Aerospace technologies

New-generation transport aircraft   The ATLANT new-generation transport aircraft is an all-new combined aerial vehicle combining the best qualities of the airship with some elements of airplane, helicopter and hovercraft.

Airship   he Au-30 airship is designed for long-duration flights, including at low altitude and low speed. The main applications of the Au-30 are all types of patrols, special monitoring of overhead power lines and pipelines, photo and video shooting, rescue operations, as well as elite tourism. The Au-30 airship has been designed on the basis of previous development efforts and the latest achievements in airship engineering. Its design incorporates the basic concepts of today’s airship engineering – vertical and short-run takeoff and landing capability, no helium consumption flight, thrust vectoring in the vertical plane and the application of advanced materials and onboard equipment. The envelope is made of a modern fabric-film material. The fore and aft ballonets are used to maintain positive pressure in the envelope and static balancing of the vehicle. The cruciform tail configuration, located in the aft of the airship hull, was selected for the Au-30 airship. A nacelle is attached to the envelope using a rigid supernacelle extension and a system of internal catenary rings. The nacelle is a load-bearing structure consisting of four functional modules: cockpit, cargo/passenger cabin, utility module, and service and technical compartment. Power units are mounted externally on the left and right sides of the nacelle and a self-orienting landing gear leg is fastened to its underside. The cockpit is at the front of the nacelle, is designed for a two-man crew and provides excellent view. Electronic and electrical equipment units are mainly located under the cabin floor and can be accessed both from outside through outer hatches and from the cabin through hatches in the floor. Behind the cockpit there is a cargo/passenger cabin, which has a constant cross-section and a flat floor which provides ample opportunities for accommodation of passengers, cargo or special equipment. On the port side of the nacelle is a wide door, whose bottom flap in the open position serves as a ladder. A food preparation block is located on the starboard side and a hygienic unit with toilet and wash basin is in the aft on the port side. The technical compartment of the nacelle accommodates fuel and oil tanks of the powerplant, ballast tanks and air and gas system components.

Aerial target drone system   The Dan aerial target drone system is designed to imitate remote-controlled aircraft, cruise missiles and subsonic tactical aircraft during combat training and testing of air defense missile, small-arms and artillery systems as well as fighter aircraft weapon systems.

Launch vehicle   The Dnepr lightweight launch vehicle (LV) is based on the RS-20 (NATO designation: SS-18, Satan) silo-launched ICBM. The LV offers high performance, accuracy of orbital injection and flight reliability. It can liftoff from launch pads currently operational at the Baikonur Cosmodrome. The LV is fueled by hypergolic propellant components: unsymmetrical dimethyl hydrazine as fuel, and nitrogen tetroxide as oxidizer. The LV includes the first, second and the adapter of the first and second stages, and the nose cone complete with adapter. All components of the configuration, except for the nose cone adapter, have been borrowed unchanged from the original RS-20 ICBM. Payload is mounted in the body of the upper stage on a newly designed spacer pad. The LV launches in a mortar mode from its standart launch canister, with the power unit of the first stage ignited upon release of the LV from the canister. The LV is ability to maintain launch readiness for an unlimited period of time that may be restricted solely by the requirements of the integrated payload.

Launch vehicle   The Proton-M heavy-class launch vehicle (LV) is an upgraded version of the Proton-K. The LV is able to deliver payloads directly into designated geostationary orbit points, thus making possible the insertion of satellites which are not equipped with an apogee propulsion unit. It can liftoff from launch pads currently operational at the Baikonur Cosmodrome. The Proton-M is designed as a tandem LV with transverse separation of stages. It is composed of three stages and spacehead with Breeze-M upper stage as forth stage. All stages of the LV and upper stage are fueled by hypergolic propellant components: unsymmetrical dimethyl hydrazine as fuel, and nitrogen tetroxide as oxidizer. The Proton-M has a larger payload fairing as compared with Proton-K in order to double the space available for payloads. Upgrading (replacement) of the control system enables to improve power performance as well as operational and environment characteristics of the LV. The Breeze-M upper stage enables to deliver 3-3.2 ton payloads into geostationary orbit.