Antonov State Company , formerly the
Antonov Aeronautical Scientific-Technical Complex (
Antonov ASTC) , and earlier the
Antonov Design Bureau, is a
Ukrainian aircraft manufacturing and services company. Antonov's particular expertise is in the fields of very large aeroplanes and aeroplanes using unprepared
runways. Antonov (model prefix
An-) has built a total of approximately 22,000 aircraft, and thousands of planes are currently operating in the
former Soviet Union and in
developing countries.