Antonov/Taqnia An-132
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Role | Airlift |
National origin | Ukraine Saudi Arabia |
Manufacturer | Antonov Taqnia Aeronautics |
First flight | 31 March 2017[1] |
Status | Under development |
Primary user | Royal Saudi Air Force |
Developed from | Antonov An-32 |
The Antonov/Taqnia An-132 is an improved version of the Antonov An-32 twin-engined turboprop military transport aircraft being developed jointly by Saudi Arabia and Ukraine.[2][3]
Design and development
The An-132 will be powered by two Pratt & Whitney Canada PW150 turboprop engines, and will feature Honeywell avionics, a Liebherr air management system and a Hamilton Sundstrand-supplied Auxiliary Power Unit (APU).[4] The prototype was rolled out in Kiev on 20 December 2016, followed by the first flight which took off from Antonov's factory at Sviatoshyn Airfield and landed at their test centre at Antonov Airport on 31 March 2017.[1][5] Deliveries are scheduled from 2018,[6][7] with an estimated price of $30 million per aircraft and a planned production total of 260–295 aircraft by 2035 from Ukrainian and Saudi production lines.[5]
Variants
- An-132D : initial version.
Operators
- Royal Saudi Air Force: Six on order.[6]
Specifications (An-132)
Data from An-132[8]
General characteristics
- Capacity: according to configuration, it can carry:
- 9,200 kg (20,300 lb) cargo.
- 75 troops.
- 27 stretchers.
- Length: 24.53 m (80 ft 6 in)
- Wingspan: 29.20 m (95 ft 10 in)
- Height: 8.80 m (28 ft 10 in)
- Max takeoff weight: 28,500 kg (62,832 lb)
- Powerplant: 2 × Pratt & Whitney Canada PW150A turboprops, 3,781 kW (5,071 shp) each
- Propellers: six-bladed Dowty R408, 4.11 m (13 ft 6 in) diameter
Performance
- Cruise speed: 550 km/h (342 mph; 297 kn)
- Range: 4,400 km (2,734 mi; 2,376 nmi)
- Service ceiling: 9,000 m (30,000 ft)
See also
Related development
Aircraft of comparable role, configuration and era
References
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- 1 2 "AN-132D first flight: A new page in the history of Ukraine's aircraft industry" (Press release). UkrOboronProm. 31 March 2017. Retrieved 31 March 2017.
- ↑ "New Antonov aircraft will be powered by Pratt&Whitney Canada" (Press release). Antonov. 16 October 2015. Archived from the original on 2 April 2018. Retrieved 20 October 2015.
- ↑ "Saudi Arabia To Build Antonov Cargo Planes". Defense News. 7 May 2015. Retrieved 11 May 2015.
- ↑ "Antonov complete preliminary design of An-132 airlifter". Aviation Analysis Wing. September 7, 2015.
- 1 2 Trendafilovski, Vladimir (May 2017). "Airborne". Air International. Vol. 92 no. 5. p. 6–7. ISSN 0306-5634.
- 1 2 Isby, David C. (September 2016). "Ukraine/Saudi An-132D Plans". Air International. Vol. 91 no. 3. p. 19. ISSN 0306-5634.
- ↑ Stephen Trimble (20 December 2016). "Antonov rolls out An-132 demonstrator". Flight Global.
- ↑ Butowski, Piotr (February 2017). "An-132". Air International. Vol. 92 no. 2. pp. 6–7. ISSN 0306-5634.
External links
- Antonov An-132D maiden flight. Antonov Company on YouTube
- Demonstration flight of AN-132D. Antonov Company on YouTube
- Day three PARIS AIR SHOW 2017 - Demonstration flight of AN-132D. Antonov Company on YouTube
- Tony Osborne and Maxim Pyadushkin (Jun 29, 2017). "Airlifter Project Heralds Start Of Saudi Aerospace Ambitions". Aviation Week & Space Technology. Saudis may need 100 An-132Ds, give away more aircraft as military aid.
- Bjorn Fehrm (July 4, 2017). "Taking Antonov's AN-32 to the AN-132". Leeham.