The Ilyushin Il-106 (russian: Илью́шин Ил-106) was a proposed 1990s
Russia
Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a transcontinental country spanning Eastern Europe and Northern Asia. It is the largest country in the world, with its internationally recognised territory covering , and encompassing one-eig ...
n heavy military transport to replace the
Il-76
The Ilyushin Il-76 (russian: Илью́шин Ил-76; NATO reporting name: Candid) is a multi-purpose, fixed-wing, four-engine turbofan strategic airlifter designed by the Soviet Union's Ilyushin design bureau. It was first planned as a comme ...
. It would have been a four-engined high-wing cantilever monoplane with a large 34 m (111 ft 7 in) cabin.
In 2016 it was announced that the Il-106 airframe would be re-used for the
PAK VTA project, a proposed large military transport aircraft for the
Russian Air Force.
Russia widens scope for future large transport project
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Il-108
1990s Russian military transport aircraft
Abandoned military aircraft projects of the Soviet Union
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