The newest Russian military transport aircraft will be shown to the public for the first time at the Army-2021 forum
MOSCOW, August 13. /TASS/. The newest Russian military transport aircraft Il-112B has arrived in Zhukovsky and at the end of August will be demonstrated for the first time to the guests of the Army-2021 forum, which will be held in Kubinka. This was reported on Friday in the press service of the United Aircraft Corporation (UAC, as part of the Rostec state Corporation).
"On August 13, the first sample of the new Il-112B light military transport aircraft flew from the airfield of the Voronezh Aviation Plant (PJSC VASO, part of the transport aviation division of the Rostec State Corporation UAC) to the base of PJSC Il in Zhukovsky near Moscow to prepare for participation in the VII International Military-Technical Forum Army-2021, "the message says.
The press service noted that the plane was piloted by the chief pilot of PJSC "Il", test pilot of the 1st class, Hero of Russia Nikolai Kuimov, test pilot of the 1st class Dmitry Komarov, flight engineer of the 1st class Nikolai Khludeev.
"This is an important event for our plant, for the entire domestic aircraft industry. We are proud that the first prototype military transport aircraft Il-112B, built at the Voronezh Aviation Plant, will take part in the most important annual military event of the country - the international military-technical forum "Army-2021". Participation in the forum is another serious stage in the implementation of this program," the press service quoted VASO Managing Director Farit Sharafeev as saying.
"Preliminary tests of the first Il-112B are underway, the second sample is undergoing resource tests. At VASO, with the participation of the parent company of the transport aviation division of PJSC "Il", work is underway to launch the Il-112B into mass production. In particular, a project is being implemented to create a production line for assembling an aircraft on the basis of existing production facilities, " Sharafeev said.
About the plane
At the end of July, the chief designer of PJSC Il (part of the United Aircraft Corporation of the Rostec State Corporation) Sergei Ganin told TASS that the tests of the aircraft are on schedule. According to him, in the future, the Il-112B will be able to update the fleet of Russian light military transport aircraft, which is dominated by An-26 aircraft.
The IL-112B is the first military transport aircraft developed in Russia from scratch in the post-Soviet period. Work on its creation has been carried out since 2014 at the Ilyushin Aviation Complex. It is capable of carrying up to 5 tons of cargo and is designed for transporting personnel, military equipment, weapons. When creating the machine, completely domestic components, systems and equipment were used. The aircraft is being created to replace the turboprop An-26 and An-24. The first flight of the Il-112B took place on March 30, 2019, the second-two years later. Two modifications are being prepared for release: for civil aviation (Il-112T) and military transport aviation (Il-112B). Serial production is planned from 2023. The Voronezh Aircraft Factory will be able to produce up to 12 Il-112B aircraft per year.
