Proyekt A20 Khivus-20 (РЧС-45-06) 01 in St. Petersburg

The A20 project hovercraft is designed for year-round transportation of passengers and cargo on rivers, lakes and coastal areas of the seas. It is able to move through shallow water, swamps, broken ice and deep snow.

Made in Russia by Aerohod 

Year: 2017

Capacity: 2 (crew) + 16

Engine: diesel

Power: 312 HP

Max speed: 65 km/h

Range: 900 km

The shipbuilding company “AEROHOD” (Nizhny Novgorod) specializes in the development and production of amphibious hovercrafts. Ensuring year-round transportation in the northern regions using SVP is a priority for the enterprise.

Since 1999, the company has developed, certified and serially built amphibious hovercraft of projects A3, A5, A8, A20, A25, A32 and A48 with a capacity of 3 to 50 people.

Today, about 1,000 units of SVPs of these projects are in operation. The geography of supplies covers almost the entire territory of Russia. Export deliveries include such countries as Finland, Sweden, South Korea, UAE, India, China.

The AEROHOD company includes research, design, technological, production divisions and service departments, which allows for a full cycle of development, construction and operation of the SVP.

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