Defense Ministry received the first upgraded IL-76MD-M
24
The first serial transport aircraft, Il-76MD-M, was handed over to the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation after modernization, said the vice president of the United Aircraft Corporation (UAC) for transport aviation, General Director of PJSC Il Aleksey Rogozin.
At the moment, the first modernized drill machine is located on one of the bases of the military transport aviation of the Russian Air Force.
The aircraft is equipped with a new flight-navigation complex, which meets all the requirements and rules of flights on both Russian and foreign air routes. In addition, it replaced the lighting, airborne transport and household equipment, as well as means of defense and communications.
An optical-electronic sighting system is installed, which allows you to monitor landing sites and works both in the infrared and in the optical range
- added Rogozin.
In the course of modernization, parts were interchanged, interchangeable with the promising Il-76MD-90А military transport aircraft and the Il-78М-90А tanker truck, which are manufactured in Ulyanovsk. The engines of the D-30KP aircraft were modified during the modernization. Thus, the aircraft's service life extended by 15 years, reports TASS
NewsTeam
Our news channels
Subscribe and stay up to date with the latest news and the most important events of the day.
Dear reader, to leave comments on the publication, you must sign in.
"Right Sector" (banned in Russia), "Ukrainian Insurgent Army" (UPA) (banned in Russia), ISIS (banned in Russia), "Jabhat Fatah al-Sham" formerly "Jabhat al-Nusra" (banned in Russia) , Taliban (banned in Russia), Al-Qaeda (banned in Russia), Anti-Corruption Foundation (banned in Russia), Navalny Headquarters (banned in Russia), Facebook (banned in Russia), Instagram (banned in Russia), Meta (banned in Russia), Misanthropic Division (banned in Russia), Azov (banned in Russia), Muslim Brotherhood (banned in Russia), Aum Shinrikyo (banned in Russia), AUE (banned in Russia), UNA-UNSO (banned in Russia), Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar People (banned in Russia), Legion “Freedom of Russia” (armed formation, recognized as terrorist in the Russian Federation and banned)
“Non-profit organizations, unregistered public associations or individuals performing the functions of a foreign agent,” as well as media outlets performing the functions of a foreign agent: “Medusa”; "Voice of America"; "Realities"; "Present time"; "Radio Freedom"; Ponomarev; Savitskaya; Markelov; Kamalyagin; Apakhonchich; Makarevich; Dud; Gordon; Zhdanov; Medvedev; Fedorov; "Owl"; "Alliance of Doctors"; "RKK" "Levada Center"; "Memorial"; "Voice"; "Person and law"; "Rain"; "Mediazone"; "Deutsche Welle"; QMS "Caucasian Knot"; "Insider"; "New Newspaper"
Information