Russia is ready to both upgrade the IL-76, IL-78 and IL-38s aircraft already in service and supply new equipment meeting long-term requirements of Indian partners, United Aircraft Corporation’s Vice President for Transport Aviation and CEO of Ilyushin Aleksey Rogozin has said.

Indian delegation led by Apurva Chandra, Director General Acquisition of the Ministry of Defence, on tour of defence facilities in Russia’s Privolzhsky Federal District visited Ulyanovsk- based Aviastar-SP, constituting a part of the United Aircraft Corp.

UAC’s Transport Aviation Division made a detailed presentation of its IL-76MD-90A and IL-78MK-90A aircraft to the Indian delegation, which is on a tour of defence facilities in Russia’s Privolzhsky Federal District.

Il-76/78 family of aircraft are suitable for regional airlift of troops, military equipment, and cargo, as well as their air dropping. The IL-76/78 can be deployed from unpaved runways and can be deployed in roles that include fire-fighting, tanker, transport, flying hospital, airborne CP, and AWACS, Rosoboronexport said in a statement Monday.

India's delegation led by Apurva Chandra, Director General Acquisition of the Ministry of Defense, on tour of defense facilities in Russia’s Privolzhsky Federal District visited Ulyanovsk-based Aviastar-SP, constituting a part of the United Aircraft Corporation’s Transport Aviation Division.

The platform also dubbed as, ‘Universal Soldier’, has a replacement of the original D-30KP2 engines with modern PS-90A-76s.

Russian Ilyushins are heavy-lift aircraft.