Thursday 26 March 2020

Another IL-76MD-90A transferred to flight tests

Another IL-76MD-90A transferred to flight tests

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Alexander Peshkov17:11 03/24/2020

Specialists of the flight test station of the enterprise began the procedure for ground testing of the aircraft.

© Photo: Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation


The construction of a new heavy transport aircraft, the IL-76MD-90A, has been completed at the Ulyanovsk Aircraft Building Company Aviastar-SP JSC (part of the UAC Transport Aviation Division under the control of Rostec State Corporation), the United Aircraft Corporation said in a statement.  

The aircraft was built under a contract with the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation. After the flight technical tests on the territory of the Ulyanovsk-Vostochny airdrome complex and painting into the livery of the Ministry of Defense, it will replenish the BTA aviation regiment based in Ulyanovsk.

The report also says that ground tests of another Il-76MD-90A have been completed. Today it is at the flight test stage. According to the given program, the plane has already completed five flights.

IL-76MD-90A is able to transfer 60 tons of cargo to a distance of up to 4000 kilometers . The width and height of the cab is 3.45 and 3.4 meters, respectively.


The launch of this machine in production is associated with its transfer from Tashkent to Uyanovsk, the digitization of all the drawings. The plane received new engines, a wing, the so-called "glass cockpit": the pointer devices were replaced with devices with LCD displays. Performance has been greatly improved.

The first flight took place in 2012. On the basis of this aircraft, it is planned to create an IL-78MD-90A refueling tank and an A-100 AWACS. 


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