Il-212 will be created to replace the An-26 and An-72 in the troops – Kommersant

To replace the An-26 and An-72 aircraft used by the Russian military, they plan to create a new light military transport aircraft, the Il-212, with turbojet engines, RIA Novosti reports, citing a source. We are talking about a modification of the Il-112V light military transport aircraft project.

According to him, the aircraft’s wing and landing gear will be redesigned, and new fuel and hydraulic systems will also be installed. “The aircraft will retain as much of its avionics and avionics as its predecessor, as well as the fuselage in general. At the same time, it will receive PD-8 turbojet engines instead of TV-117S turboprop engines,” the agency’s source said.

He added that the PD-8 jet engines of the Il-212 will be installed above the wing, like the An-72, to “ensure the operation of the new aircraft from unprepared runways and unpaved airfields.” It is assumed that the aircraft “will have a greater payload capacity due to more powerful engines.”

October 11, the head of the Ministry of Defense Sergei Shoigu checked fulfillment of the state defense order for the production of military transport aircraft at the Ulyanovsk enterprise of PJSC Il – Aviastar of the United Aircraft Corporation (part of Rostec). Minister saidthat there are solutions for new light transport aircraft, which will be used instead of the An-72 and An-26.

Details – in the material “Kommersant” “Aviastar will do multiplication”.

Laura Keffer