KYIV. June 22 (Interfax-Ukraine) – France’s Liebherr-Aerospace Toulouse SAS will supply integrated air systems for new multipurpose An-132D aircraft with a carrying capacity of 9.2 tonnes, being built at Antonov plant (Kyiv) for Saudi Arabia.
According to the press service of Antonov, the contract to supply equipment for the new transport aircraft was signed with the French company within international ILA Berlin Air Show-2016 (Germany).
According to the contract, Liebherr-Aerospace Toulouse SAS will provide the engineering, supply and maintenance of an integrated air system, including a system of automatic pressure control in the cockpit and an anti-icing system for the first demonstrator aircraft An-132D. The terms of the contract provide for the supply to Antonov of equipment for four An-132 planes, which will be used to implement the program of flight tests of the new transporter.
An-132D is the first prototype of a new light transport An-132 aircraft, which will replace An-32 and An-26 in the market. The An-132 program is implemented by Antonov in cooperation with King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology (KACST, Saudi Arabia) and Taqnia Aeronautics Co.
