IL-78MK Aircraft Refuelling Tanker

IL-78MK Convertible Flight Refuelling Tanker

The IL-78MK Aircraft flying tanker is designed for air refuelling of tactical and heavy aircraft, and also
for ground refuelling of tactical aircraft. Air refuelling can be carried out by day and night with visual approach and contact. The IL-78MK is a derivative of the IL-78 aircraft providing increased fuel transfer at refuelling ranges. It is capable of transferring up to 74,000 kg of fuel at a refuelling range of 1,000km, and up to 30,000 kg at 3,500 km. The IL-78MK can refuel one heavy aircraft from the rear fuselage refuelling pod, or two tactical aircraft from the wingtip refuelling pods.

By removing the fuselage fuel tanks and refuelling pods, the IL-78MK aircraft can be converted into a transport version capable of airlifting up to 70 people or up to 48 tonnes of cargo.

The IL-78MK Aircraft mounts special equipment for in-flight and ground refuelling. Two auxiliary removable fuel tanks with a total capacity of 45,928 litres are mounted in the fuselage, and two standard UPAZ refuelling pods at the wingtips. The PAZ-1M refuelling pod is carried on a special portside pylon in the rear fuselage. The aircraft can be fitted with an upgraded refuelling system adapted to foreign aircraft. In place of the standard pressurized gunner station in the rear fuselage a refuelling operator station with refuelling pod controls is arranged.

The aircraft is maintained with the use of the organic ground equipment of the IL-76MD aircraft, auxiliary equipment for hoisting the refuelling pods to the underwing and fuselage pylons, containers with ground refuelling hoses, and the refuelling pod maintenance suite.

IL-78MK Aircraft Specifications
Length, m 46.60
Wing span, m 50.50
Parked height, m 14.76
Max take-off weight, kg:
concrete runway 210,000
soil airfield 157,500
Max landing weight, kg:
concrete runway 155,000
soil airfield 138,000
Max payload, kg:
concrete runway 43,000
soil airfield 33,000
Max transferred fuel weight, kg 74,000
Cruising air speed, km/h 750-840
Cruising altitude, m 8,000-11,000
Refueling air speed, km/h 440-600
Refueling altitude range, m 2,000-9,000
Ferry range, km 9,500
Take-off run (max take-off weight), m 2,200
Powerplant 4 x D-30KP-2 turbofans
Crew 7

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IL-114MP Multi Purpose Patrol Aircraft

The IL-114MP multi purpose patrol aircraft is designed for aerial patrolling in littoral and blue water zones, and provides detection, identification, tracking and destruction of underwater and surface targets. The IL-114MP gathers electronic reconnaissance data on underwater and surface vessels. It can also be employed in SAR operations in emergency cases. The crew locates missing persons with the help of the onboard detection systems, and airdrops survival equipment.


The IL-114MP Patrol Aircraft is capable of engaging enemy surface vessels from a standoff range. Its ASW capabilities include submarine detection, tracking and engagement, as well as planting of linear mine barriers. The avionics suite includes radar, sonobuoys, magnetic anomaly detection equipment, managing computer system, IR and television imaging system and electronic reconnaissance system. Modular design of the ASW system enables further build-up of additional equipment, including installation of any equipment or subsystems meeting the MIL-STD-1553B standard.

IL-114MP Specifications 
                                        IL-114P                                IL-114MP
Length, m                           27.40                                       29.654
Wing span, m                     30.00                                       30.00
Height, m                           9.186                                       9.186
Max take-off weight, kg      26,000                                     30,000
Patrol speed, km/h             350-400                                   350-400
Patrol altitude, m               100-8,000                                 500-8,000

Patrol duration at a range
of up to 300 km, hrs          8-12                                         9-12*
Take-off run, m                 800                                          1,300
Landing roll, m                 500                                           1,000
Powerplant                       2 x TV7-117                              2 x AI-20D
series 2 series 5
turboprops turboprops
Crew                               2                                                2
Operators                       2-4                                              2-4

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IL-114P Patrol Aircraft

The IL-114P patrol aircraft is designed for aerial patrolling of exclusive economic zones, ports and sea coast, as well as air pollution control and environmental monitoring. The IL-114P searches for and detects surface vessels, identifies and locates them, determines their movement parameters; reveals cases of state border/economic area trespassing and provides target designation of trespassers. The aircraft can also be used for search, rescue and evacuation of casualties, and cargo transportation.

The IL-114P Patrol Aircraft is capable of autonomous operation in adverse weather conditions, day and night, in a variety of climates. The aircraft and its systems are operated according to the "on-condition" maintenance scheme. The onboard electronic equipment includes surveillance radar, IR and television imaging systems, managing computer system, recording equipment, communication and automatic data transmission equipment, and environmental monitoring and photography system. External equipment includes searchlight and loudspeaker pods, gun pod, and survival equipment containers.

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MiG-AT Combat Aircraft Trainer

The MiG-АТ Combat aircraft trainer is a classic configuration monoplane with a low mid-wing, two-seat tandem cockpit and two bypass turbojet engines. The aircraft’s aerodynamic layout and parameters allow it to perform flights practically in all subsonic flight modes characteristic of modern and prospective combat aircraft. Two Larzac 04R20 engines provide high steady-maneuvering loads, takeoff characteristics and rate of climb.

The MiG-AT aircraft is equipped with integrated fly-bywire control system with digital and analogue parts redundancy. It provides required characteristics of stability and controllability, automatic limitation of angle of attack; engine thrust control, pre-selected radio altitude hold, spin recovery and bringing of the aircraft to straight and level flight.


The MiG-AT combat trainer ensures effective high-quality preparation of flight personnel within the short time thanks to its design simplicity, high reliability of its airframe, power plant and systems, long service life and low-cost life cycle, high maintainability, and excellent flight characteristics. An interactive training system and simulators are offered for on-ground formation of flying and technical personnel.

MiG-AT Aircraft Specifications
Weight, kg:
normal/max take-off 5,210/8,150
max fuel
in internal tanks 1,680
in external tanks 2 х 470
Powerplant 2 х Larzac 04R20
Take-off thrust (ISA), kgf 2 х 1,440

Airspeed, km/h:
max level speed 850
take-off (with full fuel load) 183
landing 175
Max flight altitude, m 14,000
Max flight range, km 2,000
Operational g-load +8/-3
Service life, flying hrs 15,000
Dimensions:
length 12.01
wing span 10.16
height 4.01

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Yak-130 Combat Aircraft Trainer

The Yak-130 Combat Aircraft Trainer is designed for basic and advanced training of military flight school cadets, for retraining pilots to fly combat fighters in manoeuvre units, and as a light combat aircraft. The Yak-130 trainer is one of the major components of the integrated flight training system, which comprises ground training assets, simulators, a basic training aircraft, and a training management system. All these components are combined by common open-architecture software allowing further build-up of the system’s capacities.

The Yak-130 aircraft trainer is capable of providing sufficient pilot training to fly any fourth- or fifthgeneration jet fighter, including the Su-30 and MiG-29 family aircraft, as well as Mirage 2000, F-15, F-16, Eurofighter Typhoon, F-22, and F-35 warplanes. The Yak-130’s high versatility facilitates its integration into different national air forces, as far as its technical specifications and operational characteristics are concerned.

The Yak-130 is fitted with a digital fly-by-wire system, which functions as an active flight safety
system and allows the instructor to adjust stability and controllability parameters to those of the aircraft being simulated. The Yak 130 aircraft cockpits are equipped with electronic displays completely identical in layout to those of fifth-generation aircraft. The aircraft can carry an integrated Osa or Kopyo radar, or an electro-optical station. If used jointly with the Pchela RPV, the Yak-130 can deliver standoff pinpoint strikes demonstrating increased combat efficiency, especially in mountainous areas.

Yak-130 aircraft trainer

YAK- 130 Armament
Eight underwing pylons and one ventral pylon are used for carrying up to 3,000 kg of payload such as air-to-air and air-to-surface missiles, rockets, bombs, external fuel tanks, and specialised (weapon guidance, reconnaissance, ECM) pods. It is equipped with the refuelling probe considerably enhancing the aircraft combat capabilities.

Yak-130 Specifications
Length, m 11.493
Wing span, m 9.72
Height, m 4.76
Take-off weight, kg:
max 9,000
normal, trainer version 5,700
Max combat load, kg 3,000
Max air speed, km/h 1,060
Service range, without external fuel tanks, km 2,000

Service combat radius, km:
without external fuel tanks 525
with external fuel tanks 915
Operational g-load +8/-3
Flight attack angles, deg up to 40
Take-off speed (trainer version), km/h 195
Landing speed (trainer version), km/h 180
Powerplant 2 x AI-222-25
or DV-2S turbofans
Crew 2

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MiG-29M and Mig 29M2 Multirole Fighter

The MiG-29M Fighter and MIG 29M2 multirole fighter is designed to defeat air and ground/surface targets by day and night in fair and adverse weather conditions, and in complex jamming environment. The aircraft features high combat effectiveness, outstanding flight performance characteristics, and easy operation.

Thanks to a second crewmember (on M2 version), certain combat missions, especially attacks against ground targets, operations within a group of MiG-29s, operations in jamming conditions, can be accomplished more effectively. The aircraft is equipped with an in-flight refuelling system. The MiG-29M aircraft is a new-generation MiG-29 aircraft. It differs from the latest MiG-29SMT upgrade by the increased internal fuel load, upgraded engine with increased thrust and smokeless combustion chamber, digital multichannel fly-by-wire control system, stores stations number increased to 8. The aircraft has a reinforced landing gear. Its flight life and service life are also increased to 6,000 flying hours and 40 years correspondingly. 

The aircraft is maintained on condition. The MIG-29M and MIG 29M2 fighter is unified with the MiG- 29K/KUB by 95%.

The MiG-29M/M2 Fighter avionics suite has an open architecture based on the MIL-STD-1553B multiplexing bus enabling integration of the onboard equipment and weapon systems of both Russian and foreign origins at customer request. The MiG-29M aircraft is equipped with the advanced weapons control system including the new Zhuk-M multi-function radar with enhanced operational range, multi-channel fire capability and modern air-to-ground modes of operation. The optical locating station and helmet-mounted targeting system make the avionic suite of the aircraft functionally complete. Integration of the targeting and navigational equipment on the basis of the modern computing system has helped to notably increase target acquisition range and sighting angles, as well as the number of targets simultaneously engaged (up to four).

MiG-29M and Mig 29M2 Armament
The MiG-29M and Mig 29M2 weapons control system manages the RVV-АЕ, R-27ER1, R-27EТ1, R-27R1, R-27Т1, R-73E air-to-air guided missiles, Kh-29T(ТE), Kh-29L, Kh-31А, Kh-31P, Kh-35E air-to-surface guided missiles, КАB-500Кr, КАB-500L corrected bombs, unguided rockets, bombs and the GSh-301 built-in gun. An interactive training system and simulators are offered for on-ground formation of the flying and technical personnel.

MiG-29M Fighter and MIG 29M2 specifications
                                          MiG-29М                    MiG-29М2
Crew                                       1                                    2
Take-off weight, kg:
normal                                17,500                            17,800
max                                    22,400                            23,700
Powerplant                                       RD-33МК
Afterburning thrust, kgf                     2 х 9,000
Max operational g-load                        9.0
Max airspeed, km/h:
at ground-level                                   1,500
at high altitude                  2,400                                2,200
Service ceiling, km                             17.5
Flight range, km:
w/o EFT /
with 3 х EFT                 2,000/3,200                      1,700/2,700
with 3 х EFT and one
in-flight refuelling, kg                  more than 5,500
Max external payload, kg            6,500

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Mig 29K and Mig 29KUB Fighter

The MiG-29K and MIG 29KUB Fighter ship-borne multirole fighter is designed to perform naval groupings’ air defence tasks, to gain air superiority, to engage surface and ground (coastal) targets, including small-size ones, with precision-guided weapons, by day and night, in any weather conditions. The fighter is optimized for basing on aircraft carriers of medium displacement.


The MiG-29K fighter is a new-generation MiG-29 Fighter. It differs from the latest MiG-29SMT Fighter upgrade by increased internal fuel load, upgraded engine with increased thrust and smokeless combustion chamber, digital multi-channel fly by wire control system, and stores stations number increased to 8. For operations on the aircraft carrier the aircraft has an arrester hook and a reinforced landing gear. Its flight life and service life are also increased to 6,000 flying hours and 30-40 years correspondingly. The aircraft is maintained on condition.

The Mig 29K and Mig 29KUB aircraft has an open-architecture avionics suite based on the MIL-STD-1553B multiplexing bus enabling integration of onboard equipment and weapon systems of Russian and foreign origins at customer requests. The MiG-29K aircraft is equipped with the modern weapons control system including the Zhuk-ME new multifunctional radar with enhanced operational range, multi-channel fire capability and modern air-to-ground modes of operation. The optical locating station and helmet mounted targeting system make the avionic suite of the aircraft functionally complete. Integration of the targeting and navigational equipment on the basis of the modern computing system has resulted in much greater target acquisition range and sighting angles while the number of targets simultaneously engaged is increased to four.

Variants Mig 29KUB Fighter
The MiG-29KUB ship-borne combat trainer is designed for naval aviation pilots’ training and mastering flying skills, monitoring their techniques of flight management, navigation and combat employment, as well as pilot transition to the MIG-29K aircraft. In terms of its combat mission, the MiG-29KUB performs the entire scope of MiG-29K assigned combat tasks. The MiG-29KUB has a high degree of design commonality with the MiG-29K aircraft. It is also equipped with the Zhuk-ME airborne radar and carries the same weapons mix. The aircraft can be a baseline model for creation of reconnaissance, target designation, electronic countermeasures, and flight refuelling modifications.

The MiG-29K aircraft and MiG-29KUB aircraft have an integral in-flight refuelling system and are equipped with the UPAZ suspended universal refueling unit providing for in-flight refuelling of both internal and external fuel tanks. An interactive training system and simulators are used for on-ground formation of the flying and technical personnel.

MiG-29K fighter

Armament Mig 29K and Mig 29KUB Fighter
The weapons mix of the aircraft includes the RVV-AE and R-73E air-to-air guided missiles,
air-to-surface guided weapons, such as the Kh-35E and Kh-31A anti-ship missiles, Kh-31P
anti-radiation guided missiles and KAB-500Kr guided bombs. Unguided weapons include the
FAB-500 air bombs and rockets. The aircraft is armed with the GSh-301 built-in gun.

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