of state tests 382 deficiency was revealed, and 95 demanded immediate elimination. After several years of improvements, the plane saves about fifty problems. Five of them concern gas-dynamic stability of turboprop engines. There were serious problems with the D-27 engines manufactured by Motor Sich. During one of the first stages of testing, which ended in the 2001 year, 116 problems were identified. In addition, 30 cases of unstable operation and 22 cases of spontaneous engine shutdown were noted. It took some time to refine the engine, which adversely affected the timing of the project.
Correction of the identified deficiencies lasted for several years. It should be noted that these works led not only to the backlog from the original schedule, but also to a serious change in the characteristics of the aircraft. As a result, the modified An-70 has ceased to fully comply with the requirements. However, this military transport aircraft was included in the procurement plan under the State Arms Program for the 2011-2020 years.
After the improvements, the An-70 was able to compete with the Il-76 family of aircraft in terms of its characteristics. Nevertheless, he retained a number of problems that prevented the beginning of mass production. The final blow to the joint project was the decision of the new Kiev authorities to cease military-technical cooperation with Russia. For this reason, the Russian Ministry of Defense struck out the An-70 project from its state armaments program. It is planned to upgrade the fleet of military transport aircraft by purchasing IL-76MD-90А aircraft.
This year Aviastar-SP Aviation Plant (Ulyanovsk) is to transfer several Il-76MD-90А aircraft to the military. The contract signed in October of 2012 of the year implies the construction and supply of 39 aircraft of this type. It was originally planned that this order would support the domestic aviation industry, restore full production of the IL-76 family of aircraft (previously they were built in Tashkent, but the plant ceased operation), and also update the fleet of military transport aircraft. In addition, now the new IL-76MD-90A will have to replace the joint development planned for the purchase of An-70. Perhaps the rejection of the Ukrainian-Russian aircraft will lead to the emergence of a new contract for the supply of IL aircraft.
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2 March, the Izvestia newspaper, citing a source in the Ministry of Defense, reported that the Russian military had excluded the An-70 military transport aircraft from their current state armaments program, calculated for 2011-2020 years. Previously it was assumed that before the end of the decade, this type of aircraft would be ordered and transferred to the 60 air force. Nevertheless, the new Ukrainian leadership ordered the cessation of military-technical cooperation with Russia. As a result, the Russian Ministry of Defense and the aviation industry cannot continue to work on a joint project and purchase new equipment. Due to the impossibility of continuing the joint project is excluded from the current state armaments program.
The last stage of bilateral cooperation in the development project of an operational-tactical military transport aircraft began in 2010. Then Russia and Ukraine began joint development work, the purpose of which was to finish the new aircraft and the subsequent start of its serial construction. It was reported that about 2,95 billion rubles would be spent on these works. In April, the Russian Minister of Defense Anatoly Serdyukov told 2011 that the new An-2011 2020 aircraft had been procured in the new 60-70 state armaments program. Later, these plans were repeatedly confirmed. According to the plans of that time, the cost of one military transport aircraft was supposed to be approximately 67 million dollars (approximately 2,1 billion rubles at the rate at the beginning of 2012 year).
In 2011, A. Serdyukov argued that research and development work should be completed by the end of the year. At the end of the summer of 2011, he announced the start of a new phase of flight tests. Until a certain time, great hopes were pinned on the joint project, but later clouds began to thicken over it, which, among other things, contributed to the new developments of the Russian aircraft industry.
The first alarming message was received in February 2013 of the year. Then the Russian ambassador to Ukraine, Mikhail Zurabov, said that the joint project could be terminated. The ambassador called the success of the IL-76MD-90А project a reason for such a decision. Thus, the construction of the Ilyushin aircraft could have put an end to cooperation with Antonov. A little later, the Ukrainian military confirmed that Russia had frozen the implementation of a joint project.
However, in the autumn of 2013, the two countries nevertheless agreed to continue the work. It was planned to complete joint tests of the aircraft before February 1 2014. According to the test results, it was supposed to make a final decision on the further course of the project. In the future, serial construction of new aircraft was to begin.
Last summer, when the specialists of the two countries were to be engaged in the preparation of the An-70 batch production, the new Ukrainian leadership ordered the cessation of all military-technical cooperation with Russia. Thus, our country has lost the opportunity to continue its participation in a joint project. In the meantime, in the spring of last year, the Antonov company completed testing of the An-70 aircraft, and in January, the 2015 car was put into service with Ukraine.
Problems with the joint project have already led to litigation. Last year, the Russian Ministry of Defense filed a lawsuit in the Moscow Arbitration Court for recovery of a penalty in the amount of 103 million rubles from Ukrainian aircraft manufacturers. The reason for the suit was the failure of the project implementation deadlines. Arbitration Court upheld the claim. Later this decision was confirmed by the appellate and cassation courts.
According to the source "Izvestia", in the near future there may be a new lawsuit related to the problems of the An-70 project. A few years ago, the Antonov company received from the Russian military 2,95 billion rubles, which it was planned to spend on completing the development of the project. Since the Ministry of Defense and the Air Force lost the opportunity to order new aircraft, it is expected to return the money spent. At present, the leadership of the military department is considering the possibility of filing such a claim. According to the Ukrainian media, the Antonov company has not yet received official messages regarding the termination of the joint project.
The latest decisions of the Russian Ministry of Defense could have a negative impact on the future of the An-70 project. This military transport aircraft, the main customer of which should have become the Russian Air Force, was developed from the end of the seventies, but still did not go into the series. Moreover, several times the fate of the project became the subject of serious disputes. At the same time for several decades, significant sums from the military budgets of the USSR, Russia and Ukraine were spent on the project.
The first blow to the project, which was in its early stages, was Perestroika and the collapse of the Soviet Union, after which the pace of work decreased significantly. In the future, it was planned to implement the project by the forces of Russia and Ukraine. Began construction and testing of experienced aircraft. However, in 2006, the Russian Ministry of Defense announced its reluctance to continue its participation in the project. The reason for this was the numerous shortcomings and flaws of the aircraft.
The subject of the claims were both the problems of the aircraft and the shortcomings of the engines used. So, the TV channel "Star" reports that during the first stage of state tests 382 deficiency was revealed, and 95 demanded immediate elimination. After several years of improvements, the plane saves about fifty problems. Five of them concern gas-dynamic stability of turboprop engines. There were serious problems with the D-27 engines manufactured by Motor Sich. During one of the first stages of testing, which ended in the 2001 year, 116 problems were identified. In addition, 30 cases of unstable operation and 22 cases of spontaneous engine shutdown were noted. It took some time to refine the engine, which adversely affected the timing of the project.
Correction of the identified deficiencies lasted for several years. It should be noted that these works led not only to the backlog from the original schedule, but also to a serious change in the characteristics of the aircraft. As a result, the modified An-70 has ceased to fully comply with the requirements. However, this military transport aircraft was included in the procurement plan under the State Arms Program for the 2011-2020 years.
After the improvements, the An-70 was able to compete with the Il-76 family of aircraft in terms of its characteristics. Nevertheless, he retained a number of problems that prevented the beginning of mass production. The final blow to the joint project was the decision of the new Kiev authorities to cease military-technical cooperation with Russia. For this reason, the Russian Ministry of Defense struck out the An-70 project from its state armaments program. It is planned to upgrade the fleet of military transport aircraft by purchasing IL-76MD-90А aircraft.
This year Aviastar-SP Aviation Plant (Ulyanovsk) is to transfer several Il-76MD-90А aircraft to the military. The contract signed in October of 2012 of the year implies the construction and supply of 39 aircraft of this type. It was originally planned that this order would support the domestic aviation industry, restore full production of the IL-76 family of aircraft (previously they were built in Tashkent, but the plant ceased operation), and also update the fleet of military transport aircraft. In addition, now the new IL-76MD-90A will have to replace the joint development planned for the purchase of An-70. Perhaps the rejection of the Ukrainian-Russian aircraft will lead to the emergence of a new contract for the supply of IL aircraft.
On the materials of the sites:
http://izvestia.ru/
http://tvzvezda.ru/
http://biz.liga.net/
http://bmpd.livejournal.com/
http://arms-expo.ru/
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