hoom wrote:They have started testing of the new turboprop http://bmpd.livejournal.com/2129600.html
This plane seems maybe just small enough to navalise for CV AEW use?
It is 9 meters tall.
hoom wrote:They have started testing of the new turboprop http://bmpd.livejournal.com/2129600.html
This plane seems maybe just small enough to navalise for CV AEW use?
George1 wrote:ODK has started flight tests of the newest TV7-117ST engine for Il-112V and Il-114-300 aircraft
https://bmpd.livejournal.com/2842144.html
Подробнее на ТАСС:VORONEZH, April 11. /TASS/. Russian defense Ministry intends to purchase in the new state armament programme (GPV) more than 100 light transport aircraft Il-112V, told reporters Deputy defence Minister Yury Borisov during a visit to the Voronezh aircraft manufacturing company (VASO).
"In the framework of the state armament programme <...> was the planned order of 22 aircraft. But the demand for them is high because the aircraft of the previous series already go, the life cycle of their at the finish. I think that more than 100 aircraft in total, we will buy", - said Borisov.
According to him, it is assumed that the VASO will be the main enterprise to manufacture a large batch of the Il-112V, which the company is preparing for the first flight.
"This is the Junior model of the military transport aviation. Of course, we look very carefully at this project," - said Borisov.
Light military transport aircraft Il-112V with a maximum load capacity of five tons is designed for transportation of personnel, military equipment, various types of weapons and other goods. It is created to replace the turboprop An-26 and An-24.
Can be operated on a small maloobrazovanna airfields, having both concrete and ground cover of runways. The release is planned in two versions: for use in civil aircraft (Il-112T) and military transport aviation (Il-112V). Earlier it was reported that the military intend to order 62 of the machine.
The FSMTC noted that in August 2017, representatives of the Indian Defense Ministry and the Air Force of India held a presentation of this project
Chennai, / India /, 12 April. / TASS /. Russia has formed a proposal for the Indian side on a light military transport aircraft IL-112, now it is under consideration. This was stated to journalists on Thursday by the deputy director of the Federal Service for Military-Technical Cooperation of Russia (FSMTC) Vladimir Drozhzhov.
miketheterrible wrote:India intends to buy everything from everyone.... Or