Signed a contract to supply 55 engines for the Yak-130

FSUE “RPC Gas Turbine” Salute “will provide JSC” Corporation “Irkut” engines AI-222-25 for 55 trainer aircraft Yak-130 is intended for the Russian Air Force.

Procurement contracts signed by the president of corporation “Irkut” Alexei Fyodorov and CEO of “Salute” Vladislav Masalova, said the company “Salute”

Deliveries of aircraft engine AI-222-25 will ensure the construction of 55 Yak-130, in accordance with the contract signed by the Ministry of Defense and JSC “Corporation” Irkut “in December 2011.

As explained Masalov, “the contract is signed within the framework of the state defense order, and for three years.”

According to Fedorov, the share of defense contracts in the production program of the enterprise increases. “We have also started exports of Yak-130, and see Beyond the expansion of foreign markets for the aircraft. In parallel, the corporation is working to build the combat capable version of the aircraft, “- he said

http://vz.ru/news/2012/3/2/565581.html

Engines for 55 Yak-130, that means at least 110, not including spares.

http://russianplanes.net/ID68477

An-32 overhauled in da Ukraine.

Just one thing: The IL-476 in its current form does not have a longer cargo compartment like the IL-76MF did. It’s cargo compartment is a little longer than the An-70’s, but has less breadth and width.

Also, like I said if political relations hadn’t soured the RuAF would have just gone for the An-70 alone and never started the IL-476, so it appears they were satisfied with the An-70.

1.) Yes I know, but I meant even the vanilla Il-76 compartment is longer than the An-70s.

2.) That chart is made by Antonov, just keep that in mind ;). They are using vanilla Il-76MD.

3.) That is debatable. The RuAF was oscillating on the An-70 well before the Oranges came to power. Given that Il-76 production being carried over to Russia is a whole separate priority from An-70, I think Il-476 would have happened regardless.

http://lenta.ru/news/2012/03/01/su34/

Contract for 92 Su-34 signed.

Fuk yes. Forget Il-476 and An-70, this is great news. New contracts for 92 implies this is separate from the contract of 32 airframes by end of 2013. 92, from 2014 to end 2020, an average of 13 aircraft yearly, should be achievable no problem.

124 Su-34 for the AF this decade, and I suspect that won’t be the end of the Su-34 in Russia. Nice.

Apparently Su-33 footprint was smaller than the old Mig-29k model. So the quantity carried shouldnt really change.

It’s wingspan was smaller, but the footprint was definitely smaller on the MiG-29 overall.

Hopefully they will retrofit it to the 1st two examples.
Unless they serve out their whole lives at Lipetsk, then it doesn’t matter as much.