IL-76MD-90A heavy military transport aircraft of new assembly, assembled on the production line of JSC “Aviastar-SP” Ulyanovsk, started flight tests. This is the third aircraft of the new construction, started flight testing this year.
New military transport Il-76MD-90A appeared at the airport “Ulyanovsk-Vostochny” 26 August 2022 of the year, made the first flight 28 August. How long will the tests last and when will the aircraft be handed over to the military, not yet reported, he has yet to return to the paint shops. The aircraft is the 12th Il-76MD-90A, built in Ulyanovsk under the contract 2012 years from the Ministry of Defense to 39 units and third, skyrocketed this year. First built in 2022 Il-76MD-90A was handed over to the military 22 April 2022 of the year. The second Il-76MD-90A made its first flight 7 June and is still in testing.
All transporters of the new assembly are built on a new production line, put into operation at the aircraft factory in 2019 year. The first two Il-76MD-90A, collected on line, were transferred to the Russian Aerospace Forces last year. Now there are several aircraft on the line at various stages of assembly..
In total, the Russian Ministry of Defense planned to purchase up to 2030 years over 100 Il-76MD-90A and advanced tankers Il-78MD-90A created on their basis, but how will it really be, nobody knows yet. Despite the measures taken, it is not possible to increase the number of aircraft produced.
Heavy military transport aircraft Il-76MD-90A is a deep modernization of the Il-76MD aircraft. The new Il-76MD-90A, unlike the combatant Il-76MD, are equipped with PS-90A-76 engines with a thrust of up to 14,5 tons instead of “staff” D-30KP2 up to 12 tonnes. The aircraft received a new wing and “glass” cabin: pointer devices were replaced with devices with LCD displays. The Il-76MD-90A has increased its carrying capacity to 60 tons and range of delivery of troops and cargo – to 5000 km. used photos:ATC-Controller / aviaforum.ru
