Technologies used in the Tu-214 after obtaining approval for the main change in the standard design may be transferred to other domestic airliners. This was stated by Andrei Zhukovsky, Associate Professor at the Department of Strategic and Innovative Development of the Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation.
Zhukovsky recalled that the Tu-214 has replaced key components related to digital technologies and microelectronics, including the airborne collision avoidance system.
And everything that is now being tested on the Tu-214 can be applied to a wide range of all our aircraft in general. Both the LMS-901 "Baikal", and the Il-114 (they also need such systems, TCAS for sure), and the Il-96 (which, accordingly, we are planning with two PD-35 engines), and the MC-21, and the SSJ-100 (Superjet New), as well as other promising aircraft that are only planned and are still only "in the drawings", in a computer model.
Zhukovsky added that the Tu-214 has good potential for export to a number of friendly countries. According to him, we can talk about Belarus, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Vietnam, North Korea, Cuba and Venezuela.
Now many experts say that there are problems with supplies. Logistics will be debugged over time, everything will work as a single system, where this multiplier effect will be realized. This will give a good impetus due to the real sector of the economy with increased added value for the national economy of our country.
At the end of December, Rosaviatsiya issued a certificate of Approval of the main change in the standard design of the Tu-214. The Kazan Aviation Plant (KAZ, part of the United Aircraft Corporation) has introduced advanced domestic onboard systems into the airliner.
Rostec also stated that a large-scale modernization of production is underway at the Kazan Aviation Plant named after Gorbunov (KAZ, part of PJSC "Tupolev") to increase the production of Tu-214. Against this background, KAZ announced a massive recruitment of new workers.
Aviation expert Roman Gusarov, in an interview with "The First Technical", noted that theoretically the idea of converting the Il-96 to PD-35 engines is difficult, but solvable.