| Frigate Freejet | |
|---|---|
| |
| New quadjet design | |
| Role | Wide-body civil aircraft |
| National origin | Russian Federation |
| Manufacturer | JSC "Russian Avia Consortium" Corp. |
The Frigate Ecojet (in Russian: Фрегат Экоджет, transliterated as Fregat Ekodzhet), is a program for the development of a new wide-body medium-haul civil aircraft using new aerodynamic, and design configurations.[1] The project started in 1991 as the twinjet Tu-304 under the leadership of Valentin Klimov (then chief designer of the Tupolev design bureau), being initially projected to carry up to 500 passengers. Since 2004 the project has been carried out by a new design bureau, led by Valentin Klimov and instituted as a daughter company of Tupolev, headed by Valentin Klimov's son, Alexandr Klimov.[2] Since 2017, the quadjet aircraft design has been branded the Frigate Freejet.
- ^ "Russia begins tests of new civilian aircraft". 10 August 2012.
- ^ "Frigate Ecojet".