 A further noise-related change in propeller spacing was made in 2010–2012, resulting in a 50-percent increase in separation from .The Ukrainian armed forces accepted the An-70 with D-27 engines into army service on January 19, 2015.On September 3, 2019, the Russian navy decided to order Beriev A-42 amphibious aircraft, the development of which had been suspended in 1993.