The Ivchenko-Progress AI-222 (, ) is a family of low-bypass
turbofan
A turbofan or fanjet is a type of airbreathing jet engine that is widely used in aircraft engine, aircraft propulsion. The word "turbofan" is a combination of references to the preceding generation engine technology of the turbojet and the add ...
engines.
Design and development
The development of the engine started at
Ivchenko-Progress
Ivchenko-Progress ZMKB (, ''Zaporizhzhia Machine-Building Design Bureau "Progress" State Enterprise named after Academician O.H.Ivchenko''), formerly OKB, OKB-478 and Ivchenko Lotarev, is a state design bureau that creates drafts and plans for ai ...
of
Zaporizhzhia
Zaporizhzhia, formerly known as Aleksandrovsk or Oleksandrivsk until 1921, is a city in southeast Ukraine, situated on the banks of the Dnieper, Dnieper River. It is the Capital city, administrative centre of Zaporizhzhia Oblast. Zaporizhzhia ...
,
Ukraine
Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the List of European countries by area, second-largest country in Europe after Russia, which Russia–Ukraine border, borders it to the east and northeast. Ukraine also borders Belarus to the nor ...
in 1999. The engine was originally intended for the
Yakovlev Yak-130
The Yakovlev Yak-130 (NATO reporting name: Mitten) is a Subsonic aircraft, subsonic two-seat advanced jet trainer and light combat aircraft originally developed by Yakovlev and Aermacchi as the "Yak/AEM-130". It has also been marketed as a poten ...
trainer aircraft. An afterburning version, the AI-222-25F (from Russian/Ukrainian term "Форсаж") is also available with thrust vectoring.
In 2015 Russian manufacturer
"Saljut" began to produce AI-222-25 without any Ukrainian involvement.
Variants
;AI-222-25
;AI-222-25F
;AI-222-25KVT
;AI-222-25KFK
;AI-222-28
;AI-222-28F
Applications
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Hongdu JL-10
The Hongdu JL-10, also initially known as Hongdu L-15 Falcon, is a supersonic Trainer (aircraft)#Advanced training, advanced jet trainer and light combat aircraft developed by Hongdu, Hongdu Aviation Industry Corporation (HAIC). It is used by t ...
(L-15)
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Yakovlev Yak-130
The Yakovlev Yak-130 (NATO reporting name: Mitten) is a Subsonic aircraft, subsonic two-seat advanced jet trainer and light combat aircraft originally developed by Yakovlev and Aermacchi as the "Yak/AEM-130". It has also been marketed as a poten ...
Specifications (AI-222-25)
See also
References
{{Ivchenko aeroengines
Low-bypass turbofan engines
AI-222
2000s turbofan engines