A new reconnaissance aircraft will appear in Russia
A new long-range radar patrol, detection and targeting aircraft are being designed at the Taganrog Aviation Technical Complex named after Beriev (TANTK them. G. Beriev) to replace the fleet of similar-designed A-50 aircraft of the Russian Air Force.According to a competent source in the military-industrial complex, "the aircraft being created will significantly surpass both the modernized A-50U and the A-50EI complex supplied to India." He did not specify the data on a promising aircraft, but said that he was "being developed on the basis of a platform similar to A-50 (IL-76MD aircraft), since the new aircraft, known as" the 476 product, "is not yet ready." The source stressed that "the first experimental machine will be based on the IL-76MD, but everything else, including the radio-technical complex, is new there."
"To date, the development of documentation has been almost completed, at the same time preparation is underway for the construction of a new aircraft," the source told Interfax. Speaking about the possible date of construction of the first car, the source said that the plane "may appear no earlier than in two years."
He also noted that the modernized A-50U aircraft "essentially became a stage on the way to creating a promising aviation complex". According to some data, the modified A-50U complex ensures the detection of bombers at a range of 650 kilometers, fighters at a range of 300 kilometers, and ground targets such as a column tanks - at a distance of 250 kilometers.
The A-50 aircraft is designed to detect and identify aerial objects, determine their coordinates and movement parameters, provide information to command posts, guide fighter-interceptors and guide frontline aviation aircraft to the area of ground targets during their combat operations at low altitudes.
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