Date Posted
27 August 2009
OAO VASO Halts Assembly of Il-112 Prototypes
The Voronezh Joint Stock Airplane Building Company has
halted assembly of prototypes of the new Il-112 cargo airplane,
Kommersant-Voronezh reports.
According to the information of sources ((sic)), the defense ministry, which is
the project' customer, is not financing continuation of the work. They are
explaining at VASO that the military now are revising their investment in
Il-112 development. A little less that 800 million rubles are needed in the
opinion of top management for assembly of the prototypes that have been
ordered.
Sources familiar with the situation at the enterprise reported the information
that VASO has now halted work on the Il-112 project. A source at the corporation
specified that "the fact, really, has occurred," explaining that the
reason is in the defense ministry's decision to temporarily halt financing of
the Il-112 project, having specified that "for the plant there is no
problem, inasmuch as right now it is concentrating most of all on An-148 series
production."
The VASO general director, Vitaliy Zubarev, declared that it is a question not
so much about halting the project, as about the revision of investments in
Il-112 development. "The defense ministry began requiring accounting for
the usage of state funds for the project starting from 2004," he
explained. It was difficult for Mr. Zubarev to name the total invested in the
project, explaining that only OAO Il'yushin Aircraft Company who is in charge
of it possesses all the information about the Il-112. Mr. Zubarev also specified that a bit less than 800 million more
rubles are needed for completion of Il-112 prototype assembly.
Source: 26.08.10, Avia.RU
KAPO S.P. Gorbunov Transfers Next Tu-160 to Russian
Federation Air Force Inventory
The Kazan' S.P.
Gorbunov Aviation Production Association Joint Stock Company has transferred
the next Tu-160 airplane "Ivan Yarygin" to Russia's air force
inventory after reconditioning service.
All Russian Tu-160s are included in the long-range aviation regiment based outside
of Ehngel's. The Kazan' Aviation Association performs maintenance on all
Tu-160, as well as the overhaul and upgrade, in accordance with a contract with
the ministry of defense.
After conclusion of work on overhauling the aircraft, they subjected the Tu-160
to flight and ground tests. They tested the airplane at various regimes,
including on long-range flights. According to the plan, the airplane will fly
to us the next time in 5 years.
This Tu-160 airplane was named in honor of the famous Soviet and Russian
sportsman and champion, honored master of sport of the USSR Ivan Sergeevich
Yarygin.
Source: 27.08.10,
Aviation Explorer
India Plans to Equip Third A-50IEh Airplane with AWACS
Systems
((Reported at Flightglobal.com and not translated here.))
Source: 26.08.10, AviaPort.Ru, Correspondent:
Artur Nurgaleev
Su-30MKI multirole fighters will be equipped with supersonic
"Bramos" cruise missiles in 2013, the managing director of the joint Russo-Indian
enterprise Bramos Aerospace, Sivathanu Pillai ((phonetic)) reported during the international
exhibition of future space technologies, Space Expo-2010.
"We have concluded work on modification of the missile for the Su-30MKI fighter
and are preparing for its tests which will be performed before 2012 in India,"
he reported. "We think that the missiles will be installed on the Su-30MKI
fighter in 2013."
Pillai recalled that the "Bramos" missiles already have reached the Indian
inventory for the ground forces, air force and navy. "Very soon tests of the
"Bramos" for submarines will be performed," he also noted, adding
that a test launch of this version of the missile will be made from a special underwater
platform.
Manufacture of the supersonic "Bramos" cruise missiles is done at the
Russo-Indian Bramos Aerospace enterprise. The missile can destroy targets at a distance
up to 300 kilometers, developing a speed of Mach = 2.5 - 2.8. Maximum flight altitude is 15,000 meters.
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September. It is possible the translations also will not appear
on 9 and 10 September. Anything missed will, as usual, be caught
up.
Date Posted
24 August 2009
Kazan' Helicopter Plant to Deliver More Than 20 Mi-17 to
Afghanistan
During a meeting with Afghanistan's president Karzai,
Russian government representatives agreed to sign in the coming 1 - 2 months a
contract for the delivery of 21 Mi-17 helicopters for using for NATO unit
purposes, AK&M reports.
Inasmuch as the basic model Mi-17 costs on the order of 10
million dollars, one may assume that the future contract will increase Kazan'
Helicopter Plant's proceeds by 210 million dollars.
Source: 20.08.10, Avia.RU
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