Aircraft

The Beriev Aircraft Company’s 1,000 tonne amphibious plane

A new highly ambitious plane is being developed by the Beriev Aircraft Company, an aircraft manufacturer that specialises in amphibious planes.

The Russian designers of the subsidiary of the United Aircraft Corporation are working on an amphibious aircraft with a maximum takeoff weight of over 1,000 tonnes, well over twenty times that of the massive Beriev Be-200 series of amphibious aircraft.

“The Beriev Aircraft Company is working on projects of future amphibious aircraft with a takeoff weight of over 1,000 tonnes.” the company said in a press release.

“Such aircraft can deliver cargo and passengers across great distances at altitudes and speeds inherent in aircraft, using the transport infrastructure of existing maritime ports,”

It was not clarified which project it was specifically referring to. However, in the past, the company was known to have floated the concept of the Be-2500, a super-heavy seaplane with a planned maximum payload of up to 1,000 tonnes, a maximum takeoff weight of 2,500 tonnes, a wing span of 125.5 meters, a length of 115.5 meters, a top speed of 800 km and a projected range of 16,000 km.

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