Il-112V aircraft mass will be reduced by at least 2 tons

via TASS

The mass of the new Il-112V military transport aircraft will be reduced by at least 2 tons. About this TASS reported on Thursday a source in the military-industrial complex.

“The weight loss plan is being carried out, now it is going ahead with some advance. It has already been partially implemented on the“ unit ”(the first car is TASS), there it is planned to realize a ton of weight reduction. On the troika at least 2 tons” said the agency interlocutor.

According to him, in order to reduce weight, some units will change. "We have already launched the manufacture of a new ramp and cargo door hatch. Four sets were ordered at once - for a" unit ", for a" resourceman "and for the third and fourth aircraft," said the source.

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