Il-78M-90A tanker trials to finish by end of year or early 2019

Ilyushin Bureau’s Chief Designer Nikolai Talikov said in an interview with TASS that his firm will complete testing of the new modernized Il-78M-90A aerial refueling tanker by end of this year or early next year.


He added that the tanker will leverage on those tests done on the Il-76-MD-90A to achieve a shorter timeframe.