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 thatthe 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, unfortunately, is 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 An-2 aircraft with a TVD-10B enginewill appear by the summer of 2025.
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