The Aviastar-SP aircraft enterprise, part of United Aircraft Corporation (UAC) has completed the heavy upgrade of another Il-76MD-90A military transport plane and delivered it for trials. This reported by company press-service.

The painting of another Il-76MD-90A serial-produced transport aircraft built at Aviastar-SP (within the transport aviation division of the United Aircraft Corporation integrated into the state corporation Rostec) has been completed. The aircraft built under a contract with the Russian Defense Ministry has been delivered to the Aviastar-SP flight test station.

Aircraft is currently undergoing planned ground tests. After completing the flight test program, the plane will enter service with the air regiment of the Russian Aerospace Force’s military transport aviation, based in Ulyanovsk.