Ilyushin Il-76MD-90A
The Ulyanovsk-built rebirth: new wing, glass cockpit, PS-90A-76 engines and a 60-tonne payload · First flight 2012 · First delivery 2015
With Tashkent production winding down after the Soviet break-up, Russia decided in 2010 to build a modernised Il-76 at the Aviastar-SP plant in Ulyanovsk. Known as project Il-476 during design, the Il-76MD-90A has a new wing, glass cockpit and upgraded avionics, a strengthened undercarriage and four Perm PS-90A-76 turbofans that meet ICAO noise and emission rules. Payload rises to 60 tonnes and maximum take-off weight to 210 tonnes.
The first aircraft, completed in December 2011, flew on 22 September 2012. In October 2012 the Russian Ministry of Defence signed a contract for 39 aircraft; the first series aircraft flew on 3 October 2014, and the first Ulyanovsk-built example was reported handed over in April 2015. Production was slow at first, reaching six aircraft in 2023, six in 2024 and seven in 2025.
The airframe is also the basis for the Il-78M-90A tanker and the A-100 'Premier' airborne early-warning aircraft, and is offered for export as the Il-76MD-90AE.
