Technologies used in the Tu-214, after receiving approval for the major change to the type design, may be transferred to other domestic airliners. This was stated by Andrei Zhukovsky, Associate Professor of the Department of Strategic and Innovative Development at the Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation.
Zhukovsky recalled that key components related to digital technologies and microelectronics were import-substituted on the Tu-214, including the airborne collision avoidance system.
And everything that is now being tested on the Tu-214 can be used across a broad range of virtually all our aircraft. The LMS-901 "Baikal," the Il-114 (such systems are also needed there, TCAS for sure), the Il-96 (which, accordingly, we are already planning with two PD-35 engines), the MS-21, and the SSJ-100 (Superjet New), as well as other promising aircraft that are only being planned and currently exist only "in drawings," in a computer model.
Zhukovsky added that the Tu-214 has good export potential for a number of friendly states. According to him, this could include Belarus, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Vietnam, North Korea, Cuba, and Venezuela.
Now many experts say that there are supply problems. Logistics will be fine-tuned over time, everything will work as a unified system, where this multiplicative effect will be realized. This will provide a strong boost through the real sector of the economy with increased added value for our country's national economy.
At the end of December, Rosaviatsiya issued a certificate of Approval for the Major Change to the Tu-214 Type Design. The Kazan Aviation Plant (KAZ, part of the United Aircraft Corporation) introduced advanced domestic onboard systems into the airliner.
Rostec also stated that the Gorbunov Kazan Aviation Plant (KAZ, part of PAO "Tupolev") is undergoing large-scale production modernization to increase Tu-214 output. Against this backdrop, KAZ announced a mass recruitment of new workers.
Aviation expert Roman Gusarov, in a conversation with "First Technical", noted that theoretically the idea of converting the Il-96 to PD-35 engines is complex, but solvable.