An-70 is medium-range short take-off and landing military cargo aircraft ensures transportation of nearly whole nomenclature of airmobile machinery and armament with gross weight of 35-47 tones, paratrooping of up to 110 soldiers and equipment including single cargos up to 21 tones weight, air landing of 300 soldiers with individual weapon and evacuation of 206 injured or sick personnel.
Operational features:
Depending on operation mode and take-off weight, An-70 is able to operate from 1550-1800 meters longconcrete runaways with medium surface strength, as well as from 600-700 meters long unpaved airfields with low surface strength. An-70 provides transportation of 20 tones of cargo for distance of 3000 km in short take-off and landing mode, being operated from 600-700 meters long unpaved runaway.
Four engines D-27 with coaxial rotor propellers SV-27 ensure high cruise speed while allowing 20- 30% fuel saving in comparison with modern turbojet aircrafts. Digital integrated system of on-board equipment ensures the exploitation of aircraft in all latitudes at any time of day or night, normal and adverse weather operation, flights above no reference marks area, protection from air defence means, formation flights, take-off and landing on unprepaired unpaved airfields. Built-in aerial-delivery system ensures the independence of loading and unloading of wide nomenclature cargos and their air dropping.
An-70 performance
| Maximum payload capacity (tones) | 47 |
| Airfield condition | Usual take-off/landing Short take-off/landing |
| Required airfield length (meters) | 1550-1800 600-700 |
| Practical range (km) - with cargo of 47 tones |
3000 |
| Cruising speed (km/hr) | 700–750 |
| Cruising level (meters) | 9000–12000 |
| Engines: Type Quantity x power (kW) |
Turboprop-fan engine D-27 |
| Crew (persons) | 3–5 |
Two aircrafts are in production at the moment upon the order of Ministry of Defence of Ukraine.
