He explained that Il-76 heavy military transport aircraft will land at such airfields.
The project involves the creation of prefabricated ice airfields.This is achieved by modifying the ice surface with the help of special chemical reagents, which allowto land air vehicles on the prepared ice strip.
Evgeny Storozhuk. Vice-Rector for Economics and Innovation of the University
He noted that the strip is quite strong, and the cracks that appear will be checked by fiber-optic sensors. In the event of a thaw, the condition of the ice rink will bemaintained by freezing or adding reagents.
Controllers of such airfields will be able to workremotely, TASS reports. Now the technologies are being tested to confirm that our approaches are correct, Storozhuk said. He suggested that this stage will last a year.
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