D-18 by Lotarev (G.A.Ivchenko -Progress Design Bureau)

32k photo, courtesy of Rick Slobodian

The D-18T engine was selected in 1984 to power world mightiest transport planes - An-124 Ruslan and An-225 Mria.

The advantages of the engine:

• High takeoff thrust
• Low specific fuel consumption
• High reliability (meeting the FAR and BCAR airworthiness requirements)
• Long-term service life
• Low levels of noise and contaminants emission (meeting ICAO standards)
• Ease of maintenance and high repairability.
• The engine is equipped with the efficient thrust reverser installed in the fan duct.

Three-shaft modular engine became a base model for entire line of XXI century aircraft engines with static thrust up to 30t. Gas dynamic quality and high thermal cycle parameters of the D-18T allow to use it as a heart of gas turbine installations with shaft power of 25 to 30MW.

D-18T engine is manufactured by the Zaporozhye Motorostroitel Industrial Association in cooperation with ZMDB "Progress".

D-18T	1984	bypass turbojet	32,430kg (??27,500kg) 229,5kN	An-124 An-225
D-18TM	?	bypass turbojet	25,000kg	An-218
D-18TP	?	bypass turbojet	27,500kg	An-218