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The company was established in 1946 in Novosibirsk as a top-secret Soviet Research and Design Bureau No.
1952: Antonov Design Bureau moves from Novosibirsk to Kiev.
Antonov started developing the An-10 and An-12 aircraft in 1955.
The An-12 was a phenomenally successful mid-sized military turboprop transport which began operations in 1956.
The An-10 airplane flight tests were begun on March 7, 1957.
1957: Two aircraft--the An-10 Ukraine passenger aeroplane and the An-12 military transporter--perform their maiden flights.
The 1957 introduction of the An-10/An-12 family of mid-range turboprop aeroplanes began the successful production of thousands of these aircraft.
The An-14 Pchelka ("Little Bee"), first produced in 1958, was a smaller twin-tailed, twin-engine utility aircraft with short take-off and landing capability.
In 1959, the bureau began construction of the separate Flight Testing and Improvement Base in suburban Hostomel (now the Antonov Airport).
By 1960, 5,000 An-2s had been built in the Soviet Union; the plane was also in production under license in China and Poland.
In 1962 the creators of the An-12 airplane were awarded with the Lenin Prize and O.K. Antonov was given the rank of General Designer.
The An-22 Antei, which debuted at the Paris Air Show in 1965, had a capacity of 180,000 pounds and a wingspan of 211 feet.
In 1965, the Antonov An-22 heavy military transport entered serial production to supplement the An-12 in major military and humanitarian airlifts by the Soviet Union.
An-22 production was curtailed in 1974 after 64 were built. It would remain the world's largest aircraft until Lockheed unveiled its C-5A Galaxy in 1968.
An-22 production was curtailed in 1974 after 64 were built.
The An-124 "Ruslan" (1982) became the Soviet Union's mass-produced strategic airlifter under the leadership of Chief Designer Viktor Tolmachev.
After Oleg Antonov's death in 1984, the company was officially renamed as the Research and Design Bureau named after O.K. Antonov (Russian: Опытно-конструкторское бюро имени О.К. Антонова) while continuing the use of "Kyiv Mechanical Plant" alias for some purposes.
1988: The world's largest operational plane, the An-225, takes to the air.
In April 1989, the firm's designers began work on a stretched version of the 17-passenger An-28.
A British firm, AirFoyle Ltd., became Antonov's general sales agent for An-124-100 leases in Europe, North America, and the Persian Gulf in July 1989.
The Bureau enlarged the "Ruslan" design even more for the Soviet spaceplane programme logistics, creating the An-225 "Mriya" in 1989. "Mriya" was the world's largest and heaviest aeroplane.
The An-74, a civil modification of the An-72 designed for extreme conditions, began production in 1991 with Antonov maintaining high hopes for the export market.
Thirty-two wheels were used; the rear 16 wheels of the main gear were steerable as well as the four that made up the nose gear, which could be lowered, allowing the plane to "kneel." The Buran program was cancelled in 1993 due to a lack of funds, however, and the An-225 was shelved for seven years.
The first prototype was lost in a collision, however, and the second model did not fly until April 1997.
1997: The An-140 passenger aircraft first takes to the air.
In 2001, Antonov, the Kharkov State Aviation Manufacturing Co. (HGAPP), and Motor-Sich JSC, manufacturer of the An-225's IVCHENKO Progress Design Bureau jet engines, joined to bring the Mriya out of retirement.
It was manufactured at the Kharkov State Aviation Manufacturing Company (KSAMC), the Samara AVIACOR Joint Stock Company, and the HESA plant in Isfahan, Iran, and started regular passenger service in March 2002.
In 2002, it was announced that the Czech Republic would receive three An-70s, partly in exchange for Soviet-era debts owed by Russia.
11 July 2013. http://korrespondent.net/business/companies/1579862-rossiya-zakazala-u-antonova-usovershenstvovannye-kukuruzniki.
The An-2 biplane was a major achievement of this period, with hundreds of these aircraft still operating as of 2013.
Articles with unsourced statements from September 2014
In 2014, following the annexation of the Crimea by Russia, Ukraine cancelled contracts with Russia, leading to a significant income reduction in Ukraine's defense and aviation industries.
In 2014, the Antonov produced and delivered only two An-158 airplanes.
Antonov State Company, Kharkiv State Aviation Manufacturing Enterprise and Plant No.410 of Civil Aviation were transferred under the management of another state-owned concern Ukroboronprom in 2015.
On 19 July 2017, the Ukrainian government approved the liquidation of Antonov's assets.
In July 2018 Antonov was able to secure a deal with Boeing in order to procure airplane parts which were no longer available due to breakdown of relations with Russia.
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