Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu announced plans to create a prototype of the new Il-212 military transport aircraft with jet engines
Academician Fedosov, Russian Academy of Sciences: Sixth-generation combat aircraft may appear by 2050
The new strategic missile carrier will be named after the first president of Tatarstan, Mintimer Shaimiev
UAC presents the most flagship, most multifunctional, and most promising military aircraft
The corporation will produce heavy airfield-based drones
Mass production of "birds" capable of doing this, localized in the country, will begin in 2024
Compared to 2022, more than twice as many fifth-generation fighters will be produced under the state order
Test pilots performed an automatic landing of the MC-21 before certification flights
More than 2,500 new production jobs are being created
Journalists from Military Watch Magazine compared it to NATO's F-35 and F-16 fighters
Russian Aerospace Forces received a new Il-76MD-90A military transport aircraft
The new Il-212 military transport aircraft will replace the An-26 and An-72
As part of the second test flight
One of the last tests before the flight is a run with the nose landing gear lifted off the runway