II-76MD-90 Phase Two Flight Test

摘要

Ilyushin, Russia's military transport aircraft design authority, has announced the first serial production II-76MD-90 aircraft (c 0102) used for testing and certification trials has commenced a second phase of joint testing and evaluation by Ilyushin and the Russian Air Force. The flight test programme will evaluate an integrated self-protection suite, integrated communication suite and an electro-optical turret (used for observing a drop zone during low-level para-drops, both day and night).