Kazakhstan can be the first customer for the Russian Il-76MD-90A aircraft

Kazakhstan can be the first customer of Russian military transport planes IL-76MD-90A ahead of Algeria, Iran and the RSA, Kommersant reported.

The sides had some progress in the talks on military and transport planes IL-76MD-90A. If the sides come to terms in the nearest future Kazakhstan can become the first country ahead of Algeria, Iran and the RSA new IL planes will be delivered to.

Russia's defence minister Sergei Shoigu and Defense Minister of Kazakhstan Imangali Tasmagambetov discussed all the issues of military and technical cooperation on Tuesday.

As it was earlier informed, Moscow and Astana started talks on delivering training airplanes Yak-152 and combat-capable trainer aircraft Yak-130 to Kazakhstan.

The Il-76MD-90A is a deeply modernized version of Russia’s world-famous Il-76 aircraft, featuring a fully-digital flight control system, new avionics and PS-90A-76 engines with improved fuel efficiency systems.