Ivchenko-Progress AI-222 explained

The Ivchenko-Progress AI-222 (Ukrainian: AI-222, Russian: АИ-222-25) is a family of low-bypass turbofan engines.

Design and development

The development of the engine started at Ivchenko-Progress of Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine in 1999. The engine was originally intended for the Yakovlev Yak-130 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.^[1]

Variants

AI-222-25^[2]

AI-222-25F

AI-222-25KVT

AI-222-25KFK

AI-222-28

AI-222-28F

Applications

• Hongdu JL-10 (L-15)
• Yakovlev Yak-130

Notes and References

1. Web site: Двигатели для Як-130 начали производить без украинских деталей | Еженедельник "Военно-промышленный курьер". 2016-04-10. 2015-04-19. https://web.archive.org/web/20150419190815/http://vpk-news.ru/news/24874. dead.
2. Web site: AI-222-25. Rosoboronexport.