Digital equipment of the Russian Tu-154М observation aircraft will be checked by experts from 18 countries
A group of 50 experts representing the 18 countries of the Open Sky Treaty countries will conduct a preliminary survey of digital equipment installed on the Tu-154 Лк-1 observation aircraft, reports MIC With reference to Sergey Ryzhkov, Head of the Russian Center for Reducing Nuclear Hazards.
“As part of the implementation of the International Treaty on Open Skies, in the period from March 27 to April 4, the Russian Federation will take measures for the preliminary survey of digital surveillance equipment installed on the Tu-154М Лк-1 aircraft ... 50 experts arrive in Russia to participate in the preliminary survey from the 18 States Parties to the Treaty, ”Ryzhkov said.
The survey “will take place at the Kubinka airfield near Moscow, where meetings with equipment developers will be organized, during which foreign experts will receive detailed answers to their questions,” he said.
“Testing flights are also planned there. In case of adverse weather conditions for flights, airfields in Armavir and Maikop will be involved, ”Ryzhkov added.
“These events are stipulated by the Treaty, and in essence is the first stage of preparation for the examination of digital surveillance equipment on the Tu-154 Лк-1 aircraft, which is planned to be held in June 2016,” the head of the Center explained.
He stressed that these events "will allow Western partners to ensure that Russian digital surveillance equipment fully complies with the requirements of the Treaty."
“The contract was signed in Helsinki on March 24 of 1994 of the year, and now the participants are 34 states,” Ryzhkov recalled.
“In recent years, the Treaty has significantly evolved. Now the stage of improving its material and technical base is underway - the transition to digital technologies. Russia has become a pioneer in this business, having created not only its own digital camera, but also having conducted a successful international certification of the Russian An-2013B aircraft in September 30, which has been flying with digital equipment since 2014, ”he said.
According to Ryzhkov, domestic manufacturers have created “a universal complex, whose components can be used both on An-30Б observation aircraft and on Tu-154 Лк-1 aircraft”.
“A similar approach was used in the creation of a universal ground-based data processing complex obtained from digital surveillance equipment,” he noted.
“As part of the implementation of the International Treaty on Open Skies, in the period from March 27 to April 4, the Russian Federation will take measures for the preliminary survey of digital surveillance equipment installed on the Tu-154М Лк-1 aircraft ... 50 experts arrive in Russia to participate in the preliminary survey from the 18 States Parties to the Treaty, ”Ryzhkov said.
The survey “will take place at the Kubinka airfield near Moscow, where meetings with equipment developers will be organized, during which foreign experts will receive detailed answers to their questions,” he said.
“Testing flights are also planned there. In case of adverse weather conditions for flights, airfields in Armavir and Maikop will be involved, ”Ryzhkov added.
“These events are stipulated by the Treaty, and in essence is the first stage of preparation for the examination of digital surveillance equipment on the Tu-154 Лк-1 aircraft, which is planned to be held in June 2016,” the head of the Center explained.
He stressed that these events "will allow Western partners to ensure that Russian digital surveillance equipment fully complies with the requirements of the Treaty."
“The contract was signed in Helsinki on March 24 of 1994 of the year, and now the participants are 34 states,” Ryzhkov recalled.
“In recent years, the Treaty has significantly evolved. Now the stage of improving its material and technical base is underway - the transition to digital technologies. Russia has become a pioneer in this business, having created not only its own digital camera, but also having conducted a successful international certification of the Russian An-2013B aircraft in September 30, which has been flying with digital equipment since 2014, ”he said.
According to Ryzhkov, domestic manufacturers have created “a universal complex, whose components can be used both on An-30Б observation aircraft and on Tu-154 Лк-1 aircraft”.
“A similar approach was used in the creation of a universal ground-based data processing complex obtained from digital surveillance equipment,” he noted.
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