Antonov An 990 Instant

To solve the problem of fitting a ~100-meter wingspan into standard airport taxiways and maintenance hangars, the An-990 would feature outer wing sections that automatically fold upwards (like the Navy E-2 Hawkeye but on a massive scale) or detach via hydraulic locks. This would allow it to use existing An-124 infrastructure while carrying twice the payload of the An-225.

The Antonov Design Bureau’s numbering system peaks with real aircraft like the (6 engines, 250 tons of payload) and the An-124 Ruslan . There is no publicly documented project, design study, or prototype labeled "An-990." Antonov An 990

Otherwise, the most interesting feature of the "An-990" is that it remains a theoretical giant—a reminder of how the real An-225 already pushed Soviet engineering to its absolute limits. To solve the problem of fitting a ~100-meter

However, if you are referring to a version of the An-225 or a concept for an even larger aircraft (common in aviation enthusiast speculation), here is an interesting feature such an aircraft would logically need to be credible: There is no publicly documented project, design study,