As reported on May 30, 2023, PJSC United Aircraft Corporation, a new heavy military transport aircraft Il-76MD-90A, manufactured in a branch of PJSC IL - Aviastar (part of the United Aircraft Corporation of Rostec State Corporation), was transferred to the customer - the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation.
The first IL-76MD-90A military transport aircraft built in 2023 at the Ulyanovsk branch of PJSC Il - Aviastar (part of PJSC United Aircraft Corporation of Rostec State Corporation) and transferred to the Russian Aerospace Forces (registration number RF-78668, assumed serial number 0303). The registration numbers of the aircraft in the picture are retouched. Ulyanovsk, May 2023 (from) PJSC "United Aircraft Corporation"
Ground and flight tests of the aircraft were successful, on time. A new transport carrier has joined the aviation regiment of military transport aviation.
IL-76MD-90A is created from domestic components. The upgraded aircraft has improved basic characteristics compared to previous versions. In particular, the flight range and the transported load have been increased, as well as the accuracy of aircraft navigation and landing, and the quality of radio communications have been improved.
Today, several IL-76MD-90A transport aircraft, provided for in the production program of 2023, are in production of Aviastar in varying degrees of readiness. In the procurement workshops, a reserve is being created for the near future.
From the bmpd side, we point out that, according to available information, the Russian Aerospace Forces have thus transferred the IL-76MD-90A military transport aircraft built at the branch of PJSC IL - Aviastar (as part of the UAC) in Ulyanovsk with registration number RF-78668 (assumed serial number 0303). This is the first IL-76MD-90A aircraft built in 2023, and in general the 19th aircraft of this type built (including the prototype).
The aircraft that has now been handed over with the alleged serial number 0303 has apparently become the second one built under a 2014 contract with the Russian Ministry of Defense for the construction of 14 Il-76MD-90A aircraft by Aviastar until 2028. Recall that initially the construction of IL-76MD-90A aircraft at Aviastar was carried out under a contract with the Russian Ministry of Defense dated October 2012 for the production of 39 Il-76MD-90A units in the amount of 139.42 billion rubles. Due to the strong delay in the implementation of the contract and the increase in the actual cost of aircraft, in May 2020, the Russian Ministry of Defense renegotiated a contract with Aviastar for the supply of Il-76MD-90A military transport aircraft on new terms. Under the new conditions, under the old contract of 2012, the plant was now supposed to deliver a total of 13 Il-76MD-90A aircraft (the contract was eventually completed with the delivery of an aircraft with serial number 0301 in 2022), and from 2021 a new contract for the supply of 14 such aircraft by 2028 was to come into force - the first board built on it was 0302 (RF-78667), commissioned at the end of 2022.
In 2022, the Aviastar plant handed over five Il-76MD-90A aircraft to the Russian Ministry of Defense.
The first IL-76MD-90A military transport aircraft built in 2023 at the Ulyanovsk branch of PJSC Il - Aviastar (part of PJSC United Aircraft Corporation of Rostec State Corporation) and transferred to the Russian Aerospace Forces (registration number RF-78668, assumed serial number 0303). The registration numbers of the aircraft in the picture are retouched. Ulyanovsk, May 2023 (from) PJSC "United Aircraft Corporation"
