A way out of the situation with the abandonment of the development of the "Baikal" aircraft will be the re-engining of An-2 aircraft, which were produced 80 years ago. This was stated at a meeting in the State Duma by Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Yuri Trutnev.
Earlier, he reported that the situation with the production of the "Baikal" aircraft is currently at a dead end and production is not expected.
Now we will have to get out of the situation by re-engining the An-2. They were produced 80 years ago. This is, unfortunately, the situation we have. Therefore, the conversation, unfortunately, <…> that we have practically no small aviation.
The Director of the Siberian Research Institute of Aviation (SibNIA) named after S. A. Chaplygin, Vladimir Barsuk, noted that a prototype of the modernized turboprop aircraft An-2 with a TVD-10B engine will appear by the summer of 2025.
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