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RUSSIAN AIR FORCE TO RECEIVE 48 IL-476 HEAVY TRANSPORT PLANES
February 5, 2013 - 21:12 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net - The Russian Air Force's Military Transport Aviation
(MTA) will receive a total of 48 Ilyushin Il-476 heavy transport
planes by 2020, rather than the previously stated 39, its commander
Col. Gen. Vladimir Benediktov said, according to RIA Novosti.
The Russian Defense Ministry said last October it had signed a
contract worth about 140 billion rubles ($4 billion) with Russia's
United Aircraft Corporation (UAC) for the delivery of 39 Il-476 planes
by 2020.
"The MTA will receive its first series-produced [Il-476] planes by
2014, and a total of 48 by 2020," Benediktov said.
The Il-476, (also known as the Il-76-MD-90A) is a significantly
modernized variant of the Il-76 Candid transport plane, featuring
a fully-digital flight control system, new avionics and PS-90A-76
engines with improved fuel efficiency systems.
A prototype of the plane carried out a maiden flight from the Aviastar
plant in Ulyanovsk in September and will undergo a comprehensive test
program for another year.
The Russian military has not received significant numbers of new
large transport planes in the past 20 years.
From: Baghdasarian
February 5, 2013 - 21:12 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net - The Russian Air Force's Military Transport Aviation
(MTA) will receive a total of 48 Ilyushin Il-476 heavy transport
planes by 2020, rather than the previously stated 39, its commander
Col. Gen. Vladimir Benediktov said, according to RIA Novosti.
The Russian Defense Ministry said last October it had signed a
contract worth about 140 billion rubles ($4 billion) with Russia's
United Aircraft Corporation (UAC) for the delivery of 39 Il-476 planes
by 2020.
"The MTA will receive its first series-produced [Il-476] planes by
2014, and a total of 48 by 2020," Benediktov said.
The Il-476, (also known as the Il-76-MD-90A) is a significantly
modernized variant of the Il-76 Candid transport plane, featuring
a fully-digital flight control system, new avionics and PS-90A-76
engines with improved fuel efficiency systems.
A prototype of the plane carried out a maiden flight from the Aviastar
plant in Ulyanovsk in September and will undergo a comprehensive test
program for another year.
The Russian military has not received significant numbers of new
large transport planes in the past 20 years.
From: Baghdasarian