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Russian Defense Ministry to Modify MC-21 Passenger Aircraft Into AWACS
Book. wrote:George1 wrote:Interesting!![]()
Russian Defense Ministry to Modify MC-21 Passenger Aircraft Into AWACS
I like idea. PD14 engine good
GunshipDemocracy wrote:Would it not be better to use Tu-214 as replacement airframes for Il-38 and !-50? MS-21 then could be produced and sold in bigger numbers 2 civilian airlines generating more profits?
Would it not be better to use Tu-214 as replacement airframes for Il-38 and !-50? MS-21 then could be produced and sold in bigger numbers 2 civilian airlines generating more profits?
CORRECTION: The original version of this article stated that Irkut planned to create a reconnaissance aircraft similar to the US AWACS, but the corporation later withdrew this statement as inaccurate.
GarryB wrote:Would it not be better to use Tu-214 as replacement airframes for Il-38 and !-50? MS-21 then could be produced and sold in bigger numbers 2 civilian airlines generating more profits?
The MS-21 is a newer design that will be more modern... and having them in service with the Russian military will expand their appeal for both civilian and military customers. Such sure contracts means expanding production is safer economically.
I had read this news before and didn't understand it. Is there an upgrade program for the Il-86VKP? Wasn't it to be replaced by new versions based on the Tu-214, like PU/VPU?George1 wrote:Russian Military to Get 'Judgment Day' Command Center Aircraft This Month
Rostec announced that state testing of an aerial command post has been successfully completed and will enter into service with the Russian Defense Ministry.
MOSCOW, December 1 (Sputnik) – State testing of an aerial command post created on the basis of the Russian Ilyushin Il-80 Maxdome aircraft has been successfully completed and will enter into service with the Russian Defense Ministry by the end of the year, a subsidiary of Rostec announced Tuesday.
The only other country besides Russia that utilizes an aerial command post is the United States, which it calls the “Judgment Day plane,” and is used when it is impossible to set up a ground-based infrastructure to command troops or if the ground-based command center is destroyed.
“OPK has created for the Russian Defense Ministry an aerial second-generation strategic command post. The first onboard complex of technical equipment on the base of an Il-80 has successfully passed state tests and by the end of 2015 will be transferred to the client,” according to a press release.
Read more: http://sputniknews.com/russia/20151201/1031030818/russia-aerial-command-center.html#ixzz3t3ObkT5W
Svyatoslavich wrote: I had read this news before and didn't understand it. Is there an upgrade program for the Il-86VKP? Wasn't it to be replaced by new versions based on the Tu-214, like PU/VPU?
TheArmenian wrote:This is the Il-80 "Judgment day".
http://sdelanounas.ru/blogs/71013/
Electronics has become much lighter and more compact compared to 1980's technology, the time when the Il-86VKP was built. New electronics allowed to make room for a crew rest area in the A-50U, which didn't exit in the original A-50.GunshipDemocracy wrote:Svyatoslavich wrote: I had read this news before and didn't understand it. Is there an upgrade program for the Il-86VKP? Wasn't it to be replaced by new versions based on the Tu-214, like PU/VPU?
Almost 3x longer range and almost 3x bigger payload?
Svyatoslavich wrote:I had read this news before and didn't understand it. Is there an upgrade program for the Il-86VKP? Wasn't it to be replaced by new versions based on the Tu-214, like PU/VPU?George1 wrote:Russian Military to Get 'Judgment Day' Command Center Aircraft This Month
Rostec announced that state testing of an aerial command post has been successfully completed and will enter into service with the Russian Defense Ministry.
MOSCOW, December 1 (Sputnik) – State testing of an aerial command post created on the basis of the Russian Ilyushin Il-80 Maxdome aircraft has been successfully completed and will enter into service with the Russian Defense Ministry by the end of the year, a subsidiary of Rostec announced Tuesday.
The only other country besides Russia that utilizes an aerial command post is the United States, which it calls the “Judgment Day plane,” and is used when it is impossible to set up a ground-based infrastructure to command troops or if the ground-based command center is destroyed.
“OPK has created for the Russian Defense Ministry an aerial second-generation strategic command post. The first onboard complex of technical equipment on the base of an Il-80 has successfully passed state tests and by the end of 2015 will be transferred to the client,” according to a press release.
Read more: http://sputniknews.com/russia/20151201/1031030818/russia-aerial-command-center.html#ixzz3t3ObkT5W
There is one Il-96-400VPU already delivered, but user is FSB, not air force. Gorgeous aircraft:Dorfmeister wrote:And what about the project of converting some IL-96-400 in new flying command post? They started working on it last year and a contract was signed about the technical documentation.
It's surprising that they're modernising these frames as they are the last 4 Il-86s remaining and spare parts will be increasingly more difficult to find. Or it's a stop gap measure before the Il-96s arrive.
Svyatoslavich wrote:There is one Il-96-400VPU already delivered, but user is FSB, not air force. Gorgeous aircraft:Dorfmeister wrote:And what about the project of converting some IL-96-400 in new flying command post? They started working on it last year and a contract was signed about the technical documentation.
It's surprising that they're modernising these frames as they are the last 4 Il-86s remaining and spare parts will be increasingly more difficult to find. Or it's a stop gap measure before the Il-96s arrive.
http://russianplanes.net/id168463
Regarding Il-86, there are still many civilian airframes around which are a source of spares, so not much of an issue.
Here comes the 3D printer, good for many parts.Militarov wrote:Svyatoslavich wrote:There is one Il-96-400VPU already delivered, but user is FSB, not air force. Gorgeous aircraft:Dorfmeister wrote:And what about the project of converting some IL-96-400 in new flying command post? They started working on it last year and a contract was signed about the technical documentation.
It's surprising that they're modernising these frames as they are the last 4 Il-86s remaining and spare parts will be increasingly more difficult to find. Or it's a stop gap measure before the Il-96s arrive.
http://russianplanes.net/id168463
Regarding Il-86, there are still many civilian airframes around which are a source of spares, so not much of an issue.
From what i am aware no IL86 is still in service with civilian liners they were mostly retired quite long ago. But they i suppose still exist in some depots as source of spares. But its not an issue to obtain parts for it since tooling exists, factory exists and documentation exists just thing is that price per piece will be very high.
JohninMK wrote:Here comes the 3D printer, good for many parts.Militarov wrote:Svyatoslavich wrote:There is one Il-96-400VPU already delivered, but user is FSB, not air force. Gorgeous aircraft:Dorfmeister wrote:And what about the project of converting some IL-96-400 in new flying command post? They started working on it last year and a contract was signed about the technical documentation.
It's surprising that they're modernising these frames as they are the last 4 Il-86s remaining and spare parts will be increasingly more difficult to find. Or it's a stop gap measure before the Il-96s arrive.
http://russianplanes.net/id168463
Regarding Il-86, there are still many civilian airframes around which are a source of spares, so not much of an issue.
From what i am aware no IL86 is still in service with civilian liners they were mostly retired quite long ago. But they i suppose still exist in some depots as source of spares. But its not an issue to obtain parts for it since tooling exists, factory exists and documentation exists just thing is that price per piece will be very high.
Russiahas begun operating Beriev A-50 'Mainstay' airborne early warning and control (AEW&C) aircraft over Syria in support of the air group it has deployed to the country.
The A-50s, which are modified Ilyushin Il-76 transports with large rotating radar above their rear fuselages, began operating over Syria in late December, a senior UK military source told IHS Jane's .
On 27 December, an aircraft flying in a profile consistent with an Airborne Warning and Control System (AWACS)-type asset was also spotted on the Flightradar24.com website, which collates transponder data in real time. The track, which was not allocated a callsign by the open-source service, showed an aircraft flying back and forth across northwest Syria at in excess of 20,000 ft for more than four hours.
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