Russian military confident in Tu-214R capabilities after operations in Syria

The Russian Defense Ministry has called the Tupolev Tu-214R electronic/electro-optical intelligence (ELINT/EO-MASINT) aircraft�s operations in Syria a success and the plane itself combat-ready, according to the Izvestia daily. 

Russia reportedly deployed one of its Tu-214R ELINT aircraft in Syria on July 29, 2016

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Russia about to fund Il-114 aircraft production relaunch

The financing of the Ilyushin Il-114 aircraft development program shall start in the fourth quarter of this year, Russian Deputy Industry and Trade Minister Andrei Boginsky told journalists in the wake of a conference at the Sokol plant in Nizhny Novgorod. 

The Il-114LL  is a modification of baseline Il-114 aircraft built by for Radar MMS Research and Production Enterprise
(Credit: Vitayl V Kuzmin)

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Zvezda about to start trials of Il-78M-90A's future UPAZ-1M refuelling pod

Russian defense contractor Zvezda is gearing up for the preliminary trials of the advanced UPAZ-1M commonised refueling pod designed for the Ilyushin Il-78M-90A (NATO reporting name: Midas) airborne tanker, according to the press office of the United Aircraft Corporation (UAC). 

Russia's future aerial refuelling aircraft will be highly based on the Il-76MD-90A airlifter
(Credit: Ilyushin)

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