Ao emz myasishcheva. Experimental Machine-Building Plant named after V

On May 26, it will be 30 years since the first aircraft of the last company of General Designer Vladimir Mikhailovich Myasishchev M-17, later called “Stratosphere,” took off into the skies of our city.
It all started back in 1967. It was then that the CPSU Central Committee and the USSR Council of Ministers issued a resolution on the creation of an aviation complex to intercept and destroy drifting balloons.
By this time, the US Army and CIA had acquired a new means of delivering equipment into the airspace of our country - automatic drifting balloons launched from the territory of NATO countries. Using the winds that prevail at high altitudes over the territory of the USSR, they crossed our country from west to east. Controlled by radio, capable of changing flight altitude from almost 0 to 45-50 km, these Balloons could carry not only equipment that could also be triggered by command, but also a wide range of explosives, including, of course, nuclear ones.
Our air defenses were forced to use air-to-air or surface-to-air missiles to destroy drifting balloons. It is clear that the cost of destruction was tens of times higher than the cost of a balloon made of cheap Mylar or Dacron film.
As it became known later, none of the Generals took on the creation of such a high-altitude aircraft - this task was too unusual and new for our aircraft construction.
It was immediately clear to the specialists that the plane must fly very high and very slowly, because the target practically stands still. How to ensure these two mutually exclusive characteristics is an extremely difficult task. In this case, the thrust of any turbojet engine when flying at altitudes of 20 km or more drops to values ​​not exceeding 3% of the thrust on the ground.
A tiny group of specialists working on the first project of a high-altitude subsonic aircraft were young specialists from the Experimental Machine-Building Plant. By the way, during subsequent work on this aircraft, the backbone of the designers was, as a rule, Zhukovites. Therefore, we can assume that this “high-rise building” was conceived, designed, and subsequently built and tested in our city by our residents.
The work received - according to the rules of that time - the name "topic 34". The drawings showed a light-wing aircraft of a normal design with a high aspect ratio wing, two engines mounted on the wing, and a thin fuselage. But no one could say how this plane would fly.
Soon the design bureau's designers got involved in the work.
By this time, we had already studied the famous high-altitude U-2, studied the full-scale design of the airframe, using the remains of what was left of the plane shot down near Sverdlovsk, restored the wing profile, and closely followed the activities of Clarence Johnson, who led the work on the creation of the spy plane.
The press reported that U-2 pilots are united in special units of the US Air Force, have distinctive scarves and badges on their uniforms, take the helm of the U-2 only after a colossal raid on other aircraft, are always under the strict supervision of doctors and are the elite of the Air Force .
Having recreated (of course, theoretically) the brainchild of “Kelly” Johnson together with specialists from the Central Aerohydrodynamic Institute named after Prof. NOT. Zhukovsky, we calculated the possible flight data of the U-2 and obtained a maximum flight altitude of 21 km.
Since the customers for the aircraft we were creating were the air defense forces, sometimes the work on “topic 17” - that’s how this work was now called - was supervised by the Commander-in-Chief of the air defense forces, Marshal E. Ya Savitsky.
All “control” meetings of the marshal took place, of course, with the participation of V.M. Myasishcheva.
During one of his visits to the Design Bureau, the marshal “cursed” our work, saying that his services recorded the U-2 at altitudes much higher than 21 km, and we calculated everything incorrectly, and therefore we did not have the high-altitude subsonic aircraft ordered to us it will work out.
We argued, showed calculations, got excited (our main opponent was the head of the aerodynamics department), but the marshal was relentless.
Vladimir Mikhailovich did not participate in the dispute; he looked at it all as if from the outside, which seemed very strange to us. But there’s nothing you can do about it. And so this meeting ended - the marshal did not retreat. And only when the meeting ended, he “split and said that his services did not record the U-2 even at this altitude. And the strange silence of Vladimir Mikhailovich became clear to us.
Then the ordeal with the engines began, which, by the way, was common for our aviation of those times. The only engine capable of operating in the required altitude range was the engine of Chief Designer P.A. Kolesov, created for the Tu-144, was therefore very heavy, since it must provide a speed corresponding to the number M = 2.2 and develop a thrust at the ground of 20 tons. But at an altitude of 25 km at M = 0.7, only 600 remained of its heroic thrust kg!
The next problem was the wing profile and wing span layout. In principle, the problem is common, but for an airplane it seemed insurmountable.
An unusual fact - Myasishchev’s aerodynamicists managed to “find out” the way to create a high-loading profile for subsonic speeds, which, with the blessing of TsAGI master Yakov Moiseevich Serebrisky, formed the basis of the M-17 wing. As a result, the team of authors consisting of V.M. Myasishcheva, V.N. Arnoldova, A.A. Bruka, Yu.A. Gorelova, Ya.M. Serebrisky, S.G. Smirnova, A.D. In addition to the wing profile, Tokhuntsa developed a wing with a profile shape and area that could be changed in flight, receiving an author's certificate for it with priority dated May 21, 1971.
But all this was secret (such is the time). The Americans created such a wing only 6 years later and called it “adaptive”. There is no need to comment.
In 1978, the aircraft, apparently built in Bashkiria, at a helicopter manufacturing plant in the city of Kumertau, but after the death of V.M. Myasishchev, died without really taking off. Airplane pilot Kir Chernobrovkin also died, to whose grave at the Bykovskoye cemetery we bring flowers.
Then the EMZ was included in the work on the unlucky Buran, and everything came to a standstill. Only on May 26, 1982. The EMZ team, which by this time had received the name of Vladimir Mikhailovich Myasishchev, took into the sky the new M-17 aircraft created and assembled in Zhukovsky and began testing it.
Myasishchev’s student Valentin Aleksandrovich Fedotov completed his teacher’s work. The first test pilot to fly the plane into the Zhukovsky sky was Eduard Cheltsov, the lead designer of the theme was Boris Morkovkin, the lead engineer of the plane was Oleg Bezhanov, all our fellow countrymen. The plane no longer had a separate wing, but the created supercritical high-lift wing profile, of course, remained. In total, about 30 new technical solutions, protected by copyright certificates, were introduced on the M-17. These are employees of the Electromagnetic Plant named after V.M. Myasishcheva: V.A. Fedotov, P.A. Alekseev, E.Ya. Abramenko, A.A. Brook, V.A. Zakharov, A.M. Kotelnikov, V.V. Lyubakov, I.V. Maslov, V.A. Negreba, S.G. Smirnov, A.D. Tokhunts, A.N. Urazov, V.S. Frolovsky, A.A. Shaltayev and the TsAGI scientists mentioned at the beginning of the article named after Prof. N.E. Zhukovsky. The result of the work was 25 world records set by pilots of the EMP named after. V.M. Myasishchev V. Archipenko, N. Generalov, O. Smirnov. These records left the “black lady” U-2 far behind.
Later, the aircraft, created as a balloon interceptor, found a peaceful profession. Global warming has begun on planet Earth, monitoring the earth's surface and monitoring the state of the stratosphere have become an urgent task for humanity.
And then at the end of December 1990. from the airfield of the LII named after M.M. Gromov's plane took off on its first research flight. It was the high-altitude aircraft M-17, which is why it received the name “Stratosphere”. The flight was organized by the Noosphere association and the Moscow Patriarchate. The plane and pilot were blessed for the flight by Metropolitan Pitirim of Volokolamsk and Yuryevsk.
This is how the flights of aircraft with the letter “M” on board began under international research programs, which continue to this day.
This is obviously a very significant contribution of Zhukovsky residents to the protection of life on our planet. Since then, the new “high-altitude aircraft” has been piloted alternately by Heroes of Russia Viktor Vasenkov, Oleg Shchepetkov, Alexander Beschastnov, Oleg Kononenko and young test pilot Tagir Salakhutdinov.
Soon, in September of this year, Zhukovsky will celebrate the 110th anniversary of the birth of the Honorary Citizen of our city, Vladimir Mikhailovich Myasishchev. And the aircraft created at the Design Bureau named after him will help people more than once.

S.G. Smirnov.

1934 - KB-6 TsAGI
1937-38 - KB-84
1938-40 - STO-100 TsKB-29
1940-43 - STO-102 TsKB-29
1943-1946 - OKB-482
1951-1960 - OKB-23
1966 - Experimental machine-building plant(EMZ)
1981 - EMZ named after V.M. Myasishchev

140160 Russia, Zhukovsky-5, Moscow region.

MYASISCHEV Vladimir Mikhailovich (09/28/1902 - 10/14/1978)- Soviet aircraft designer, major general engineer (1944), Hero of Socialist Labor (1957), Doctor of Technical Sciences (1959), Honored Worker of Science and Technology of the RSFSR (1972).
After graduating from the Moscow Higher Technical School (1926), he worked at the A.N. Tupolev Design Bureau (as part of TsAGI), participated in the creation of the TB-1, TB-3, ANT-20 “Maxim Gorky” aircraft. Since 1934, he was the head of the experimental aircraft brigade (KB-6) of the design department of the experimental construction sector of TsAGI, which in 1936 created the ANT-41 (T-1) torpedo bomber. In 1937-38, chief designer of the design bureau of plant No. 84 (Khimki, Moscow region), created to process documentation for the introduction into mass production of the licensed DC-3 (Li-2) aircraft.
He was unreasonably repressed in 1938-40. was in custody, while working in TsKB-29 of the NKVD in the special department of STO-100 V.M. Petlyakov (chief of the wing brigade). At the end of 1939 Myasishchev proposed a project for a long-range bomber “102” with pressurized cabins. To develop it, a design bureau was created at the Central Design Bureau, which Myasishchev headed in 1940-43. The act on state tests of DVB-102 (long-range high-altitude bomber) in 1942 noted that DVB-102 was the first domestic bomber with pressurized cabins, providing normal physiological conditions for the crew to work. For the first time in the Soviet aircraft industry, a chassis with a nose wheel, small arms and cannon weapons with remote control, a thin wing with a relative thickness of 10 to 16% and built-in caisson tanks. The bomb hatch doors, 5.7 m long, opened inward. The maximum bomb load was 3 tons. Flight tests of the aircraft were carried out until 1946.
After the death of Petlyakov, from 1943 Myasishchev was the chief designer and head of the development departments at plant No. 22 in Kazan for modifications and serial production of the Pe-2 dive bomber and at plant No. 482 in Moscow for the development of the DVB-102 aircraft. At the beginning of 1944 The Pe-2I day dive bomber was developed with a flight speed exceeding the speed of German fighters, capable of carrying a bomb weighing 1 ton in the fuselage to destroy powerful defensive fortifications. The Pe-2I became the basis for the creation of a number of experimental bomber aircraft Pe-2M, DB-108, and the DIS long-range escort fighter.
In 1945, Myasishchev began manufacturing a prototype of the RB-17, a four-engine bomber with a Jumo-004 turbojet engine. But in February 1946, the OKB was disbanded, which was motivated by its “low impact.” The areas, resources and staff of OKB-482 are transferred to S.V. Ilyushin. Developments on the RB-17 made it possible to quickly create the jet Il-22.
In 1946-51, Myasishchev headed the department of aircraft design, dean of the aircraft engineering faculty of the Moscow Aviation Institute. Since 1947 - professor.
In the early 50s, Myasishchev submitted a proposal to the government to create a strategic aircraft with a flight range of 11-12 thousand km. J.V. Stalin accepted this proposal and on March 24, 1951, by government decision, Experimental Design Bureau No. 23 was recreated by chief designer V.M. Myasishchev. The aircraft, equipped with four turbojet engines and designated M-4, was designed and built just one year and 10 months after the organization of the OKB. The M-4 developed a “bar-cone” system for refueling aircraft in the air. Further development The M-4 became the 3M aircraft (M-6) - a strategic jet bomber with four turbojet engines. The aircraft had the same design as the M-4, but the aerodynamics were improved. 19 world records were set on M-4 and 3M aircraft.
Since 1956 V.M. Myasishchev has been general designer. In the mid-50s, the Design Bureau was tasked with creating a supersonic strategic missile carrier. There was no experience in creating such aircraft, and the Design Bureau under the leadership of V.M. Myasishchev developed new design methods. The chosen layout - a long thin fuselage and a thin delta wing with 4 turbojet engines - required the use of non-standard, original design solutions. The aircraft, named M-50, made its first flight in 1959. A supersonic strategic missile was also being developed. cruise missile M-40 "Buran" surface-to-surface class. In development of this project, the M-44 air-launched cruise missile was created, designed to arm the supersonic missile carriers M-52 (RSS-52) and M-56. For a covert low-altitude air defense breakthrough, the strategic supersonic M-57 was developed. There were also the first passenger versions of a supersonic aircraft in the USSR - M-53 and M-55. And the projects of bombers with nuclear power systems ("", M-60) are still little known.
In 1957-60, the Myasishchev Design Bureau also developed projects for the first Soviet spaceplane VKA-23 (M-48). But in the fall of 1960, OKB-23 became a branch (!) of the much smaller OKB-52 of V.N. Chelomey, working on rocket and space topics.
In 1960-67, Vladimir Mikhailovich was in honorary “exile” - the head of TsAGI.
In November 1966, the OKB was re-established and Myasishchev became the general designer of the Experimental Machine-Building Plant (EMZ) in Zhukovsky, formed on the territory of the former flight test and development base of the Experimental Design Bureau N`23. The OKB was relatively small in number. Many of the former specialists who had experience in creating 3M and M-50 bombers have already “taken root” in other companies. The plant in Fili, which was previously part of V.M. Myasishchev’s design bureau, was given to TsKBM for missile work, and there was practically nothing at the new location in Zhukovsky.
Here, under his leadership, experimental work was carried out to increase the flight range of the Il-62 due to laminarization of the flow, the use of composite materials, and the M-18 and M-20 strategic bombers were designed.
As part of NPO Molniya, into which the enterprise was included in 1976, the crew cabin was developed at EMZ, complex system emergency escape, life support and thermal control system of the Buran reusable orbital vehicle. At the EMZ flight test base (NPO Molniya - together with LII) a complex of atmospheric flight tests was carried out on an analogue of the Buran ship.
Member of the USSR Supreme Council in 1958-66. Lenin Prize (1957). Awarded 3 Orders of Lenin, Orders of the October Revolution, Suvorov 2nd class, Red Banner of Labor, Medals. In 1981, the name of Myasishchev was given to the Experimental Machine-Building Plant.

Particularly noteworthy is that the enterprise program states " creation of subsonic reconnaissance, reconnaissance and strike unmanned aerial systems (UAS) with an altitude of more than 10 km and a flight duration of more than 24 hours within the framework of the GPV-2020."

Prototypejammer and associated aerial reconnaissance aircraft Il-22PP (R&D "Porubshchik") after conversion at OJSC "20th Aviation Repair Plant" in Pushkin. The aircraft is registered RA-75903 (serial number 0393610235, built as Il-22 in 1979). 04/03/2012 (c) Vyacheslav Babaevsky/russianplanes.net

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The report of the Myasishchev Experimental Machine-Building Plant for 2011 contains interesting data both on the results of work and on the prospects for the next three years. The main programs implemented by EMP within the framework of the State Defense Order are the modernization of special and anti-submarine aviation, created on the basis of IL-18.

IL-22

Modernization of Il-22 air command posts is carried out in two directions. The first direction is repairs with the conversion of aircraft into the Il-22M11 modification, equipped with the Sokol aircraft relay unit (SURT), carried out at the EMP since the early 2000s. So, according to official websites public procurement, in 2008 it was expected to be delivered after modernization of the aircraft with registration number RA-75924, and in 2009 - RA-75920, on which the total cost of work performed amounted to more than 167 million rubles. According to EMZ reports, in 2010-2011, work was carried out to modernize the Il-22M11 aircraft with registration number RA-75925. The state contract for their implementation was concluded with the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation on April 19, 2010 under the number 320/6/16-E0Z. In 2010, the aircraft was accepted for repair, the equipment was dismantled, sets of parts were manufactured to modify the aircraft, and an on-board relay complex (BKSR) was installed; the cost of these works amounted to 30 million rubles. In 2011, ground testing of standard systems and BKSR and preliminary joint tests were carried out on this aircraft, after which the aircraft was put into operation. The volume of financing in 2011 amounted to 98 million rubles. Judging by what is stated in the EMR report for 2011 long-term plans work, the Il-22M11SURT "Falcon" transferred to the Air Force last year will most likely be the last to undergo modernization according to this option.

Il-22M11 RA-75925 after modernization at EMZ named after. Myasishcheva

photo: bender / russianpanes.net

The second direction of work on modernizing the Il-22 VKP is their repair and modernization into the Il-22PP jammer and associated aerial reconnaissance aircraft, carried out within the framework of the Porubshchik R&D project. The state contract for the implementation of these works was concluded between EMZ and the Ministry of Defense on November 8, 2009, No. 93032, work on it began in 2010, when dismantling was carried out earlier installed equipment on a prototype aircraft, the development of working design documentation began, a set of parts was manufactured for the installation of active jamming equipment (AAP, product L-415). In total, work was completed for 201 million rubles. In 2011, a flight prototype of the AAP was manufactured, the aircraft was modified to accommodate the AAP and the AAP was installed on it (it was, judging by spotter photographs, an aircraft with registration RA-75903), and flight design tests began. The amount of financing for these works amounted to 210 million rubles. Apparently, RA-75903 will become a prototype, upgraded to the Il-22PP. Work on the serial modernization of the first side is planned for 2012-2013, the second and third - for 2013-2014.

In addition to work on the modernization of Il-22 type aircraft, EMZ traditionally carries out work on their service- architectural and technical supervision, assessment technical condition aircraft, issuing bulletins on the extension of assigned service lives, and carrying out work to extend the assigned service life (NSS) of aircraft and their components. In 2011, for the first time, the contract for their implementation was concluded not directly with the Ministry of Defense, but with Aviaremont OJSC. Despite the change in the contracting scheme, it was concluded traditionally late - only on July 11 (No. 1217/PRO-S-2011). The cost of work performed in 2011 amounted to 35 million rubles. A year earlier, the volume of financing under a similar agreement amounted to 17.8 million rubles. Then a set of works was carried out to extend the NSS for five aircraft - Il-22 RA-75914 for 7 years, Il-22M11 RA-75917 and Il-22M11-RT RA-75911 for 5 years (all three were extended during implementation overhaul for 20 ARZ in Pushkin), Il-22 RA-75910 for 2 years, Il-22M11 RA-75906 - for 1 year.

IL-20

By 2010, EMP named after. Myasishchev, modernization of the Il-20M radio reconnaissance aircraft was carried out according to two design and development projects - “Monitor” and “Anagram”.

About the "Monitor" R&D project, it is known from publicly available sources on the World Wide Web that during its implementation, an aircraft with serial number 17511706 was modernized. A well-known user of the aviation RuNet, Alexey Koval, after conducting a certain analysis and summarizing publicly available information, came to the conclusion that this aircraft was conceived as part of a dual assignment "Monitor" (2005), which was never fully implemented. As part of it, satellites were developed by the NPO named after. Khrunichev, in addition to airplanes, it was planned to have a helicopter component - there is data about this in one of the annual reports of the Moscow Helicopter Plant named after. Mile.

Il-20M, modernized according to the Monitor design and development work.

photo: Alexander Efimenko / russianpanes.net

Unfortunately, there is no detailed information regarding the Anagram OCD.

Below are photos of two Il-20Ms that have been modernized in recent years. It is possible that one of them was modernized according to the "Anagram" R&D

The first candidate for the role of the Il-20M, modernized according to the Anagram design and development work

photo: Vladimir Poluyanov / russianpanes.net

Second contender

photo: santehnic / aviaforum.ru

For the last two years, the company has been working as a co-executor with Il OJSC within the framework of the Reviewer R&D project to create a reconnaissance aircraft based on the Il-20M, designated “product 17MS”. At the end of 2011, the development of the design documentation for the production of a prototype of the 17MS product was completed, and the production of system parts and an airframe for finalizing the prototype has begun. The amount of funding on this topic for 2010-2011 amounted to 240 million rubles. It is planned to continue the participation of EMZ in the production of a prototype in 2012-2013, and in 2014 the first board should undergo serial modernization.

IL-38

In a review of the activities of Il OJSC, I provided data on plans to conclude a contract this spring for the serial modernization of Il-38 anti-submarine aircraft to the level of Il-38N, equipped with the Novella complex developed by the Leninets holding. Not long ago, information appeared in the press about EMP’s consent to participate in this work. The work plans of this enterprise, presented in the annual report, also assume the participation of EMZ in the repair and re-equipment of Il-38 aircraft in 2012 - 2014.

In addition to work on the Il-18 family, within the framework of the state defense order, Myasishchevites are developing design documentation for the conversion of L-410UVP-EZ aircraft into the “Salon” version, carried out by 123 ARZ in Staraya Russa. Last year, the development of this documentation was completed and it was assigned the letter O1. In 2010, the first two aircraft with serial numbers 892240 and 892330 were modernized under this project.

Under an agreement with the main contractor of the Stanina design and development work, Sukhoi Design Bureau OJSC, EMZ is manufacturing test equipment for test benches of the T-50 facility (PAK FA). In 2011, preliminary technical design materials were developed for the development of measuring equipment for testing radars, design and production support was provided for testing test objects on T50 stands, acceptance tests were prepared and provided for the safety of using the ABK SU27SM(3) in conditions of exposure to electromagnetic fields, development began preliminary technical design for test equipment at stand No. 52. The amount of financing amounted to 40.5 million rubles; a year earlier, the volume of work performed on the Stanina design and development center reached 60 million rubles. EMZ plans to continue participating in these works at least until 2014.

An-70

Since 2010, EMP named after. Myasishcheva plans to begin participating in work on the Russian-Ukrainian project - the AN-70 military transport aircraft. According to the enterprise's report, in 2012-2014 the digitization of working design documentation for the aircraft, the development of operational documentation and mathematical models will be carried out.

M-17

EMZ's plans for the near future include the following programs for the further use and modernization of M-17 aircraft:

• With creation of stratospheric aircraft in the interests of the Russian Defense Ministry (Air Force, Army, Navy), FSB (FPS) andfor civilian purposes (Roshydromet, Ministry of Emergency Situations, etc.) on the basis of the M-17RM aircraft,
• With creation of a flying laboratory for testing the on-board control complex of promising unmanned aerial systems (UAS) “Altius”, “Inokhodets”, “Okhotnik-B” based on the M-17RM aircraft within the framework of the Federal Target Program “Development of the Defense-Industrial Complex” Russian Federation for 2007-2010 and for the period until 2020",
• With the creation of subsonic reconnaissance, reconnaissance and strike unmanned aerial systems (UAS) with an altitude of more than 10 km and a flight duration of more than 24 hours within the framework of the State Armed Forces-2020.”

The main areas of civil EMZ are the following:

Creation of an aircraft for cartographic work

As part of the “Surveyor” R&D project, carried out by order of the Federal State Unitary Enterprise “Goszemkadastr semka - VISKHAGI”, the M-101T “Gzhel” aircraft is being modified, aimed at improving its flight characteristics, for performing aerial photography. According to the federal property register data, this organization has operational control of the M-101T aircraft with tail number 15100, apparently this is where work on this topic is being carried out. In 2011, the aircraft's fuel system was modified and aerial photography equipment was installed on the aircraft. The amount of funding for these works in two last year amounted to 5.5 million rubles.

Creation of a laboratory aircraft for geophysical monitoring of the atmosphere

Contract for implementation of R&D"Atmosphere" with a price of 1,126 billion rubles. was concluded with Roshydromet on October 6, 2010 based on the results open competition. To fulfill the contract, in October 2010, EMZ acquired a Yak-42D aircraft with tail number RA-42440, manufactured in 2002, previously operated by Tulpar Airlines. In 2011, parts were manufactured to modify the standard aircraft systems, the airframe of the base Yak-42D aircraft was modified, equipment and instruments for geophysical monitoring, ground equipment and an on-board measurement system were purchased. The volume of financing over two years amounted to more than 858 million rubles. Apparently, work on equipping the Il-114-100 laboratory aircraft with geophysical monitoring instruments, carried out in 2010 by order of Il OJSC, was stopped.

In April 2011, EMZ entered into a contract with German research center FZJ scientific flights were carried out on the M-55 “Geophysics” aircraft under the research program “ESSENCE-2011”, for which the aircraft *** was retrofitted for the installation of monitoring devices for the upper layers of the atmosphere, the life of the engines and components of the aircraft was extended, and the flight was ensured M-55 aircraft to Sweden to carry out scientific flights under the ESSENCE-2011 program. The amount of financing under this program amounted to 28.729 million rubles.

EXPERIMENTAL MACHINE-BUILDING PLANT NAMED AFTER V. M. MYASISCHEV
EXPERIMENTAL MACHINE-BUILDING PLANT NAMED AFTER A. M. MYASISHEV

26.02.2014
State tests of the modernized aircraft special purpose Il-22 with a new electronic warfare system will be completed in the second half of this year, Interfax-AVN reported, citing a source in the military-industrial complex.
“Currently, state tests of the modernized Il-22 special purpose aircraft are being carried out. Completion of state tests can be expected in the second half of this year,” the source said. He clarified that modernization work on the Il-22 aircraft was carried out at the Experimental Machine-Building Plant (EMZ) named after V.M. Myasishchev.
“After state tests of the first modernized Il-22, it is planned to modernize combat aircraft of this type,” the interlocutor added.
On the website of EMZ named after. Myasishchev reported that work on the modernization of the Il-22 aircraft is being carried out in accordance with development work under the code “Porubshchik” in order to create a jamming aircraft and associated aerial reconnaissance. The R&D work is being carried out under a 2009 government contract worth 210 million rubles.