I've enclosed above some relevant data on the IL-78MK-90 transport aircraft that can be employed for both strategic airlift as well as aerial refuelling. This same platform, equipped with glass cockpit avionics, will be hosting the PHALCON AEW & C mission management suite, and can also be equipped with a roof-mounted aerial refuelling probe. The aircraft's final assembly is presently being undertaken by Uzbekistan's Tashkent Aircraft Production Organisation, but Russia plans to set up a parallel assembly line at Voronez, which is where all future IL-76MFs, IL-76TDs and IL-78MKP-90 aerial refuelling tankers are to be assembled--Prasun K. Sengupta
prasun.. russia selling to pakistan ..?? the planes were supposed to be coming from ukraine according to PAF chief.
ReplyDeletealso, are our il-78 mkis this same plane?
ReplyDeletewat is da meaning of 'dispatch reliability'?
ReplyDeleteis D30K the Soloviev one? That ebgine is really good.. super-high bypass
ReplyDeletead: prefer short, condensed posts like this one. easy 2 read, many pictures. gooda gooda.
ReplyDeleteDespatch Reliability means it works as advertised every time you want to use it. It means only 0.5% of the time there will be some kind of component failure within the engine that will result in the aircraft being grounded for inspections/service/repair.
ReplyDeleteto sengupta
ReplyDeleter the 6 more il78 tanker ordered by iaf will have same d30 engines or the new ps90a engine
or they will b in class of
il78 mki90 or just copy of older varient
and what will b the price of
il78mki90 compared to a330 tanker
u have not posted the glass cockpit pics of il78mki90
to sengupta
ReplyDeletei heard they have ordered six more il78 tankers don't know which varient
No the tender is ongoing, its A330 vs IL-76.
ReplyDeleteit's better to go for il78 this time cuz its cheaper and reliable and easy to maintain and v have infrastructure for it
ReplyDeletesengupta isn't the Soloviev D30 more powerful than the newer PS90?
ReplyDeleteno ps90 is more powerful and fuel efficient than d30 and has more thrust
ReplyDeletea330 is dedicated tanket and single purpose and has no rear ramp
ReplyDeleteand much more costlier than il78
il 78 tanker is dual role much more flexible and its fuselage fuel stores can b removed and the aircraft can b used as regular transport aircraft
it has rear ramp and for loading and deloading of fuel stores ,other loads in case if aircraft used as transport aircraft
I know that you have already said that PAF IL-78MKPs powered by the PS-90A turbofans will be new-build aircraft and will therefore come from Uzbekistan's TAPO, not Ukraine.But a new news have againg apeared saying that PAF will get its IL-78 by the middle of 2009which are being modified from cargo planes to air tankers under the supervision of PAF officials in Ukraine.
ReplyDeleteSo what is your stand on the issue now. Will PAF's IL-78MK be powered by the PS-90A turbofans or older D-30K engines???
Will PAF IL-78MKP come from Uzbekistan's TAPO or Ukraine??
here is news
Pakistan probes airborne refuelling system in ground test
Farhan Bokhari JDW Correspondent
Islamabad
The Pakistan Air Force (PAF) has successfully completed the ground testing of an airborne refuelling system and expects to receive the first of four airborne refuelling aircraft from Ukraine by mid-2009, the chief of the PAF has told Jane's .
News of the PAF's progress towards acquiring its first-ever airborne refuelling capability will be watched with interest by India: Pakistan's main rival in South Asia. Analysts have said that until recently the Indian Air Force considered itself ahead of Pakistan, in terms of both quantity and quality.
However, they added that Islamabad's decision to acquire such capabilities and plans to purchase new fighters from China such as the JF-17 and the J-10 - along with orders for new F-16s from the United States and mid-life upgrades of older F-16s - represent a determined effort to at least narrow if not close the gap with India.
"We are hoping that by the middle of 2009, our first airplane, modified, tested, will be available in the country. The other three will follow within the next six to nine months," Air Chief Marshal Tanvir Mahmood Ahmed told Jane's on 17 November. ACM Ahmed said the platform will be based on the Il-78 transport aircraft and "are being modified from cargo planes to air tankers" under the supervision of PAF officials in Ukraine.
Once the first Il-78 arrives in Pakistan, ACM Ahmed said, in-flight refuelling trials will be carried out on two older Mirage aircraft that have been modified for the purpose and have already been tested on the ground.
Acquisition of an airborne refuelling system would significantly enhance the endurance of the PAF's fighters. The JF-17, which was jointly developed with China, "is already believed to include an airborne refuelling capability", according to a Western defence analyst. A pair of J-10 fighters, displayed at Airshow China in Zhuhai in early November, both had aerial refuelling probes.
ACM Ahmed said the four Il-78 air tankers represent a pilot project that is intended to bring the capability to Pakistan for the first time. "We will need to expand in due course when we have greater fiscal availability," he said, referring to constraints imposed by the global financial crisis.
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I know that you have already said that PAF IL-78MKPs powered by the PS-90A turbofans will be new-build aircraft and will therefore come from Uzbekistan's TAPO, not Ukraine.But a new news have againg apeared saying that PAF will get its IL-78 by the middle of 2009which are being modified from cargo planes to air tankers under the supervision of PAF officials in Ukraine.
ReplyDeleteSo what is your stand on the issue now. Will PAF's IL-78MK be powered by the PS-90A turbofans or older D-30K engines???
Will PAF IL-78MKP come from Uzbekistan's TAPO or Ukraine??
here is news
Pakistan probes airborne refuelling system in ground test
Farhan Bokhari JDW Correspondent
Islamabad
The Pakistan Air Force (PAF) has successfully completed the ground testing of an airborne refuelling system and expects to receive the first of four airborne refuelling aircraft from Ukraine by mid-2009, the chief of the PAF has told Jane's .
News of the PAF's progress towards acquiring its first-ever airborne refuelling capability will be watched with interest by India: Pakistan's main rival in South Asia. Analysts have said that until recently the Indian Air Force considered itself ahead of Pakistan, in terms of both quantity and quality.
However, they added that Islamabad's decision to acquire such capabilities and plans to purchase new fighters from China such as the JF-17 and the J-10 - along with orders for new F-16s from the United States and mid-life upgrades of older F-16s - represent a determined effort to at least narrow if not close the gap with India.
"We are hoping that by the middle of 2009, our first airplane, modified, tested, will be available in the country. The other three will follow within the next six to nine months," Air Chief Marshal Tanvir Mahmood Ahmed told Jane's on 17 November. ACM Ahmed said the platform will be based on the Il-78 transport aircraft and "are being modified from cargo planes to air tankers" under the supervision of PAF officials in Ukraine.
Once the first Il-78 arrives in Pakistan, ACM Ahmed said, in-flight refuelling trials will be carried out on two older Mirage aircraft that have been modified for the purpose and have already been tested on the ground.
Acquisition of an airborne refuelling system would significantly enhance the endurance of the PAF's fighters. The JF-17, which was jointly developed with China, "is already believed to include an airborne refuelling capability", according to a Western defence analyst. A pair of J-10 fighters, displayed at Airshow China in Zhuhai in early November, both had aerial refuelling probes.
ACM Ahmed said the four Il-78 air tankers represent a pilot project that is intended to bring the capability to Pakistan for the first time. "We will need to expand in due course when we have greater fiscal availability," he said, referring to constraints imposed by the global financial crisis.
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