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Russia have started modernizing airborne command posts based on Il-80 and Il-82

Russian Aviaton » Thursday May 30, 2019 18:52 MSK
Il-80 | © Kirill Naumenko / Wikipedia

Russia has wrapped up its experimental design work on upgrading airborne command posts based on Ilyushin Il-80 and Il-82 planes and is re-equipping operational aircraft, Deputy Defense Minister Alexei Krivoruchko said on Thursday.

"Now we have started modernizing airborne command posts based on the Il-80 and Il-82. The [Polyot Research and Production] Enterprise is the chief developer of the onboard communications and control system and has successfully wrapped up its experimental design work on its upgrade," the defense official said during his visit to the Polyot defense manufacturer.

The deputy defense minister said he hoped that the scientific and technical potential accumulated by Polyot specialists would enable them to create the most advanced control and radio communications system for the promising Su-57 fifth-generation fighter jet and other advanced aircraft.