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Mar 19, 2014 (newstodate): The current war-like situation between Russia and Ukraine has put the issue of resumption of production of the AN-124 Ruslan freighter in doubt.
As late as in December 2013, representative from the two states signed a number of documents including an agreement on the resumption of production of the large out-size freighter that was designed by the Antonov design bureau in the Ukrainian SSR, then part of the Soviet Union.
The An-124 was manufactured in parallel by two plants - the Russian company Aviastar-SP at Ulyanovsk and the Ukrainean Kyiv Aviation Plant AVIANT, in Ukraine.
Plans agreed in December 2013 were to re-open production with 45 new Ruslan freighters for civilian and military use.
Russia now claims that it might go it alone with production of the Ruslan aircraft at Ulyanovsk, but the Ukrainean party still holds the copyright on the technical documentation.
A total of 26 AN-124 freighters are operated, including two aircraft leased by NATO from Ruslan Salis, a joint venture between Volga-Dnepr
Group and ADB Antonov created in 2006 to supply AN-124-100 freighter aircraft to NATO to satisfy the requirements of its Strategic Airlift Interim Solution, SALIS, project.
As late as in December 2013, representative from the two states signed a number of documents including an agreement on the resumption of production of the large out-size freighter that was designed by the Antonov design bureau in the Ukrainian SSR, then part of the Soviet Union.
The An-124 was manufactured in parallel by two plants - the Russian company Aviastar-SP at Ulyanovsk and the Ukrainean Kyiv Aviation Plant AVIANT, in Ukraine.
Plans agreed in December 2013 were to re-open production with 45 new Ruslan freighters for civilian and military use.
Russia now claims that it might go it alone with production of the Ruslan aircraft at Ulyanovsk, but the Ukrainean party still holds the copyright on the technical documentation.
A total of 26 AN-124 freighters are operated, including two aircraft leased by NATO from Ruslan Salis, a joint venture between Volga-Dnepr
Group and ADB Antonov created in 2006 to supply AN-124-100 freighter aircraft to NATO to satisfy the requirements of its Strategic Airlift Interim Solution, SALIS, project.