When a country develops a civil aircraft industry, the fabrications that it is preparing for war in this way cannot be called anything other than nonsense, an experienced military and military pilot is sure. civil aviation Vitaly Sokolovsky. This is how he commented, at the request of PolitExpert, on the publication of the Carnegie Moscow Center.

The Carnegie Moscow Center, it is known whose money it sponsored, was puzzled by the question of why Russia is restoring the production of Soviet aircraft. The organization's specialists named the amount of money that the Russian government is going to spend on this project - 109.3 billion rubles. On the one hand, the Center's experts agree with the opinion of the authorities that, having a huge engineering and technical base and a variety of time zones, it is a shame to use foreign liners in aviation. And they immediately refute this quite logical statement by the fact that the restoration of the construction of the Il-114 and Il-96-400 will turn out to be absolutely uneconomical.

On the one hand, this would mean a strong blow to the self-esteem of the country, which, after a humiliating defeat Soviet Union during the period " cold war based the reconstruction of its image on patriotism and international projection. Added to this argument is the difficulty of explaining why Moscow did not warn its citizens of the dangers of a summer in a region infested by modern-day bloodthirsty terrorists who also invited Russian targets to distract the Kremlin from their targets in Syria. To make matters worse, Putin has had the threat of his own Islamic extremists in his own backyard, who would be willing to revive the conflict that remains hidden in their Caucasian territories.

In her article published on the Inosmi.ru website, Anastasia Dagaeva recalled the words of Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin that the country needs long-haul aircraft Il-114, Il-96, MS-21. With the exception of the MS-21, the listed aircraft appeared back in the USSR and today their production has been stopped, the journalist pointed out.

So, IL-114 is a development of the 1980s of the last century, like IL-96. The first is designed for a flight range of 1500 km, the second, depending on the modification, up to 9000 km. And it is on Il that Rogozin is betting.

In fact, Putin took over as president at the start of the last decade after leading, like the prime minister, a second war in Chechnya, when he pacified with blood and fired on the Muslim-populated region. There, the separatist movement evolved to radical Islamism and threatened to spread to the rest of the country.

In this sense, the return of this threat, in turn, means a return to a time of unease with Russia, whose intervention in Syria has so far had no consequences for its citizens. Similarly, mass loss of life may cause the Soviet violet of the Afghan war in the 1980s, when the country's Islamic guerrillas suffered a historic defeat. Russian troops which eventually became one of the reasons for the dissolution of the Soviet Union.

An analyst at the Carnegie Center recalled the history of this aircraft. So, she writes, there has never been a full-fledged passenger version of this model. First, four boards were built for the Polet company, and after its abolition, one was rebuilt into an elite version for the needs of the FSB, the other for the Ministry of Defense. Strange, but the cunning journalist knows nothing about the fate of two more aircraft.

Katz, author of Leaving No Loss: The War on Terror After Iraq and Afghanistan, if the United States with all its resources could not calm Iraq and Syria this decade, how could Russia be improved with Syria's much less sophisticated means ? And, faced with the impossibility of changing the situation in the Middle East, and faced with the fear that terrorist attacks will be carried out in civil society, Russian society may deprive Putin of the mass support with which his intervention in Syria, which in mid-October exceeded 70 percent.

One way or another, Russia is going to revive both projects, for which subsidies will be paid to producers from the state treasury, and various benefits will be provided. Il-96-400 is planned to be assembled in Voronezh, Il-114 - in Lukhovitsy. The first planes should take to the skies in 2019.

Rogozin’s quite reasonable arguments that, with Russia’s potential, it’s a shame to fly on other people’s planes, the journalist was not satisfied, and she came up with a conspiracy theory about why Moscow needs this long-range equipment after all. In her fabrications, she relies on statistics that show that even large air carriers, such as Aeroflot, S7, UTair, have only a fifth of the fleet of long-haul aircraft. And this fact makes her conclude that Russian civil aviation does not need such liners.

However, none of this would mean that Putin would even consider withdrawing his troops, quite the contrary. As Gregory Simons, a professor at the Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies at Uppsala University in Sweden, said, there is a possibility that the government is manipulating pain and anger to present this terrorist attack as a sign of a successful military intervention.

In fact, the common denominator of the reactions from Paris to Washington is that the threat of this terrorist group is out of bounds. While commentators on both sides of the Atlantic demand the presence of ground troops to put an end to the jihadists once and for all, the situation falls into an uncertain landscape and, given the interests of the powers in the region, can only be more complicated. An Egyptian military helicopter flies over the wreckage Russian aircraft, which fell north of the Sinai Peninsula.

This conclusion is followed by versions about why Russia nevertheless undertakes such an economically inexpedient project. According to one of them, which, frankly, is on the verge of insanity, the state is ready to spend almost 104 billion rubles to promote the idea of ​​"Russia is a great power." By the way, this is understandable.


“The destruction happened in the air and the fragments were scattered over a large area of ​​about 20 square kilometers,” said Viktor Sorochenko, director of the Intergovernmental Committee on Civil Aviation, who reports to Russian government. The official part of the official delegation that visited the crash site also warned that it was too early to draw conclusions about the cause of the destruction.

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Additional notes to understand this topic.

The big question is whether it was an attack or an accident.

The airline confirms that the cause of the accident was external, and the Kremlin again speaks of an attack. Everything was checked 35 minutes early, said Alexander Neradko, head of Russia's Federal Aviation Security Agency, who is in the area with Sorochenko. But the official also confirmed that the pilot had to cancel the takeoff three months ago due to a system error. But it's almost routine," he explained.

IL-96 Photo: flickr.com/photos/ [email protected]

The second idea is no less odious. The analyst at the Carnegie Center does not claim, but suggests that these projects are being revived as a cover for dividing budget money. As is customary in conspiracy theories, the “evidence base” is attracted to the put forward idea, as they say, by the ears. In this case, too, the specialist remembered that the start of aircraft construction is scheduled for 2018, when the presidential elections will be held in Russia, which means, the “analyst” suggests, a “personnel shake-up” is quite possible. Preparing for it, the first persons of the state started this money project, allegedly in order to have time to "grab a piece of budget money."

Two other testimonies raise the question of the state of the aircraft before the tragedy. Firstly, Natalya Trukhacheva, the wife of the deceased co-pilot, who claimed that her husband complained about the technical condition of the aircraft before takeoff. The Egyptian authorities denied this. A mysterious tragedy took on another dimension when the Egyptian branch of the Islamic State, which is in full swing with Egyptian security forces in the Sinai, claimed the plane had been taken down. Russian Transport Minister Maxim Solokov told Interfax that the statement "cannot be considered reliable."

Well, the third version of the reasons for the resumption of aircraft construction is framed in the question "what if there is a war tomorrow?". This idea, according to the opinion of the publicist of the Moscow Carnguegi Center, is allegedly supported by the fact that Rogozin's father in the USSR Ministry of Defense was involved in the creation of a new military equipment. So, as the publication hints, Russia needs the Il-114, Il-96 aircraft for a possible imminent war.

The Russian government is one of Syria's most important allies, Bashar al-Assad, and since September a bombing campaign has begun against various anti-regime groups, including the Islamic State. But they have medium-range resources, and they even talked about the possibility of a bomb inside the plane.

The agency will be involved in the investigations because the plane was designed in France. Meanwhile, two black boxes have already been found by Egypt, where President Abdel Fatah al-Sisi said investigations could take months as the plane's wreckage crashed into a secluded, rocky desert. On the this moment 163 bodies were taken to hospitals in Cairo and will be repatriated to Russia.

Vitaly Sokolovsky, an experienced military pilot, retired major, civil aviation pilot of Aeroflot, is sure that fabrications like these cannot be called anything other than delusional.

“Of course, this is nonsense that we hear during the time when the coup d'état took place in Ukraine. Nonsense of newspapers, politicians who in Russia and abroad are trying to accuse Russia of all mortal sins. The restoration of Soviet, and now Russian aviation is a program created under Yeltsin. The only thing is that lobbyists from certain circles did not allow this to be done, and foreign aircraft were bought, ”Sokolovsky recalled.

We express our condolences to the families, you can read in the chirp of the diplomatic mission. On Saturday, October 31, the remains of a Kogalymavia aircraft occurred in Egypt. "Army planes found the remains of the aircraft in a mountainous region," Prime Minister Sherif Ismail's cabinet said in a statement, which also said 50 ambulances had been sent to the area.

Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered that emergency equipment be sent "to the place where the device fell" and expressed his "deep condolences" to the families of the victims, the Kremlin said. "The crew had to contact Larnaca, but this did not happen, and the plane disappeared from the radar screens," he said on television.

The expert added that any power like Russia is simply obliged to have its own aviation industry and produce its own aircraft that are competitive on the world market, then the state will gain even more weight on a global scale. In addition, a developed aviation industry will make Russia independent of foreign suppliers. The specialist noted that aircraft construction projects involve the production of conceptual modern models, and existing plans indicate that these modifications will be carried out on high level and will compete with foreign long-haul liners.

The plane crashed in northern Sinai, a stronghold of the Egyptian arm of the Islamic State jihadist group, which has carried out numerous attacks on strong structure, but the altitude he was at when contact was lost makes it a hypothesis that experts say he was hit by a missile or missile.

Relatives of those killed in the Kogalymavia plane crash. Despite political instability and jihadist attacks in northern Sinai, the Red Sea tourist resorts located in the south of the peninsula remain one of the country's main tourist destinations, highly valued by citizens of Russia and Eastern Europe.

As for the assumption that Russia is hiding preparations for war behind the idea of ​​resuming the construction of Soviet "silts", Sokolovsky noted that when the state has plans for aggressive actions, then, of course, it is engaged in the construction of special military equipment.

“On the contrary, the restoration of the construction of civil aviation according to human ordinary logic suggests that people are striving for a peaceful life. Apparently, very sick minds invent nonsense and try to undermine our Russia,” the source of PolitExpert has no doubts.

About thirty countries, including Russian customers in Latin America, have expressed interest in the new hunt, which has technology that makes it unsuitable for radar and can carry up to seven tons of various types of missiles. It's not the most advanced Russian fighter jet, Tarasenko said, but instead has competitive pricing and operating costs, "up to 25 percent below its competitors."

The latest in Russian military aviation is the T-50 fighter that stunned more than one journalist today when it stopped mid-air, allowed the plane to play its rival in air combat, and stood in line for the enemy. Every country would like to have such an aircraft, but only we have it, - said General Viktor Bondarev, Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Aerospace Forces. Again, the military side of the Russian aerospace industry has been justified by what is expected of the world's second largest arms exporter, behind the US alone.

The total volume of product sales in the industry in 2016 amounted to 902.6 billion rubles. Total production of enterprises aviation industry(according to current data) to the level of 2015 amounted to 109.0%, the volume of production of civilian products - 121.2%.

Labor productivity in 2016 increased and amounted to the level of 2015 by 115.5% or 3625 thousand rubles per year per employee. The average salary increased and amounted to the level of 2015 by 111.8% or 46,245 rubles, including in scientific and experimental design organizations - 56,488 rubles, at serial enterprises - 42,624 rubles. The number of employees in the industry has grown and amounted to the level of 2015 100.7% - 414.2 thousand people.

We hold a strong position in aviation and aerospace construction. From now on, we will continue to strengthen these areas, - said Russian President Vladimir Putin at the opening ceremony of the Hall, adding that aviation and the conquest of space "are part of a common culture" and a source of pride for all Russians.

On the contrary, civil aviation lagged behind its glory days, when the Russians Tuppolev, Ilyushin and Yakovlev sailed through the skies of half the world, competing with the Americans Boeing and McDonnell Douglas. The device includes the latest technological developments of the aviation industry, and with this model Russia seeks to replace Soviet aircraft Tupolev, Yakovlev and Antonov. The aircraft was conceived taking into account the demand in the international market.

In 2016, 137 state and civil aircraft were delivered to customers, including 11 civil aircraft for the foreign market SSJ-100, for the domestic market - 18 aircraftSSJ-100, Il-96 - 1 aircraft, total - 30 aircraft. In 2015, 27 aircraft were delivered.

It should be noted that a significant increase in the production of civil aircraft, as envisaged by the State Program "Development of the Aviation Industry for 2013-2025", was not achieved.

Lighter, cheaper and greener. The use of polymer composite materials makes the device lighter and consumes less fuel. The aircraft also has the latest generation engines and avionics. Good news for your buyers. These remains flew to Russia aboard an Il-76 aircraft belonging to the Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations, chartered to carry body fragments, documents and personal objects of the victims, to be taken to the investigating authorities for their examination and identification.

On Monday, another plane from the same organization moved more than 130 corpses to St. Petersburg, out of 224 deaths and more than 40 body debris, according to the Russian Training Committee. Meanwhile, uncertainty remains on the causes of the tragedy. A spokesman for the Ministry of Emergency Situations said that so far "an area of ​​28 square kilometers has been considered" and no more bodies have been found.

In 2016, 190 state and civil helicopters were produced, 1255 aircraft engines were manufactured.

The number of civil aircraft produced in 2008-2016.

On June 8, a new Russian medium-haul aircraft MS-21-300 was rolled out in Irkutsk. Flight tests of the aircraft are expected to begin in the near future.

Black box entry: "Sounds out of character for a normal flight"

Russia asked to wait for the results of the investigation in the midst of a plane crash due to an accident or a terrorist attack, after it was determined that the ship had disintegrated mid-air and there was no call from the crew's relief. An unnamed source cited by Interfax on Tuesday said that “it appears from records between the crew and controllers that the situation on board up to four minutes before the plane disappeared from radar was normal. the crew did not say anything,” the source said.

November 2016 the second stage of flight tests at the Il-76LL flying laboratory of the new Russian turbofan engine PD-14 (a family of promising civil turbofan bypass engines with a thrust of 9-18 tons) has begun. On December 1, the aircraft took off with a prototype of the PD-14 engine No. 100-07, developed by JSC UEC-Aviadvigatel, operating at maximum mode. During 2016, three new engines were assembled at Perm Motors under conditions of serial production, two bulkheads were carried out. Unit enterprises continue to develop and master the production of systems for the PD-14 engine.

But, he added, "during the disappearance of the radar in the recording, you can hear some sounds that are not typical for normal flight." Since no alarm was made, it follows that "an unforeseen situation occurred on board, and therefore the pilots did not have time to send a distress signal."

Russian, Egyptian and Irish experts

In Egypt, a group of Irish experts arrived in Cairo to join the investigations to clarify. Sources from the Cairo airport explained that the Irish delegation, consisting of three people, was received by employees of the Egyptian Ministry of Civil Aviation. Irish participation in investigations is in accordance with international law governing air Transport, since the Russian emergency aircraft was registered in Ireland.

Sukhoi Civil Aircraft has completed the development of a preliminary design (Gate 3) of an extended version of the Superjet - SSJ 100SV, designed for 120 passengers. In 2017, at the Le Bourget air show and at MAKS-2017, the company will be ready to present the aircraft to potential buyers.

As of December 30, 2016 (since the start of the project), 250 serial SaM146 engines have been shipped from PJSC Saturn to JSC GSS and PowerJet. Reliability of departure on schedule (for the engine) - 99.92% reliability of departure on schedule (in general for the power plant) - 99.88%.

In 2016, two types of training aircraft were sent for testing at once: SR-10 and Yak-152.

In 2016, a decision was made to finance work to resume production turboprop aircraft local air lines Il-114-300 and wide-body long-haul Il-96-400M.

At the end of the year, the press service of the AK them. S.V. Ilyushina announced the completion of factory flight tests of the first experimental modernized heavy military transport aircraft Il-76MD-M. According to the program of preliminary (factory) tests, 17 flights were performed on the aircraft. In 2017, the aircraft is planned to be presented for state joint tests.

On December 14, the second stage of factory testing of the first prototype of the Il-76MD-90A heavy military transport aircraft (serial number 0102) began in Ulyanovsk. The flight and navigation complex was modernized on the aircraft, an airborne defense complex and a new generation airborne communications complex were installed.

In Voronezh, at the VASO plant, intensive work was underway to assemble the first flight prototype of the Il-112V light military transport aircraft. In 2017, it is expected to roll out and first flight.

Work is underway on With development of the TV7-117 family of engines for the power plant of the Il-112V light military transport aircraft (TV7-117ST engine) and the power plant of the Mi-38 helicopter and its modifications (TV7-117V engine) installation and propeller, the power plant (TV7-117ST) was mounted on the bench, the bench equipment was adjusted and the planned test program was completed. At the beginning of 2017, TV7-117ST engines were delivered to Voronezh for installation on the first Il-112V.

On May 30, the roll-out of the first serial Be-200ChS aircraft took place in Taganrog. Previously, these aircraft were assembled at the facilities of the Irkutsk Aviation Production Association. In 2008, it was decided to transfer the production of aircraft of this type to Taganrog. The Be-200ChS has proven itself in the course of firefighting and rescue operations, including abroad - in Greece, Portugal, France. The aircraft has passed the European certification procedure, it is planned to be certified in the United States.

Work continues on the creation of the AWACS aircraft A-100. The aircraft is at the stage of development work, the first flight of the A-100 will be made in 2017. The standard aircraft for the A-100 flying radar will be the transport Il-76MD-90A, the production of which has been established at the Aviastar-SP plant in Ulyanovsk.

During the year, work continued to re-equip the formations and units of the Aerospace Forces with modern models of military equipment. During the year, more than 350 units of weapons, military and special equipment were delivered. Among them are Su-35S, Su-30SM, Su-34 aircraft, Ka-52, Mi-28N, Mi-26T, Mi-35M, Mi-8AMTSh helicopters, S-400 anti-aircraft missile systems, anti-aircraft missile and gun systems "Shell-S", various radar stations of the radio engineering troops. Long-range aviation formations received two upgraded Tu-160 missile carriers and two Tu-95MS missile carriers.

Serial assembly of NK-32-02 engines has begun at Kuznetsov PJSC. The first flight of the experimental upgraded Tu-160M2 is scheduled for the end of 2018.

In 2016, the design of a promising turbofan engine with a thrust of 35 tons - PD-35 began. The start of flight tests at the flying laboratory is scheduled for 2020. It is planned to create the next generation of high-thrust engines from 20 to 50 tons for wide-body long-haul aircraft. The project is estimated at 180 billion rubles for 10 years, the serial production of new domestic aircraft engines should begin by 2026. First of all, the PD-35 is planned to be installed on a promising Russian-Chinese long-haul wide-body passenger aircraft.

The development of a promising engine of a new (5+) generation for the PAK FA of the 2nd stage of creation continues in order to improve the flight performance of the complex, as well as for new and modernized front-line and army aviation, including unmanned aircraft. In 2016, working design documentation and operational documentation were developed, product mock-ups were made, prototypes of the product were made for autonomous testing, gas generator and engine demonstrators were made, and tests were carried out.

During 2016, more than 60 new helicopters, including the Ka-52 Alligator, Mi-28N Night Hunter, Mi-35, Mi-8AMTSh Terminator, Mi-26, Ansat-U, arrived from manufacturing plants in parts of the army aviation. In October 2016, during the tests of the “high-speed helicopter technology demonstrator” (PSV) based on the Mi-24, a speed of 405 km / h was reached. The maximum speed of Mi-28N and Mi-35 is about 300 km/h.

In 2016, 60 VK-2500 engines were manufactured from domestic components, and 96 units are planned for 2017.

In aircraft engine-building design bureaus and serial plants and at aggregate-building enterprises, work was also carried out to create new and modernize existing equipment:

  • creation of an engine for the remotorization of Mi-26 (PD-12V) helicopters,
  • work continued on the project to create a family of advanced engines for medium and high-speed helicopters (MPE), developed the appearance of units and elements of MPE systems, developed the design of parts, units and elements of engine units.

The Ministry of Industry and Trade in 2016 made changes to the state aviation development program for 2013-2025. In 2016, 55.5 billion rubles were provided for the implementation of the program, however, taking into account the changes made, the amount of funding decreased by 1.8 billion rubles.

The Aviation Industry Department of the Ministry of Industry and Trade of Russia has developed and submitted for wide discussion a draft Strategy for the Development of the Aviation Industry until 2030. The need to develop a new document is due, first of all, to the fact that since the adoption of the previous Strategy of the aviation industry, large-scale changes have taken place, both in Russia and in the world.