Ilyushin Aviation Complex

The Russian defense ministry has contracted the development of new Ilyushin Il-100 super-heavy transport.

Officials in Moscow said the airlifter had been engaged by two missiles launched from near the village of Lyptsi in the Kharkiv Region of Ukraine.

Regardless of who shot down the A-50 AEW, its loss is a major embarrassment for Russian Air Force commanders.

A Russian Air Force Ilyushin Il-22M airborne command post was among several military aircraft shot down June 24.