The result of a requirement to replace the Tupolev Tu-2 piston engine bomber, the design on the Ilyushin Il-28 began in 1947, with the first flight of a pre-production model on Aug. 8, 1948.

Spotted over the Baltic Sea, the Russian aircraft (an Ilyushin II-20 model) wasn't transmitting a transponder signal, which is used for identification purposes, reports Le Figaro. The fact that ...

LE BOURGET. June 20. /TASS/. Russia’s Ilyushin Aircraft Company is developing a new military transport plane with a lifting capacity of 20 tonnes, Ilyushin Chief Designer Nikolai Talikov told ...

TASS/. Ilyushin Aviation Complex operating as part of the United Aircraft Corporation (UAC) will develop the line of ultra-high capacity transport aircraft, UAC said on Friday on the occasion of ...