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Russia: the A-40 Albatross amphibious aircraft will return to production

The Russian navy would like to use it for the anti-submarine war

United Aircraft Corporation (OAK) will soon resume production of the world's largest amphibious aircraft, the A-40 Albatross, developed in the 1980s to perform the anti-submarine tasks previously performed by the Be-12. During the fair Gidroaviasalon 2018 "scheduled for the next three days on the Black Sea in the air base" G. Beriev"-the engineer who directed the Soviet company of the production of...

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Civil aviationChina: tests on the AG-600 amphibious aircraft have been completed

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Military ambitions steadily growing for Beijing, especially as regards the South China Sea quadrant where the Chinese Air Force will soon be able to develop the largest amphibious aircraft ever built,... more

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