MOSCOW. Oct 14 (Interfax-AVN) - The production program of the Salyut Moscow Engineering Production Association envisions manufacturing 14 AI-222-25 aircraft power plants, a source in the Russian defense industry told Interfax-Military News Agency on Tuesday.
" The production program of the Salyut Moscow Engineering Production Association envisions manufacturing 14 AI-222-25 aircraft power plants. This year the enterprise will deliver nine power plant suites to the Progress Zaporizhie Engineering Design Bureau, tasked with final assembly of the initial AI-222-25 batch, while early next year it is to deliver another five suites," the source said.
According to him, the 14 power plants will include both prototypes for bench tests, and six combat power plants, designed for flight tests on the YAK-130 combat trainer.
"Salyut plans to embark on assembling AI-222-25 power plants in late 2004 - early 2005, after the joint state tests of the YAK- 130 aircraft have been completed," the source said.
He also reported that Salyut had prepared certain proposals on protecting intellectual property rights, pertaining to the AI- 222-25 aircraft power plant.
"Both Russia and Ukraine should have their own sets of engineering and design documentation on the aircraft power plant, as well as the feasibility of the independent production of the whole power plant.
The Ukrainian side is considering the proposal at the moment. In the meantime Salyut, which the Russian flagship enterprise, manufacturing the AI-222-25 power plant, does not have a complete set of engineering and design documentation on this power plant," the source said.
The baseline version of the AI-222-25 power plant is designed to be mounted on the YAK-130 combat trainer. Designers are developing a non-afterburner modification with a maximum takeoff thrust of 2,500 kg at a specific fuel consumption of 0.64 kg/kgf per hour. The dry weight of the power plant totals 440 kg.