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Antonov, or Antonov Aeronautical Scientific/Technical Complex, formerly the Antonov Design Bureau, is a Ukraine-based aircraft manufacturing and services company with particular expertise in the field of very large aircraft construction.Antonov ASTC is a state-owned commercial company.The Antonov company lacks facilities for full construction of some aircraft, a result of Soviet industrial strategy that split military production between different regions of the USSR. This distribution minimized potential war risks, and prevented Soviet republics from developing self-sufficient economies. As a result, Antonov airplanes were often constructed by aerospace companies in Kharkiv (Ukraine), Novosibirsk (Russia), and Tashkent (Uzbekistan).
